but also the last recordings with Marlene Dietrich up to the era of Herbert Grönemeyer, were produced. When the compact cassette came onto the market as a new sound carrier in 1965, an in-house music cassette (MC) production was also set up in 1966. This was the last investment by the Carl Lindström-Gesellschaft, which was merged into EMI Electrola GmbH on 30 November 1972.

In October 1979, EMI merged with the British company Thorn Electrical Industries