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

[Royal Pemberton]

On Teter I've seen both....'Johnson rag'/'Back of the yards' on a UK
pressing, 'Kansas City kitty'/'Just a little nightcap' a US.  My Vera Lynn
'Auf wiedersehn, sweetheart' is a US pressing (and an RCA job).

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:36 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

>
> It gets more confusing when London begins to do American recording (Teresa
> Brewer, Jack Teter) and picks up distressed labels (Gene Austin, The
> Harmonicats from Universal) and issues them with US numbers but MOST of them
> are pressed in England, although I don't think I've ever seen the Jack Teter
> on anything but a US pressing. In Canada, Max Zimmerman found himself with a
> lot of orders for The Wedding Samba by Edmundo Ros and began having it
> pressed locally by Sparton. The Canadian operation began to do quite a lot
> of its own recording (Jim Magill, Aznavour & Roche, Ozzie Williams'
> Orchestra) circa 1950 and these were all pressed here.
>
>
>
> dl
>
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:15:43 +0000
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > From: agp2176 at verizon.net
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] London [was Near You by Francis Craig]
> >
> > 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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