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Parlophone (except the Beatles' catalogue) and other labels to be divested and were for a short time operated in a single entity known as the Parlophone Label Group (PLG), while UMG
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took over as Parlophone director, though EMI chairman Sir
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1139:Owsinski, Bobby (14 March 2016).
1118:"BUSINESS | EMI: A brief history"
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1470:Ingham, Tim (26 November 2012).
1269:from the original on 25 May 2022
1194:. Omnibus Press. pp. 616–.
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1060:. ABC-CLIO. pp. 711–.
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171:(1926 – 31 March 1931)
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1170:. London: Rough Guides.
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620:Gerry and the Pacemakers
597:the Vipers Skiffle Group
478:trademark is a stylised
2088:Williams Street Records
1990:Atlantic Records France
1733:"The Beatles Biography"
1698:Lewisohn, Mark (2010).
934:Calderstone Productions
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1960:Atlantic Records Group
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163:Carl Lindström Company
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2395:Warner Chappell Music
2294:Sesame Street Records
1164:Hall, Julian (2006).
888:Further information:
718:Universal Music Group
671:the Chemical Brothers
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185:Universal Music Group
2562:German record labels
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2367:Warner Music Sweden
2362:Warner Music Poland
2352:Warner Music Latina
2347:Warner Music Canada
2332:Warner Music Vision
2228:London-Sire Records
2098:Rhino Entertainment
2068:Magna Carta Records
2058:Cordless Recordings
2015:Maybach Music Group
1985:Atlantic Records UK
1443:"EMI Rings Changes"
722:European Commission
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577:The Best of Sellers
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247:(UK/Most of Europe)
2592:Rock record labels
2567:Jazz record labels
1942:Roadrunner Records
1938:Public Consumption
1844:Edgar Bronfman Jr.
1830:Warner Music Group
1608:The New York Times
1582:The New York Times
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836:Roadrunner Records
794:Virgin EMI Records
785:Warner Music Group
774:Warner Music Group
704:On 23 April 2008,
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589:Flanders and Swann
565:Gramophone Company
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2048:Artery Recordings
1934:Low Country Sound
1903:300 Entertainment
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1235:978-0-19-971555-8
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