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72-575: In 2003, HMV Japan ranked the band at No. 94 on their list of the "Top 100 Japanese Pops Artists". In September 2007, Rolling Stone Japan rated their 1974 album Kurofune at No. 9 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time". After taking guitar lessons from Kazuhiko Katō , Mika Fukui of the folk duo Mika & Tonko starting dating The Folk Crusaders member. The two musicians married in Vancouver, Canada in July 1970. As Katō

144-453: A 10% reduction over three years in the enlarged Waterstones total shop space, comprising mostly dual location shops created by the acquisition of Ottakar's. On 29 June 2007, the entertainment retailer Fopp went into administration, with the closure of 81 shops and 800 staff made redundant. On 31 July HMV bought the brand and six shops that it said had traded profitably, saving around 70 jobs. On 1 September 2008, HMV launched "Get Closer",

216-618: A London male youth oriented weekly paper which was published throughout the British Empire . By 1902 it had become the beginnings of the Gramophone Company . In February 1907 it commenced the building of a new dedicated record factory at Hayes, Middlesex. Disc records were sold in music shops and independent retailers at this time. In 1921 the Gramophone Company opened the first dedicated HMV shop at 363 Oxford Street , London, in

288-693: A bit exaggerated, especially in music specialists. Most of the decline is coming from nontraditional sellers like the grocery chains. We'll be here for quite some time." On 25 February 2019, the Financial Times reported that the Sunrise acquisition was valued at £883,000. Following subsequent negotiations with its landlords, by late-February, HMV reopened 13 of its shops (including one Fopp shop). The store in Belfast which had previously re-opened up in March 2014 after

360-539: A different female co-host each week, which included Hayley Mills , Sue Cook , Liza Goddard , Maureen Lipman , Jill Townsend , Jackie Collins and Jenny Hanley , who became the permanent co-host to Langley for the final season broadcast in 1981. In its final year, an early evening version called Six Fifty-Five Special surfaced when Pebble Mill was on its summer break, presented by Sally James , Paul Coia , David Soul and Bob Langley. In 1986, The Clothes Show , presented by Jeff Banks and Selina Scott ,

432-708: A different female lead vocalist and supporting musicians. In 1985, they reunited as the Sadistic Yuming Band to perform at the International Youth Anniversary All Together Now concert on June 15. Tsugutoshi Gotō returned on bass, Yumi Matsutoya (AKA Yuming) provided the female vocals, while Ryuichi Sakamoto played keyboards. In 1989, the band reunited as the Sadistic Mica Band with Ray Ohara on bass instead of Gotō, and Karen Kirishima on vocals. Appare , an album of new material,

504-518: A former men's clothing shop; the composer Edward Elgar participated in the opening ceremonies. In March 1931 the Gramophone Company merged with Columbia Graphophone Company to form Electric and Musical Industries Ltd ( EMI ). From the 1930s onwards, HMV manufactured radio and television sets and radiograms under the HMV and Marconiphone brand names in its factory in Hayes , Middlesex . The original HMV shop

576-807: A holding of around 45%. The new joint venture then bought the Waterstones chain of bookshops to merge with Dillons. By 2002, EMI's holding in HMV Media was 43%, with Advent International owning 40% and management the remainder. The company floated on the London Stock Exchange later in the year as HMV Group plc, leaving EMI with only a token holding. HMV operated a loyalty scheme branded as "purehmv", first launched in August 2003, but subsequently closed and relaunched in 2008. The scheme awarded cardholders points for purchases, which could be collected and redeemed on

648-450: A joint venture with Curzon Cinemas as part of chief executive Simon Fox's plan to bring cinemas to HMV and Waterstone's shops across England. The first trial cinema opened above the existing HMV shop in Wimbledon , in a former storage room converted into three separate screens and a bar. It has its own entrance, allowing access outside shop hours, and one within the shop. The trial was deemed

720-401: A new band called Vitamin-Q in 2008. They released one album featuring singer Anza . Drummer Yukihiro Takahashi went on to become part of the synthpop trio Yellow Magic Orchestra . In the early 2000s, he formed the duo Sketch Show with Haruomi Hosono . In 2014, Takahashi formed the supergroup Metafive . He also acted in a number of films and TV shows, usually in comedic roles. Ray Ohara

