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London Records Of Canada (1967) Ltd.

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Canadian distributor and company, active from 1967 to 1979. Under the direction of Fraser C. Jamieson, with head offices in Montréal. Succeeded [l=London Records of Canada Ltd.] (active from 1948 to 1967). Also known as London Records (1967) Ltd. London had their own pressing facility in Montréal, which was in operation from 1975 until 1980. In addition to their own releases, London pressed for [l332521], [l175509], numerous independent labels, and occasionally [l264092]. London pressings are quite distinctive in appearance, and can be easily identified despite the absence of any pressing plant ID. The most immediate way to recognize a 12"/LP London pressing is the use of slightly smaller labels with a 92mm/3.6" diameter, normally found only on 7" releases. Runouts have "1Y" and "2Y" stamped in them. Typesetting usually involves the News Gothic Condensed and News Gothic Condensed Bold typefaces, which can also be used to identify 7" pressings. Example of a [l26938] 12" release pressed by London, using the 7" label design: [r1300323] Example of a [l1610] LP release pressed by London, using the 7" label design: [r887498] London pressings for [l264092] do not have any pressing plant ID and use the regular LP label designs, but they are smaller than other plants (92mm diameter) and have London's usual typesetting with the News Gothic Condensed/News Gothic Condensed Bold typefaces. Example of a [l1000] release pressed by London: [r2779717] Example of an [l681] release pressed by London: [r9712767] London also had their own tape manufacturing and duplication facility, which was one of the largest in Canada.