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

[goldenbough at arcor.de]

'London American' 78s were published well into 1960 in the UK, 
and well into 1963 in South Africa. 

The last London American 78 issued in the UK was 
HL-X 9190  Johnny & the Hurricanes -  Rockin' Goose / Revival  (Sept. 1960) 

For a complete list of all 'London American Recordings' see: 

Pelletier, Paul Maurice
London (American) complete singles catalogue 1949-1982,   120 pp.
Record Information Services
Chessington, Surrey, England, 1982
ISBN 0 907872 01 8 

This book mentions any conceivable detail:  numbers not used, development of label designs 
and varieties, history of the brand, list of typos on the labels, withdrawn records and reason, 
recordings issued in UK under different artist credit than original, where records were actually 
pressed (7111 in Denmark, 7114 in Pakistan...), much, much more. 

Explanation of the license/export codes: 
HL-A   for all countries, except USA, Canada and South America
HL-B   for all countries except USA
HL-E   for Eastern hemisphere, British West Indies and Mexico
HL-K   for British West Indies, Eastern hemisphere (except Italy, France, French North Africa, 
         Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia and South Africa) 
HL-P  for all countries (except USA, Canada and Japan) 
HL-U  for all countries, except USA and Canada

The author, Paul Pelletier, was commissioned and paid by EMI (and others) to compile 
complete catalogs of various UK post-war labels:  Pye, Fontana, Capitol, Oriole, 
Columbia, HMV, Decca, Tempo, Vogue, Vocalion, Brunswick, Polygon, Lyragon, 
Picadilly, RCA, Mercury, M-G-M, Verve, Ember, Bell, Top-Rank, Stateside, Felsted, 
Embassy, Parlophone, Philips... 

He sells his 'catalogues' on eBay as seller  'almostimpossible': 
http://shop.ebay.com/almostimpossible/m.html 

He may still have above mentioned LONDON book of 120 pages total, of which 23 pages detailed explanations. 
Highly recommended, like all of his label 'catalogues', because there practically remains *nothing* to be added. 

Benno 




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