[78-L] Japanese Shirley Temple

[Han Enderman]

I have several label images of Polydor(J) in a 1000 & 2000 series.
These state "Manufactured by Nippon Polydor Chikuonki Co., Ltd., Tokio, Japan." along
the lower rim, and Polyfar Recording above the label name, next to the Polydor logo
(is this a man with large ears shaped like a horn?).
Higher nrs in this series are picture labels, like 2738 by Deanna Durbin (in English), but mainly 
by Japanese artists.

Very different Polydor labels in other series have a different manufacturer's credit.
The Chikuonki credit was definitely used in the 30s, as shown by Polydor A-323 by the
Alabama Jug Band, from Decca, with a blue Polydor label based on the Decca sunburst/3-D label.

Can you describe the Shirley Temple label? Or send a scan?

Han Enderman
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>>> 
Shirrey Tempre in phonetic Japanese. The mind boggles. I think it's time to ask 
around for this one. Sorry I hadn't noticed that you said they were sung in 
Japanese.

dl

Bill McClung wrote:
> 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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