Nobody But You, Lord - Mahalia Jackson
The Unique Record In Aid Of The World's Refugees
Stereo 88000 DY
1963
From Billboard - December 8, 1962: Geneva – Seven of the world's record companies and 14 disk stars are co-operating by donating exclusive rights for two years to material to make up the "All Star Festival" LP which the United Nations High Commission for Refugees has prepared (BMW, November 17).
It will be released to the public at the end of February on a world basis. Yup Brunner was spokesman and special consultant of UNHCR, who was also chairman of the disk selection panel and has been working on the project for two years.
The disk firms and artists who have agreed to participate are Project Records; Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, MGM Records; Ella Fitzgerald, Maurice Chevalier; Capitol: Nat Cole; American Columbia: Doris Day, Mahalia Jackson, Philips (with Mercury): Yves Montand, Nana Mouskouri, Patti Page, Los Paraguayos, Anne Shelton; EMI (Paris-Marconi): Edith Piaf; Teldec: Catarina Valente.
Net proceeds will be used to help refugees helped by UNHCR. Part of the funds will also be devoted to work carried out by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees. (As reported in BMW last month, Philips is handling the marketing on a world bass).
London – A plea to the British government to waive the substantial purchase tax levied on disks in the case of the United Nations refugee benefit LP, "All Star Festival," was made in Parliament by Lord Astor. Speaking in a debate on refugee matters, he pointed out that as the proceeds were going to refugee funds it would save the national exchequer money, as the government might otherwise have to make up Britain's contribution to the United Nations' fund. "Above all it would give an example for other countries to follow," he said.
From Billboard - March 2, 1963: New York – "All Star Festival," the co-operative record album sponsored by the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees, will go on sale February 26.
Album was made with the co-operation of Project, Columbia, Fontana, Mercury, MGM, Pathe-Marconi, Philips, Capitol, Teldec, Telefunken and Decca Schallpalatten. Profits from the sale of the record will aid benefit programs for 13 million refugees. Top artists from many countries are on the disk.
Sales of the record in the U.S. and Canada will be handled by Mercury Records, which manufactured, printed and is distributing the disk.
The record will be treated as a priority item all the way and will be available through the Columbia and Capitol Record Clubs. U.N. Secretary General U Thant will accept the first copy of the LP on February 26.
London – British dealers are cutting their profits – some completely – on "All Star Festival," the LP made for the United Nations Refugee Agency.
The Gramophone Record Retailers Association after much deliberation recommended that members cut their margin from 33 1/2 per cent to 20 per cent. The latter share was meant to cover overhead.
There was considerable discussion that the association should recommend no mark up at all. This was supported by a considerable body of the membership. In the end it was agreed to recommend the 20 per cent figure, with the understanding that dealers who wished to contribute more could do so.
The GRRA asked for a leaflet to be enclosed in the album which will encourage the public to contribute more to the fund.
The record will sell for an even pound ($2.80). It went on sale Tuesday (26). Anne Shelton (Philips), the British singer represented, was to have presented a copy of it to the Queen, but she is in Australasia so Miss Shelton was handling it to a court official who was receiving it on the Queen's behalf.
Lazy River
Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong
The Everlasting Arms
Doris Day
Ximeroni
Nana Mouskouri
La Vie Est Une Belle Fille
Maurice Chevalier
First Star I See Tonight
Patti Page
All Of Me
Ella Fitzgerald
Je M'imagine
Edith Piaf
When You Belong To Me
Nat "King" Cole
Greensleeves
Anne Shelton
Adonde Vas, Nino?
Luis Alberto Del Parana
Nobody But You, Lord
Mahalia Jackson
La Golondrina
Caterina Valente
I remember the refugee crisis going on when I was a young girl, living in Europe. Although I was dimly aware of the politics, my parents, who had survived a childhood in Nazi-occupied Netherlands, bought this album, whose cover I reread many times. I committed each song to memory, although I didn't know all these languages. Perhaps this is where my love of languages was born! Certainly it's where my compassion for refugees was born. I have this album to this day and treasure it as if it were made of gold.
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