Untitled Document

FESTIVAL OZ Labels and Company Sleeves 1955-1994

Labels 1955-1958


SP45 678 - 1955 SP45 679 - jul 1955	SP45 684 - jul 1955	SP45 679 - jul 1955 SP45 684 - jul 1955	SP45 707 - nov 1955 SP45 750 - oct 1955
Festival Records was founded in Sydney in 1952 by an Australian army commander Paul Cullen who hired 2 of his army buddies, John Delhunty and Cyril Beavis to set it up, also hiring Les Welch as it’s A&R man. Between them they started what was to become a major label in Australia beside EMI & CBS. In 1957, Festival was sold to property & investment Manager, L.J.Hooker. Festival apart from recording local talent, was a distributor label owning the rights for the American Decca label as well as Atlantic, Coral, Brunswick among others, as well as a stable of Australian Independent labels. Festival lasted until 2005 when it went bust and later taken over by Mushroom Music. The earliest 45 rpm issued was an EP - XP45 447 in January 1955 (see below). The very first 45 rpm SINGLE issued was SP45 678 in July 1955.


SP45 752 - nov 1955 to SP45 781 - mar 1956	XP45 447 - jan 1955 EP - US Coral recording	XP45 626 - 1955 EP - Australian recording	XP45 627 - 1955 EP - US Bell recording


XP45 639 - 1955 EP - Metronome recording	XP45 739 - apr 1956 EP - US Savoy recording

Bell

"Single play" shown

SP45 684
Repress

SP45 760
Repress

SP45 790 - feb 1956

SP45 800 - feb 1956
SP45 804 - feb 1956

No "Single play"

Metronome

SP45 807 - mar 1956
to
SP45 1193 - mar 1957
Jump to 1274

SP45 819 - mar 1956

SP45 1284 - apr 1957
to
SP45 1534 - aug 1957
1274 issued in july 1957

SP45 1529 - aug 1957
to
SP45 1668 - jan 1958

SP45 1503 - 1957
to
SP45 1632 - 1958
Australian recordings

SP45 886 (1956) - 3 different pressings

Festival pressing	Festival pressing	ARC pressing

Labels 1958-1994

FK 3001 - 1958
FK 3002 - 1958
FK 3016 - 1958
Australian recordings

FK 3003 - 1958
to
FK 3054 - 1958
US Decca
recordings

FK 3055 - 1958
to
FK 3151 - 1960
US Decca
recordings

FK 3032 - 1958
to
FK 3066 - 1958
Australian
recordings

FK 3068 - 1959
to
FK 3162 - 1960
Non Decca US and Australian recordings

FK 3156 - 1960
to
FK 3166 - 1961
US Decca recordings

FK 3169 - 1961
Australian recording


FK 04 - 1961 to FK 274 - 1962	FK 191 - 1962 to FK 258 - 1962	FK 275 - 1962 to FK 413 - 1963	FK 358 - 1963 to FK 368 - 1963


FK 403 - 1963 to FK 1828 - 1967	FK 1848 - 1967 to FK 4126 - 1971	DK 2208 - 1968 US Decca logo


FK 4125 - 1971 to FK 4411 - 1971	FK 4389 - 1971 "A" on top	FK 4491 - 1971 to FK 4557 - 1972


FK 4658 - 1972 to K 7677 - 1979	K 6410 - 1976 OZ map	K 8238 - 1981 to K 9868 - 1985	1987 to 1994

Range

Front

Back

Details

No 1

XP45 447 - 1955
to
.

Thick paper

Cut straight

Glued left/right

No 2

.
to
XP45 ??? - 1955

Lines added
Thick paper

Cut straight

Glued left/right

No 3 a

SP45 678 - 1955
to
SP45 684 - 1955

Thick paper

Cut straight

Glued left/right

No 3 b

1955
to
.

Thick paper

Cut straight

Glued left/right

No 3 c

.
to
1955

Thick paper

Cut straight

Glued left/right

No 4

SP45 760 - 1955
to
.

Sleeve with flap closed

This sleeve housed record
no. SP45 760 - released - November 1955

Cut straight - with flap

Inside glued

No 5

.
to
.

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 6 a

.
to
1956

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 6 b

CSP45 1116 - 1956
to
1957

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 7 a

SP45 1562 - 1957
to
.

Dull red
Singles from 804 to 1145,
all from 1956

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 7 b

.
to
.

