[78-L] Phil Spector on 78

[David Lennick]

Born Too Late was also on 78, at least in Canada. I got.

dl

On 3/21/2011 2:54 PM, Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> About the recording of "To Know Him(Is To Love Him);it was the Teddy Bears.The
> Poni-Tails
> recorded "Born Too Late".I just now realised my mistake.I should have known
> better:I heard
> these records growing up via the baby sitters I had back in the late '50s in
> Reedsport,Oregon.My
> mistake.
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> From: Royal Pemberton<ampex354 at gmail.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sat, March 19, 2011 8:42:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Phil Spector on 78
>
> I've also wondered if any Rolling Stones records were on Indian (or other)
> 78s?
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 3:36 PM, agp<agp2176 at verizon.net>  wrote:
>
>> I just picked an interesting 78 from 1962 pressed in the Philippines. It is
>>
>> (US) Columbia 42617 -- Philippines (pressed by Mareco Inc)
>> Some of Your Lovin' b/w There's a Time
>> by Emil O'Connor
>>
>> This is soul offering, some may call it northern soul, with a sound
>> somewhat similar to Money by Barrett Strong. BTW -- label is a 78
>> proportionately sized version of the Columbia 45 label -- boxed
>> COLUMBIA in an arc with a walking eye at the end. The US 45 was
>> catalog 4-42617, and the matrix is similar, only difference is that
>> 45 is RZSP 70956 and the 78 is HCO 70956.
>>
>> Apart from being a 1962 78, here's what makes it interesting. Some of
>> Your Loving is co-written by Phil Spector, the producer is Terry
>> Melcher (aka Terry Day), and the arranger is Jack Nitzsche. Phil had
>> previously produced the track for a Johnny Nash release on ABC
>> Paramount the year before.
>>
>> This all got me to thinking about Phil Spector stuff on 78. As is
>> well known, To Know Him is To Love Him by the Teddy Bears was on a
>> Dore 78 in Canada and on 78 via London in the UK and South Africa.
>> The Teddy Bears' Imperial stuff was on 78 in Canada.
>>
>> One can assume that Phil's productions in 1961 for Gene Pitney on
>> Musicor made it 78 in Philippines. Same goes for productions on
>> Atlantic, Big Top, and Jaime, labels which have all shown up 1960s
>> releases in the usual areas.
>>
>> Put -- has anyone ever heard of any of the Philles stuff showing up,
>> no doubt on London, in India, or somehow in the Philippines on 78.
>>
>> I may try to put together a Phil Spector on 78 project (along with my
>> ongoing Joe Meek on 78 and 1st CHUM chart on 78 stuff)
>>
>> Any thoughts
>>
>> T