792-478: A new entrance. Two weeks after Pebble Mill at One began, ITV launched a brand new daytime line-up, including an ITN News bulletin at lunchtime, placing it in direct competition with Pebble Mill at One . Only a few editions of Pebble Mill at One are known to survive. One that does survive from the early years celebrated the tenth anniversary of Doctor Who in 1973, featuring interviews with Patrick Troughton and visual effects designer Bernard Wilkie; this

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864-400: A number of rewards including vouchers, memorabilia and signed merchandise. "purehmv" has since closed and will be replaced by a new loyalty scheme, the launch date of which is yet to be announced. The group became susceptible to a takeover following a poor period of trading up to Christmas 2005. Private equity firm Permira made a £762 million conditional bid for the group (based on 190p

936-496: A return to Broadway Shopping Centre, Bexleyheath – again in former Burton/Perkins premises – nine years after the closure of their previous shop in the town, and a relocation in Wigan from a smaller prior site to larger premises vacated by Topshop / Topman . In July 2021, HMV celebrated its 100th birthday. In celebration, the firm released 37 limited edition vinyl albums. A 100 track CD compilation entitled Now That's What I Call HMV

1008-663: A share) on 7 February 2006, which was rejected by HMV as an insufficient valuation of the company. Permira made a second offer which increased the value, although HMV declined it on 13 March 2006, subsequently issuing a statement that the offer undervalued the medium and long term prospects for the company, resulting in Permira withdrawing from bidding. In 2006, the HMV Group purchased the Ottakar's book chain and merged it into Waterstones. The merger tied into HMV's strategy for growth, as many of

1080-770: A social networking site allowing users to import their own music library, rivalling other providers including online music shops Napster and the iTunes Store . The site was closed in September 2009. On 24 December 2008, HMV's rival Zavvi , successor to entertainment retailer Virgin Megastores, entered administration. On 14 January 2009 a placing announcement by HMV revealed that it intended to acquire 14 of Zavvi's shops. On 18 February 2009 five additional Zavvi shops were purchased by HMV Group, to be rebranded as HMV outlets. An additional former Zavvi shop in Exeter's Princesshay development

1152-506: A solo album in November 1994, Jaran Jaran , which she wrote entirely by herself. Mika moved back to Japan at the end of the 1990s, and continues to work on food research. Tsugutoshi Gotō has released a large number of albums both solo, and as a member of various bands. Yu Imai went on to form the group Imitation and collaborated with members of Sandii & the Sunsetz and Talking Heads . He

1224-486: A success, and it had been planned to open additional cinemas in HMV's Cheltenham shop, and Waterstone's in Piccadilly , London. On 5 January 2011, HMV announced that profits would be at the lower end of analysts' forecasts due to falling sales, resulting in the share price falling by 20% and an announcement of the group's intention to close 40 HMV shops, as well as 20 Waterstone's bookshops, mainly in towns and cities where

1296-575: A third decade into the 1990s, with the company reaching over 320 shops including in 1990 its first shop in the U.S. located at 86th and Lexington in New York City, which was the largest music shop in North America at the time. HMV celebrated its 75-year anniversary in 1996. In February 1998, EMI entered into a joint venture with Advent International to form HMV Media Group led by Alan Giles , which acquired HMV's shops and Dillons , leaving EMI with

1368-453: A unique following from those who found themselves at home at lunchtime. Housewives, students, and those recovering from an illness remember it with fondness for its variety and the problems inherent with live television. One of the more frequently repeated scenes from Pebble Mill at One was in 1986, when Marian Foster introduced pop singer Owen Paul , who was to perform his hit cover of Marshall Crenshaw 's " My Favourite Waste of Time ". He

1440-701: A £1 million pound refurbishment, was threatened with closure in February 2019. However, a deal was reached with Frasers Group which allowed the shop to continue trading. In October 2019, the new owners opened the HMV Vault on Dale End, Birmingham , billed as Europe's biggest entertainment shop and stocking tens of thousands of CDs and vinyl records and other products. From 22 March to 15 June, and then from 5 November to 2 December 2020 and from 4 January 2021 to 12 April 2021 (in England), all HMV shops were closed because of

