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

[Steven C. Barr]

From: <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 withdrawn records and reason,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.
>
I continue to be sadly surprised when I encounter discographic archival 
works
published as obsolete "printed paper" volumes...?! Back in 1989, I bought my
first computer (an 80286, with a "whopping" 65MB hard drive?!) and 
painstakingly
entered the RR Perfect listings and the Plaza matrix list in dBase III+! I 
quickly
realized how much easier it was to search or re-sort these data files than 
it
had been "manually"...?!

I'm hoping to create a digital version of my "Dating Guide" in the not-too-
distant future!

Steven C. Barr