Emus/Ghent Album Discography

Emus Records was founded in 1974 by Morris Levy as one of Roulette's budget labels. Originally, it was used to reissue jazz albums from Roulette's Birdland series, the Emus reissue often with a track or two missing from the original. "Emus" is a phonetic translation of the Yiddish word for "truth," but some wags suggested it was "Su-me" backwards, allegedly one of Levy's favorite sayings when asked about royalties. Then again, it may have just been named for more than one emu. Their address was 17 W. 60th Street, New York City. Since the label was established after compatible stereo became the norm (in 1968), all the Emus albums were nominally stereo, and many of them were true stereo if the original album was released that way.

Emus started with legal challenges and ended with legal challenges. The first album on Emus was a recording of Joan Baez and two others, recorded very early in Baez' career. Joan and two friends, Bill Wood and Ted Alevizos, were recorded by Stephen Fassett singing eighteen solos, duos, and group vocals in Boston in May 1959, before any of her well-known works on Vanguard. Fourteen of these tracks were released in 1963 on the Squire label as The Best of Joan Baez, a ploy that got the album to #45 on the Billboard LP charts before buyers realized they'd been had. Baez took legal action and the LP was withdrawn. Baez wasn't any more pleased to see Morris Levy reissue it in 1974.

The next 16 albums on Emus, released in 1974, were reissues of Roulette jazz records, many from Roulette's Birdland series. These did not have dates of copyright or production printed on the jackets or labels. At the start of 1975, Emus put out two reissues of Gladys Knight & The Pips from their Fury Records days (12018, 12019). These had a date of 1965 on the bottom of the back cover, as did some other LPs issued in 1975. The eight remaining 1975 offerings were also reissues from Roulette's jazz catalog.

The 1976 releases (12028-12034) were seven early rock and roll albums from Levy's other labels like Gee and End, as well as Roulette. The next year, 1977, brought a single album, an Impressions "Greatest Hits" compilation selected from the ABC-Paramount catalog.

The year 1978 brought five albums licensed from Buddah records and their subsidiaries, Kama Sutra and Pavillion. Many of these had the date on the back cover.

In 1979, Emus turned to the Colpix catalog, a label that Levy purchased "most of" in years past (the rest went to Colgems/RCA). There were apparently eleven albums planned as Colpix reissues, but five of these numbers were apparently not used. But that year Emus established a subsidiary label called Ghent Records. Ghent was used to issue Colpix jazz albums. (The Ghent discography is at the bottom of this page.) The four known Ghent albums may have been scheduled for some of the missing Emus catalog numbers.

Finally, in 1979 Emus reissued an Emmylou Harris album that had been released on Jubilee about the time that label was going bankrupt. Levy bought the master tapes for the Harris album and reissued it as Emus ES-12052. Harris' lawyers worked overtime to find ways to block this reissue, since Emmylou stated it was not representative of her current style. Obscure questions such as whether the mechanical rights were purchased along with the masters, or whether the title track was copyrighted correctly kept the litigation going for several years. In the end, it cost Emus some tens of thousands of dollars, and the song in question was declared public domain due to irregularities in the copyright registration. It was kind of a split decision, but Emus apparently did not release any more albums although they continued repressing and selling their catalog for years. They finally shut down in 1993.

		The Emus label was yellow with black print. There are three variations. The first and simplest had the label name in plain block letters at the top (far left). The second (near left) had a different font for the label name, but otherwise was basically the same.
		The third Emus label (far left) had the label name in a stylized print that matched the logo on the album cover. Some examples of this third variation have been found with gold rather than yellow backgrounds. The three variations seemed to appear in that order, but due to repeated pressings and different pressing plants, any given Emus album is likely to have any one of the three variations. The Ghent label (near left) was yellow with black print.