1512-708: Is a British music and entertainment retailer, founded in 1921. The brand is owned by JD Sports and operated by Sunrise Records , except in Japan, where it is owned and operated by Lawson . The retailer was opened by the Gramophone Company on London's Oxford Street , named after the Francis Barraud painting, His Master's Voice . In 1998, it was divested from EMI (successor to the Gramophone Company), to form what would become HMV Group plc. In August 2007, HMV bought rival retailer, Fopp . In April 2013, HMV Group plc

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1584-504: Is a parody of John Lennon and Yoko Ono 's Plastic Ono Band , with "sadistic" reportedly inspired by Mika's sadistic way of using knives in the kitchen. The group released the single "Cycling Boogie" on June 21, 1972. It was released on Doughnut Records, Japan's first private label that was founded by Katō and distributed by Toshiba EMI . Tsunoda subsequently left the band in September, replaced by Yukihiro Takahashi , with lead guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka and bassist Ray Ohara also joining

1656-548: Is included among the special features of the DVD release of The Three Doctors . Some other Doctor Who -related interviews from Pebble Mill at One have also survived due to early domestic video recordings and have been released on DVDs. On 20 September 1979, Pebble Mill at One was visited by a Sea Harrier aircraft from RNAS Yeovilton (aircraft FRS.1 XZ451 of 700A Squadron ) flown by Lieutenant Commander Nigel "Sharkey" Ward , which landed (and later took off) vertically, on

1728-583: The Old Grey Whistle Test on October 7, 1975, a stagehand arranged for the name of the programme (usually shown hung from the back wall) to be spelt as The Old G l ey Whistle Test as a nod to the Japanese pronunciation of the English letters L and R. The band also made an appearance on BBC TV's Pebble Mill at One and were interviewed by Jan Leeming . Photographs from this appearance were later published in

1800-533: The COVID-19 pandemic . Into the 2020s, HMV began opening new and relocated shops, including in locations which previously had HMV branches that had earlier shut, such as Solihull . In some cases these new outlets were opened in shops vacated by the demise of other retail chains, particularly Arcadia Group , with an HMV shop opened in Dunfermline premises previously occupied by Burton Menswear and Dorothy Perkins ,

1872-550: The Hammersmith Apollo . On 23 December 2009, it bought the whole of the MAMA Group in a live music takeover deal worth £46 million. In September 2009, HMV bought 50% of 7digital for £7.7 million, as part of a strategy to increase its digital content offering. 7digital provided HMV's music download service, and the company planned to introduce an e-books service for Waterstone's. In October 2009, HMV established

1944-520: The 11 months since it had entered administration. In January 2015, HMV overtook Amazon to become the largest retailer of physical music in the UK. HMV relaunched its online shop in June 2015, providing CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and LP records for online order and home delivery with exclusive stock also available. In June 2015, HMV relaunched an online shop to accompany its existing music download service. However,

2016-458: The BBC planned to launch a selection of new programming along with repeats and films, to expand their daytime schedules; developing a lunchtime magazine series to anchor the new BBC1 daytime schedules, which became Pebble Mill at One . At the time of its launch, it was preceded by a five-minute news summary at 12:55   pm, which would lead into the programme commencing at 1:00   pm. The programme

2088-479: The British government. There were restrictions on the number of hours per day which could be used by the BBC and ITV for regular television programming. In the 1960s, it was set at a 50-hour allowance per week (with exemptions for schools programmes, adult education, state occasions, Welsh language programming, and outside broadcasts of sporting events) and gradually increased by the government at regular intervals. In 1972,

2160-453: The Mill which began in 1976. Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen were the regular house band, and they performed the signature tune. Until 1978, the spin-off was hosted by Bob Langley and Donny MacLeod , who was replaced by Tony Lewis , and who in turn was replaced in 1980 by Arianna Stassinopoulos , though she was dropped after just five editions. For the remainder of the season, Langley was joined by

2232-553: The Ottakar's branches were in smaller towns. The Competition Commission provisionally cleared HMV Group, through Waterstones, for takeover of the Ottakar's group on 30 March 2006, stating that the takeover would "not result in a substantial lessening of competition". Waterstones then announced that it had successfully negotiated a takeover of Ottakar's on 31 May 2006. All 130 Ottakar's shops were rebranded as Waterstones prior to Christmas 2006. In March 2007, new group CEO Simon Fox announced

