[78-L] Japanese Shirley Temple

[David Lennick]

No reason the songs couldn't have been lifted from soundtracks. Wasn't the 
copyright in Japan only 25 years at one time?

dl

Bill McClung wrote:
> I was at a bookstore in Coral Gables today and found a book written by a
> collector of all things Shirley Temple.  Among the 250 pages of
> illustrations was the picture of a label of a commercial recording by ST.
> It is Japanese Polydor 2409 recorded "at the height of her popularity."  The
> side pictured listed four songs in Japanese.  The text said that Shirley,
> who was very popular in Japan, had recorded Japanese children's songs and
> had sung them using phonetic pronunciations.  I don't know if this was a 78
> or an EP.  Anybody ever seen this one?