[78-L] 78s on Angel in the USA and Canada

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

>
> EMI French pop was released at first on RCA-Victor in the States, and 
> on La Voix de son Maître in Canada.
> Then the British split with RCA and they had no outlet for their 
> releases.
> So they created Angel (rescuing the old recording angel) mainly for 
> the classical stuff and they also recorded some French pop sessions in 
> New York City.
> The resulting 78s were issued in Canada only. The 45s and the 33s were 
> issued in both countries.
> In 1955 Angel branched out of pop music.
> Afterwards, In Canada, the French Angel 78s were re-issued on the 
> Pathé label; in the US, no 78s but some releases (from the French 
> catalogue) on the Capitol label.
>
> BC
> Le 27 août 10, à 23:13, agp a écrit :
>
>>
>> I am curious about the Angel label and how it all fits into things.
>> The reason I ask is because of a disk that showed up on eBay by Les
>> Compagnons de la Chanson -- Lettre a Virginie b/w Quand on s'a, Quand
>> on s'aime -- Angel (Canada) catalog ANG C52.054. The eBay link is:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=17052917788
>>
>> The trusty rusty wikipedia says that Angel was started in 1953 by EMI
>> in New York. Obviously, though, I've seen disks from much earlier
>> with the recording angel as the trademark. But, was 53 REALLY the
>> launch of a label with that name -- and in the USA?
>>
>> I also note that the disk says that it is a product of Electrical and
>> Musical Industries (US) Ltd. I was unaware that EMI had any presence
>> in the USA prior to its involvement with Capitol.
>>
>> But -- most curious is the fact that Angel is typically thought of as
>> being a classical or "serious" music label as opposed to a pop label
>> -- and Les Compagnons de la Chanson seem pop to me. It looks like 
>> Angel did launch a pop series in 1954, and that the group had an LP
>> (10-inch one no less) on catalogue ABL 64000 in the USA.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if this 78 had a release in the USA. In fact, I
>> wonder what other pop 78s came out on Angel.
>>
>> T
>>
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