[78-L] Universal gets EMI

[David Lennick]

Let's correct that (small Rick Perry moment there)..only 6 Glenn Miller sides 
are owned by Universal. The Victors, Bluebirds, Columbias and Brunswicks are 
still Sony/BMG.

On 11/11/2011 11:06 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> NO! Glenn Miller's Columbia and Brunswick sides are still "somebody
> else's"..we're not down to just one label yet.
>
> dl
>
> On 11/11/2011 10:52 AM, Michael Shoshani wrote:
>> On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 09:41 -0600, neechevoneeznayou+AEA-gmail.com wrote:
>> +AD4 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204224604577031694160429400.html
>> +AD4
>> +AD4 Sony gets the publishing side. Deal expected to close today.
>> +AD4
>> +AD4 When I think of all those racks full of Berliners that I saw when I was
>> +AD4 there for the ARSC Conference in 2001....
>>
>> So, for the record business at least, the cart now owns the horse.  The
>> Gramophone Company owned Deutsche Grammophon until the latter was
>> nationalized during the first World War. Now DG's parent is EMI's
>> parent.
>>
>> Post-78 RPM era, it also means that The Beatles now share an irony with
>> Glenn Miller: their entire commercial recorded catalog (and in the Fab's
>> case, a legendary audition), recorded at the time for different labels,
>> is all owned by the same organization now.
>>
>> MS
>>
>>