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2304-566: The Sadistic Mika Band broke up; pursuing a ska direction before acquiring interest in European experimental music. Most of his solo work employed the talents of the other former Sadistic Mika Band members and other notable guest artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto , Haruomi Hosono and Akiko Yano . He released two acoustic albums with Kōnosuke Sakazaki of The Alfee under the name Kazukoh in 2007 ( Golden Hits ) and 2009 ( Happy End ), and formed

2376-402: The UK. Subsequently, HMV overtook Our Price in popularity and threatened its existence, having established a chain of newer and larger shops. The company opened its flagship shop at a new location at 150–154 Oxford Street in 1986, announcing it was the largest record shop in the world at the time, and the official opening was attended by Bob Geldof and Michael Hutchence . Growth continued for

2448-569: The adjacent BBC Social Club's football pitch . The programme returned the favour on 7 April 1986 by transmitting a live programme from the newly launched aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in the English Channel. This programme, which was produced by Tom Ross and directed by Tony Rayner, got the show's highest ever audience of nearly six million viewers. Until 1986, there were few television programmes transmitted on BBC television during daytime hours. For this reason, Pebble Mill at One acquired

2520-737: The album Narkissos on October 25, which sold 92,568 copies and ranked number 147 on the yearly best-selling chart. The group also performed a one-night only concert at NHK Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo on March 8, 2007. It was recorded and released as the live album Live in Tokyo on May 23, 2007. A documentary film about the reunion was released in theaters on October 13, 2007, and on DVD on March 7, 2008. Katō died by suicide on October 17, 2009, in Karuizawa, Japan. Takahashi died from aspiration pneumonia on January 11, 2023, also in Karuizawa. HMV Japan HMV

2592-477: The band played live in the United Kingdom supporting Roxy Music on the European leg of their Siren Tour, including a show at Wembley Arena . It was the first ever UK tour by a Japanese rock band. They were well received by the local music press, including Melody Maker and New Musical Express , and performed on British TV in between concerts. During performances of "Time to Noodle" and "Suki Suki Suki" on

2664-424: The band's first album, was promoted to a full member. Kurofune sold poorly but is now considered a landmark in Japanese rock. In September 2007, Rolling Stone Japan rated it at No. 9 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time". In a retrospective review for OK Music , Naoto Kawasaki wrote that the Sadistic Mika Band were one of few Japanese rock groups at the time that could compete in

2736-453: The book S/M/B/2 (2006, Shinko Music) by Masayoshi Sukita, who was a close friend of the band. However, offstage, the relationship between Kazuhiko and Mika was irreparable as Mika had been having an affair with their record producer Chris Thomas since around June 1974. Despite a triumphant homecoming concert planned by Toshiba EMI and the upcoming release of their third studio album, plans were scrapped when Mika refused to return to Japan with

2808-457: The chain's emphasis on vinyl phonograph sales as part of the turnaround plan: Sunrise's leverage of the vinyl revival had helped bolster the Canadian locations' performance after the shops' transitions from HMV, having sold at least 500,000 vinyl LPs in 2017 alone. Putman argued that, despite the growth of digital music sales and streaming, "talk about the demise of the physical business is sometimes

2880-578: The chief executive Trevor Moore, had been made at the group's offices in London, Marlow and Solihull. Deloitte confirmed on 20 February 2013 that an additional 37 shops would close. On 26 February 2013, six shops were sold to supermarket chain Morrisons . On 28 February 2013, eight shops in Hong Kong and Singapore were sold to AID Partners Capital Limited and the operation then became independent from HMV Group that

2952-467: The company operated at multiple locations. The first of the shop closures began at the end of January 2011. The sale of Waterstone's to A&NN Capital Fund Management for £53 million was completed on 29 June 2011, and was approved by the vast majority of shareholders at an emergency general meeting . HMV sold the Hammersmith Apollo to AEG Live and Eventim in May 2012 for £32 million. It sold

