| EMI Recorded Music Australia | |
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| Founded | 1948 (1948) |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Official website | emimusic |
EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd (calledEMI Music Australia until May 2013) is an Australian imprint ofUniversal Music Australia, formerly a subsidiary label ofEMI Recordings Ltd and, between 1979 and 1996, that of Thorn EMI.[1][2] It is Australia's largest major dance music label as well it was one of Australia's largest major labels overall until the Universal acquisition. Corporate headquarters are located inSydney,Australia.
From inception, the label used theHis Master's Voice trademark, and this continued until the 1970s–1980s. The His Master's Voice trademark had appeared in Australia since the 1910s, as it was seen on British imports from theGramophone Company (the precursor to EMI).[3]
EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd has its origins as the local branch of The Gramophone Company in 1925.[4] Together with other labels taken over by RCA Corporation, it becameEMI in 1931; in Australia, the local branch was known as The Gramophone Co. (Australia).[4] According to Australian music commentator Duncan Kimball, "the vast majority of jazz and dance records released here between the two world wars were by British artists and orchestras."[4] In 1949 the branch was incorporated as EMI (Australia) Pty Ltd and was headquartered in Sydney as a wholly owned subsidiary of United Kingdom's EMI.[4] Due to its house labels, it dominated the Australian market from the mid-1920s to the early 1960s.[4]
By October 1951, EMI Australia's catalogue held over 10,000 titles; the figure comprised 80% of recorded music in the country.[5] In January 1952, EMI announced they were recording major works bySydney Symphony Orchestra.[6]
Some artists are fromEMI Records (UK) andCapitol Music Group (U.S.), but distributed in Australia by EMI.
EMI Music Australia releases its own compilations and singles, most of which are mixed by prolific DJs from Australia and occasionally overseas although rarely release compilations mixed in-house.
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