Tag: Abbey Road Studios

Memories of EMI – Kevin Ryan at Abbey Road Studios

The lovely Kevin Ryan (co author of the Recording the Beatles book) shared a memory of his time working on the book within Abbey Road Studios and at the EMI Archives.   If you are interested in taking part or would like more information about our Memories of EMI Campaign please contact us on: email:… Read more »

Memories on Film – Ken Scott at Abbey Road Studios

The EMI Archive Trust was delighted to sit down with the legendary Ken Scott at Abbey Road Studios. Ken Scott worked for EMI, at Abbey Road Studios where he began his time working in the tape library and worked his way up to become an incredible engineer who worked with the Beatles and on many… Read more »

Capacitance Altimeter

In early 1940, Alan Blumlein and his team at the EMI Central Research Labs began work on the technology behind the Capacitance Altimeter. This device works by measuring the differences in charge between a low lying aircraft and the charge at earth’s surface, therefore enabling aircraft and other vehicles to fly at night and in… Read more »

Memories of EMI – Tony Locantro

Tony Locantro worked for EMI for 54 years and during that time he worked with the EMI Archive Trust to curate Scott’s Music Box. This double CD compilation album showcases the music taken by Captain Scott on his fateful expedition to the South Pole. Tony was instrumental in choosing the correct pieces of music and artwork… Read more »

Memories of EMI – Ricky Ford

The Trust would like to thank Ricky Ford for sending in his memory of EMI. Ricky was an EMI recording artist as has shared a little about his time with the label. It was 1961 in Bristol a truly daring and controversial musical called A MAN DIES was produced, it was the first RocknRoll religious musical.… Read more »

Memories on Film – Tris Penna at Abbey Road, 1994

The EMI Archive Trust would like to thank Tris Penna for contributing this great memory about his time at EMI to our collection. Tris worked for EMI for 10 years (1987 – 1997) as a product manager, artist development manager and as A +R director. In this video he shares a short memory of his… Read more »

Alan Blumlein and the invention of Stereo

Alan Blumlein was a senior sound engineer at EMI’s Central Research Laboratories (CRL) on the Hayes factory site. He joined the company when Columbia and The Gramophone Company merged in 1931. Over his lifetime he was a prolific inventor, developing huge technological advances within the sound engineering field. After a night at the cinema with… Read more »

Memories of EMI

Rupert Perry’s Story of Manchester Square 1987 The Trust would like to thank Rupert Perry who has kindly agreed to be the first person to contribute a memory to our Memories of EMI Campaign – #memoriesofEMI. If you have any stories of your time with EMI to share, please join our Memories of EMI campaign.… Read more »