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- Embassy Records, Woolworth's infamous covers of the Hits of the Fifties and Sixties, which were released at the same time as the original song.
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While Woolworth is particularly known for its cover versions of the hits of the Sixties, released on its own Embassy label, it also took many other steps to embrace teen culture and remain up-to-date during the period. Some of its Beatles memorabilia remains particularly collectable today.
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 Records .
Jukebox featuring Embassy Records Hits of the 1960s from Woolworth's, including covers of songs by The Beatles, Elvis, Cliff Richard and even Peter Sellers.
Yet none of their records ever made the UK charts, due to objections from the established major labels. This compilation presents a cross-section of their output, between 1955-62; sixty-eight covers of songs that were predominantly U.S. hits, before charting in the UK.
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.
Embassy Records was a British record label that was active from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. The label was known for its series of budget-priced albums that were sold exclusively in Woolworths stores throughout the UK.