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3024-409: The company out of administration and saving 141 of its shops and around 2,500 jobs. The total included 25 shops that had previously been selected for closure by Deloitte during the administration process. All nine Fopp shops which HMV owned were also included in the purchase. The takeover deal was estimated at around £50 million. Following the purchase by Hilco UK, it was reported that the company

3096-433: The company owed the value, but were accepted again from 22 January 2013. Restructuring firm Hilco UK bought HMV's debt from its creditors The Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group , as a step towards potentially taking control of the company. It was revealed that the total debt Hilco had bought amounted to around £110 million, and that HMV owed around £20 million in tax to HM Revenue and Customs at

3168-457: The decision was taken by BBC1 controller Michael Grade to replace Pebble Mill at One with a new lunchtime news bulletin, the One O'Clock News . Over 30,000 viewers wrote to the BBC to complain. A previous Assistant Editor of the programme, Roger Laughton (later to become a senior executive with the BBC and Meridian Broadcasting ) was given responsibility for planning the BBC's new daytime schedule but

3240-534: The format did not reappear until the following year, returning on 21 October 1987 as Daytime Live . It was renamed as Scene Today in October 1990 and finally Pebble Mill in October 1991. None of these programmes were broadcast at 1:00   pm - they were aired in the hour preceding the One O'Clock News . There were several Pebble Mill spin-offs, particularly in the 1970s, such as the late night chat show Saturday Night at

3312-554: The global market, and that the album was greatly influential on younger bands. Kawasaki noted that Mika's "eccentric" and "bad" singing drew criticism, but praised Kazuhiko's foresight in anticipating this trend, given how the style later gained prevalence in the 1980s with acts such as Debbie Harry and Strawberry Switchblade . Ohara left the Sadistic Mika Band, and was replaced by support member Tsugutoshi Gotō . They played what turned out to be their last concert in Japan on September 21, 1975, at Kyoritsu Kodo . Throughout October 1975,

3384-515: The government – under Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath – announced its plan to completely lift all restrictions and limits on broadcasting hours, and allow the BBC and ITV to set their own schedules. This was introduced in January of that year. With the lifting of the broadcasting restrictions, ITV planned to launch a full daytime schedule in the autumn of 1972, with the broadcasting day gradually increasing throughout that year. To counter this,

3456-434: The group. This lineup completed the band's self-titled debut album, which was released on May 5, 1973. Harvest Records released it in the United Kingdom. Katō passed the album to Malcolm McLaren who at the time had a shop with Vivienne Westwood , and McLaren passed it on to Bryan Ferry . Members of the Sadistic Mika Band also contributed to Shigeru Izumiya 's 1973 album Hikari to Kage . The band's second album Kurofune

3528-504: The leases for over 70 HMV locations in Canada after HMV Canada entered receivership, which expanded the Ontario -based retailer into a national chain. Sunrise plans to maintain the HMV chain and five Fopp shops, but immediately closed 27 locations, including the flagship Oxford Street branch and other locations with high rent costs. Company founder Doug Putman stated that he planned to increase

3600-401: The name The Sadistics. They released two studio albums and two live albums before the band eventually petered out by 1979 as the members became busy with their solo careers and other projects. All members continued to work with Katō on his solo albums in the 1970s and 1980s. Kazuhiko Katō became a radio show presenter and a television personality in Japan. He had a successful solo career after

3672-402: The original site at 363 Oxford Street on 23 October 2013. HMV's existing flagship shop at 150–154 Oxford Street, formerly the largest music shop in the world, closed on 14 January 2014. By 2014, HMV had gained the second highest share of the UK entertainment market, behind Amazon . The company's filing to Companies House in September 2014 revealed it had made a profit of £17 million in

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3744-484: The originally safe shops of York, Soilhull, Portsmouth and Belfast would shut. On 28 December 2018, HMV confirmed it had again been placed into administration . Hilco UK cited the "tsunami" of retail competition as the reason for the move. On 5 February 2019, Canadian record shop chain Sunrise Records announced its acquisition of HMV Retail Ltd. from Hilco UK for an undisclosed amount. Sunrise had previously acquired

