Editing Embassy Records (section)

==History 1973–1980==
CBS Records revived the Embassy imprint in 1973, with the slogan "All the Best from Embassy", to release budget albums of [[out of print]], unissued, or foreign material in the UK and Europe, which had originally been released by [[Columbia Records]] (or its subsidiaries).<ref name="billboard"/>  Initially, 39 albums were released by the label in October, 1973, including titles by [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Sly & the Family Stone]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], and [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]], among others.<ref name="billboard"/>  Many other Columbia artists had albums reissued on Embassy during the 1970s, including [[Johnny Mathis]], [[the Byrds]], [[Andy Williams]],  [[Johnny Cash]], [[Tammy Wynette]], and [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of selected Embassy releases|publisher=[[Discogs]]|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Embassy|access-date=2009-09-03}}</ref> CBS Records once again discontinued the Embassy imprint and ceased issuing albums in the UK and Europe in 1980.  However, there are known to be some [[Mexico|Mexican]] Embassy releases from much later on in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|title=International Album Releases: Highway 61 Revisited|publisher=Searching for a Gem: Bob Dylan's Officially Released Rarities and Obscurities|url=http://www.searchingforagem.com/1960s/International006.htm|access-date=2009-09-03}}</ref>