On 3/31/2011 3:35 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
> I did not realize they were marketed as separate entities. Did they 
> move through the same retail channels? What about after Columbia and 
> Philips ended their alliance?
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> -- Tom Fine

This really was the way they utilized Epic after they lost access to the 
Philips recordings.  Epic was a completely separate label but was 
subtitled "A product of CBS".  A full page ad in the 1957 Schwann Artist 
Issue (published in Dec 56) shows Szell and the Cleveland as one of the 
"Great Artists now recording exclusively for Epic."  The catalog lists 4 
Epic releases among 13 Columbia releases, so the changeover had been 
recent.

Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]

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> ----- Original Message -----On 3/31/2011 2:24 PM, Tom Fine wrote:.
>> > Why did they have Walter and Szell covering so much same and similar
>> material in such close chronological proximity?
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From: "Michael Biel" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Szell was moved over to Epic starting in 1957.
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>> Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]
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