London - Latest Updates

---

Comment by xiphophilos:

Changed to Canada.

---

Comment by han enderman:

London FC-111 - The FC series is Canadian. The earliest issues state "Made in England", like FC-101 and this issue, but even these contain French texts. In the range FC-209-451, released 1955-59 (on discogs), the labels state "Made in Canada". Maybe there were 2 series, a FC-100 and a 200 series. A promo of FC-158 on archive is Made in England, but the reprint on discogs is Made in Canada. Archive contains many discs in the FC100 series (highest nr FC-161) by French artists (Yvonne Blanc, Simone Alma, Louis Corchia, Alix Combelle, Marcel Bianchi, Leo Chauliac). A sticker on the labels indicates that the records had belonged to Montreal radio station CKVL.

---

Comment by han enderman:

London(C) F-4068 - image of side D.R.15815 of Sample Record added; reverse unknown. Other titles of the same or previous Ted Heath session appeared on Decca(E) F-9624: DR-15810/12 She's A Lady / Saxophone Mambo. -
Mxs DR-15808/09 by Billy Cotton were issued on De(E) F-9619, released Feb 1951. Bruyninckx says that Saxophone Mambo was recorded 1 Feb 1951 and released on London 1014 (reverse DR-15811 Take a Letter, Miss Smith). But now checking the start of the London 1000 series, it appears that London 1000 contains DR.15815 Mantovani a.h.O: Tell Me You Love Me - Waltz (Adapt. Sammy Kaye) (no composer mentioned), released Apr 1951, and thus the Canadian release is probably from 1951 too.

---

Comment by Mike Gann:

I've moved it to Canada. I'm pretty certain that's where it belongs.

---

Comment by KeithS SUBS:

Talk here about F 4000 series being Canadian even though they were listed in Billboard

---

Comment by Mike Gann:

I have it linked to the UK Decca (from 1938), not the same catalog no.

---

Comment by KeithS SUBS:

Here is another

The F number is probably the original UK Decca number

---

Comment by Mike Gann:

The only releases I can find with an "F" prefix are from Canada

---

Comment by KeithS SUBS:

London didn't exist before 1947....US release somewhere around early 1951..pressed in UK by Decca for the US market as were most London discs around this time.
Manufacture in UK and sale in US helped the post war economy

---

Comment by Mike Gann:

Can one of the UK mods check the date and country of origin for this record?