Curriculum Vitae: Alan Lawrie

Smiling person in sunglasses and leather jacket with coastal landscape in the background.

Arundel Rd
Worthing
West Sussex
BN13 3EQ

07775 778000

Two men standing next to each other, holding a vinyl record and a microphone. One wears a newsboy cap and tie, and the other wears a top hat and a t-shirt.
A man holding a brochure for the International Disc-Jockey Agency (IDA). The black and white image shows the man with a mustache and long hair, presenting the document with text and a photo of another person. The brochure includes information about disc jockey services and contact details.

  • 1964

    • Pye Records, Mitcham (Sales)

  • 1964 - 1967

    • CBS Records, London. Recording Engineer (trainee), Music editing.

    • Assistant on Bob Dylan Session June 66, Also Kenny & Cash Radio technician.

  • 1967

    • April Settled in Copenhagen, Denmark.

  • 1967 - 1970

    • Toured as an International DJ Denmark and Sweden.

  • 1970 - 1972

    • Produced records for local bands.

  • 1971

    • Created FANNY RECORDS - released an underground hit of an old Rugby song.

  • 1970 - 1992

    • Established IDEA Entertainment Agency world wide.

  • 1986 - 1989

    • Established a music video distribution network world wide, licensed by Diamond

    • Time Ltd, London. (April 90 - sold it to AVC Video Aberdeen, Scotland)

    • Approached by several TV stations asking for affordable programmes

  • 1991 - 1993

    • With Johnny Talbot in Oslo established a successful jukebox operation in Norway

  • 1992

    • Perfect Music Ltd, and Sounds Good To me Ltd two Juke Box operations covering

    • London, Home Counties and West England.

    • Preferred Music Supplier to Scottish and Newcastle Ltd, Wychwood Brewery, Greene King.

  • 1996 - 1999

    • Music Consultant to Scottish and Newcastle Brewery.

  • 1992

    • Moscow, Russia. Attempted to sell music services to the post-Soviet market.

  • 1993

    • Rige, Latvia. Was approached to sell off military helicopters and scrap submarines.

    • A wildly, exciting and hilarious adventure (See under Stories).

  • 2007

    • PPL and PRS licences awarded for the licensing of digital music sales to pubs, bars and hotels through their operators. Agedi licence in 2010 to supply Spain.

  • 2007 - 2025

    • Profiling music for the licensed trade and the consequent supply of it.

  • 2020

    • During COVID and pub closures, turned to writing and publishing.

  • 2021

    • Established Pinky Blue Publishing with 6 books successfully published and sold.

  • 2023

    • Les Hemstock asks me to ghost write his biography.

  • 2024 - 2025

    • Re-establishing links with the film industry, and agents in order to assist screenwriters like Chris Trowell, and others, fund and produce their works.