Early Capitol of Canada Records (London years)

1949 - 1954

Compiled by Serge Pelletier from Piers Hemmingsen's archive catalogs

As seen in the First Capitol Record article, Capitol USA tried to reach the Canadian market in 1947, hiring Canadian employee Ken Kerr out of London Ontario to run things over here. Even though the company was registered, due to governmental restrictions, the project was put aside for almost two years during which Capitol had to subcontract the record pressing and distribution of the US catalog to Musicana Records, a company for which Ken Kerr's associate was previoulsy working.

In 1949, Capitol Records of Canada was finally up and running in London Ontario, pressing a Canadian catalog on 78 RPM discs at first, but soon after around 1950, staring to also press 45 RPMs and LPs. The venture was so successful that at the end of the intial 5 year contract in 1954, Capitol decided not to renew the contract and make "Capitol Of Canada" a fully owned Canadian subsidiary. Operations quickly moved to Toronto with new branches in Montréal and Vancouver.

This list covers discs from its very first Capitol records pressed in Canada, to the end of the London era, from 1949 to 1954.

Musicana Era /// 1947-1949

This era is still unclear as to which Capitol records were pressed but it is believed that best selling hits from the USA catalog were simply pressed and distributed by Musicana Records under its blue label until Regal Records started pressing and distributing a unique Canadian catalog for Capitol on its well known purple Capitol label. More info on this would be greaty appreciated.

London (Ontario) Era /// 1949 - 1954

The new Capitol of Canada Plant in London Ontario finally pressed its first Capitol 78 RPM disc:
# 78-101 Gordon Macrae 24 hours of sunshine / Wedding of Lili Marlene.

The first Capitol catalog from London, Ontario, list records up to 78-150, but more records were issued beyond the first 50. In fact, between 1949 and 1954, Capitol issued records with a unique Canadian number from 101 to 1454, after which Capitol followed the US numbering system that just started in the 3000s. For example, 78-101 was attributed the number 711 in the USA.
The Numbering system "78 XXX" is also catalogued as "C XXX"; records started to show the C-prefix at some point down the line.

78 rpm discs /// 78-XXX series

Serial Number	Artist	Title




78-101	Gordon Macrae	Twenty-Four Hours Of Sunshine / The Wedding Of Lili Marlene
The very first record pressed and distributed by Capitol Records Canada

78-102	Andy Parker and the Plainsmen	By The Light of The Altar Candles / Whippoorwill Waltz


78-103	Woody Herman	The Crickets / More Moon


78-104	Kay Starr	I Wish I Had A Wishbone / There's Yes! Yes! In Your Eyes


78-105	The Jubilaires	Mene Mene Teckel / Somebody Broke My Dolly


78-106	Tex Williams	Ham 'n Eggs / Cowpuncher's Waltz


78-107	Betty Hutton	Hamlet / That's Loyalty


78-108	The Weidler Brothers	The Jolka Polka / The Schnitzelbank Polka


78-109	Peggy Lee	Neon Signs / Through A Long And Sleepless Night


78-110	King Cole Trio	Your Voice / I Get Sentimental Over Nothing


78-111	Freddie Slack	Whatever Happened To Ol' Jack / On The Road To Mandolin


78-112	Art Van Damme Quintet	Limehouse Blues / Exctasy


78-113	Margaret Whiting	Dime A Dozen / Whirlwind


78-114	Joe Stafford	The Last Mile Home / Ragtime Cowboy Joe


78-115	Jan Garber	Making Love Ukulele Style / Catalina Bounce


78-116	Red Ingle	A Yore A Dopey Gal / Two Dollar Pistol


78-117	Gordon Macrae & Jo Stafford	Whispering Hope / A Thought In My Heart


78-118	King Cole Trio	Land Of Love / Yes Sire That's My Baby


78-119	Kay Starr	You Gotta Buy, Buy Buy For Baby / Break It To Me Gently


78-120	Woody Herman	Tenderly / Jamaica Rhumba


78-121	Ray Anthony	My Baby Missed The Train / Slider


78-122	Red Ingle / Joe Stafford	Timtayshun (Temptations) / Ciargeets, Whuskey and Wild Wild Women
Numbered C 122. the numbering system had changed, or, having recorded sales of around 3 000 000 copies in the USA, this could also be a reissue of the originally numbered 78 122 disc. This single was originally released in 1948 in the USA.

