Frida's Albums Reissued on Vinyl – Late 2010s

I'd like to know where the ownership of Frida's EMI work lies. EMI was sold to Universal a few years ago, but competition laws forced them to sell a sizeable chunk of it onto Warner Music. However, Universal kept parts of what would have gone to Warners (such as The Beatles) so in theory they could have kept hold of Frida's stuff as they had the rest of it anyway. If Universal did keep it, then there really is no reason why they can't reissue it (not sure they could do so on the Polar label though).

Thanks, that settles it then. Yes, what went to Warners is now under the Parlophone banner as Universal kept the rights to the EMI name. A pity. These record company takeovers and mergers sometimes provide an opportunity to unite an artist's work under one roof, as would have been the case with Frida.

Warners have shown little interest in the two Agnetha albums they have the rights to (and they're in English!) so I doubt they'll do much, if anything, with Frida's Swedish work.

At last

It's going to be a wild card between the three biggest record companies, I believe..

So we all know that:
Frida's pre-1972 music [Columbia vanity label] -> EMI Svenska -> Warner Music [as Parlophone]

Although I think Polar Music can license it from Parlophone AB, I'm leaning toward Parlophone since they might stay faithful to the original issue of Frida's debut album.

If someone working for Parlophone decided to be as exact as possible, Sony might accidentally take part of the involvement since they own the trademark of 'Columbia'.

Some label displays the disclaimer trademark like Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd's recent reissues, so I probably would expect Frida's reissued debut to be the same, had they took the direction of being exact for a unique reissue.
If it doesn't work out, then Parlophone would have to go with the same layout Frida has, minus Columbia and plus the Parlophone logo.


But it's rather early to call since Record Store Day is announcing the titles of the records that will be reissued, by 21 March and it'll be finally released in 22 April. Just way too early, because although Polar announces Frida's four solo albums on vinyl by the time of summer, and I'm there expressing my selection in a hypothesis, it might be something rather different and unexpected


As for your second statement:

No, not separately: It's never been released as a separate album on CD since EMI scattered Frida's debut solo album tracks to two compilation albums with some 1967-69 songs inserted: På Egen Hand ‎and Tre Kvart Från Nu ‎contains most of Frida's album tracks, if you put it in its order and exclude her early songs, pre-1970. It seems like a teaser for Frida's compilation of EMI recordings, but likely a coincidence, since Frida was directly involved in Djupa andetag and not for the EMI compilation (I'm certain that she didn't mind Carl Magnus Palm, who was directly involved in 'The Yellow Compilation', compiling it.)

I wish it was released on CD to distinguish it from Frida 1967-1972 and let others buy only the album itself, though.
 

What I meant by vanity label [not using general definition, which is the artist's own sublabel] is EMI's sublabel. Sorry if I seemed to send you a bit of a cloudy haze

No, I'm not as confused as you think I am – if it's broken down by separate parts and take the time to figure it out. I once read about the exact thing [Gramophone Co. and Columbia Phonograph] you've written, but I've never actually taken a close look of it, that far, considering that EMI (Warner) and CBS/Sony has undergone a long process of trademark lawsuits.

I stand corrected [Of course, you're right. I verified your points via research] on the Columbia trademark and the debate between CBS and EMI: I picked a rather erroneous and invalid example of the Columbia trademark in use; Pink Floyd Records, which in fact, found out was a Sony sublabel when I was writing it, therefore the Pink Floyd example was out of the question: that's like saying if ABBA's music was distributed by CBS [Epic Records] for Great Britain in the 1970s but they can use the Sony trademark for British reissues since they've used it in the past, but it doesn't work that way, since Polar Music is actually what they're signed to.

If ABBA's reissues record decals was in the form of the original issue's decals, like Arrival's 40th Anniversary edition, then I probably would assure that Frida's reissue record decals would be like their original issue's counterpart [1970s Parlophone layout] minus the Columbia trademark, but I don't expect all record labels to do the same.


With the Warner-Sony debate debunked, I think this particular emblem might end up being in her debut album's reissue,

unless Friday Music or Music on Vinyl [Surprise, I sent an email suggesting that they should reissue Frida!] might spin it up as being distinct from these. 

Would it be available in UK too?

What would be even better is Frida's signature on the album but I guess that's not going to happen.

Who knows... the SGO box set was signed and it was 500 copies more But I guess Frida has nothing to do with this release.

Michal probably meant that Frida had no personal involvement in the reissue, actually, like the additional liner notes and all that, but I do appreciate the humour, though. 

I was just about to post something speculating on the quality of the artwork! I was expecting it to be scans in as poor a quality as the various ABBA releases that have used original vinyl artwork (the exception being the 2004 Japanese boxed set which was in much better quality).

Presumably then, they have recreated the original artwork using original negatives and added the same fonts.

Agnetha's first album was also re-released on vinyl for a previous RSD. As a Sony release, I wonder how their artwork reproduction compared?

Good to see the label confirmed, glad it's Parlophone.

You're right, I haven't realized this important anniversary! How about re-releasing En Ledig Dag to celebrate it?

Can't deny it. :-) After all, Frida's 50 years of her solo career should be acknowledged from the diehard fans to the ones that are new to ABBA.. En Ledig Dag's a very nice choice for jump starting a Frida reissue marathon with Parlophone (like Agnetha's reissue marathon with Cupol), though.
 
Hmm, which website or record reissue company have you virtually/in-person mailed a suggestion to.. – Music On Vinyl? 

Rhino, Warner's category division [Frida's album will still be distributed by Parlophone, it's the news that ended up being on a different Warner website) confirms that the debut album's reissue won't be ridiculously expensive. 

www.rhino.com/article/rhino-announces-exclusive-vinyl-offerings-for-record-store-day-2017

MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price): $21.98

Currency translation for approximation only: they may change a month later due to clearance. Use it as a reference but don't rely on this to get the exact money to buy it; get a bit more money to buy it :-)
€20.34
£17.63
193.63 SEK

The Record Store Day website still claims it's just 1500 copies. I wonder which number is right.