EMI Records Ltd.

EMI Records Ltd. did not exist until 1973. Please do NOT use before that date. Please do not confuse with E.M.I. Records Limited.
Also credited as:
· EMI Records Limited
· EMI Records Ltd
· EMI Records, Ltd.

British record (holding) company and principal company behind EMI Ltd. (EMI) record division.
Established on 1st July 1973 by the renaming of Harvest.

The company manufactured records at their plant based at Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middlesex using the same press IDs as its predecessor. (please see TGCL profile and EMI Records)

In July 1978 EMI Ltd. reorganised its records division, restructuring and unifying its worldwide music operations under its newly formed division Capitol-EMI Music, Inc.) covering the music groups interests in North America.

Pre-2004 EMI Records Ltd. was the immediate ed rights owner of various trademarks (label imprints) - including: Roulette Jazz). In 2004 the rights to the majority of these imprints (trademarks) were reassigned to sister company EMI (IP) Ltd. (an intellectual property holding company for EMI Group Plc)

In September 2012 following the acquisition of ultimate parent Universal Music Group), with the bulk of the EMI Records Ltd. catalog being merged and spun off to be sold.

The company remained an immediate subsidiary of EMI Ltd. until it was sold on 20th Dec 2012 to PLG Holdco Ltd. (Zonophone imprints being transferred from EMI (IP) Ltd. to that company.

EMI's rights to master recordings of His Master's Voice and many others. Do not forget to document the exact role of this company in the release notes. When this company is credited with a credit role present in the credit list, please use the credit section instead.