EMBASSY Corrections &
Additions, etc.
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Since the original publication
of the (British) Embassy Singles listing in 1991, only one catalogue number
(WB 117) remains
unaccounted for, and there has also been some additional EP information.
Purchasers of the listing have been kept up-to-date with added
supplementary pages, but that information is now included here so that it
can easily be updated.
An almost complete listing of
Embassy LPs can be found here - Embassy
LPs, 1959-1965. Any further information is welcome.
Guy Pelletier
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Added Aug-2009 &
Jan-2010; Updated 14-Jul-2018 |
The following
information is thanks to: Graham Alexander, Dick Anscombe, Barrie
Beeching, Allen Dean, Bill Dean-Myatt, Chris Dunkley, Peter Hughes, Albert
Hunt, Matthew McNicol, Bea Moorcroft, Theo Morgan, Bill Pallister, Theo Rensen, Doug
Talbott, Graham Winsor
WB
146 |
BENNY
LEE
THE THREE OSCARS |
No
such luck
Sincerely |
WB
507 |
PAUL
RICH
*& MARION WILLIAMS |
Down
the Lane
Two similar kinds of people* or Opposites*
[see below for further information on this release] |
WB
578 |
THE
STARLINGS
MARILYN LEE |
One
fine day
I wonder |
WB
588 |
PAUL
RICH |
No
one
Two silhouettes |
WB
613 |
PAUL
RICH & THE BEATMEN
MIKE REDWAY |
My
baby left me
Do you really love me too |
WT
2012 |
TERRY
BRANDON
THE JAYBIRDS
THE TYPHOONS
SALLY HYDE |
Looking
thru the eyes of love
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere
Mr. Tambourine Man
Leave a little love |
WT
2013 |
JOAN
BAXTER
THE TYPHOONS
REDD WAYNE
THE STARLINGS |
In
the middle of nowhere
Heart full of soul
To know you is to love you
Tossing and turning |
It is reported that the following
45 rpm singles
were also pressed at 78 rpm: 378, 379, 380, 382, 383, 384, 387, 388, 389, 393,
394, 395,
397, 398, 401, 403, 405, 406, 407, 410, 411, 414, 415, 419, 420, 421, 422, 424, 427, 428,
433
To keep up to date with further Embassy 78 rpm
"discoveries", please refer to http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/label/embassy/
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Note
the following additional or corrected EP information:
WEP
1074 |
(a)
ESTELLE VALERY, (b) ANDY COLE,
(c) JOHN CAMERON, w. Singers & Orch.
dir. Gordon Franks |
"Hits
From The Desert Song"
French military marching song (a) / Desert song (a,b) / Riff
song (c) // One alone (b) / Romance (a) |
WEP
1109 |
(a)
MIKE REDWAY, (b) JOAN BAXTER,
(c) PAUL RICH, (d) MARILYN LEE,
(e) THE EMBASSY GROUP |
"Songs
From The Musical 'No Strings'"
The sweetest sounds (a,b) / Maine - Eager beaver (e) / Nobody told
me (c,d) // Loads of love (d) / Look no further (a,b) / No strings
(c,d) |
WEP
1116 |
REDD
WAYNE w. Gerry Glenn & His Orch.
*or BUD ASHTON & His Group |
"Wonderful
Life"
Wonderful life / On the beach // A matter of moments / *Theme
for young lovers |
WEP 1117 |
JULES RUBEN & THE LATINAIRS
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incorrectly shown as WEP 1116
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WEP 1122 |
JULES RUBEN, His Piano and Percussion
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"Latin-American Piano"
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Per Andy Whitaker
(added Jan-2010): ADD to Listing
EMBASSY EP – WEP 1122 - "Latin-American Piano" by Jules Ruben, his Piano and Percussion
Andy acquired this very late number EP (it would have been issued in
1965, around the time that Embassy's parent company was acquired by CBS)
from a seller in Australia. I speculate that because of the take-over,
this Embassy EP never made it to the Woolworth's stores, instead it was
sold off as a job-lot to an Australian company (Oriole was always an
exporter).
Andy also says: "I've recently been chatting with Bob Rogers, who was guitarist with The Ted Taylor Four back in the
1960s. The group recorded for Oriole and were also employed on Embassy recordings. Ted Taylor's distinctive clavioline featured on various keyboard-orientated instrumentals, while Bob Rogers confirmed his alter-ego of axe hero Bud Ashton, or as he said,
'One of them'.
"He told me other session players performing under that pseudonym included Judd Proctor, Eric Ford and Ernie Shears (the latter responsible for the
intro on 'Move It'). He emphatically confirmed that Bert Weedon was never employed in Ashton guise.
"The same selection of six-stringers also appeared on the Steve Stannard recordings, explaining the very similar sounds and playing styles. It was a case of
'what's in a name' back then, as even the two artist aliases were equally interchangeable on occasion, with Steve Stannard credited on the singles: Man Of Mystery, Rocking Goose, Riders In The Sky and Ja-Da, but with the same titles attributed to Bud Ashton on the LP 'Play Man Play'!"
PP
adds that session guitarist Ernie
Shears was THE lead guitarist on Cliff Richard's "Move It" and
greatly helped to make it a British rock 'n' roll classic. As far as Bert
Weedon is concerned, even Oriole was aware of his inadequacies, it seems!
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Per Bill Williams (by email, 28-Feb-2014) re WB
507:
"Hi, Just to let you know that the "B" side of Embassy WB 507 by
Paul Rich and Marion Williams is "Opposites", not "Two Similar Kinds
Of People". I have the record."
Response from PP: "Thanks for the email. Two separate people gave me the information years back that
"Two Similar Kinds Of People" was on one side of Embassy WB 507, and I note this is confirmed on 45cat by someone else. However, I own a copy of the
"Blitz!" CD and have played the track "Opposites".
"Two Similar Kinds Of People” is part of the lyrics of
"Opposites". The clear evidence is that pressings of Embassy WB 507 exist with either
"Two Similar Kinds Of People" or "Opposites" on one
side, but it is exactly the same recording and song. I suggest
"Opposites" is on a later pressing when it was realised that a mistake was made by titling it
"Two Similar Kinds Of People".
In
May 2015, Stuart Ralls also emailed the same information, which has
prompted the belated updating of this webpage - thank you to both Bill and
Stuart. |
Per Stuart Ralls (by email, 29-May-2015) re WB
144:
"There is title variation on WB 144. My copy has
"Una Casa Portuguesa" whilst some images show it as "Uma Casa
Portuguesa", surely a mistake?"
Response from PP: "Una Casa Portuguesa"
is Spanish, "Uma Casa
Portuguesa" is Portuguese, both mean "A Portuguese House". |
Regarding pseudonyms, in his highly recommended book, "Skiffle, The Definitive
Inside Story", Chas McDevitt confirms being the Cranes Skiffle Group,
but categorically denies that his group, or Nancy Whiskey, had anything to
do with the Coffee Bar Skifflers on the EP WEP 1008
Linda Joyce is actually Maureen Evans
Les Carle is actually Ken Barry, who later became the voice of TV's
"Postman Pat"
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