Talk:Tempo Records

The article about TEMPO record labels only mentions two. There was at least one more and I have a copy in front of me of one of the series that were released in Australia and New Zealand as "Record of the Month" in the late 1940's. The first release in New Zealand was about October of 1948. the disc I have is a 78rpm shellac 10" T-004  " You Can't Be True Dear"  J Ken Griffin at the Organ Vocals Jerry Wayne. This TEMPO label was the creation of Harry Allan Towers an entrepenuer of the 1940's.

The disc I have was produced by Radio Corporation of New Zealand Ltd in their TANZA facility under licence to Australian Record Company Pty Ltd who had the franchise for Australasia from Towers of London(Aust) Pty Ltd.

The Flip side is Doodel Doo Do Wilbur Kentwell at the organ Vocal Albert Miller Whisrler Eric Creighton.

Ken Griffin is noted as having signd with Columbia Records in 1950 and sold  millions of copies of You Can't be True on that label. This version predates the Columbia recording by at least 2 years although it is possible that the actuual recording session was even earlier than 1948 and may well have been one of discs released during the Artists recording ban in the USA.

The writer was the Artist, Repetoire,and Royalty manager for the New Zealand recording company at the time.


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Snig27 (talk) 04:52, 2 March 2018 (UTC) It can't be Oct 48 as the first pressings in NZ were 1949.