[78-L] London [was Near You by Francis Craig]

[Royal Pemberton]

Earlier Londons were UK pressings but around the mid-1950s the singles
released in the US began to be manufactured by the custom arm of RCA
Victor.  LPs continued to be of UK origin especially if they were classical
or Phase 4.  Pop records began to be increasingly of US manufacture methinks
around when the Rolling Stones were launched here.  (I don't know when the
45s began to be styrene pressings from Monarch either....)

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:15 PM, agp <agp2176 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Here's a bit of my observations about London and the Deccas.
>
> A note about something that confounds me. Its those pesky US London
> 78s from the 50s all say Made in England. So, what to put in the
> country column in my database - US or UK. I put US, but my question
> is, where these actually pressed in England and shipped to the USA,
> classifying London of that time as a UK export label?
>
> BTW -- as an addition to the comments by Han, there is currently a
> London B.12000 series black label 78 on eBay, that may be a US market
> disk made in England
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/78rpm-12-LONDON-Escapada-When-Day-Done-AMBROSE-/190422502699
>
> and a P.18000 series (That I doubt is German in origin)
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/London-German-18008-Geschwister-Winkler-Quartet-Heimat-/22064104570
>
> and an R.10000 series
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/London-Red-Label-PHIL-GREEN-Slaughter-Tenth-Avenue-/220626345817
>
> London in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay at least) seemed
> to exist as an outlet for UK Decca releases as well as an outlet for
> small US indies that did not have a presence in those countries.
> Examples of the US indies are Runaway by Del Shannon from Big Top,
> The Girl Can't Help It by Little Richard from Specialty, So Long by
> Fat Domino from Imperial. London in Uruguay was distributed by the
> local label Clave. My memory gets a bit cloudy here because I do
> recall seeing Telstar by the Tornados on a 78 from Brazil and that
> was I think on Decca, but it may have been London. There is an
> Argentine London release of a UK Decca by Vera Lynn on eBay now
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/VERA-LYNN-DESDE-QUE-DICES-ADIOS-CANTA-Argentina-78-RPM-/30040808803
>
> US Decca had a presence in South America and I have I'm Sorry by
> Brenda Lee from Uruguay. The label is a reddish brown. Bigger US
> indies that where on London American in the UK appear to have had
> local operations through labels like Ariel (for ABC Paramount) and
> Music Hall (for Dot).
>
> In South Africa, it looks like US Decca stuff made it out on UK
> Decca. Buddy Holly stuff appears there on the UK blue and silver
> Decca label of the 50s. London has two styles, a simple London label
> with did some US indies as well as London International, from whence
> came a South African release of To Know Him is to Love Him by the
> Teddy Bears from Dore.
>
> In India (and Pakistan) London American seemed to mirror UK London
> American release. For example US Cadence on the HLA series.
>
> I do not know about the Philippines, but I would guess that London
> was the Decca outlet there as US Decca had its own imprint there.
>
> Actually the whole London outside of the UK thing is quite
> fascinating. I think I may do some additional research.
>
> T
>
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