78-123	Pee Wee Hunt	Twelfth Street Rag / Somebody Else Not me


78-124	Stan Kenton	Artistry In Rhythmes / Artistry Jumps


78-125	Stan Kenton	And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine / Tampico


78-126	Mel Torme	The Meadows Of Heaven / Sonny Boy


78-127	Gordon Macrae	I Want You To Want Me To Want You / Wonderful One


78-128	Margaret Whiting	It's A Most Unusual Day / St. Louis Blues


78-129	Paul Weston	Lingering Down The Lane / I Know, I Know, I Know


78-130	Dean Martin	Vieni Su / That Lucky Old Sun


78-131	Benny Strong	I Never See Maggie Alone / When My Sugar Walks Down The Street


78-132	Tex Ritter	Cool Water / You Are My Sunshine


78-133	Stan Kenton	Intermission Riff / Minor Riff


78-134	Stan Kenton	Eager Beaver / Harlem Folk Dance


78-135	Sammy Davis Jr	Can't You See I've Got The Blues / Be Bop Beguine


78-136	Andy Parker And The Plainsmen	Wagon Wheel / Red River Valley


78-137	Pete Daily's Chicagoans	South / She Looks Like Helen Brown


78-138	Paul Weston	Do You Ever Think Of Me / Double Datin'


78-139	Jan Garber	Stompin' At The Savoy / Stardust


78-140	Benny Strong	Stumbling / The Sheik Of Araby


78-141	Ray Anthony	Yesterdays / House Party


78-142	Skitch Henderson	Dancing With A Deb / Dreamland Rendezvous


78-143	Benny Goodman	There's A Small Hotel / Blue Lou


78-144	Charlie Barnet	Portrait Of Edward Kennedy Ellington parts 1 and 2


78-145	Chuck Thomas	My Gee Gee From The Fiji Isles / Rose Of The Rio Grande


78-146	Stan Kenton	Concerto To End All Concertos Parts 1 and 2


78-147	Stan Kenton	Artistry In Boogie / Machito


78-148	Stan Kenton	Painted Ryhtm / Southern Scandal


78-149	Stan Kenton	Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' / Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me


78-150	Stan Kenton	His Feet's Too Big For De Bed / Down In Chi-Hua-Hua


78-151	Benny Goodman	Chicago / Back In Your Own Back Yard

78 rpm discs /// Capitol Childrens Records 1949

These releases have been confirmed from the Capitol Calatlog listing, maybe only these US titles have been issued in Canada at the time, or maybe other titles do also exist.

Serial Number	Artist	Title




BBX 34	Bozo	Bozo At The Circus


CC 64	Bugs Bunny	Bugs Bunny Album


BC 66	Sparky	Sparky And The Talking Train


CD 11	Fairy Tales	Puss In Boots


CD 33	Fairy Tales	Hansel And Gretel

Numbers 100 200 and 300 /// From 1951 and later

45 rpm discs (F),
78 rpm discs (starting with a C),
33rpm discs (P and H series)

If we follow the logic of the Capitol numbering system well known for later releases, it would be safe to assume that it was already in place by the time these early albums were released. Therefore, the second letter in the prefix for 78s and 45s would indicated the number of discs in the set (A=1 disc, B=2 and so on). For example, CD / CDF 244, Voices of the Xtabay has "D" for the second letter and has 4 discs in the set. CC numbers would then be 3 disc sets.

Serial Number	Artist	Title




H 172	Stan Kenton and his Orchestra	A Presentation of Progressive Jazz
33 rpm disc.

CCF 174	Paul Weston Orchestra	Paul Weston Conducts
Three 45 rpm disc set.

