[78-L] Near You by Francis Craig

[Royal Pemberton]

They'd say London, then underneath, 'AMERICAN RECORDINGS'.  They'd be
recordings of US origin from a number of labels such as Atlantic.

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:

> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> > Check out the catalog of English London records some time. You will see
> > links to all kinds of U.S. labels: Sun, Mercury, Liberty...they set up
> > distribution deals with lots of U.S. companies. Apparently Bullet did the
> > same thing. Martin Hawkins' book "A Shot in the Dark: Making Records in
> > Nashville, 1945-1955" goes into great detail about the success of "Near
> > You" and Jim Bulleit's (pronounced Buh-LAY) stewardship of the Bullet
> > label as well as other, lesser-known Nashville labels, both country and
> > R&B, although I couldn't find anything about English Brunswick in the
> > book.
> >
> Actually, London, although it used British Decca masters, wasn't a British
> label...it was a US label (apparently with a Canadian branch). Did
> Decca(UK)
> market any London records as such in the UK? The Canadian operation
> pressed a number of "indie" labels for sale in Canada; most of these labels
> didn't export product to Canada...so that if their records became "hits" in
> the US, and were played on AM radio, they were heard up here. Apex had
> a series which issued such US hits; as well the Regency label did likewise.
> Only a handful of US "indie" labels had Canadian operations; a  number
> of these were issued on Canadian London.
>
> Steven C. Barr
>
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