Not a label or record company. The term "EMI Group" referred to a group of subsidiary companies that formed part of Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. record and electronics divisions.
Only add "EMI Group" to releases that actually have those words on it, sometimes seen as "A Company Of The EMI Group" or "One Of The EMI Group Of Companies."
Principal companies behind the worldwide "EMI Group" were:
- 20 April 1931 to 1 January 1971 - Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.
- 1 January 1971 to 31 December 1980 - EMI Ltd.
- 31 December 1980 to 19 August 1996 - Thorn Emi Ltd. / Plc.
- 19 August 1996 to 11 November 2011 - EMI Group Plc / Ltd.