Cat. no: JASCD898
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988089820
Release Date: 31 Jan 2025
Genre: Easy Listening

Embassy, the cover versions label sold exclusively in Woolworths, was one of the UK's most successful and proftable record labels of the 1950s and 60s

Initially selling 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 actua lhit 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.

Tracks: Sam Browne And The Top- Tones - Chapel In The Moonlight / Beryl Templeman - If I Give My Heart To You / Bill Hurley - My Friend / Bill Hurley - Tenderly / Bob Dale - Wanted / Rita Williams - Little Things Mean A Lot / Rita Williams - Smile / Bob Dale - Happy Days And Lonely Nights / Four-In-A-Chord - Mambo Italiano / Doreen Harris - Softly, Softly / Wally Carr - A Blossom Fell / Rita Williams & Four-In-A-Chord - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White / Penny Nicholls - Crazy Otto Rag / Larry Cross - Earth Angel / The Maple Leaf Four - Dreamboat / Patti Forbes - Dance With Me Henry / Rita Williams - Hey There / Four-In-A-Chord - Close The Door / Bob Dale - The Man From Laramie / Benny Lee With The Three Oscars - Hernando's Hideaway / Pearl Carr - Love Me Or Leave Me / Pearl Carr - I'll Never Stop Loving You / Four-In-A-Chord - Wake The Town And Tell The People / The Canadians - Rock Around The Clock / Bob  Dale & Rita Williams - Relax-Ay-Voo / Bob Dale - Robin Hood / Penny Nicholls With The Canadians - The Rock And Roll Waltz / Sam Browne - The Great Pretender / Primo Scala And His Accordion Band - The Poor People Of Paris (Poor John) / Beryl Templeman -Don't Take Me For Granted / Beryl Templeman - A Tear Fell / The Canadians - Blue Suede Shoes / Eve Lombard - Whatever Will Be Will Be / Eve Lombard - The Birds And The Bees / Billy Mccormack - A Woman In Love / David Ross - Happiness Street / Beryl Templeman - Lay Down Your Arms / Larry Cross - In The Middle Of The House / Denny Dennis - Lullabye Of Birdland / Rita Williams - True Love / David Ross - The Garden Of Eden / Penny Nicholls - I Dreamed / Penny Nicholls - You Don't Owe Me A Thing / David Ross - Don't Forbid Me / David Ross - Young Love / Larry Cross - The Man That Plays The Mandolino (Guaglione) / The Tunettes - Marianne / Gerry Grant - We Will Make Love / Patti Forbes - Mr. Wonderful / Patti Forbes - Chapel Of The Roses / The Tunettes - Yes, Tonight Josephine / Shorty Mitchell - All Shook Up / Julie Dames - With All My Heart / Gerry Grant - Man On Fire / Eve Lombard - Alone / Paul Rich - My Special Angel / Bob Dale - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine / Bob Dale - April Love