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Originally a British label; also appears as "MFP" only. Label Code: LC 00464 / LC 0464 Label started in September 1965 as a joint venture between Hamlyn and EMI Records, selling low-cost reissues and also some original material. EMI provided the music and Hamlyn the publishing. The logo around this time has 'Paul Hamlyn' and 'EMI Records' circling the 'mfp' logo. MFP had offices in various cities including Amsterdam, Brussels, Johannesburg, Köln, London, Sydney, Paris and Stockholm. In 1970, Hamlyn's parent company, International Publishing Group (IPC) was acquired by Reed Paper Group. One year later, EMI bought out Reed and took full control over Music For Pleasure. MFP remained an independent company in Belgium. In September 1973, a parallel label called , was launched. MFP carried on throughout the '70s, but at the start of the '80s ran into trouble. This was due to changes in technology and major label rationalisations. MFP ended up as little more than a worldwide distribution network. The new MUSIC FOR PLEASURE/EMI logo (9th image) was introduced approx. 1985. First on sleeves, later the traditional yellow vinyl labels were replaced by purple labels. Releases with this new logo and/or purple labels can't have a date prior to 1985. From the 3rd April 2006 MFP was revived under the control of EMI Gold. Please note, the '60s and '70s series of records for children with the logo should be entered under that label name. These records have catalogue numbers beginning with 'No', 'Number' or FP. Please note that MFP later used the FP prefix for other releases. All singles released in the '80s with an FP cat# prefix are Music For Pleasure and not Surprise Surprise.
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Mfp Series
Series of 9 Hindi records released by during the 1980s.
Night Club (4)
France series.
Music For Pleasure Classics
Junior Choice (2)
A Series on
Les Plus Grands Noms Du Rock
Series of early rock 'n' roll recordings
Original Recordings (6)
Series introduced in 1997 by .
Enregistrements Originaux / Coffret 3 Disques
Kinderland Märchenland
Radioplay series of the label (mfp)
Big Band Series (5)
Series of
Listen To The Band
Popular Classics Series (3)
Classical series.
Songwriters Of The Century Series
Listen For Pleasure
Spoken word label from EMI's Music For Pleasure label.
Number One Records
Music Melody
Collection Published By MFP Music For Pleasure.
The Jazz Club
Series of Jazz re-releases on the Music For Pleasure label, launched in 1982.
Double Top
Double Top (early 1972) was a short lived sub label of Music For Pleasure, which was marketed at adults. Simultaneously with the release of there Hot Hits 9 album at the start of 1972, Music For...
Plaisir Du Classique (2)
French label; French version of Classics For Pleasure Label Code: LC 18204
Savile's Time Travels
Series by the Music For Pleasure and labels. This is a series, not a label. Only add this to the "Series" field, together with the actual label of the release. For this ser...
Hour Of Pleasure
An EMI label.
Contact Label
Initial address till approximately 1967/68: Music For Pleasure Ltd. Drury House, Russell Street, London WC2 Successor addresses: Astronaut House, Hounslow Road, Feltham, Middlesex 80 Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1AY South African address (now defunct) 32 Steele Street Steeldale Johannesburg P.O. Box 11254 Johanesburg Swedish address (now defunct) Tritonvägen 17 Fack 171 19 Solna Sweden Tel: +46 (0)8-730 00 60