[78-L] US Columbia in the UK

[Royal Pemberton]

'The CBS label as it is known today seceded from EMI in England in
1952.  From some dozen years its products were issued in that country
by the English branch of Philips, the mammoth Dutch electrical firm,
after which CBS established a London branch in its own right.'
--Brian Rust, from THE AMERICAN RECORD LABEL BOOK.

Prior to that, EMI released US Columbia items on its Columbia label.

On 4/19/09, agp <agp2176 at verizon.net> wrote:
> The discussion of about Jonathan and Darlene got me to thinking about
> the fortunes of US Columbia in the UK prior to the birth of the CBS
> label there.
>
> I am not sure what happened with US Columbia releases in the 40s ---
> did they end up on HMV?
>
> But - as my main interest is the 50s (what I'll call the US Columbia
> lp era, knowing that it started in th late 40s) and beyond, I wonder
> about the cross pollination cross the Atlantic. Are these facts correct:
>
> 1950s (lp era) US Columbia (and Okeh) releases ended up on Philips
> Later 50s US Columbia releases were on Philips, Epic releases (and
> some Okeh) where on Fontana.
> Likewise, UK Philips and Fontana domestic releases came out on
> Columbia and Epic in the USA.
>
> Is this mostly true
>
> Tony
>
>
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