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Multinational budget record label.
Label Code: LC 2769 / LC 02769

US pressings made after 1974 have a two digit code system on the center labels, identifying the respective pressing plants:
01 or 001 = Specialty Records Corporation
02 or 002 = Unknown
07 = United Superior Records
09 = MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
11 = Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
12 = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
15 = MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
16 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
17 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
18 = Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. (post-1975)
19 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
29 = Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd. (after mid 1981)
44 = RCA Custom matrix numbers, i.e. F4RS- for 1976 or J4RS- for 1979)
47 = GRT Record Pressing
55 = Unknown
56 = Unknown
61 = Unknown (probably Peter Pan Industries)
63 = Unknown
66 = Unknown (probably H.V. Waddell Co., but needs to be confirmed)
69 = Unknown
70 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
71 = Unknown
74 = Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.
75 = Allied Record Company
80 = Trutone Mastering Labs
91 = Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
95 = Sonic Recording Products, Inc.

Parent Label:

 K-Tel International (Canada)

Sublabels:

 Dominion Records (5), ...

Info:

1970s UK address:
K-Tel
35-37 Sunbeam Road
Park Royal
London NW10
United Kingdom

1977 UK Address:
K-tel House,
620 Western Avenue,
London W3
United Kingdom

Manufacturer

K-Tel 160-3025 Portage Ave Winnipeg, MB R3K 2E2 CANADA https://www.k-tel.com/ https://www.k-tel.com/-us/

Manufacturer EU

https://www.k-tel.com/ https://www.k-tel.com/-us/

Links:

 ktel.com , archive.org

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  • System.10's avatar
    System.10
    Out of all the record labels, this is by far one of them. Some of the compilations ever.
    • mc.films2018's avatar
      mc.films2018
      Never buy from this label. The sound quality is terrible.
      • bkgarg73's avatar
        bkgarg73
        Why are they advertising a carpet cleaning company from the planet Mars on a record collecting website?
        • Kingasiatic86's avatar
          Kingasiatic86
          I've had a few of their compilations,most of which I've found in cut out bins. In my opinion,K Tel designed these compilations for people that couldn't afford to buy multiple albums or singles.The idea of putting together an album of popular songs for a very low price is genius. Quality wise,the sound was horrible but then again,you get what you paid for.

          • SailorMaxie's avatar
            SailorMaxie
            they are a label. this is the world. they make compilations.
            • imbrium65's avatar
              imbrium65
              One of the labels in the entire world. They produced some of the compilations.
              • gwts1171's avatar
                gwts1171
                One of the most acceptable labels in the entire world. They produced some of the most sufficient compilations.
                • rostasi1's avatar
                  rostasi1
                  One of the most influential labels in the entire world. They produced some of the most popular compilations of its time.
                  • RecordChaser9's avatar
                    RecordChaser9
                    One of the worst labels in the entire world. They produce some of the most poorly put-together compilations.
                    • eboethrasher's avatar
                      eboethrasher
                      I have a compilation (The Hit List 1982) with a 69 label on it, the Runout groove,in addition to the 69 and the catalog number, it appears to have a TP in circle drawn from the place where the bottom of the top part of the P s the ascending part, and then it has a lowercase pa, and then what appears to be a month and year, 10-82. TP circled, pa 10-82. Don't know if this convention helps identify plant 69, but it is worth sharing!

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