[78-L] Regal vs Columbia (and Western Swing?)

[David Lennick]

Okay, now it makes sense. Regal was like Bluebird, geared for a budget 
audience, carrying reissues and new material. Regal-Zonophone could also link 
to Columbia and Victor, from their old affiliations, with curious 
results..George Formby and Gracie Fields both recorded for RZ, but their 
Canadian issues appeared on Columbia and Victor respectively.

dl

On 11/9/2011 10:24 PM, David London wrote:
> The Regal I have is an Australian label, so I guess that means the same as
> British (it quotes British patents).  The main number on it is G20413 with
> a small bracketed (146020) and (146021) on the flip side .
>
> The youtube video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey6nZLDrJBg Columbia  has
> the number 1380-D  and again the same (146020) , so I assume it's exactly
> the same recording.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> I'm a little confused. Regal was an English label which was the budget
>> label
>> for UK Columbia (and after the EMI merger, became Regal Zonophone). There
>> was
>> also an American Regal label in the 20s, no connection to Columbia. What's
>> the
>> label and number info for the Roy Evans in each case?
>>
>> Western Swing? Wonderful stuff. Cue Gary Ginell.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 11/9/2011 9:44 PM, David London wrote:
>>> I think I read somewhere that Regal was owned by Columbia, and was a
>> budget
>>> label.
>>>
>>> I just came across a Regal label recording of Roy Evan's - Weary Yodelin'
>>> Blues (Pts 1&   2).  However I see a youtube video of it on Columbia label
>>> when I search.  So did they re-release it on the budget Regal label after
>>> initial sales on Columbia label declined?
>>>
>>> Also, I was surprised when I enjoyed this record, as yodelling isn't
>>> normally something I like.  A search lead me to this
>>> http://www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp?TitleID=10990
>> and
>>> I learned something completely new about music :) i.e. Western Swing.  I
>>> never knew it existed!
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