(not to be confused with the 1914 British label of the same name). They succesfully raised enough money through different investors and found a commercial property in London, Ontario near the railroad tracks, making it easy to ship records once they were pressed. So Ken Kerr and two other associates had the idea to start their own record company, and that way they MIGHT just inherit the contract to press records for Capitol, here in Canada. The project was too good to simply accept its demise that easily. This did not last long however, as the operation was shut down soon after because of Government restrictions on foreign investments. In 1947, Capitol incorporated the Capitol Canada company and hired Ken Kerr, a former Sparton Records sales manager from London, Ontario to run Canadian operations for Capitol, therefore being then, the only Canadian employee of the company. June 1947Ĭapitol USA realized the great potential of the Canadian market, that customers would have the opportunity to buy domestic products instead of paying expensive fees to import their favorite records. The label then featured the classic dome logo we know today. Numbers 186 and 187 for example, both have the "structure label"). The regular use of the "structure label" was dropped after the first 50 or so records (but was used from time to time for around another 50. On this first ever Capitol label, the silver logo on the black label showed the building structure under the word CAPITOL. On July 1st, the company issued 9 different 78 RPMs (from # 101 to 109 - including one of Mercer's records - # 103). The Capitol Records Company was founded in the USA by songwriter Johnny Mercer. Capitol Records of Canada - the corporate history timeline Provided by Steve Clifford and updated by Serge Pelletier with help of the excellent book by Nicholas Jennings: FIFTY YEARS OF MUSIC - THE STORY OF EMI MUSIC CANADA) 1942
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