H 178	Art Van Damme Quintet	Cocktail Cappers


CC 217	Lucille Norman	The Vagabond King
Three 78 rpm disc set. Also avalable on the 33 rpm LP album (P219)

CC 218	Gordon macrae	New Moon
Three 78 rpm disc set. Also avalable on the 33 rpm LP album (P219)

P 219	Lucille Normand and Gordon Macrae	The Vagabond King & New Moon
12 inch 33 rpm LP album - compilation of the previous two 78 rpm disc sets (217 / 218)

CC / H 243	Eddie Grant	Fancy FIngers
Available as a three 78 rpm disc set and as a 33 rpm LP album

CD / CDF / H 244	Yma Sumac	Voice Of The Xtabay
This is an album that was available in three formats: 78 RPM discs (CD prefix), 45 RPM discs (CDF prefix) (pictured here) and as a 33 RPM album (H prefix). The 78s and 45s are made as a 4 disc set. Below are the 45 set and the ten inch LP with the brown leather cover.

CCF 245	Paul Weston's Orchestra	Music For The Fireside
3 disc 45 rpm set.

CC / CCF / H 247	Jo Stafford and Gordon Macrae	Sunday Evening Songs
Available in 3 formats: 78 rpm (CC), 45 rpm (CCF) and 33 rpm (H). The 78s and 45s were availabe as a 3 disc set.

KCF 248	Stan Kenton's Orchestra	Stan Kenton Presents
3 disc 45 rpm set.

KCF 250	Max Steiner	Music By Max Steiner
3 disc 45 rpm set. This disc (with the next disc KCF 251) was also available on a 33 rpm album number P 255

KCF 251	Conducted by Georges Tzipine	Familiar Themes From Tchaikovsky
3 disc 45 rpm set. This disc (with the previous disc KCF 250) was also available on a 33 rpm album number P 255

KCF 253	TBD	Bozo's Cricus Band
3 disc 45 rpm set.

P 255	Max Steiner and Georges Tzipine	Music By Max Steiner & Familiar Themes From Tchaikovsky.
This album is simply the records numbered KCF 250 / 251 featured on the same 33 rpm disc.

H 300	Art Van Damme Quintet	More Cocktail Capers


L 329	Billy May	Big Band Mash


L 349	Billy May	A Band Is Born

Numbers 400, 500, 600 /// From the 1951 catalog

78 rpm discs (C and 7C series)
45 rpm discs (F series)

F and C series sold for 0.85$ while 7C series were sold 1.00$

Serial Number	Artist	Title




N 408	Art tatum Trio	The Art Tatum Trio


(C) F 473	Eddie Grant	Goodnight Irene / Bonaparte's Retreat
Hammond Organ

(C) F 483	Buddy Cole	La Vie En Rose / La Vie En Rose
Hammond Organ

C 489	Eddie Kirk	Puppy Love / Somebody's Crying
78 rpm only. Western and Folk

EAP 491	Lennie Tristano	Classics In Jazz
This is an EP

C 493	Tex Ritter	Coal Smoke Valvel Oil and Steam / Nobody's Fool
78 rpm only. Western and Folk

C 498	Hank Thompson and His Brazoz Valley Boys	Humpty Dumpty Boogie / Daddy Blues
78 rpm only. Western and Folk

EAP 1-500	Nat King Cole	Songs By Nat King Cole
EP

(C) F 505	Ray Anthony And His Orchestra	Marshmallow World / Where Do I Go From You


(C) F 507	Jan Garber And His Orchestra	(Dance To THe Music Of) The Ocarina / I Still Miss You


(C) F 508	Margaret Whiting	The Best Thing For You / I've Never been In Love Before


(C) F 510	Woody Herman And His Orchestra	When It Rains It Pours / Starlight Souvenir


(C) F 511	Yogi Yorgesson	My Little Old Shack / Someone Spiked The Punch At Lena's Wedding


(C) F 513	Steve Adamczyk And His Hungry Five	I Am A Musician / At The Brook
Western and Folk

(C) F 514	Tex Ritter	Daddy's Last Letter / Onward Christian Soldiers
Western and Folk

