Label Guide: EMI
EMI Records was founded by the EMI Company (Electric and Musical Industries Ltd.) in 1972 as its flagship label and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide. EMI Records as a legal entity was originally founded in 1957 as the record manufacturing and distribution arm of EMI in the UK. It handled EMI's various labels.
EMI Records and it's partent company were sold to Universal Music Group in September 2012, and most of the EMI branding on its various sublabels has since disappeared.
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1. UK Label Variation (I)
first EMI label (1970s)
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1. UK Label Variation (II)
first EMI label (1970s)
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1. UK Label Variation (III)
first EMI label (1970s)
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1. UK Label Variation (IV)
EMI Digital label (1979)
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2. UK Label Variation (I)
second EMI label (1980s)
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2. UK Label Variation (II)
second EMI label (1980s)
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1. German Label Variation
first German EMI label (1970s)
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1. Dutch Label Variation
first Dutch EMI label (1970s)
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UK EMI America Label
UK EMI America label (1980s)
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US EMI America Label
US EMI America label (1980s)
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German EMI America Label
German EMI America label (1980s)
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German Emidisc Label
German Emidisc label (1980s)