Red
Singles from 804 to 1145,
all from 1956

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 7 c

.
to
1957

Singles from 804 to 1145,
all from 1956

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 8

FK 3001 - 1958
to
Early 1962

EPs up to august 1958

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 9

FK 185 - 1962
to
FK 212 - 1962

Festival
Ampar
Brunswick
Coral

Top Rank
Impulse
Leedon

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 10

FK 214 - 1962
to
FK 232 - 1962

Festival
Ampar
Coral

Top Rank
Impulse
Leedon

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 11

FK 235 - 1962
to
FK 297 - 1962

Festival
ABC-Paramount
Ampar
Coral

Brunswick
Impulse
Leedon

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 12

FK 303 - 1963
to
FK 359 - 1963

Festival
Command
Ampar
Coral

Brunswick
Impulse
Leedon

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 13

FK 363 - 1963
to
FK 414 - 1963

Festival
Command
Coral
Ampar

Brunswick
Atlantic
Impulse
Leedon

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 14

FK 417 - 1963
to
FK 698 - 1964

Festival
Ampar
20th Fox
Command

Brunswick
Coral
Impulse
Atlantic
Leedon

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 15

FK 706 - 1964
to
FK 746 - 1964

Festival
Ampar
20th Fox
Command
Coral

Dot
Brunswick
Impulse
Atlantic
Leedon

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 16

FK 748 - 1964
to
Early 1966

Festival
Ampar
20th Fox
Command
Coral

Dot
Sunshine
Impulse
Atlantic
Leedon

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 17

Early 1966
to
FK 1230 - 1966

Festival Ampar 20th Fox Command Coral	Dot Sunshine Impulse Atlantic Leedon

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 18

FK 1234 - 1966
to
FK 1295 - 1966

Festival
Spin
Leedon
20th Fox
Command
Coral

Dot
Sunshine
Impulse
Atlantic
Ampar
Scepter

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 19

FK 1301 - 1966
to
FK 1373 - 1966

Command
Ampar
Scepter
Dot
Atlantic
Coral
Dot
World Pacific
Brunswick
20th Century Fox

Festival
Kommotion
Leedon
A.T.A.
Clarion
Spin
Sunshine

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 20

FK 1380 - 1966
to
FK 1396 - 1966

Command
Ampar
Scepter
Dot
Atlantic
Coral
Dot
World Pacific
Brunswick
20th Century Fox

Festival
Kommotion
Leedon
A.T.A.
Clarion
Spin
Sunshine
Phonovox-Vogue

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

No 21

FK 1404 - 1966
to
.

Command
Ampar
Scepter
Dot
Atlantic
Coral
World Pacific
Brunswick
20th Century Fox
Monument
A&M

Festival
Kommotion
Leedon
A.T.A.
Clarion
Spin
Sunshine
Downunder

Cut straight

Glued bottom/right

No 22

.
to
FK 1583 - 1966

Command
Festival
Scepter
A&M
Coral
Brunswick
20th Century Fox

Atlantic
Scepter
Ampar
Impulse
Monument
Westminster

No 23

FK 1594 - 1966
to
FK 1791 - 1967

A&M
Ampar
Atlantic
Command
Coral
Dot
20th Century Fox
Impulse
Monument
Scepter

Festival
A.T.A.
Clarion
Leedon
L.H.I.
Project 3
Spin
Stax
Sunshine

Cut straight

Glued bottom/right

No 24

FK 1794 - 1967
to
.

A&M
Ampar
A.T.A.
Atlantic
Calendar
Clarion
Command
Coral
Dot
Festival
Impulse

Imperial
Leedon
L.H.I.
Liberty
Monument
Project 3
Scepter
Spin
Sunshine
United Artists

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 25

.
to
.

Cut straight

Glued bottom/right

No 26

1968
to
1970

Cut straight

Glued bottom/right

No 27

1970
to
.

Cut straight/cut corners

Inside glued

No 28

.
to
1972

Cut straight/cut corners

Inside glued

No 29

1973

Shiny paper

Cut straight - white top

Glued bottom/right

No 30

1972
to
1977

Cut straight/cut corners

Inside glued

No 31

1977
to
1981

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 32 a

1981
to
.

Cut straight - white top

Glued bottom/right

No 32 b

.
to
.

Cut straight - white top

Glued bottom/right

No 32 c

.
to
1983

Cut straight - white top

Glued bottom/right

No 33

1981
to
.

Cut straight - white top

Glued bottom/right

No 34

.
to
1983

Cut straight

Glued bottom/right

No 35

1984
to
1985

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 36

1984
to
1988

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 37

1985
to
.

Used when 12" single and Cassingle were available

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 38

.
to
.

Used when 12" single and Cassingle were available

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 39

.
to
.

Used when 12" single were available

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 40

1988
to
1989

Recommended price

Cut straight

Inside glued

No 41

1989
to
1994

No ecommended price

Special sleeves

D 1

.
to
.

Used for demo records

Cut straight

Plastic sleeve

E 1

.
to
.

Emergency sleeve
for EPs

Cut straight

Glued left/right