The Century of Columbia Donostia
- San Sebastián, 1923. Juan Inurrieta launched the Columbia label, a pioneer in the record industry in the Basque Country and in the Spanish state.
The ant had a supply store, but six years earlier, decided to enter the world of the music industry in January 1917: partnering with Eugenio Insausti, he founded the Spanish-American society for the sale of pianos, pianolas, organs, coils and typewriters. But Insausti died in 1923 and Inurrieta decided to dissolve society and bet on the new record industry. Columbia Gramophone Company Limited from London and Columbia Records from EE.UU. they graduated and started pressing slate disks at their factory in the Benta Berri neighborhood.
In the 1930s, reputation was accompanied by an increase in demand and factory. And on the recommendation of the Americans, he built a study to, in addition to pressing records, make recordings. In the next decade, however, Columbia Records recommended bringing production to Madrid. But Inurrieta did not want to move from San Sebastian and signed agreements with other record companies: Barklay, Decca, Durium, London… And later Enrique Inurrieta, son of Juan, would also create his own Alhambra seal.
Columbia Records recommended bringing production to Madrid. But Inurrieta didn't want to move from San Sebastian.
But Enrique died accidentally in the late 1950s. Fluctuations in wills, but above all under the pressure of an industry growing in big cities, were shutting down the business. Despite working for EMI, Regal, CBS and other companies, the factory was definitely closed in 1975.
Inurrieta, father and son, discovered new Spanish musicians, such as Sara Montiel, Julio Iglesias or the Los Bravos group, with whom they recorded their first albums. They also formed an excellent catalogue of flamenco music. But they also worked with Basque musicians. The work focused mainly on the Orfeón Donostiarra, as well as the recordings of the bertsolari Txirrita or baritone Celestino Saone.
They also produced recorded works in the US or England. For example, in 1963, the single Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad About My Baby – Softly In The Night, by The Cookies. In 2019, The Cookies acted at the Mojo Workin festival in San Sebastian, where singer Margaret Ross had in her hands a small album made in the city 56 years earlier. This single was not the factory's best known work. But the record industry in her newborn reveals the legacy of Columbia Donostiarra.
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