[78-L] Japanese Shirley Temple

[Bill McClung]

I didn't buy the book I saw the image in.  It was $30 and I'm saving up for
the new round of auctions.  The image in the book was just of the label.
Black or very dark blue.  Polydor in light letters across the top.  Record
number on the left with nothing else around it.  On the lower part was what
I assumed to be four song titles in Japanese. Each line began with an
asterick.  Just below this was Shirley Temple's name in English and one more
line of text in Japanese.  I can't remember what was printed on the right
side of the label but don't think it was more than a couple of lines of
Japanese text.  On the curve on the bottom was text in English that
indicated that the record was produced by Polydor Japan.

No date.  No suggested playing speed.  That's all I can remember until the
hypnotist arrives.

The  book is Shirley Temple: A Pictorial History of the World's Greatest
Child Star by Rita Dubas.  $29.95  Applause Books

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Han Enderman <jcenderman at solcon.nl> wrote:

> 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
> ===
> >>>
> 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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