that day, so the names used for the label, such as Bud Ashton, the Beatmen and the Happy Knights, did not imply any particular participants. Similarly, the group names such as the Typhoons, the Jaybirds, and the Starlings did not imply any consistent membership and were generally made up of any musicians who were available on that particular day. Additionally, backing vocals on many Embassy releases were provided by the Mike Sammes Singers but usually went uncredited. History 1973–1980 CBS Records revived the Embassy imprint in 1973, with the slogan "All the Best from Embassy", to release budget albums of out of print, unissued, or foreign material in the UK and Europe, which had originally been released by Columbia Records (or its subsidiaries). Initially, 39 albums were released by the label in October, 1973, including titles by Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Sly & the Family Stone, Fleetwood Mac, and Blood, Sweat & Tears, among others. Many other Columbia artists had albums reissued on Embassy during the 1970s, including Johnny Mathis, the Byrds, Andy Williams, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, and Spirit. CBS Records once again discontinued the Embassy imprint and ceased issuing albums in the UK and Europe in 1980. However, there are known to be some Mexican Embassy releases from much later on in the 1980s. Other uses of name Embassy Records, a short-lived label that distributed recordings for the Warriors Dance record label during the 1990s Embassy Records, an independent record label, based in New Orleans Embassy Productions, a heavy metal record label from the 1990s Avco Embassy, a record label that released records by the Chambers Brothers, the Stylistics and Henry Mancini (amongst others) in the 1960s and 1970s See also Conqueror Records, Sears store brand record label Oriole Records (U.S.), McCrory's store brand record label List of record labels References External links Embassy Records 1964 - 1965 tribute website A discography of Embassy singles: 1954 - 1965 Defunct record labels of the United Kingdom Pop record labels Jazz record labels Record labels established in 1954 Record labels disestablished in 1965 Record labels established in 1970 Record labels disestablished in 1980 Re-established companies Columbia Records Store brands