By Ernie Reid
Las raíces del sello llegan a marzo de 1911, cuando Carl Gesellschaft Lindstrom (1867-1932) lanzó el sello Parlophon en Europa. En marzo de 1920, fue adquirido por la Transoceanic Trading Co. de Holanda., quienes establecieron la compañía Parlophone Co., Ltd en Londres, el 8 de agosto de 1923. Puesta bajo el ala de la Columbia británica en 1925, se convirtió luego en parte de EMI, cuando esa compañia fue formada por la fusión de Columbia y otros sellos en abril de 1931(ver nota EMI Music). La compañía comenzó a tener personalidad propia durante los años '50, bajo la dirección de Oscar Preuss y su asistente George Martin, a quien Preuss había rescatado de la audioteca de la BBC. La mayor parte de las publicaciones eran de música bailable liviana y música tradicional escocesa, hasta que Preuss se retiró y Martin se hizo cargo. Buscando un nicho, vió que los discos de comedia eran pocos y publicados con poca frecuencia. Así, comenzó a grabar a gente como Flanders y Swann, Peter Sellers y Mike y Bernie Winters. Incursionó en repertorio más contemporáneo, pulicando discos norteamericanos de rock'n'roll de Mac Curtis, Boyd Bennett y Charlie Gracie, entre otros, además de publicar talentos locales como The Vipers, Jim Dale, Rory Blackwell y Vince Eager. Con la llegada de los '60, llegaron artistas más vendedores, como Adam Faith, Mike Sarne, Shane Fenton y The Temperance Seven, pero fue en 1962 que Martin se aseguró un lugar el la historia del rock, aún cuando no lo impresionaron demasiado en un principio, Martin consideró que los Beatles eran un fichaje que valía la pena!. The Beatles, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer, Cliff Bennett, The Hollies y Adam Faith eran todos artistas Parlophone que dominaron los rankings en los '60. También había nombres menos conocidos como Byron Lee & The Dragonaires (Lee era un productor importante de Jamaica), Kippington Lodge (incluyendo a Nick Lowe), Davy Jones (quien luego sería conocido como David Bowie), The Herd (que incluía a Peter Frampton), y un muy joven Marc Bolan. Incluso seguían grabando música escocesa: Jimmy Shand venía a Londres desde Escocia, grababa una docena de Reels y se volvía a su casa, viendo como cada uno se publicaba como single a lo largo de un período de 12 meses. George Martin dejó el sello en 1965 para formar su propia compañía independiente, AIR, y Los Beatles formaron su propio sello, Apple, aunque sus discos siguieron publicándose usando la secuencia Parlophone, pero utilizando el sello Apple. Para principios de los '70, sólo los proyectos solistas de Los Beatles se publicaban por medio de Parlophone. Aún así en 1979 el sello tuvo una especie de revival, y en 1982, en el aniversario del sello, se publicó "101 Damnations" o "101 Maldiciones" de los imitadores de Los Beatles Scarlet Party. Desde entonces, el sello ha sido el hogar de publicaciones por los Dexy's Midnight Runners, Pet Shop Boys, Queen, EMF y The Sundays.
Parlophone Records
The label's roots go back to March 1911 when Carl Gesellschaft Lindstrom (b. 1867, d. 1932) launched the Parlophon label in Europe. In March 1920 it was taken over by the Transoceanic Trading Co of Holland who formed the Parlophone Co. Ltd in London on 8 August 1923. Taken under UK Columbia's wing in 1925, it subsequently became part of EMI when that organization was formed by the merger of Columbia and several other labels in April 1931. The label started to come into its own during the '50s when it was run by Oscar Preuss and his assistant George Martin, whom he had rescued from the BBC Gramphone Library. They released largely lightweight dance music and Scottish reels until 1955 when Preuss retired and Martin took over. Looking for a new angle he saw that comedy records were few and far between and began to make recordings of such people as Flanders And Swann, Peter Sellers and Mike and Bernie Winters. He moved into more contemporary music by releasing American rock ‘n’ roll records by Mac Curtis, Boyd Bennett, Charlie Gracie and others, as well as putting out home-grown talent like the Vipers, Jim Dale, Rory Blackwell and Vince Eager. As the '60s arrived, so did the bigger selling artists such as Adam Faith, Mike Sarne, Shane Fenton and the Temperance Seven, but it was in 1962 that George Martin ensured his place in rock history. Although not over impressed with The Beatles at first, he did think them a worthwhile signing! The Beatles, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer, Cliff Bennett, the Hollies and Adam Faith were all Parlophone recording acts that dominated the charts in the '60s. There were also less well-known names such as Byron Lee And The Dragonaires (Lee was a top Jamaican producer), Kippington Lodge (including Nick Lowe), Davy Jones (later known as David Bowie), the Herd (featuring Peter Frampton) and a very young Marc Bolan. They even continued with the odd Scottish reel: Jimmy Shand would come down to London once a year, record several dozen tunes, return home and watch while they were slowly released as singles over a 12-month period. George Martin left in 1965 to form his own independent production company, AIR, and The Beatles set up their own Apple label — though their records were still released in Parlophone's sequence but with the Apple logo. By the early '70s only the solo Beatles releases were coming out in the Parlophone series. In 1979, however, the label underwent something of a revival and in 1982 on the anniversary of the release of "Love Me Do" they issued "101 Damnations" by Beatles soundalikes Scarlet Party. Since then the label has been the home for releases by Dexy's Midnight Runners, the Pet Shop Boys, Queen, EMF and the Sundays.
domingo, 7 de marzo de 2010
Suscribirse a:
Enviar comentarios (Atom)
Favourite Movies
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Airplane!
- Alfie
- All That Jazz
- Amadeus
- An Officer And A Gentleman
- Anchors Aweigh
- Around The World In 80 Days
- Arthur
- Back To The Future
- Batman
- Ben-Hur
- Blazing Saddles
- Braveheart
- Breakfast At Tiffany's
- Bridge Over The River Kwai
- Casablanca
- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
- Cocoon
- Cyrano De Bergerac
- David Copperfield
- Dead Poets Society
- Doctor Zhivago
- Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
- Dracula
- E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
- Enter The Dragon
- From Hell
- Gone With The Wind
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Grease
- Hair
- Henry V
- History Of The World, Part 1
- Hot Shots!
- Jaws
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Love Story
- Melody
- Midnight Express
- Moby Dick
- Moulin Rouge
- New York, New York
- Oliver Twist
- Rob Roy
- Rocky
- Saturday Night Fever
- Scrooge
- The Alamo
- The Blues Brothers
- The Dirty Dozen
- The Dirty Dozen
- The Godfather
- The Jazz Singer
- The Life Of Brian
- The Man Who Would Be King
- The Phantom Of The Opera
- This Is Spinal Tap
- Titanic
- Top Secret
- West Side Story
- When Harry Met Sally
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- Young Frankenstein
Archivo del blog
Datos personales
- Ernie Reid
- Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- I am from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Born on October 7th, 1963. I earn my corn as a strategic marketing specialist, coach, and teacher. I have worked in the music indutry for almost 20 years now.


2 comentarios:
Merci d'avoir un blog interessant
You got great points there, that's why I always love checking out your blog.
My blog:
rachat credit auto ou rachat de credits
Publicar un comentario en la entrada