78 RPM - Rikki Henderson - Stay / Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Embassy - UK

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Artist:	Rikki Henderson
Label:	Embassy
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	WB 432
Date:	Jan 1961
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own, 1 Wants
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Rikki Henderson	Stay	Williams	7.0 Rate
B	Rikki Henderson	Are You Lonesome Tonight?	Turk, Hanman	Rate

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Accompaniment directed by Steve Stannard.

The Last 78 RPM Released by Embassy on 10" Shellac in the UK. (1961)

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Whyperion SUBS 5th Mar 2023		I think my comment was based on a reading of how Oriole worked with the learning of the music mon tues, record weds , press thurs and out to shops friday (roughtly) of course Oriole were pressing their own stuff too, and added the 45 line AND created LPs either from existing recordings or more recordings, I would imagine the LP / EP lines were stocked either Friday night for Saturday sales or Monday to stock up Tuesday as that would be "slack" in the stores.



mister_tmg 28th Jan 2023		Yes, that’s true. With Embassy following the latest chart hits, their releases were probably a lot more “last-minute”, being rushed out as and when required. But I’m not sure there’s any record of the exact release dates?



Whyperion SUBS 27th Jan 2023		Embassy (Woolworths) had a completely different way of selling discs. Woolworths at the time only sold Embassy discs and Embassy discs could only be (generally) bought in Woolworths. Just about every town had a Woolworths, but I go a little circumspect in that It would not surprise me if some Embassy product went out to the independent (non-record) shop trades to some localities, depends how much Woolworths allowed Oriole of a market share in limited distribution supplies. That said, did Woolworths run a weekly sheet of new sides in singles, EPs and LPs, and were any not in stock available to order? What were the typical sales in any branch? Assuming Woolworths had about 450 UK Branches and sold 20 discs per branch, that's a pressing run of 10.000 per disc which seems reasonable. I could see the aim to have "hit" sides out say by the Thursday following national chart of previous Sunday would be the main idea, to ensure in shop stock for the Saturday pocket money market. Retailers also had half-day closing in many towns (was that something Woolworths honoured?) Normally Weds but adjoining places may have a Tues or Thurs, (many - Central London- had Saturday !) depended on Market Days and allowed staff to shop in a different town on their half day. Presumably some staff worked though shop closed for cleaning and re-stocking.



mister_tmg 26th Jan 2023		But both this and WB 433 were released in January 1961. The preceding 78, WB 431, also has a date of January 1961. Numerically, the Steve Stannard 78 was last. Without an exact date of release for these three issues, how do we know which one was last? Surely all three have an equal claim to being the last Embassy 78? I wonder if the lack of exact dates for Embassy singles means the company were still issuing them in monthly batches up until their demise in 1965. Other UK labels appear to have been releasing new 45s every week in the 1960s. It would be interesting to know if or when the different companies switched to weekly releases.



Stereodisc 23rd Jan 2023		The last Embassy issued 78 rpm here in the UK. [1961]



Redpunk SUBS 7th Oct 2022		Added B side label scan.

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