San Remo Golden Strings

[nsoule]

Does anyone know why the world "Golden" was removed from the name San Remo Golden Strings on UK Tamla-Motown releases? The first thing I noticed with those Marble Arch releases was that it was the San Remo Strings and not the San Remo Golden Strings, but it looks like all or at least most the UK releases of the Detroit San Remo Golden Strings material changes the name.

US release:
https://www.discogs.com/release/5143...-Strings-Swing

UK release:
https://www.discogs.com/release/3257...-Strings-Swing

[reachoutuk]

Does anyone know why the world "Golden" was removed from the name San Remo Golden Strings on UK Tamla-Motown releases? The first thing I noticed with those Marble Arch releases was that it was the San Remo Strings and not the San Remo Golden Strings, but it looks like all or at least most the UK releases of the Detroit San Remo Golden Strings material changes the name.

US release:
https://www.discogs.com/release/5143...-Strings-Swing

UK release:
https://www.discogs.com/release/3257...-Strings-Swing

Hi "nsoule". Good question! This is also the reason why I was confused over who the artists were for these various releases. In fact, Discogs list the Marble Arch LP "Around the World" as by the San Remo Golden Strings, even though the cover only states San Remo Strings. So when I was sorting through the Detroit group's releases, I noticed that there was a similar difference between the American and British names.

As the Italian artists appear to pre-date the Motown artists, then the Marble Arch issues came first and used the name San Remo Strings. As "snakepit" has suggested, the name could have been appropriated for the Motown musicians but with the accolade 'Golden" added. According to the 45cat website, the British releases came out four years later. In addition, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands also used the British shorter version.