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2 unusual facts about Pablo Records


Pablo Records

In 1987 the label was acquired by Fantasy Records, which continued to release previously unissued recordings using the Pablo name.

Pablo Records was a record label founded by Norman Granz in 1973, roughly a decade after he had sold his jazz labels (including the world-famous Verve Records) to MGM Records.


Flying Home

In 1979, Ella Fitzgerald recorded a seven-minute-plus rendering that can be found on the Pablo release Digital III at Montreux while an earlier Ella version (with Vic Schoen and his Orchestra) is included on the Decca release Lullabies of Birdland.


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