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

[RAY KILCOYNE]

Lots of them after 1948, including 45's and EP's.  Here are a few that are 
probably after 1956...

CALCUTTA/WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I
IF I WERE A RICH MAN/MAME
TILL THERE WAS YOU/76 TROMBONES

and a couple from the 70's.....

COME SATURDAY MORNING - Col. 45061
OH BABE WHAT WOULD YOU SAY/LAST TANGO IN PARIS- Col. 45796
SWEET SURRENDER/APRIL IN PARIS-Col. 40350
RayK


> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 5
>>>> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:19:40 -0400
>>>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 7, Issue 54 - Columbia in the UK
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Message-ID: <49ECA09C.5050309 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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