[78-L] Japanese Shirley Temple

[Bill McClung]

According to the book, the songs were specifically recorded for this record,
not from soundtracks.  The lyrics were sung in phonetic Japanese.  I assume
it is a 78 because it seemed to be from the late thirties "at the height of
her popularity."  The record pictures did not specify 78 or 33 1/3.

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:18 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 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?
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