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EMUS ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY

Cover	Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents
	Emus ES-12000 Series:
	ES-12001 - The Best of Joan Baez: America's Most Exciting Folk Singer - Various Artists [1974] Reissue of Squire Records SQ-33001. On The Banks Of The Ohio - Joan Baez/Oh! What A Beautiful City - Joan Baez/So Soon In The Morning - Joan Baez & Bill Wood/Lowlands - Joan Baez/Kitty - Joan Baez & Bill Wood/Travellin' Shoes - Bill Wood/Astrapsen (The Sun Is Risen) - Ted Alevizos//Black Is The Color - Joan Baez/What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby - Joan Baez/Don't Weep After Me - Joan Baez, Bill Wood & Ted Alevizos/Sail Away Ladies - Joan Baez/Careless Love - Joan Baez & Bill Wood/John Henry - Bill Wood/Waile Waile - Ted Alevizos
	ES-12002 - A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry - Joe Williams [1974] Abridged reissue of Roulette R-52005. What's New/It's The Talk Of The Town/I'll Never Smile Again/I'm Through With Love/Where Are You//What Will I Tell My Heart/You've Got Me Crying Again/Can't We Talk It Over/I Laugh To Keep From Cryin'/A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry
	ES-12003 - Basie Plays Hefti - Count Basie & His Orchestra [1974] Abridged reissue of Roulette R-52011. Has Anyone Here Seen Basie/Cute/Pensive Miss/Sloo Foot/It's Awfully Nice To Be With You//Scoot/A Little Tempo, Please/Late Date/Count Down/Bag 'A Bones
	ES-12004 - Sing Along with Basie - Joe Williams, Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, & Annie Ross with The Basie Band [1974] Reissue of Roulette R-52018. Jumpin' At The Woodside/Goin' To Chicago Blues/Tickle Toe/Let Me See/Every Tub//Shorty George/Rusty Dusty Blues/The King/Swingin' The Blues/Lil' Darlin'
	ES-12005 - Memories Ad-Lib - Joe Williams with Count Basie & His Orchestra [1974] Abridged reissue of Roulette R-52021. Ain't Misbehavin'/I'll Always Be In Love With You/Sweet Sue, Just You/If I Could Be With You/Dinah//Baby Won't You Please Come Home/Call Me Darling/The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else/Memories Of You/Honeysuckle Rose
	ES-12006 - Everyday I Have the Blues - Joe Williams with Count Basie & His Orchestra [1974] Abridged reissue of Roulette R/SR-52033. Everyday/Baby Won't You Please Come Home/Going To Chicago Blues/Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You/It's A Low Down Dirty Shame//Shake Rattle And Roll/Just A Dream (On My Mind)/Cherry Red/Good Mornin' Blues/Ain't No Use
	ES-12007 - Dreamy - Sarah Vaughan [1974] Abridged reissue of Roulette R-52046. Dreamy/Hands Across the Table/The More I See You/I'll Be Seeing You/Star Eyes//Trees/Why Was I Born/My Ideal/Crazy He Calls Me/Stormy Weather
	ES-12008 - Just The Blues - Joe Williams with Count Basie & His Orchestra [1974] Reissue of Roulette R/SR-52054. Confessin' The Blues/Mean Old World/Trav'lin' Light/Key To The Highway/Lyin' Woman//Chains Of Love/Mean Mistreater/Keep Your Hand On Your Heart/Night Time Is The Right Time (When The Sun Goes Down)/Tomorrow Night
	ES-12009 - The Divine One - Sarah Vaughan [1974] Reissue of Roulette R/SR-52060. Have You Met Miss Jones?/Ain't No Use/Everytime I See You/You Stepped Out Of A Dream/Gloomy Sunday/What Do You See In Her//Jump For Joy/When Your Lover Has Gone/I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life/Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams/Somebody Else's Dream/Trouble Is A Man
