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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} '''Polygon Records''' was a British [[independent record labels]]. ==History== The label was started in 1949 as the Polygon Record Company Ltd. by [[Alan A. Freeman]] and Leslie Clark, who was anxious to control distribution of his daughter [[Petula Clark]]'s recordings. (Those associated with it fondly referred to the company as "Dead Parrot Records".) The two opened offices on [[Grosvenor Place]] in the [[Sloane Square]] section of London, and arranged Clark's first recording session with [[Ron Goodwin]] and his orchestra and a vocal backing group called [[The Stargazers (1940sβ1950s group)|the Stargazers]]. Since Polygon's UK distribution was not yet in existence, the first 78rpm single β "You Go to My Head" backed with "Out of a Clear Blue Sky" β was released in Australia, followed by a cover of [[Teresa Brewer]]'s "Music! Music! Music!" backed with "Blossoms on the Bough", both on the [[Esquire Records|Esquire]] label.<ref name="michael">{{cite web|url=http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/Records/LabelPages/Polygon.htm|title=Polygon|website=Michael Thomas' Website|last=Thomas|first=Michael|accessdate=21 March 2019}}</ref> In fact, the first Polygon release in the UK was not by Clark but by [[Louis Prima]] and his orchestra. Clark's first official Polygon release was "You Are My True Love"/"You're the Sweetest in the Land" in 1950. Her first big hit came in June 1954 with 'The Little Shoemaker' (Polygon P1117). In all, she recorded more than fifty songs for the label, including a few duets with its other major artist, [[Jimmy Young (disc jockey)|Jimmy Young]], then best known as a singer.<ref name="michael" /> Jimmy Young recorded his big hit 'Too Young' for the Polygon label (P1013) in 1951, but this was before the days of UK record charts which started in November 1952. Near the end of 1955, Polygon was sold to [[Nixa Records]], then part of [[Pye Records]], which led to the establishment of Pye Nixa Records.<ref name="michael" /> Nixa utilized a selection of Clark's Polygon tapes to release her first LP, ''Petula Clark Sings''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/npt19002|title=Vinyl Album β Petula Clark β Petula Clark Sings β Pye Nixa β UK|website=45worlds|accessdate=21 March 2019}}</ref> Clark's complete Polygon catalogue is available on CD β originally re-issued as ''The Polygon Years, Volume One (1950β1952)'' and ''The Polygon Years, Volume Two (1952β1955''). However, when Polygon was first merged with Nixa, one of the two Nissen huts used for storing the label's master tapes was demolished with the contents still inside. Thus, as a consequence, the only source for around half of Polygon's masters is original 78rpm discs.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Harries, Richard (liner notes)|date= 1994|title= The Polygon Years Volume One|medium= CD liner notes|language=English|publisher= RPM Records}}</ref> The first CD reissues of these recordings therefore suffered from poor sound, which was not improved until 2007 on the compilation ''It Had to Be You β The Complete Early Singles''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jasmine-records.co.uk/store/index.php/category-572/product-410|title=CLARK, Petula β It Had To Be You β The Complete Early Singles|website=Jasmine Records|accessdate= 21 March 2019}}</ref> ==Notable artists== * [[Petula Clark]] * [[Jimmy Young (disc jockey)|Jimmy Young]] * [[Dorothy Squires]] ==See also== * [[Alan A. Freeman]] * [[List of record labels]] * [[Polygon Records discography]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Record labels established in 1949]] [[Category:Record labels disestablished in 1955]] [[Category:British independent record labels]] [[Category:Pop record labels]]
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