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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 = Sonic Recording Products, Inc. (pre-1975) / Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. (post-1975)
19 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
29 = Keel Mfg. Corp. (until mid 1981), / Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd. (after mid 1981)
44 = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis (their pressings used 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 = Wakefield Manufacturing

Between 1972 and 1974, US pressings were identified by (mostly) single letter codes. Known identifications are as follows:
A = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
G = MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
J = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville
K = Keel Mfg. Corp.
P = MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
S = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
CRP (alt. RP) = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
VS = Sonic Recording Products, Inc.

Parent Label:

K-Tel International (Canada)

Sublabels:

20 Original Hits 20 Original Stars, AJK Music, American Legend (2), Back To Back (7), Best Of 2 Super Acts On 1 Great Compact Disc, Common Wealth Records, Country Music Classics, Crush Music, Dominion Entertainment, Inc., Dominion Records (5), ...

Contact 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 Contact

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

Manufacturer EU Contact

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

Links:

ktel.com , archive.org

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  • 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 joins 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!