Atlantic/ATCO
Records - UK
Decca
had always used London to release Atlantic in the UK but demands for a
higher profile meant that London were forced to give certain important
US companies a name-check on the label, little more than "Recorded by
Atlantic ". Eventually London were forced to produce London-Dot,
London-Monument and London-Atlantic labels but all still part of the HL
series.
This was apparently not good enough for Atlantic who broke away
from London in 1964 although they stayed with Decca for pressing and
distribution. This was a difficult time for US companies being the time
of the British Beat Boom, and Atlantic needed all the help it could get
to survive. They called upon all the labels that they had affiliations
to in the US... ATCO, Stax/Volt, Dial and others small companies and
actually managed to get UK hits during this period.
In
1966 Atlantic left Decca and went to Polydor for pressing and
distribution and this then gave them US rights to Polydor artists. The
Polydor licence expired in early 1972 and Atlantic joined its partners
in the Kinney group (W.E.A)
Then
Atlantic/Atco continues under the Polydor 2091 000 series 1970
onwards
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