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| 27th Nov 2016, 2:12 AM | #1 REPORT | |
 | Chis Mac Remember when passers by used to whistle tunes? Member since Nov 2016 85 Points | Can anyone help me with this record please. It has this company name at the base of the familiar Brunswick label, but there is no indication of where it was manufactured. the label shows the following details: ORCHESTRA YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME Dich schuf Gott fur Mich / Has sido hecha hecha para mi Fox-trot from the Musical Comedy Motion Picture "Broadway Melody" (Brown-Freed) EARL BURTNETT AND HIS LOS ANGELES BILTMORE HOTEL ORCHESTRA (R.E.N.Y.) Order No. Cat.No. A 8154 4231 A Between the Order No & the Cat No. is a box which has: R.Ges. 22.5.1910 Ammre The B side tune is "Broadway Melody". The company was incorporated in the USA I believe, but all my Brunswick records seem to be manufactured in England. Thanks Chris |
| 27th Nov 2016, 2:19 AM | #2 REPORT | |
| Chis Mac Remember when passers by used to whistle tunes? Member since Nov 2016 85 Points | Hmm, here's another one - Little Dutch Mill by Guy Lombardo. This one has a sticker on the label that says: ALBERTI BERLIN W50 RANKESTR.34 So I'm guessing Germany .... but was it produced elsewhere for an export market? Chris |
| 27th Nov 2016, 2:23 AM | #3 REPORT | |
| Chis Mac Remember when passers by used to whistle tunes? Member since Nov 2016 85 Points | Aha! On the B Side of Little Dutch Mill it has: Chappell SA, Paris That was covereds over by a stamp on the other side "Associated Copyright" So ... France? |
| 27th Nov 2016, 4:27 PM | #4 REPORT | |
 | xiphophilos Member since Dec 2013 3351 Points Moderator | Brunswick definitely produced for the German market. Your Earl Burtnett record, with the German and Spanish subtitle, sounds like a typical German Brunswick release. The Lombardo Brunswick I would have to see to know for sure. But the sticker of the German record shop (if that's what it is) points to a German release as well. If it's not, one of the Mods can always change it. |
| 27th Nov 2016, 8:10 PM | #5 REPORT | |
| Chis Mac Remember when passers by used to whistle tunes? Member since Nov 2016 85 Points | Great - Thanks. I'll add 'em and leave a note here Chris |
| 27th Nov 2016, 10:38 PM | #6 REPORT | |
| Chis Mac Remember when passers by used to whistle tunes? Member since Nov 2016 85 Points | Both added now: Cat. 4231 (Germqany?) Cat. 6781 (France?) But were they manufactured there, or elsewhere and exported? Anyone know? Cheers, Chris |
| 27th Nov 2016, 10:38 PM | #7 REPORT | |
| Chis Mac Remember when passers by used to whistle tunes? Member since Nov 2016 85 Points | Dunno why - the above got added twice so have edited it accordingly. |
| 27th Nov 2016, 11:36 PM | #8 REPORT | |
 | Jock_Girl A girl who looks good in vinyl Member since Dec 2012 1544 Points Moderator | It is interesting to note that Brunswick Records grew out of the international conglomerate of Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company in 1916, a company also known for sporting equipment for games like bowling. BBC sold off Brunswick to Warner Brothers in 1930. It also gave birth to the Melotone label, which became home to US Decca releases in Canada. At some point it got involved with ARC, which got consumed by Columbia. In the 1930s the 4 biggest record companies in the world were Brunswick, Decca, Columbia and Victor. Eventually Brunswick went to both US and UK Decca and became home to artists like Buddy Holly and Jackie Wilson. Warner Brothers got back into records in the late 1950s with its own label. Eventually Brunswick left Decca and still exists 100 years later! And like every odd story abut record labels, while Brunswick is still an independent label, its 1950s material still belonged to Decca in the USA, and now the conglomerate of Universal. And as it was in the 1930s we still have Brunswick standing along side the 3 biggies, its one time parent Warners, Universal who owned it when it was Decca, and Sony/ BMG or the Columbia connection. Amy |
| 28th Nov 2016, 7:20 AM | #9 REPORT | |
 | zabadak Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack Member since Jun 2010 4156 Points | In the UK, it saw early 60s releases by The Who, of course, although earned its corn in the shellac era, with 78s by the likes of Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. Also, certain US releases on the label were popular in northern parts of England as what became known as "Northern Soul".  |
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