[78-L] Angel Records - EMI US, made in Canada 78rpm

Dave Burnham burnhamd at rogers.com
Sun Jul 14 16:22:17 PDT 2013


I've only seen the private Angels from late '40s and early '50s, none from earlier days that I can recall. 

db

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On 2013-07-14, at 6:58 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I'm not near this stuff but I've had many Angel 78s on Canadian pressings. All 
> vinyl, too. Piaf, Trenet, other artists. Canadian Columbia lost access to them 
> after 1952 (but then got French material from Philips). Canadian Victor still 
> had French HMV material till 1957. There was also a Canadian Pathe label in the 
> 40s, which may have been distributed only by Les Editions Archambault in 
> Montreal, and not to be confused with Pathe that was part of Canadian 
> Capitol-EMI in the 60s.
> 
> And to add to Dave Burnham's comment, Canadian Victor used the angel logo on 
> private recordings from at least the early 20s into the 50s.
> 
> On 7/14/2013 6:41 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Noticed this item on auction site:  161062565743
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-French-78-EDITH-PIAF-Les-Croix-on-Angel-ANG-C52-024-/161062565743?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item258013b
>> 76f#ht_768wt_1119
>>   Angel Records  Made in Canada
>>   Electric&  Musical Industries (U.S.) Ltd.
>>   C52.024  EDITH PIAF  Les Corix/Sous Le Ciel de Paris
>> 
>> How extensive was the ANGEL 78rpm catalog ?
>> Was this Canadian only, or were there US releases - same or different from Canada??
>> 
>> Thanks!
> 
> On 7/14/2013 6:51 PM, Dave Burnham wrote:
>> Weren't there Angel 78s at the beginning of time, before they started using HMV?
>> 
>> db
>> 
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