Re: [ARSCLIST] Is there a good history of EMI out there ?

[Bob Olhsson <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>From Don Cox: "...It is astonishing how difficult it is to establish correct
historical facts. I think everyone's mind wants to simplify and romanticise
whatever happened."

The problem I've seen over and over, at least in popular music, is people
writing "history" from fan magazine rewrites of press releases. My knowledge
only goes back to the mid 1960s yet it has always been remarkable how high
the percentage of what's been written about events I personally witnessed
have been pure fiction. Most of my friends in the industry have told me
about having the very same experience reading utter fiction about the things
that happened in their lives. Uncovering the truth is a real problem in the
entertainment business because people will write, read and then passionately
defend whatever they want to believe.

I've been helping gather oral histories from recording engineers, musicians
and producers for the past ten years. Hopefully the story of post WW2
popular music can be documented while the folks from the '50s and '60s are
still alive to tell the real stories.

Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN
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