London International Records

The London name was also used by British Decca in the UK market to release American labels which British Decca licensed, such as Imperial, Chess, Dot, Atlantic, Specialty and Sun, as well as the first two UK releases from Motown. In the sixties more licensing deals were made with Big Top, Monument, Parrot, Philles and Hi and London Atlantic, London Monument and London Dot became subsidiaries. The label bore the logo "London American Recordings", and on Radio Luxemburg it was known as "London American".

 

 

 

 

 

1965 London Records trade ad for the Rolling Stones

In America, the label was best known as the American imprint of the pre-1971 recordings of The Rolling Stones (now owned by ABKCO). The label also originally issued some early LPs and singles by Texas-based band ZZ Top (whose catalog went to Warner Brothers when the band moved there).