NICE LITTLE JOB LOT OF 20 DIFFERENT 78s ON WOOLWORTH'S " EMBASSY " RECORD LABEL!
Sold Date:
July 27, 2017
Start Date:
July 18, 2017
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£27.00
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20 DIFFERENT 78s ON THE EMBASSY RECORD LABEL THAT WERE ISSUED BY WOOLWORTHS IN THE 1950S
THESE RECORDS SHOWCASED THE POPULAR HITS OF THE DAY COVERED BY ARTISTS WHO RECORDED FOR THE ORIOLE RECORD LABEL UNDER PSEUDONYMS
Today Embassy Records are highly collectable as icons of a bygone age.
But back in the 1950s and 1960s opinion was strongly divided. Some peope loved them and some people absolutely hated them. The decision to record really good cover versions of the same songs being released on the hit parade, and get them on the shelves at the same time as the originals, but at a much lower price, was a controversial one. Occasionally the Woolworth song outsold - and was considered better - than the real thing. And a few Woolworth artistes switched sides and became stars in their own right.
You can read the whole story, and listen to some of the songs, at the on-line Woolworths Museum http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1950s-embassyrecords.htm
EACH JOB LOT MAY DIFFER IN CONTENT THAN THE SAMPLE PICTURES SHOWN. THEY ARE ALL GOOD PLAYABLE COPIES BUT CONDITIONS VARY.THERE ARE NO CHIPS or CRACKS (BUT SOME MAY NEED A CLEAN!)
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