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Avco-Embassy Records was a DIY label. And one of those cases where a label doesn't seem to have had an actual name on it; but as Avco-Embassy Films was responsible for the record I've listed it under their name. The record in question was a one-sided promotion-only single featuring Buffy Sainte-Marie's 'Soldier Blue', which was made in 1971 - the film of that name was a big hit in Britain that year. The matrix number on the run-off was SBP-1 - presumably standing for 'Soldier Blue Promo' or something along those lines. Manufacture was by RCA; the labels have that shine which appears to have been peculiar to early-'70s RCA pressings. The vinyl is very thin. 'Soldier Blue' received a proper release that same year, backed with 'Moratorium', on RCA (RCA-2081). Distributed By Rca Records. Buffy Sainte-Marie was born Beverly Sainte-Marie, was born in 1941, on the Piapot Plains Cree First Nation Reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. is a Native Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. In 1997 she founded the Cradleboard Teaching Project, an educational curriculum devoted to better understanding Native Americans. She has won recognition and many awards and honours for both her music and her work in education and social activism. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
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