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

[David London]

I always did get confused with the different Columbias, Deccas, etc, the
His Master's Voice Nipper vs the RCA Nipper, and music from one country
being released in another on totally different labels.

Wish I had more Country Swing now!



On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:31 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> 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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