Wee Willie Harris Listen To The River Roll Along UK Polydor 7" Ex 56140
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Description
The Roland Rennie Collection
Coming up for the foreseeable future, is a record collection that is quite unique. It is the personal collection of the late great Mr. Roland Rennie who was the managing director at Polydor records in the UK during the 1960's and 1970's. There are some unique records, including 7 inch singles and LP's, along with Acetates, Demo's/Promo's and Factory sample records. Most are very early issues, if not the first to be produced. All of the main Polydor artists are present, including international and UK labels connected to Polydor.
In 1950, a young man named Roland Rennie joined EMI records in Hayes, Middlesex, UK. Roland quickly grew with the company and saw its success mushroom manyfold during the late 1950's and early 1960's.
During his 12 years at EMI, he held many positions and eventually became the right hand man to EMI managing director, L.G. Wood in 1959, and was closely involved with major affiliation switches by major American firms. He oversaw the changes from British Decca to EMI and of Liberty and United records. His experience would put him in the top 6 of most knowledgeable executives in the industry at that time.
In 1962, Roland was a member of the team reponsible for the conception of the 'Stateside' label, which became the outlet in the UK and many other countries for: Scepter, Vee Jay, Diamond, Swan, Laurie; and a dozen other U.S. ensigns.
In addition, under instruction from Sir George Martin, Roland was also the person responsible for The Beatles' entrance onto the American stage, and was directly involved in negotations for them to appear on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time.
In 1965, he left EMI to take up the position of managing director at Polydor records in the UK, and directly oversaw the signings to the label of: The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Bee Gees, Sonny & Cher, Wilson Pickett, Ben E King, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Joe Tex, Patti and her Belles, Don Covay, Barbara Lewis and Soloman Burke, to name but a few.
References
7th September 1963 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34
26th March 1966 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34.
On offer today, is a 1st press copy of the 1966 UK 7" single by 'Wee Willie Harris' titled "Listen To River The Roll Along / Try Moving Baby" on the orange and black Polydor labels. It is in excellent+ condition.
Catalogue number: 56140
The records comes housed in an Polydor records outer cover.
Matrix side 1: 56140 A//1 11
Matrix side 2: 56140 B//1 11
Side 1 condition:
Side 1 plays through beautifully with no major interference to the sound from surface noise.
The surface has a wonderful shine and looks excellent+ so it's not suprising that there's very little background noise, the production quality is strikingly clear. There are a couple of light surface rubs that run across the vinyl but this doesn't affect play. 9/10.
The label on side 1 with the date is Excellent with no fading to the text. There is a no evidence of wear around the centre it is stunning overall. 9/10
Side 2 condition:
Side 2 plays through beautifully well with a little evidence of light background noise in places. There are absolutely no sticks and no jumps and it sounds wonderful. 9/10
The surface of the record on side 2 is similar to that described on side 1. It is excellent+. Very little surface wear, the vinyl is very clean and it's obvious that it has been played very few times. There are 2 faint lines but these in no way affect the awesome sound quality. Wonderful. 9/10.
The label on side 2 is also stunning with no fading to the text. There is a little evidence of light spider trails around the centre hole and there is a little bit of wear around the centre. 8.5/10
The Polydor outer sleeve is in very good condition with no splits or tears but with a little creasing and light discolouration. 7/10
Please wait for me to send you an invoice after the auction has ended as postage costs vary according to what part of the world you are having the record shipped to.
EVERY RECORD IS SENT USING THE MOST ROBUST PACKAGING MATERIAL TO HELP TO PROTECT IT DURING TRANSIT.
Please contact me at any point if there is a problem or to clarify any query.
Thanks and happy bidding!
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