For some reason too deep for me to fathom, Gerry & the Pacemakers's Columbia Graphophone Company's records were not released by Odeon in Brazil (as The Beatles records were) but through Fermata do Brasil, a small record company on Poverty Row.
What is even more mind-boggling is the fact that 'How do you do?' b/w 'I like it', the very first Gerry & the Pacemakers to appear in Brazil was released through Odeon. How can one explain that they were switched over to Fermata later?
See more about this label business further down the page.
What is even more mind-boggling is the fact that 'How do you do?' b/w 'I like it', the very first Gerry & the Pacemakers to appear in Brazil was released through Odeon. How can one explain that they were switched over to Fermata later?
See more about this label business further down the page.
FB-107
Gerry's Fermata Extended-play EPE-546
See what Wikipedia says about this whole mess:
The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom.
Under EMI, as Columbia Records, it became a successful label in the 1950s and 1960s. It was eventually replaced by the newly created EMI Records as part of an EMI label consolidation.
Under EMI, as Columbia Records, it became a successful label in the 1950s and 1960s. It was eventually replaced by the newly created EMI Records as part of an EMI label consolidation.
In 1922, Columbia Phonograph, as the American Columbia Records was then known, sold its UK subsidiary Columbia Graphophone.
However, in 1925 Columbia Graphophone bought its former parent for $2.5 million.
In 1926 Odeon Records and Parlophone Records were acquired.
On 21 April 1931, the Gramophone Company and the Columbia Graphophone Company merged and formed a new company, Electric and Musical Industries known as E.M.I. American anti-trust laws forced EMI to sell its American Columbia operations.
However, in 1925 Columbia Graphophone bought its former parent for $2.5 million.
In 1926 Odeon Records and Parlophone Records were acquired.
On 21 April 1931, the Gramophone Company and the Columbia Graphophone Company merged and formed a new company, Electric and Musical Industries known as E.M.I. American anti-trust laws forced EMI to sell its American Columbia operations.
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