3816-558: The premises had been occupied temporarily by "American candy" outlets, along with other vacated shops on the street. This will be, following runs from 1921 to 2000 and 2013–2019, HMV's third stint at 363 Oxford Street. On 18 May 2023, Sunrise Records announced HMV would re-enter the Irish market again with a shop on Dublin’s Henry Street, in a unit previously occupied by the company during their first incarnation. The shop opened on 30 June 2023. Pebble Mill at One Pebble Mill at One

3888-549: The remainder of MAMA Group to Lloyds Development Capital in December 2012 for £7.3 million, which also included the company's 50% stake in Mean Fiddler Group. On 15 January 2013, HMV Group appointed Deloitte as company administrators and suspended shares , putting its 4,350 UK employees at the risk of redundancy. Gift vouchers were initially declared void since holders are classified as unsecured creditors to whom

3960-523: The rest of the band. The Thomas-produced Hot! Menu was released on November 5, 1975. The album was featured on BBC Radio 3 's Sounds Interesting . However, the Sadistic Mika Band disbanded that same month, when Kazuhiko and Mika divorced. Recordings from the Roxy Music tour were released in July 1976 as the Live in London album. Takahashi, Takanaka, Imai, and Gotō continued to play together for several years under

4032-496: The retailer would also enter the Belgian market. In February 2024, Sunrise Records announced HMV would re-enter the Canadian market as an in-store concession within Toys "R" Us locations. The antecedents of HMV began in the 1890s at the dawn of the disc gramophone. The Nipper, gramophone, and masters voice motif was used as early as 1899 in a photo advert appearing in "The Boy's own Paper"

4104-438: The time of its entry into administration. On 31 January 2013, it was reported that 190 redundancies had been made at the head office and distribution centres. On 7 February 2013, Deloitte confirmed that 66 shops had been identified for closure. No fixed date was given for the closures but they were expected to take place in the following two months. The next day, Deloitte confirmed that an additional 60 redundancies, including

4176-523: Was a British television magazine programme that was broadcast live on weekdays at one o'clock on BBC1 , from 2 October 1972 to 23 May 1986, and again from 14 October 1991 to 29 March 1996. It was transmitted from the Pebble Mill studios of BBC Birmingham , and uniquely was hosted from the centre's main foyer area, rather than a conventional television studio . Until 1972, broadcasting hours on British television were tightly controlled and limited by

4248-539: Was a regular member of Takahashi's band in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2019, Ohara, Shigeru Suzuki and Tatsuo Hayashi reunited their high school band Skye. Mika married the band's producer Chris Thomas and moved to the UK. She appears on "Nice Age" from Yellow Magic Orchestra's 1980 album X∞Multiplies . After leaving Thomas, Mika joined a culinary school in the UK in 1983, and worked as a pastry chef. She released an autobiography in 1988, Mika no Chance Meeting , and another in 1996, Love & Kisses to England . She released

4320-453: Was already famous, the couple attracted much media attention, including an interview by the newly launched An An magazine. Impressed by the United Kingdom's burgeoning glam rock scene led by T. Rex and David Bowie , Katō set about forming a new group in his native Japan to emulate the style. Formed in November 1971, the Sadistic Mika Band initially consisted of Katō on guitar and vocals, Mika on vocals, and drummer Hiro Tsunoda. Their name

4392-555: Was also added. The acquisitions were investigated and cleared by the Office of Fair Trading in April 2009. In the 2008 MCV Industry Excellence Awards, HMV was given the title Entertainment Retailer of the Year. In January 2009, HMV bought a 50% stake in MAMA Group, forming a joint venture with the group called the Mean Fiddler Group. The deal introduced the HMV brand to live music venues, including

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4464-490: Was also released. The album was only available to buy at HMV shops, and online on HMV's website, plus eBay . In 2021, the company began to rebrand, using the motto "The HMV Shop" for shopfronts and social media, the previous logo is still used in most shops (including the flagship HMV Vault shop), and the website. In April 2023 it was confirmed that HMV had signed up to reopen a new-format shop in their original home at 363 Oxford Street after four years away, during which time

