The Capitol Film Collection - The Capitol Tower (1958)

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11 жыл бұрын

This is a promotional film narrated by Tennessee Ernie Ford that shows the process of signing an artist, making a record, and selling it in 1958. It shows several stars from the time including: Barbara Gayle, Leonard Pennario, Mora Lympany, Micky Katz, and John Browning. It also briefly features an appearance by Glen Wallichs, Capitol Records' former president and one the original co-founders (the other co-founders were Johnny Mercer and Buddy DeSylva).

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@elvisonwax Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for bringing us this marvellous film from the great age of records. It’s so full of treasures - the dolls house size record store, and Kathy clearly bursting out; ‘That’s my record!’ When her driver turns on the radio. Priceless. If only life were so pleasant and perfect.

@jillheise4392 Жыл бұрын

I don't think Kathy had a long Capitol recording career.

@kentgoodall2516 Жыл бұрын

Bob Marley Aka The wailers had a rehearsal session in this amazing building on 24 .10.73 It was recently released officially on DVD finally see the footage Cd and 2LPS which is great as on jacket the tower looks great One love

@wado1942 11 жыл бұрын

Remember when music was made by musicians? Even the library music they use throughout this piece is better than the copy/paste computer generated homogeneity of modern documentaries. Thanks for posting this.

@67Stu 9 жыл бұрын

Love it! This should have been done with all the great studios. Unfortunately, too many of them no longer exist.

@richardpeterson1398 2 жыл бұрын

C-82 Main Title, C-80, from Reel M-16, C-8, from Reel L-8, and more from the Capitol Production Music Library, It’s A Classic.

@glenfenderman 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Now I understand why no Rock and Roll artist never made it big in the 1950s at Capitol records!

@ronmartin4212 Жыл бұрын

Gene Vincent did Ok.

@elvisonwax Жыл бұрын

Good thought. Speaking of Gene Vincent, it’s a mystery to me that they made so many records with him. I’m glad they did, though.

@richardpeterson1398 2 жыл бұрын

After C-9 comes C-20 from Reel L-10, C-43A, from Reel L-18 and the tale end of C-7, from Reel L-7, Years later, I wrote words to C-7 and retitled it as “The Metro Tunnel”, It’s on my fourth album called “The William Loose Songbook Album”, a tribute to the late William Loose, who I’ve met in 1984, William Loose (1910-1991).

@looneyanimatorstudio Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the cues name for this on3

@editdave 11 жыл бұрын

This is a gem!

@edavidsalways 10 жыл бұрын

This does a beautiful job of capturing the era. Thanks for posting.

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@RyanKhay 9 жыл бұрын

This was gold! A KZfaq Gem!

@richardpeterson1398 2 жыл бұрын

There’s one ZIV Tune, toward the end of the film, TC-41, from Reel L-2, 16 different tunes, from the Capitol Production Music Library.

@richardpeterson1398 2 жыл бұрын

After C-8, is Phil Green’s EM-107 underscore, William Loose’s C-4, from Reel L-7, and C-9 from Reel L-8, plus more “Capitol” Tunes.

@looneyanimatorstudio 2 жыл бұрын

it's called the hi q series

@richardpeterson1398 2 жыл бұрын

Also heard are C-39B, from Reel L-17, C-13, from Reel L-8, repeating C-9, then come C-10, from Reel L-8, (The Avon Waltz), TC-200, from Reel L-1, C-84A from Reel M-18, and TC-203, from Reel L-1.

@MichaelHansenFUN 9 жыл бұрын

used in the movie WRECKING CREW also this should be on dvd

@jasencordiero5366 6 жыл бұрын

AWESOME.

@lydiaflowers6839 3 жыл бұрын

Thank God I'm signed to Capitol Records

@skiiboskitv 2 жыл бұрын

How is it

@elvisonwax Жыл бұрын

On a point detail, Kathy’s Dream Date album was on a Capitol rainbow label, which I always supposed came about around 1960 - two years after this film. Incidentally, the real Kathy, Sue Rainey had her debut album the year this film was made - on a blue label.

@GeorgeRellas 3 жыл бұрын

Kathy's album cover shows that she prefers a menage-a-cinq on her dream date.

@kingbee1500 9 жыл бұрын

One error in the copy here...King Records was the first company to hava an all-in one plant. Offices, studios, cover artists, photography, mastering. pressing plants, writers, A&R, even the printing was all done at 1530 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati. I toured the sprawling, still-standing King buildings a couple of years ago.

@ChristopherSobieniak 9 жыл бұрын

King Bee More people need to know the history of that company more than Capitol.

@MichaelHansenFUN 9 жыл бұрын

King Bee KING RECORDS JAMES BROWN

@theunionbeats1 6 жыл бұрын

i live in cincinnati :)

@theunionbeats1 6 жыл бұрын

king is still standing but barely. i wish it was preserved. all thats left is the shell of the building.

