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EMI Limited

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingEMI Limited
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Variant(s)EMI Group (1971-1996)
See alsoPredecessor: Electric and Musical Industries Limited
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Hierarchical superior: Thorn EMI
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Hierarchical superior: EMI Group (1996- )
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Beginning date1971
Associated countryGreat Britain England
LocatedLondon (England)
Field of activitySound recording industry Electronic industries
Special noteNot to be confused with the later EMI Group plc/Ltd.
Not the same as "EMI Group of Companies" used by EMI's overseas record labels in the 1970/80s.
Found inMoney and people 1977: these are some of the things the people of EMI did in the financial year ended 30 June 1977, 1977: back cover (EMI Group Public Relations Department)
Its Report and accounts 1977: cover (EMI) contents page (EMI is a world leader in music, electronics and leisure; the Group's parent company is EMI Limited; Group head office: EMI Limited, EMI House, 20 Manchester Square, London W1A 1ES)
Discogs website, viewed 3 June 2021 (EMI Ltd.; British-based multinational conglomerate; Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. renamed to EMI Ltd. (not "E.M.I.") in January 1971; operated as two main divisions during the 1970s, a records division and an electronics division, which formed the backbone of what was generically known as the EMI Group; acquired by Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd. on 13 November 1979, forming Thorn EMI Ltd. which became the ultimate parent, and the non-music-related companies that formed part of EMI Ltd., specifically the electronics division, were amalgamated with Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd. under the divisional name "Thorn"; EMI Ltd. remained the principal holding company behind the "EMI Music" division; Thorn EMI plc demerged in 1996, renamed to EMI Group plc, later EMI Group Ltd, and EMI Ltd became its principal subsidiary holding company)
Companies House Company Information Service website, viewed 3 June 2021 (EMI Limited registered under Company number 00053317 from 28 July 1993; registered address from 23 July 2018: 4 Pancras Square, London)
BLNAL file, viewed 3 June 2021 (heading: EMI Limited)
Associated languageeng