EMI Music For Pleasure (Pty) Ltd.

South African distributor/company behind the Music For Pleasure budget label. See also EMI Music For Pleasure or Music For Pleasure (Pty) Ltd. if credited this way. Music For Pleasure entered the South African market in November 1970 as a joint venture between E.M.I. (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd. and Reed International. EMI bought out Reed in January 1971. In 1979-80 Music For Pleasure (Pty) Ltd. changed its name to EMI Music For Pleasure (Pty) Ltd. Currently (2022) still listed as a privately owned company (again as Music For Pleasure (Pty) Ltd.) in SA but possibly dormant. Not to be confused with its Australian counterpart Music For Pleasure Pty. Ltd.