Bill Dean Myatt went to EMI recently and was amazed at the file index card info on back recording Scots artists from c.1920's on. I can put you in touch with his details if you'd like and there could be a cheaper way of getting info.My guess at the Nixa green label for the Pro Arte recordings is only a guess because other light music appeared similar to the Coates's type of repetoire.Sorry if I am erring there David. NIGEL BARRETT On 1/8/08, David Lennick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Sorry for not replying to this one. I used to deal with the EMI archivist > as > well, years ago, when they'd reply by fax. Then they started charging ten > pounds per half hour for research, then they made themselves unavailable. > With > all due respect, I'm afraid instant answers from online sources are the > only > ones most of us can use these days. By the time I wrote a letter and > received a > response in the mail, the need for the information would have vanished > weeks > previously. And in this case, the question is a dead one. > > dl > > Nigel Barrett wrote: > > David,did you know about the Coates recordings with the Pro Arte ? Not > > seemed to have got your response on that but as I said EMI at Hyes are > > usually excellent at allowing researchers to check up on details or even > > writing the archivist should get a friendly reply.Suzanne Lewis was the > > archivist a few years ago but I lost touch with her.Her name cropped up > in > > Stuart Upton's Light music magazine in the late 1990's before he died > and > > the mag folded but when I wrote her a few years ago,got no reply so > assume > > there is a new archivist these days. > > Bill Dean -Myers has found EMI very co-operative recently during his > > research into Beltona and also Scotsrdings from 1888. > > NIGEL > > >