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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.
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London, England. Embassy Records was a UK budget record label that produced cover versions of current hit songs, which were sold exclusively in Woolworths shops at a lower price than the original recordings. [1] The original label was active between 1954 and 1965, after which it disappeared when its parent company, Oriole, was taken over by CBS ...
Music for the style generation in the 1960s. From 1962 there was huge interest in the Beatles in both Britain and America. But at Woolworth's UK the closest you could get was a cover of the songs on Embassy or a set of Remco Dolls of the Fab Four at 19/11 the set (just under £1), a Beatles Car Mascot at 14 shillings and elevenpence (75p) or a Beatles china plate for five bob (25p)
Embassy Records 1960s Jukebox. Embassy Records were one of the most controversial ranges ever stocked at Woolworth's. Some customers loved them, while many hated them. The High Street stores commissioned Oriole Records to make cover versions of songs destined for the Hit Parade before they were even released, so that Woolies could put the discs ...
Embassy Records. Kids today want designer names, the genuine thing. But in the 1950s and 1960s when money was in short supply, they were happy to buy double-sided cover versions of chart hits on the Embassy label, sold for 4/6d (22p) and marketed exclusively by Woolworths. The label was initially an offshoot of Oriole who did a deal with the ...
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.
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EMBASSY RECORDS, the cover versions label sold exclusively in Woolworths, was one of the most successful and profitable UK record labels of the 50s and 60s. Retailing at around half of the (cartel controlled) usual price, most Embassy releases sold in their tens - some, in their hundreds - of thousands, and many outsold the actual UK hit versions of their songs. Yet none of their records ever ...