@RockinEd 10 жыл бұрын

What--no Gene Vincent ??? Frank?? Dean???? Skeets McDonald?? Esquerita?? BOZO THE CLOWN???????

@amazeus1980 Жыл бұрын

Live it!❤

@musicnerd72 10 жыл бұрын

today unfortunately, it's " how much money u gon make me?" If u look good n got ass... u signed!! never mind actual talent anymore..

@GeorgeRellas 3 жыл бұрын

No, it was pretty much the same then, if not MORE SO. They paid ea. artist very little then. 1.5 cents per record, 2 cents if they were lucky. I also commented about it above.

@georgemusic4all4seasons 3 жыл бұрын

You are so right

@markhn1 11 жыл бұрын

Walllichs' first name was spelled Glenn not Glen :)

@tomguido2710 6 жыл бұрын

grand funk railroad

@DLEVANS65 10 жыл бұрын

No Nat

@TrollHunterxXx 3 жыл бұрын

So many people ... lotta salaries to pay... no wonder they took the lions share of profits

@andrewrobles3888 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the song she sings? I can’t find it

@edaudio Ай бұрын

Seems to be a religious tune

@andrebontemp 10 жыл бұрын

where is Yma Sumac she made a hit on Capitol !!!

@nealsausen4651 3 жыл бұрын

I heard that in the 1950s Yma Sumac Outsold even Frank Sinatra at Capitol she made more money for Capitol that Frank Sinatra did for a while there! Why was she conspicuously absent from this video that’s a good question!

@garnerjazz58 2 жыл бұрын

@@nealsausen4651 too ethnic my guess

@johnharrison1122 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Cath, how's it all goin?

@automatedelectronics6062 10 жыл бұрын

Kathy who? Warning, fictional movie! Hmm, small time actress Barbara Gayle? Somebody at Capitol must have seen one of her 4 appearances on "The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet". Sue Raney? A real Capitol artist, but never had a Top40 hit. State of the art studios? All I saw was a single-track recorder. Movie studios had been using 3-track since the 1930's. Most recording studios had been using 2-track for a few years and by 1958 were using 3-track. Where's the famous basement echo chambers? Besides original recordings, these echo chambers were used for the Capitol "Duophonic" fake stereo process. Remember the Beatles first couple of "stereo" albums and the Beach Boys "Duophonic" LP's into 1967? Heck, even ol' Tennessee Ernie benifited.

@kingbee1500 9 жыл бұрын

Harley, since this was made primarily for retail record shop owners, I don't think they intended to get deep enough into the technical side to satisfy us audiophiles, historians and collectors. Still, this is stuff you didn't see everyday and is a great look at the late '50s record business.

@ApartmentKing66 4 жыл бұрын

@@kingbee1500 Thank you, King. Irritates me too when people have to needlessly pick things apart.

@mcpinkysworld 9 жыл бұрын

Did you see the smog? See all the way to the ocean my ass! Lol

@kennethpotts5056 3 жыл бұрын

This girl Cathy is not doing her own singing That is Sue Raney a new singer who was just signed up to Capitol Why did they not use her? Maybe this Cathy had someone on the inside at Capital

@nealsausen4651 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe someone at CAPITOL had the “inside of Kathy” if you know what I mean

@michaeljones3438 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning Sue Raney. I should have recognized her voice. She was married to my step-brothers' father for 20 plus years......

@bobsoldrecords1503 4 жыл бұрын

Les Paul designed Capitol's studios.

@zerorez4960 2 жыл бұрын

. So did Katie ever made it ! ? ! ?

@Twentythousandlps 7 жыл бұрын

This was not intended for the general public - with the boring introduction of the Capitol executives, their names, their positions. Strange use of a song with a religious lyric and bouncy rhythm.

@angrycat3525 6 жыл бұрын

So Kathy is played by one person, and her "vocal" is recorded by someone else a la Milli Vanilli, and this is pre-Wrecking Crew. So much for documentary authenticity.

@nealsausen4651 3 жыл бұрын

What is the status of the capital records tower today in 2021? does anybody know? Are they trying to get into a condominium or something?! Bastards!

@Marythundermug Жыл бұрын

What ever happened to poor Cathy?

@propmaster101 3 жыл бұрын

Y is she signing papers w/o her own representation??🤣🤣🤣

@jerrymckenzie6205 3 жыл бұрын

Because the wonderful folks at Capitol were nice enough to take all her publishing rights in perpetuity!

@markjamesmeli2520 7 ай бұрын

"Kathy" who?

