[78-L] Near You by Francis Craig

[David Lennick]

And I think they used the London name on the "Music While You Work" series, which was definitely English and pressed in the 40s.

 

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> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:01:32 +0100
> From: ampex354 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Near You by Francis Craig
> 
> 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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