London Records
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London Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 through the 1980s. London arose from the split in ownership between the British branch of Decca Records and that same company's USA branch; the "London" label released British Decca records in the USA, since it could not use the "Decca" name there. The London label was also used by British Decca in the UK market to release American labels (such as Imperial Records, Chess Records, Dot Records, Atlantic Records, Specialty Records and Sun Records) which British Decca licensed. In the sixties more licensing deals were made with Big Top Records, Monument Records, Parrot Records, Philles Records and Hi Records.
Among the many subsidiary or associated labels distributed by the U.S. London label: Monument, Seville, Felsted, Dial, Sire, Hi, S.P.R.Q., Best, Terrace, Garpax, Garrett, Chairman, Tribe, Parrot, Deram, Threshold, MAM, and UK.
After British Decca was acquired by PolyGram in 1979, London followed a more independent course with subsidiary labels as Slash Records, Pete Tong's Essential Records and FFRR Records.
Universal Music Group (the owner of American Decca) acquired PolyGram in 2000;[1] however, by this time, London Records had become a semi-independent label within the PolyGram group operated by Roger Ames. When Ames moved to the Warner Music Group, he "took" the label with him, and so London's back catalogue was acquired by Warner, which licensed the London name from Decca (which still owns the trademark). The name is still used, mainly for UK-based artists, and for ex-Factory Records artists. Notable artists published by the current incarnation of London, London Records 90, include New Order, Happy Mondays, A and Shakespear's Sister.
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[edit] Previous London Records artists
- The Bachelors
- Teresa Brewer
- Marianne Faithfull
- Holly Valance
- Vera Lynn
- Mantovani
- Marmalade
- Moody Blues
- Nashville Teens
- Poppy Family
- Rolling Stones
- Sugababes
- The Tornados
- Unit 4 + 2
[edit] London 90 Artists
- Back To The Planet
- East 17
- The Yes/No People (Stomp)
- Voice of the Beehive
- New Order
- Kaliphz
- Michaela Strachan
- The High
- Hard Rain
- Junior
- Michelle Shocked
- No Sweat
- Perfect Day
- Wet Wet Wet
- Glenn Medeiros
- Jimmy Somerville
- Banderas
- Then Jerico
- Zucchero
- All Saints
- Sugababes
- His Latest Flame
- A
[edit] The Platinum Collection
The Platinum Collection is Warner Music Group's budget hits collection brand. Currently the range features recordings from the following London artists:
- Dannii Minogue
- Happy Mondays
- Hothouse Flowers
- Bananarama
- Fine Young Cannibals
- Faith No More
- Orbital
- Shakespear's Sister
