[78-L] Huh?

[David Lennick]

On 8/29/2010 12:12 AM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven C. Barr"<stevenc at interlinks.net>
>>  From c.1953 on, US Columbias were issued up here on the PHILIPS label;
>> however
>> this was around the same time that Columbia's issues no longer were of any
>> interest to the young folks who kept the record industry prosperous...?!
>> The
>> only
>> "major label" who prospered during the "rock'n'roll" era was RCA
>> Victor...and
>> that was because they wound up with Elvis Presley under contract thanks to
>> his manager...?!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>
>
> I'm not sure what Steven's concept of the "rock 'n' roll" era is,  but
> unless he thinks it ended around 1960,  his statement about Columbia records
> is wildly inaccurate.
>
> In the 60s and 70s and later,  Columbia signed many major rock bands and
> artists,  including The Animals,  The Byrds,  Big Brother, Mott the Hoople,
> Blood Sweat and Tears,  Chicago, Iron Maiden,  Santana, Kiss,  Fleetwood
> Mac,  and a guy named Bruce Springsteen.
>
> Sort of off-topic,  but Steven's statement either needed clarification or
> refutation!
>
> Taylor
>
>
I can't figure the Philips connection..Philips was rarely seen in Canada in the 
50s except as an import label. I'm assuming that Steve means IN ENGLAND for the 
issue of US Columbia recordings..incidentally, English Columbia was allowed to 
keep recordings from US masters in print for about 5 years. This surprised me, 
but the stuff is right there in the 1957 catalogue.

dl