4536-698: Was also the chief musical collaborator with English lyricist Chris Mosdell on three of his solo albums, Equasian (also with Kazuhiko Katō), The Oracles of Distraction , and Fingerprints of the Gods – the latter being the sonic setting of the Graham Hancock book of the same title. Masayoshi Takanaka went on to become one of the most famous guitarists in Japan. He has been releasing studio albums and touring to this day. The band has reunited three times under different names. Kazuhiko Katō, Yukihiro Takahashi and Masayoshi Takanaka participated all three times, joined by

4608-433: Was bought by Hilco UK for an estimated £50 million after falling into administration, with some international divisions divested off. In February 2019, British retailer JD Sports acquired the HMV brand, and the Canadian retailer Sunrise Records acquired HMV's stores, to operate under license. In May 2023, Sunrise Records announced the retailer would return to Ireland, followed by an announcement in November 2023 that

4680-653: Was bought by Hilco UK. This transaction also enabled AID Partners Capital Limited to own the rights to use the HMV brand in Hong Kong, Macau, China, Taiwan and Singapore. By 23 March 2013, Deloitte was seeking to complete a deal to sell 120 shops as a going concern. The decision to close several shops that had previously been identified for closure were reversed following talks with landlords. By 21 March 2016, China 3D Digital Entertainment Limited acquired HMV Hong Kong operations from AID Partners Capital Limited, later renamed to HMV Digital China Group Limited. On 5 April 2013, Hilco UK announced that it had acquired HMV, taking

4752-413: Was broadcast from the foyer of Pebble Mill, because a planned third studio was never constructed on the site, and existing facilities were fully booked for network drama production and local news. In the beginning, visitors to the studios were seen arriving in the background as the programme was transmitted. Gradually, as the programme became more successful, the foyer became a studio, and visitors had to use

4824-628: Was expected to mime to a backing track, but as he could not hear the foldback loudspeaker as it had failed, Paul was left standing looking into the camera, while viewers heard him singing to the music. Presenters during the show's run included Marian Foster , Donny MacLeod , Bob Langley , Judi Spiers , Jan Leeming and Paul Coia . Later presenters included Fern Britton , Gloria Hunniford , Debi Jones, Tom Coyne, Marjorie Lofthouse, David Seymour, Magnus Magnusson , Alan Titchmarsh , Chris Baines and Josephine Buchanan. Editors included Terry Dobson, Jim Dumighan, and Peter Hercombe. A regular cookery slot

4896-464: Was presented by Rev John Eley, popularly known as the Cooking Canon . The programme's signature tune was initially "As You Please", written by easy listening composer Raymond Lefèvre . It was later changed to "Miller's Tune" by Patchwork . In 1986, Bill Cotton , managing director of television at the BBC, decided that a full daytime service was required on BBC1. As part of this new service,

4968-462: Was recorded in England and released on November 5, 1974. Chris Thomas requested to produce the Sadistic Mika Band after hearing their first album. He also introduced Mika to Badfinger while he produced their LP Wish You Were Here . Her vocals can be heard on the track "Know One Knows" (translating Pete Ham 's lyrics to Japanese). Keyboardist Yu Imai, who had previously worked as a support musician on

5040-660: Was released on April 8, 1989. Its single "Boys & Girls" reached number 13 on the Oricon Singles Chart . The live album Seiten , recorded at Tokyo Bay NK Hall , followed on July 12, 1989. In 2006, the core trio and Ohara teamed up with 22-year-old pop singer Kaela Kimura to become the Sadistic Mica Band Revisited for a Kirin Beer commercial. This lineup, now dubbed the Sadistic Mikaela Band, released

5112-441: Was seeking to reduce the number of shop staff across the business, as part of an effort to save £7.8 million on the wages budget. Shops would lose security staff, cashiers and supervisors, with managers required to provide cover. HMV launched a music download service in October 2013 (www.hmvdigital.com), provided by 7digital, which includes iOS and Android apps. The company moved its flagship Oxford Street shop back to

5184-531: Was severely damaged by a fire in 1937, but was rebuilt and reopened two years later on 8 May 1939. Sir Thomas Beecham opened the new shop. In 1966, HMV began expanding its retail operations in London. Throughout the 1970s, the company continued to expand, doubling in size, and in six years became the country's leading specialist music retailer. It faced strong competition, however, from Virgin Megastores , established in 1976, and from Our Price , established in 1972, which had numerous high street retail shops around

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