Thick Tri-centre Gold lettering	Thin Tri-centre Gold lettering	Tri-centre Silver lettering	Round centre Silver lettering
HL 8004 - oct 1954 to  HL 8141 - jun 1955	HL 8172- sep 1955 to  HL 8380 - feb 1957	HL 8399 - 1957 to  HL 8855 - may 1959	HL 8586 - mar 1959
The American London label, founded in 1947, released British Decca Records in the USA, since it could not use the Decca name there.  London Records was also used by British Decca in the UK market to release American labels which British Decca licensed. On Radio Luxembourg, the label was known as "London American".  After British Decca was acquired by PolyGram in 1979, London followed a more independent course.

Tri-centre Silver top	Round centre Silver top
HL 8865 - may 1959 to HL 8934 - sep 1959	HL 8926 - aug 1959 to HL 10120 - 1966

London Atlantic	London Monument	London Dot
Several issues HLK 9303 - HLK 9624	Several issues HLU 9676 - HLU 10045	Several issues HLD 9620 - HLD 9789

Boxed logo		Independent London	Independent London
HL 10135 - 1966 to HL 10577- 1979	Reissues 1969 "Demand Performance"	HL 10582 - 1982 LON 11 - 1982 to LON 21 - 1983	LON 23 - 1983 to LON 60 - 1985

Range	Front	Back	Details
No 1 a HL 8004  - oct 1954 to  .			Ultramarine Small centre 5 lines = 29 mm Thin shadows
. Ref 35A	Slightly curved top	Inside glued	Ultramarine
No 1 b . to  HL 8506 - apr 1958			Sea Green Small centre 5 lines = 29 mm Thin shadows
	Slightly curved top	Inside glued
No 2 HL 8507 - apr 1958 to HL 8884 - jun 1959			Large centre 5 lines = 29 mm Thin shadows
. Ref 35B	Slightly curved top	Inside glued	Ultramarine
No 3 HL 8885 - jun 1959 to 6			Dull  blue on buff 5 lines = 30 mm Thin shadows
	Slightly curved top	Inside glued
No 4 5 to 6			Blue on buff 5 lines = 30 mm Thin shadows
. Ref 35D	Slightly curved top	Inside glued
No 5 5 to HL 9025 - jan 1960			Blue on buff As above, but glued left/right/bottom
	Curved top	Glued left/right/bottom
No 6 HL 9026 - jan 1960 to 6			Blue 5 lines = ?? mm Thin shadows
	Slightly curved top	Inside glued
No 7 5 to HL 9198 - oct 1960			Sea green 5 lines = 31 mm Thick shadows
. Ref 35	Slightly curved top	Inside glued
No 8 HL 9200 - oct 1960 to 6			Blue Thick shadows Oval covers 8 lines
. Ref 35C	Slightly curved top	Inside glued
No 8 x . -			......... Machine-test sleeve Read the story here .......
	Cut straight	Inside glued
No 9 5 to 6			Pale blue Thin shadows Oval covers 9 lines
	Slightly curved top	Inside glued
No 10 5 to 6			"Made in England" 28 vertical blue lines
	Slightly curved top	Inside glued
No 11 5 to HL 10120 - 1966			"Made in England" moved left 29 vertical blue lines
	Slightly curved top	Inside glued
No 12 HL 10135 - 1966 to .			Logo I Front Back
	Curved top - high top	Inside glued
No 13 . to 1968			Logo II Front Back
. Ref 35E	Curved top	Glued left/right
No 14 1968 to 1973			Logo II Front Back
	Wavy top	Glued left/right
No 15 1973 to .			Logo III Front Back
	Cut notch - high top	Glued left/right
No 15 x . to .			Logo III Front Back
	Cut notch - high top	Glued left/right
No 16 a 1982 to .
	Cut straight/notch	Glued left/right
No 16 b . to 1985

HL-A	Ava, Cadence, Prodigal (93)	HL-M	Anna, Argo, Checker, Chess, Mira, Mirwood
HL-B	Era, Calico, Hollywood, Starday (26)	HL-N	Bethlehem, Catch, Checker, Dore Era, Glory, Rgo, Royal Roost, Sunset
HL-C	Eastern, Regent, Savoy, Sue, Symbol (15)	HL-O	Speciality, Excello, Paris, Fargo, Ovation, Aoa (50)
HL-D	Crystalette, Coin, Dot, Rainwood (227)	HL-P	Imperial, Knight, Minit, Rust (111)
HL-E	Atlantic, Atco, East West, Hickory, TRX (132)	HL-R	Congress, 4 Corners, Green Menu, Ice, Kapp, Leader, Lupine, Medallion, Trend (173)
HL-F	Bryan, Essex, Media (18)	HL-S	Ace, Phillips Int., Sun (57)
HL-G	Dolton, Fraternity, Freedom,  Liberty,  Seeco, University (59)	HL-T	Mainstream, United Artists, Unart, Valliant (41)
HL-H	A&M, Challenge, Fraternity, 4 Star, Laurie (41)	HL-U	7 Arts, Abbot, Abbot, Abko, All Platinum, Allboy, Alon, Amos, Amy, Anna, Arwin, Aut, Bally, Bardell, Baton, Berlee, Big Deal, Cameo, Carlton, Chairman, Challenge, Checker, Chess, Clock, Co & Ce, Coed, Coliseum, Crossover, Crusade, Crusader, Decanter, Décor, Diamond, Dimension, Dolton, Domain, Donna, Dore, Dover, Enith, Enjoy, Fabor, Fancibird, Felsted, Fernwood, Flip, Flipin, Garpax, Glory, Glover, GNP, Crescendo, Gold Disc, Gone, Greenwich, Gregmark, Guyden, Harper, Herald, Highland, Horoscope, Hudson, Instant, Jim Reeves Enterprises, Joed, Joey, Johnson, Kapp, Keen, Kem, Laurie, Le Cam, Liberty, London (Canada), M O C, Marijohn, Medallion, MGM, Minit, Modern, Monogram,  Monument, Mutual, New Hits, Nomar, Old Town, Orbison Associates, Palomar, Parrot, Phi Dan, Philles, Pompeii, Pop Side, PPX Enterprises, President, Press, Promo, Radio  Rainbow, Republic, Republic, Ribbon, RPM, Selma, Seville, Shalimar, Shannon, Sierra, Simmus, Soft, Soncraft, Sound Stage 7, Speciality , Stang, Starling, Surf, Swan, Tag, Tampa, Terrace, Todd, Tomorrow, Tribe, Tripple X, Turbo, Twirl, United Artists, V Tone, Vibration, White Whale, Zen (721)
HL-I	JDS, Warwick (5)	HL-W	Arlan, Ebb, Guyden, Jamie, Lancer, Lin, Shell, Todd (49)
HL-J	Josie, Jubilee, Port, Steady, Valiant (32)	HL-X	Big Hill, Big Top, Dunes (57)
HL-K	Atlantic, Lupine, Phoenix, Trey, Satellite, Sire, Stax, Volt (105)	HL-Y	Big Sound, Class, Everest,  London (Canada) (6)
HL-L	Carlton, Guaranteed, Melba (36)	HL-Z	Axe, Black Beat, Bomp, Centaur, Compass, Ipm, RKO, Shout, Sundi, Magna Slide, Unique, Vegas (56)
( )=number of records from February 1954 (HL 8001) to January 1982 (HL 10582) . Total 2582 records included 407 HL. Some record companies appear with two codes.