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Embassy Records were "in house" versions, later
to be known as "covers", not always in the same style, of current hits in the U.K. and America, a
practice carried out by all major record labels in the 1950s They were produced and manufactured by Oriole Records for F.W. Woolworth & Co.Ltd. from late 1954 until 1965, when the Oriole company was sold to C.B.S. The last recording session took place 26th July 1965. Does anyone have any snippets of info they are prepared
to share? If anyone has any ideas, there's always the discussion board, or you could always email john at embassyrecords
dot co dot uk HERE'S THE
NEWS!!! To coincide with the date of the last Embassy session, 26th July 1965 A brand new OFFICIAL Embassy C.D. was released on 26th July 2010 This disc has received airplay, amongst amazing accolades on numerous local radio stations Some clips of these can be played from links below Tuesday, 3rd August, John Adams, webmaster, went to Radio Leicester
to discuss the website and new C.D. on air with morning presenter, Tony Wadsworth and another guest, Danny Reddington,
the record dealer.
Tony had a hidden agenda, as a total Beatles freak, even to the extent of playing in a tribute band, the UpBeatles, he was so knocked out with the disc, to our complete amazement, he phoned Ray and put him on air, What a great showTony !!! 
Mike & Ray have given a combined interview on
Radio Solent, this was also broadcast simultaneously amongst other Southern BBC stations
http://www.raypilgrim.co.uk/Solent.html  The new C.D. received it's first airplay on 3 Counties Radio,
24th July, when Colin Berry played the Mike Redway/Terry Brandon track, "Nobody I Know"
Click links
by the radio to listen to broadcasts COLIN BERRY INTRODUCES FIRST AIRING Mike Redway discusses being a Typhoon Radio Newcastle
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picture to vist You Tube for track list with sound samples THE
NEW EMBASSY CD IS NOW INTERNATIONALLY AVAILABLE ! Distributed nationally by Discovery Records, it can now be purchased through most good record shops in the UK. Also available on-line post free from http://www.discovery-records.com/product-ST65192/The-Typhoons/The-Embassy-Beatles-Covers.htm
What it does mean as an official release, is that the performers
will get royalties which will go to former members of The Typhoons & Jaybirds, namely Ray, Mike, Ken Barrie (Les Carle)
and perhaps anyone who could lay claim to the estate of the late Tony Crane (Terry Brandon) So come on you Embassy fans get
buying and help make this venture a success. It's catalogue number is WBCD 2010.
  Chris Rogers has now set up a facebook account called "covered Embassy records 1954-65" Click the link below to visit
 A BIG QUESTION Embassy records were essentially cover versions of potential hits, but this one is rather special. Cover or Original?? Adam Faith had the hit with this song, but it was actually written by Johnny Worth under the pseudonym Les Van Dyke. The idea behind this website must have started when I spotted a copy of "Hoots Mon" by Gordon Franks at a car boot fair. Gordon Franks was a well known name in the 1960's and 70's if you watched the credits at the end of television programmes, it was his orchestra providing theme tunes and "incidental music" I considered buying
it as a curiousity, but somehow, I didn't. The very next week, Brian Matthew mentioned Embassy Records on his "Sounds of the Sixties" show, playing
"Last Night was Made for Love" by Johnny Chester, inferring that this may be a more famous person under an assumed
name. It was certainly a more than acceptable performance. Brian also
stated that quite a few people recorded for Embassy under assumed names, suggesting that one should seek out recordings by
Matt Bryant. "Think about it" were his exact words. So, I thought about it, considerably more deeply than Brian intended! I couldn't find embassyrecords.co.uk, so I registered it and here we are! That's my perspective, What's yours? Hoping to hear from you. John Adams. webmaster |
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