	ES-12010 - Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie & His Orchestra [1974] Reissue of Roulette R/SR-52061.Perdido/Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)/I Cried For You/Alone/There Are Such Things//The Gentleman Is A Dope/You Go To My Head/Until I Met You/You Turned The Tables On Me/Little Man (You've Had A Busy Day)
	ES-12011 - Basie at Birdland - Count Basie & His Orhestra [1974] Reissue of Roulette SR-52065. Little Pony/Discommotion/Backstage Blues/Blee Blop Blues/Whirly-Bird/One O'Clock Jump//Segue In "C"/Good Time Blues/One O'Clock Jump
	ES-12012 - How to Belly Dance for Your Husband - Sonny Lester & His Orchestra & Chorus [1974] Reissue of Roulette SR-25202. With instruction booklet. Turkish/Fertile Desert/The Unveiling/Boom Boom/Calcutta Rag/Salome's Veil//Daughter Of The Nile/The Belly Dancer's Waltz/The Dream/Jasmine/Card Of Bagdad/Queens Night Out
	ES-12013 - The Best of Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra [1974] Abridged reissue of Roulette SR-52081. Jumpin' At The Woodside/Blue & Sentimental/Red Bank Boogie/Sent For You Yesterday/Shorty George//Every Tub/Jive At Five/Boogie Woogie/Taps Miller/Swingin' The Blues
	ES-12014 - The Great Reunion of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington [1974] Reissue or Roulette SR-52103. It Don't Mean A Thing/Solitude/Don't Get Around Much Anymore/I'm Beginning To See The Light//Just Squeeze Me/I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good/Azalea
	ES-12015 - We Three: Dinah, Joe & Sarah - Dinah Washington, Joe Williams & Sarah Vaughan [1974] Abridged reissue of Roulette SR-52108. Serenata - Sarah Vaughan/Fly Me To The Moon - Sarah Vaughan/I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Sarah Vaughan/Ain't No Use - Joe Williams/I Was Telling Her About You - Joe Williams//Where Are You? - Dinah Washington/The Show Must Go On - Dinah Washington/Stranger On Earth - Dinah Washington/By The River St. Marie - Joe Williams/Just A Dream (On My Mind) - Joe Williams
	ES-12016 - How to Strip for Your Husband - Ann Corio with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra [1974] Reissue of Roulette R/SR-25186. Includes bonus instruction booklet by stripper Ann Corio. For Strippers Only/Seduction Of The Virgin Princess/Shivas Regal/A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody/Lament/The Raid//Turkish/Blues To Strip By/Walkin' & Strippin'/Bumps & Grinds/Easter Parade/Lonely Little G-String
	ES-12017 - Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker [1974] Recorded 1947; simulated stereo. A Night In Tunisia (Pt. 1)/A Night In Tunisia (Pt. 2)/Confirmation/Groovin' High (Pt. 1)/Groovin' High (Pt. 2)//Bird Feathers/Air Conditioning/Quasimodo/Crazeology/Dewey Square
	ES-12018 - Early Roots - Gladys Knight & The Pips [1975] Abridged and reordered reissue of Fury FULP 1003 with two additional tracks. Probably simulated stereo. You Broke Your Promise/I ll Trust In You/Happiness/Letter Full Of Tears//Every Beat Of My Heart (Fury version)/Room In Your Heart/Dream/Love Call/Operator
	ES-12019 - Flying High - Gladys Knight & The Pips [1975] Reissue of Trip TLP-9509. It Hurt Me So Bad/What Will Become Of Me/A Love Like Mine/Darling/Come See About Me//Queen Of Tears/Linda/To Whom It May Concern/Bless The One/Walking In Circles
	ES-12020 - Dinah - Dinah Washington [1975] Compilation from several Roulette albums. Side 2 is from Roulette SR-25189. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby/I Found You Gone/Baby Won't You Please Come Home/Lover Man/On The Street Of Regret//The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Good Woman Crying For Her Man/In The Dark/You've Been A Good Old Wagon/How Long, How Long Blues/It's A Mean Old Man's World
