[78-L] How Bing Crosby morphed into Frank Sinatra.!!!!!! [FWD]

[David Lennick]

Universal took over Sanctuary, which owned Living Era, and then shut down the label because for their purposes it was a pirate label. They've begun reissuing a lot of material which they already owned via Decca. I think they're using the Living Era name. But they aren't doing any new production (not from ME at any rate) and neither is Retrospective, Wyattstone's reissue label which is repackaging a lot of the older Living Era stuff.

 

dl
 
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 09:25:10 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] How Bing Crosby morphed into Frank Sinatra.!!!!!! [FWD]
> 
> It gets far worse. If you click on the Amazon link, you are directed to
> a CD that has the same title, has 25 tracks instead of the 13 on the web
> page, has the ASV LIVING ERA front and back covers with a picture of the
> real Bing, has the same release date of18 March 2009, and says that the
> publisher is Decca "UNI"!
> 
> Are they RESUMING ASV Living Era releases?????
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [78-L] How Bing Crosby morphed into Frank Sinatra.!!!!!!
> [FWD]
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Date: Sun, May 30, 2010 11:18 am
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> 
> 
> It gets worse. Look at this..
> http://decca.com/releases/bing-crosby-bing-crosby-his-greatest-hits-of-the-30s-25-original-mono-recordings-1931-1939-24691
> 
> Not only is Sinatra on the cover, the artist listing for each track
> names "Martin Haskell". Martin was the restoration engineer at Living
> Era who originally processed these tracks.
> 
> EEEDEEOTS!
> 
> DL
> 
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > From: dialjazz at verizon.net
> > Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 11:12:12 -0400
> > Subject: [78-L] How Bing Crosby morphed into Frank Sinatra.!!!!!! [FWD]
> > 
> > “The end result is that Decca looks like it is run by idiots.”
> > 
> > H-m-m-m. Idiots, you say. Someone should look into that. But first 
> > let’s call a meeting and order take-out.
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