Editing Embassy Records (section)

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Embassy Records
| image       = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" -->
| image_size  = <!-- size -->
| image_alt   = 
| caption     = 
| parent      = [[Woolworths (United Kingdom)|Woolworths Group]] <small>(1954–65)</small> <br/>[[CBS Records International|CBS Records]] <small>(1973–1980)</small>
| founded     = {{start date|1954}}
| founder     =  David Morris Levy<br />Jacques Levy
| defunct     = {{end date|1980}}
| status      = Inactive
| distributor = {{flat list|
*[[Oriole Records (UK)|Oriole Music]]
*[[CBS Records International|CBS Records]]
}}
| genre       = Various
| country     = UK
| location    =  [[London, England]]
}}
'''Embassy Records''' was a UK budget [[record label]] that produced [[cover version]]s of current [[Hit single|hit songs]], which were sold exclusively in [[Woolworths (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] shops at a lower price than the original recordings.<ref name="embassy">{{cite web|title=Embassy Records, Embassy Label Cover Versions from Woolies|publisher=embassyrecords.co.uk|url=http://www.embassyrecords.co.uk/|access-date=2009-09-02}}</ref>  The original label was active between 1954 and 1965, after which it disappeared when its parent company, [[Oriole Records (UK)|Oriole]], was taken over by [[Columbia Records|CBS Records]].<ref name="embassy"/>

Later, between 1973 and 1980, CBS Records revived the Embassy imprint to release budget versions of albums in the UK and Europe by artists who were signed to its parent company, [[Columbia Records]].<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=39 Releases to Mark CBS's Embassy Label|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwkEAAAAMBAJ&q=Embassy+Records+CBS+1973&pg=RA1-PA49|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=New York City|publisher=Lynne Segall|page=49|date=September 29, 1973}}</ref>