@corneliuswhite5139 5 жыл бұрын

Whatever happened to Kathy?😂

@GeorgeRellas 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently, Kathy never existed. Was just a character played by actress Barbara Gayle. In the year previous to this small role, she played a credited extra as "Voguette #2" in the film "Rockabilly Baby." That's all I could find. Maybe you can find out more. I wonder whether she had done anything else. There is mention of another actress (?) with that same name who was on Ozzy & Harriet in 1952 but I'm wondering if they are the same person or not.

@nealsausen4651 3 жыл бұрын

For Kathy that about wraps it up?! I don’t think so that would be just the beginning now they would put her on tour to promote the fucking album she’ll be working her ass off for the next five years and probably getting pittance for it while the record company made all the money! Nice to know somethings never change!

@davidmthekidd 5 жыл бұрын

LOL! Got the #metoo crowd would wreck this film apart for being sexist lo.

@ApartmentKing66 4 жыл бұрын

Ridiculous and stupid, isn't it?

@wibli Жыл бұрын

Not sexist at all

@PAULLONDEN 3 жыл бұрын

How this guy continually holds 'fragile' Kathy by the elbow 4:23 👈🏻such a gent...... Different daze indeed. "The big one in the sky" , which obviously is a "he"...... 15:26👈🏻That's the way to handle vinyl ofcourse , get fatty fingerprints into the delicate grooves , so people will be in need of a new record as fast as possible ?

@spacemissing 5 жыл бұрын

Old-fashioned films, however faked-up they might be, were hardly ever in a hurry. Today's videos cram in far too much too fast. But what's with the men always guiding the girl by holding her arm? What do they think --- that she can't think well enough to move the right way on her own? Something about that bothers me. For those who wonder, the light at the top of the spire blinks out "HOLLYWOOD" in Morse code.

@ApartmentKing66 4 жыл бұрын

That's how gentlemen treated ladies back in those days. Before the feminists made it a crime. They didn't have you and the feminazis to consult back then. Maybe if he'd kicked her in the butt, shoved her around and slapped her a few times, you wouldn't be so bothered.

@GeorgeRellas 3 жыл бұрын

That "A&R" guy's a bit too "handsy" with Cathy, who he just met. Also, he seems right in her face, too close for comfort ALL THE TIME after her arrival, holding on to her elbow to lead her around. Sexist & demean much? How would he handle a male performer. Also, when she signs on the dotted line, standard practice then was that she'd sing & perform her heart out for 1.5 measly cents per HER record sold; 2 cents "if she's lucky." Capitol/EMI gave the BEATLES 2 cents per records sold. They each were multi-millionaires. Capitol probably earned HUNDREDS of million$ of dollar$ on Beatles records alone, then The Beach Boys, et. al. Great History! Thanks for the upload.

@lwilton 3 жыл бұрын

Let's see, a 33 record was about 75 cents retail back then. So at 1.5 cents per record, she would have been getting 2% of the gross. Considering the record store, the truck drivers to deliver the records, the people to market the records, the studio musicians, the people doing the technical recording, the rent on the Capitol Records building, and the 500 or so people working there that all have to be paid off that record, I think 2% ain't all that bad. As for 'handsy' that was proper culture among gentlemen and gentlewomen those days. Gentlemen assisted ladies. That is how they were taught. You have been taught that gentlemen never touch women. That would be considered extremely rude back then, and would have earned you no points with the ladies, and could have gotten you fired if they complained enough to other people, as they likely would have done. How would he have behaved with a male? He would have put his hand on his back, or over his shoulder, and would have shaken hands. About the only difference is he would have been unlikely to have held hands, as could happen between a man and a woman in that era. People touched people back then. Now it is illegal.

@movebichgetouttheway8486 Жыл бұрын

Artist singers were broke never paid

@GeorgeRellas 3 жыл бұрын

8:01 CAMEL-TOE ALERT!

@ArmpitStudios 3 жыл бұрын

As much as we all enjoy seeing them, those pants look too loose to feature such a thing. More than likely just gathered fabric.

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@movebichgetouttheway8486 Жыл бұрын

Signed your life away

@jasencordiero5366 6 жыл бұрын

THERE IS A CHURCH CALLED GOOD FIGHT MINISTRY AND THEY CLAIM THAT ARTIST'S ARE DEVIL WORSHIPPERS

@dgmono 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to get all woke but it's pretty creepy how all the men are constantly touching Kathy...times sure have changed

@FrontRoomDigital 3 жыл бұрын

Noticed that too. It's not you being woke. It's super creepy.

@JeffersonMartinSynfluent 3 жыл бұрын

When does Hal Blaine show up to make this forgettable music less forgettable?

@nealsausen4651 3 жыл бұрын

I think when this video was made the late great Hal Blaine was still in Vegas backIngTommy Sands! Don’t know if he was in LA yet the professional Drum shop was not established until a year later 1959? I used to see Hal Blaine in there all the time!