	ES-12021 - Dinah Washington - Dinah Washington [1975] Compilation from several Roulette albums. If I Never Get To Heaven/No Hard Feelings/Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning//A Stranger On Earth/Soulville/He's My Guy/To Forget About You/Don't Say Nothing At All
	ES-12022 - Basie/Eckstine Incorporated - Billy Eckstine with Count Basie & His Orchestra [1975] Abridged reissue of Roulette SR-52029. Stormy Monday Blues/Lonesome Lover Blues/Blues, The Mother Of Sin/Jelly Jelly/Don't Cry Baby//Little Mama/I Want A Little Girl/Drifting Blues/Song Of The Wanderer/Piano Man
	ES-12023 - Chairman of the Board - Count Basie & His Orchestra [1975] Reissue of Roulette SR-52032. Blues In Hoss' Flat/H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness)/Segue In C/Kansas City Shout/Speaking Of Sounds//T.V. Time/Who Me/The Deacon/Half Moon Street/Mutt & Jeff
	ES-12024 - Maynard - Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra [1975] Reissue of Roulette SR-52064, with the title of "Blues For Kapp" changed to "Coldwater Canyon Blues." Ole'/New Blue/Coldwater Canyon Blues//Ultimate Rejection/The Pharaoh/Goodbye
	ES-12025 - After Hours - Sarah Vaughan [1975] Reissue of Roulette SR-52070. My Favorite Things/Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye/Wonder Why/Easy To Love/Sophisticated Lady//Great Day/Ill Wind/If Love Is Good To Me/In A Sentimental Mood/Vanity
	ES-12026 - Bennett & Basie Strike Up The Band - Tony Bennett with Count Basie & His Orchestra [1975] Abridged reissue of Roulette SR-25072. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans/Chicago/With Plenty Of Money And You/Anything Goes/Life Is A Song//I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face/Jeepers Creepers/Growing Pains/Poor Little Rich Girl/Are You Having Any Fun
	ES-12027 - Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie [1975] Recordings from the late 1940s and early 1950s in simulated stereo. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Dizzy Gillespie/Birks Works - Dizzy Gillespie/I Can't Get Started - Dizzy Gillespie//Tin Tin Deo - Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker/Scrapple From The Apple - Charlie Parker/Paris Swing - Charlie Parker/Oh Lady Be Good - Charlie Parker
	ES-12028 - The Sound of the Flamingos - Flamingos [1976] This is a compilation taken from End LPs, not the reissue below. Goodnight Sweetheart/I Only Have Eyes For You/I'm In The Mood For Love/As Time Goes By/Where Or When//In The Still Of The Night/When I Fall In Love/You'll Never Walk Alone/Everybody's Got A Home (But Me)/Love Walked In
	ES-12028 - The Sound of the Flamingos - Flamingos [1979] This is a reissue of End LP- 316 in stereo. Same cover and number as above. Too Soon To Know (S)/Flame Of Love (S)/The Sinner (S)/I'm Coming Home (S)/(When You're Young And) Only Seventeen (S)/Ol' Man River (S)//You're Mine (S)/My Lovely One (S)/I Know Better (S)/Moonlight In Vermont (S)/Without His Love (S)/Danny Boy (S)
	ES-12029 - Rock'N Roll - Frankie Lymon [1976] Abridged reissue of Roulette R-25036 in simulated stereo. Silhouettes/Short Fat Fannie/Little Bitty Pretty One/Fools Rush In/Why Do Fools Fall In Love//I'm Not A Juvenile Anymore/Goody Goody/The ABC's Of Love/Out In The Cold Again/I'm Not A Know It All
