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French label founded and owned by . Also appears as "America" only. Started in 1959 with 7"s (and a few LPs) of US Rock & Roll, Doo Wop, Latin, Pop and Easy Listening music. Material was originally issued on labels , , , , , , , , , , ... Those reissues on have no license mention and some of them were released under fake names, see for instance here, there, there, there, there and there. There is also a Spanish release licensed by with an logo and a 1961 Depósito Legal. First period of America Records ended not long after. 7"s of this period can be found on this page under catalog number M ## / 45 M ## or S ## / 45 S ##, LPs are under catalog number 30 S 10##. The label was reactivated in 1968 after had started label in the mean time. issued then , folk and mostly jazz records licensed from . Plus, produced free jazz, blues and funk releases. That's the main part of the catalogue. That ended ca. late 70s but there was one more reactivation of the label late 80s for a few jazz-rock CDs. And 15 free jazz productions were reissued in 2004 on classy series. Note: Some LPs were issued on several versions. Rights society (BIEM or SACEM), printer, price code and label layout can help to differentiate.
