[78-L] Charles Aznavour

[David Lennick]

Interesting..I wonder how the unissued titles materialized? London Records of 
Canada hasn't had any Canadian leadership in decades, long being a small part 
of Universal or whatever that company is now.

I thought there were a couple of Canadian Quality releases of Aznavour. None 
sold outside Quebec, naturally. Quality originally began in 1950 as the 
Canadian outlet for MGM, quickly took on Mercury, then small labels like Abbey, 
larger ones like Savoy, King and Atlantic, as well as Polydor (I see Chevalier, 
Jacqueline Francois, Aznavour and others fairly frequently).

dl


On 10/1/2018 7:15 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Seems Aznavours first four Polydor 78's were all recorded in Paris 1948
> for French Polydor, before he left for America to join the Piaf tour.
> The Canadian Quality/ Polydor disc P004 was a re-release of one of those
> 78's.
> The Canadian London's were recorded in late 1949 and another two titles
> recorded in Montreal on the same occasion, previously unissued, have
> shown up on a CD recently.
>
> That should settle the issue about Aznavour's first recording, being the
> one for Swiss Radio 1947, and his first commercial 78 being the French
> Polydor "Voyez, c'est le printemps"/ "J'ai bu".
> Kristjan
>
> On 2018-10-01 23:55, David Lennick wrote:
>> Quality didn't exist until 1950, and probably picked up rights to
>> Polydor a year or two later. He was on Canadian London prior to that,
>> 4 sides recorded (probably) in Montreal...very very difficult to trace
>> the activities of London's early years in Canada since it was a one
>> man operation at first, and his son tells me he knows nothing about
>> his dad's work in those days. dl On 10/1/2018 5:43 PM, Kristjan Saag
>> wrote:
>>> AFAIK the Canadian Quality/ Polydor discs were issued in 1948.
>>> Aznvaour accompanied Piaf and Les Compagnons de la chanson on their
>>> American tour, which didn't reach Canada until 1948. But he did
>>> record for Swiss Radio in April 1947, recordings that have later been
>>> issued on CD. Kristjan On 2018-10-01 20:00, Bertrand CHAUMELLE wrote:
>>>> His earliest recording were duets with Pierre ROCHE on Canadian
>>>> Quality in 1947. Bertrand
>>>>> Message du 01/10/18 15:02 De : "David Lennick" A : "78L"
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>>>>> yes he made 78s..some in Canada (1950).
>>>>> *https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/01/charles-aznavour-french-singer-dies-aged-94*
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