	ES-12030 - Heart and Soul - Cleftones [1976] Abridged reissue of Gee GLP-705. Heart And Soul (S)/For Sentimental Reasons (S)/See You Next Year (M)/Little Girl Of Mine (M)/Can't We Be Sweethearts (M)//You're Driving Me Mad (M)/The Glory Of Love (M)/Red Sails In The Sunset (M)/Please Say You Want Me (S)/Time Is Running Out On Our Love (M)
	ES-12031 - We Are the Imperials - Little Anthony & The Imperials [1976] Most of these tracks were on End LP-303, but the order has been jumbled and several substitutions and deletions made. Simulated stereo. Two People In The World/When You Wish Upon A Star/Traveling Stranger/My Empty Room/Tears On My Pillow//The Diary/Over The Rainbow/Wishful Thinking/Love Is A Many Splendored Thing/I'm Still In Love With You
	ES-12032 - The Harptones - Harptones [1976] The Masquerade Is Over/The Shrine Of St. Cecilia/So Good, So Fine, You're Mine/Until The Real Thing Comes Along/Cry Like I Cried//Three Wishes/On Sunday Afternoon/That's The Way It Goes/Sunday Kind Of Love/Life Is But A Dream
	ES-12033 - A Thousand Miles Away - Heartbeats [1976] Abridged and reordered reissue of Roulette R-25107. Simulated stereo. A Thousand Miles Away/Crazy For You/One Day Next Year/I Want To Know/Down On My Knees//Everybody Is Somebody's Fool/After New Year's Eve/I Found A Job/Sometimes I Wonder/Lonely Lover
	ES-12034 - We Are the Chantels - Chantels [1976] Abridged and reordered reissue of End LP-301. Simulated stereo. He's Gone/If You Try/Whoever You Are/The Plea/Maybe//Congratulations/Every Night/Sure Of Love/I Love You So/Come My Little Baby
	ES-12035 - The Impressions - Impressions [1977] Compilation from various ABC- Paramount LPs. Gypsy Woman/It's All Right/Keep On Pushing/We're A Winner/Amen//People Get Ready/I Can't Stay Away From You/I'm So Proud/You Must Believe Me/See The Real Me
	ES-12036 - My Way - Paul Anka [1978] Abridged reissue of Buddah BDS-5093 with one song added. We Made It Happen/Everything's Been Changed/There Is Something I'd Like To Say To You/House Upon A Hill/Yesterday My Life/Double Life/Les Filles De Paris/Do I Love You/My Way
	ES-12037 - On Stage - Sha Na Na [1978] Abridged reissue of Kama Sutra KSBS-2034. Jailhouse Rock/Tell Laura I Love Her/Blue Moon/I Wonder Why/Great Balls Of Fire//Only One Song/Depression/Top Forty/Ruin Me Blues
	ES-12038 - Golden Super Hits of the Lovin' Spoonful - Lovin' Spoonful [1978] Compilation taken from Kama Sutra KLPS-8056 and KLPS-8064. Do You Believe In Magic/Younger Girl/Didn't Want To Have To Do It/Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind/Daydream//Summer In The City/Rain On The Roof/Six O'Clock/You Didn't Have To Be So Nice
	ES-12039 - The Original "Oh Happy Day" and Other Gospel Favorites - Edwin Hawkins Singers [1978] Reissue of Pavillion BPS-10001. Oh Happy Day/I Heard The Voice Of Jesus/Early In The Morning/I'm Gong Through//Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord/Jesus, Lover Of My Soul/To My Father's House/Joy, Joy
	ES-12040 - She's a Lady - Paul Anka [1978] Compilation taken from several Buddah LPs. She's A Lady/Pretty Good/You And Me Today/Love Is/Some Kind of Friend//Jubilation/Let Me Be The One/Life Song/Something Good Is Coming
	ES-12041 - Blue Moon - Marcels [1979] Reissue of Colpix CP-416. Some copies of this album have a gold label with the usual third variation label design (see right). Blue Moon/Goodbye To Love/Sweet Was The Wine/Peace Of Mind/A Fallen Tear/Over The Rainbow//I'll Be Forever Loving You/Two People In The World/Most Of All/Teeter Totter Love/Sunday Kind Of Love/Crazy Bells
