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

[David Lennick]

Wrong..Victor continued to issue French product till 1957, on both VdSM and 
Victor 150000 series in Canada. Angel replaced Columbia. Pathe had existed as a 
Canadian 78 label for French product since the 40s, by the way. I've seen 
hundreds of those, all master pressings.

dl

On 8/27/2010 6:53 PM, Bertrand CHAUMELLE wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>>