[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 7, Issue 56 (Columbia in the UK)

[David Lennick]

For that matter, did Columbia in the USA issue any Kostelanetz singles after 
1948?! Maybe the South Pacific medley..?

dl

Alan Bunting wrote:
> Only some of them had the dreaded black dots but ALL had been deleted from the next catalogue (1957-58 issued June 1957)
> 
> Interestingly, so far as I know, Philips never issued a Kostelanetz single although there were several EPs. Did Columbia in the USA issue any Kosty singles after 1956?
> 
> Alan Bunting
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 21/4/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 7, Issue 56
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Tuesday, 21 April, 2009, 2:29 PM
> 
> 
> As I say, the items I mentioned are in the 1956-7 catalogue, and don't have "delete" black dots beside them..presumably Philips had no interest in older Kostelanetz and 5-year-old (plus) hits when they probably had enough to do to issue the newer recordings.
> 
> dl
> 
> burlinson wrote:
>> When EMI UK Columbia lost the rights to issue Columbia USA recordings in the UK all masters made before December 31 1952 remained with them for a sell-off period of about two years and were supposed to destroyed!
>> .
>>
>> I believe that Philips could only issue recordings made AFTER January 1st 1953, but were allowed to issue those made shortly before that date IF EMI had not chosen to release them and they had been recorded by Columbia USA during the last three months of 1952.
>> .
>> For example Jo Stafford's A FOOL SUCH AS I/JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU
>> issued as PB 111 was recorded in October & December 1952
>>
>> The same applies to Johnnie Ray's Somebody Stole My Gal/Glad Rag Doll  PB 123& Rosemary Clooney's Haven't Got A Worry/Lovely Weather For Ducks PB 121
>>
>> Nigel Burlinson
>>
>>
>>
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>>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>>> Here's something interesting..yesterday I picked up the 1957 COLUMBIA MGM
>>> PARLOPHONE catalogue (cutoff date June 1956) and many, many US Columbia
>>> recordings are still listed as current. Lots of Frankie Laine, Andre
>>> Kostelanetz, Gene Krupa, Woody Herman etc. Presumably they're all from 
>>> before
>>> the split, but how long did the US and UK Columbia labels hold onto each
>>> other's back catalogue if it wasn't wanted by the newer representative? I 
>>> know
>>> American Columbia kept Dinu Lipatti's recordings well into the 70s.
>>>
>>> dl
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