	ES-12042 - Modern Square Dances - Frannie Heintz with Lee Wayne & The Nomads [1979] Reissue of Colpix SCP-474. Sweet As Apple Cider/Just Because/Aloha To You/Sweet Georgia Brown/Little Girl//The Best Things In Life Are Free/Pennsylvania Polka/Deed I Do/Hashing The Hash
	ES-12043 - Love Me Forever - John Davidson [1979] Abridged reissue of Colpix SCP-485. Once In A Lifetime/Love Me Forever/More (Theme From Mondo Cane)/Then I'll Be Tired Of You/Hey Good Lookin'//I Want To Be With You/Run To Him/I Wish You Love/I'll Take My Romance/Two Sleepy People
	ES-12044 - Carole King Plus - Various Artists [1979] Abridged reissue of Dimension DLP-6001. Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) - Cookies/Crying In The Rain - Carole King/The Loco-Motion - Little Eva/Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - Little Eva/Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Carole King//It Might As Well Rain Until September - Carole King/Up On The Roof - Little Eva/Chains - Cookies/Oh! Oh! It Started All Over Again - Carole King/Uptown - Little Eva
	ES-12045 - The Golden Era - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra [1979] Abridged reissue of Colpix CP-436. Simulated stereo. High And Mighty/Mr. Rainbow/My Friend The Ghost/You're My Everything/Lost In Loveliness//Marie/I Speak To The Stars/Not As A Stranger/Little Girl/Silk Stockings
	ES-12046 to ES-12048 (no information)
	ES-12049 - The Jane Morgan Album - Jane Morgan [1979] Abridged reissue of Colpix SCP-497. Funny World/The Last Time I Saw Paris/From Russia With Love/Let's Fall In Love/The Song From Moulin Rouge//Pennies From Heaven/After The Fall/Autumn Leaves/Red Sails In The Sunset/If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
	ES-12050 to ES-12051 (no information)
	ES-12052 - Gliding Bird - Emmy Lou Harris [1979] Reissue of Jubilee JGS-8031. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/Fugue For The Ox/I Saw The Light/Clocks/Black Gypsy//Gliding Bird/Everybody's Talkin'/Bobbie's Gone/I'll Never Fall In Love Again/Waltz Of The Magic Man
	GHENT LABEL DISCOGRAPHY:
	GS-5001 - At the Village Gate - Nina Simone [1979] Reissue of Colpix SCP-421. Just In Time/He Was Too Good To Me/House Of The Rising Sun/Bye Bye Blackbird//Brown Baby/Zungo/If He Changed My Name/Children Go Where I Send You
	GS-5002 - Nina Simone Sings Ellington - Nina Simone [1979] Abridged reissue of Colpix SCP-425. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me/I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good/Hey, Buddy Bolden/Something To Live For/You Better Know It//I Like The Sunrise/Solitude/The Gal From Joe's/Satin Doll/It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
	GS-5003 - Jazz Mission to Moscow - Various Artists [1979] Reissue of Colpix SCP-433. Musicians include Zoot Sims (ts), Phil Woods (as, c), Bill Crow (b), Willie Dennis (tb), Mel Lewis (d), Jerry Dodgion (as, f), Gene Allen (bs), Eddie Costa (p), Jimmy Maxwell (t), and Markie Markowitz (t). Mission To Moscow/The Sochi Boatman/Midnight In Moscow//Let's Dance/Russian Lullaby/Red, White And Blue Eyes
	GS-5004 - Five Feet of Soul - Jimmy Rushing [1979] Reissue of Colpix SCP-446. Just Because/'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do/Heartaches/I'm Walkin' Through Heaven With You/Trouble In Mind//Oooh! Look-A-There Ain't She Pretty/Please Come Back/You Always Hurt The One You Love/Did You Ever/My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

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