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In late 1956, The World Record Club
organisation decided to try and enter the retail record market, and so
launched the "Conquest" label. The label name came about from the fact that the two men in charge were Norman Newell and Norman Lonsdale. Hence Normans' Conquest! The first record was issued in December 1956, followed by a batch of 4 in January 1957. The company ran into difficulties almost straight away when they found that, although interest from the pubic was promising, the retailers and wholesalers were apathetic towards stocking the label. After another batch of issues in April 1957 and a couple in the summer, the label languished, only to have a brief revival in January 1959 with an issue of strict dance tempo records, after which the label was shelved. As well as the 18 78rpm records issued, there were also a number of 45s, EPs & LPs, all issued at the same time as the 78s. Catalogue numbers of the 78s ran from CP-101 to CP-118, and the records were pressed by Phillips Electrical Ltd. In November 1969, two 45rpm singles were issued on Conquest before the label disappeared forever. Thanks to Bill Dean-Myatt for the label scan of the label. |
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