Various Artists – Embassy Records – The 78RPM Years

• EMBASSY, the cover versions label sold exclusively in Woolworths, was one of the UK’s most successful and profitable record labels of the 1950s and 60s.
• Initially retailing at around half of the usual retail price, most Embassy releases sold in their tens - some, in their hundreds - of thousands, and many outsold the actual hit versions of their songs.
• Yet none of their discs ever made the UK charts, due to objections from the established major record companies.
• This compilation presents a cross-section of their early output, between November 1954 and December 1957, which only ever appeared on the 78rpm format.
• Included is Bob Dale’s celebrated ‘The Man From Laramie’, which reputedly sold more than 100,000 copies.
• There is a thriving Embassy collectors’ market in the UK who will love this release.

Track Listing

DISC ONE
1. SAM BROWNE AND THE TOP-TONES - CHAPEL IN THE MOONLIGHT
2. BERYL TEMPLEMAN - IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU
3. BILL HURLEY - MY FRIEND
4. BILL HURLEY - TENDERLY
5. BOB DALE - WANTED
6. RITA WILLIAMS - LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT
7. RITA WILLIAMS - SMILE
8. BOB DALE - HAPPY DAYS AND LONELY NIGHTS
9. FOUR-IN-A-CHORD - MAMBO ITALIANO
10. DOREEN HARRIS - SOFTLY, SOFTLY
11. WALLY CARR - A BLOSSOM FELL
12. RITA WILLIAMS & FOUR-IN-A-CHORD - CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE
13. PENNY NICHOLLS - CRAZY OTTO RAG
14. LARRY CROSS - EARTH ANGEL
15. THE MAPLE LEAF FOUR - DREAMBOAT
16. PATTI FORBES - DANCE WITH ME HENRY
17. RITA WILLIAMS - HEY THERE
18. FOUR-IN-A-CHORD - CLOSE THE DOOR
19. BOB DALE - THE MAN FROM LARAMIE
20. BENNY LEE WITH THE THREE OSCARS - HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY
21. PEARL CARR - LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
22. PEARL CARR - I'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU
23. FOUR-IN-A-CHORD - WAKE THE TOWN AND TELL THE PEOPLE
24. THE CANADIANS - ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
25. BOB DALE & RITA WILLIAMS - RELAX-AY-VOO
26. BOB DALE - ROBIN HOOD
27. PENNY NICHOLLS WITH THE CANADIANS - THE ROCK AND ROLL WALTZ
28. SAM BROWNE - THE GREAT PRETENDER
29. PRIMO SCALA AND HIS ACCORDION BAND - THE POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS (Poor John)

DISC TWO
1. BERYL TEMPLEMAN - DON'T TAKE ME FOR GRANTED
2. BERYL TEMPLEMAN - A TEAR FELL
3. THE CANADIANS - BLUE SUEDE SHOES
4. EVE LOMBARD - WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE
5. EVE LOMBARD - THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
6. BILLY MCCORMACK - A WOMAN IN LOVE
7. DAVID ROSS - HAPPINESS STREET
8. BERYL TEMPLEMAN - LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS
9. LARRY CROSS - IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
10. DENNY DENNIS - LULLABYE OF BIRDLAND
11. RITA WILLIAMS - TRUE LOVE
12. DAVID ROSS - THE GARDEN OF EDEN
13. PENNY NICHOLLS - I DREAMED
14. PENNY NICHOLLS - YOU DON'T OWE ME A THING
15. DAVID ROSS - DON'T FORBID ME
16. DAVID ROSS - YOUNG LOVE
17. LARRY CROSS - THE MAN THAT PLAYS THE MANDOLINO (Guaglione)
18. THE TUNETTES - MARIANNE
19. GERRY GRANT - WE WILL MAKE LOVE
20. PATTI FORBES - MR. WONDERFUL
21. PATTI FORBES - CHAPEL OF THE ROSES
22. THE TUNETTES - YES, TONIGHT JOSEPHINE
23. SHORTY MITCHELL - ALL SHOOK UP
24. JULIE DAMES - WITH ALL MY HEART
25. GERRY GRANT - MAN ON FIRE
26. EVE LOMBARD - ALONE
27. PAUL RICH - MY SPECIAL ANGEL
28. BOB DALE - KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE
29. BOB DALE - APRIL LOVE