[78-L] London -- Made in England?

[Benno Häupl]

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The original issue was, of course, on Telefunken: 
See eBay item 320723296080 

The London label was pressed in many countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. 

UK London issues (or pressings) aimed at various markets. 

Paul M. Pelletier, in his book ''LONDON 78rpm Ten Inch ... Complete Singles Catalogue 1948-1982'' 
writes about the 500 series, ''Only those records which were made available in Great Britain are 
listed, which explains the erratic numerical and chronological sequence of the earlier issues''. 
Indeed, your no. 536 is missing, so it may safely be assumed that it was produced in the UK for 
export to Canada (and possibly other countries). 

Later, LONDON had a special 7000 series for export only. 

The HL series (for 'Home London') had a suffix attached which gave a hint as to the licensing and sales 
area, like HLA or HLP, with the following meaning: 

A  for all countries, except USA, Canada and South America 
B  all countries, except USA 
E  the Eastern hemisphere, British West Indies and Mexico 
K  British West Indies, Eastern hemispehere, except Italy, France, French North Africa, Belgium, 
    Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia and South Africa 
P  all countries, except USA, Canada and Japan
U  all countries, except USA and Canada 

Hope that helps. 
Benno 



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