[78-L] Colortone LP's - Apollo connection ??? Dinah Washington

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

But who or what company was behind the POPULAR & VICTORY labels?



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>From: Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net>
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>Hi DJD,
>  Please send details of the VICTORY releases - and some background on the label ???  THANKS
>
>Here are a couple of releases on WALDORF of DINAH WASHINGTON:
>WASHINGTON, DINAH - dinah washington sings - 7inch (EP)    7.54 ?
>7inch (EP)
>Waldorf MH-174    7"-EP
>  no details
>
>Waldorf 2          7"-EP
>"Wise Woman Blues    & Blues For A Day      & All Or Nothing"
>"Beggin' Mama Blues  & Pacific Coast Blues  & Chewin' Mama Blues"
>
>I'm copying this to the ARSC list - hope some there, not on 78L may be able to add to our knowledge.
>
>  There appear to be a number of re-issues of APOLLO material on various subsidiary labels of Grand Award (Enoch Light), including
>Waldorf (Waldorf Music Hall), Audition, Colortone, 18 top hits.  Also on the POPULAR and VICTORY labels.
>  These include Gordon MacRae, Dean Martin and Dinah Washington.
>
>Basic questions:
>  Were these licensed or sold by Apollo?  What is the current disposition of Apollo holdings ??  (some have been issued
>by DELMARK, RELIC, and BEAR FAMILY.
>  IF you have these releases, what information is contained in their annotations about the chain of ownership ???
>  What Apollo master are you aware of which have been issued on any of the Enoch Light labels?
>  Background information wanted for Popular and Victory labels ??
>
>Thanks!
>Best wishes, Thomas.
>
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>I have Dean-o's Santa Lucia on Appollo. There are also some of his Apollo sides on the Victory 2-hits-per-side label.
>DJD
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>From: Rockined1 [mailto:rockined1 at aol.com]
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>they're on the Beart Family boxset but if that's too much for you you can also get them on the Proper Box setDean Martin was on
>Apollo? Yep, in 1946. He was also on Diamond & Embassy ecords that same year. Never heard or seen any of them-----Original
>Message-----From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>Sent: Thu, Oct 6, 2011 4:27 pmSubject:
>Re: [78-L] Colortone LP's - Apollo connection ???Dean Martin was on Apollo? Yep, in 1946. He was also on Diamond & Embassy ecords
>that same year. Never heard or seen any of them.>________________________________From: Rockined1 To:
>78-l at klickitat.78online.comSent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 3:09 PMSubject: Re: [78-L] Colortone LP's - Apollo connection ???Relic
>reissued most of the doo wop materialDelmark had some of the R & BBear Family put out the Dean Martin and Johnnie & Jack on their
>boxsets.I wonder if they ever id anything in the way of reissues?______________________________________________8-L maili
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