(C) F 515	Frank Devol And His Orchetra	Jin-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling / Sweethearts On Parade


(C) F 516	Jo Stafford	Autumn Leaves / Autumn In New York


(C) F 517	Ray Anthony And His Orchestra	My Heart Is Out Of Town / Harlem Nocturne


(C) F 518	Paul Weston And His Orchestra	Autumn Leaves / No Other Love


(C) F 520	Stan Kenton And His Orchestra	Love For Sale / Be Easy Be Tender


(C) F 521	Jimmy Wakely	Pot O' Gold / Bandera Waltz
Western and Folk

C 522	Mel Torme	I Owe A Kiss To A Girl In Iowa / Say No More
78 rpm only

C 524	Peggy Lee	Once In A Lifetime / Life Is So Peculiar
78 rpm only

(C) F 526	Margaret Whiting And Jimmy Wakely	A Bushel And A Peck / Beyond The Reef


C 527	Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan	I've Got The Craziest Feeling / A Load Of Trouble
78 rpm only. Western and Folk.

C 528	Johnny Parker	Can't Seem To Laugh Anymore / Never Again
78 rpm only

C 529	Tennessee Ernie, Eddie Kirk With Cliffie Stone's Band	Little Juan Pedro / Bryant's Boogie
78 rpm only. Western and Folk.

(C) F 531	Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra	Band Ain't Draggin' / Love LOcked Out


(C) F 532	Nat King Cole And His Trio	Time Out Of Tears / Get To Gettin'


(C) F 533	Woody Herman And His Orchestra	Johannesburg / The Nearness Of You


(C) F 535	Kay Starr	Oh Babe / Everybody's Somebody's Fool


(C) F 536	Stan Kenton And His Orchestra	Viva Prado / I'm So In The Mood


(C) F 537	Ray Anthony And His Orchestra	Autumn Leaves / Mr Anthony's Boogie


(C) F 538	The Art Van Damme Quintette	The Touch Of Your Lips /


C 539	Mickey Katz And His Orchestra	Geshray of DeVilde Kotchke / Bagle Call Rag
78 rpm only

(C) F 541	Gordon Macrae	Use Your Imagination / I Am Loved


(C) F 542	Mel Torme	Skylark / Lullaby Of The Leaves


C543	Jan Garber And His Orchestra	(I've Got A) Humpty Dunmpty Heart / I've Been Waiting Too Long
78 rpm only

C 544	Tennessee Ernie	The Shot Gun Boogie / I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More
78 rpm only. Western and folk

C 545	Jess Willard	If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time / Little Shoes
78 rpm only. Western and folk

(C) F 548	Eddie Grant	The Petite Waltz / Beyond The Reef
Hammond Organ

(C) F 549	Frank Devol And His Orchestra	The One-Finger melody / You Can Carry me


(C) F 550	Peggy Lee	Ay Ay Chug A Chug / Where Are You?


C 551	Les Baxter, His Orchestra And Chorus	Tambarina / Somewhere, Somehow, Someday
78 rpm only

(C) F 552	Chuy Reyes And His Orchestra	Oink, Oink, Mambo / Mocambo Mambo


C 553	Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan	R F D Blues / I'll Make Believe
78 rpm only. Western and Folk

(C) F 554	Jo Stafford and Gordon Macrae	To Think I've Chosen you / Hold Me, Hold Me


(C) F 555	Margaret Whiting	Once You Find Your Guy / A Man Ain't Nothin' But A Wolf


(C) F 556	Ray Anthony And His Orchestra	The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful / All Anthony And No Cleopatra


(C) F 557	Jo Stafford	It Was So Beautiful / Love Is A Masquerade


C 558	Chuy Reyes And His Orchstra	Blen! Blen! Blen! / La Ultima Noche
78 rpm only

(C) F 559	Joe "Fingers" Carr And The Carr-Hops	The Lovebig Itch / Rocky's Rag


(C) F 560	Les Paul	Tennessee Waltz / Little Rock Gateway


(C) F 561	Gordon Macrae	You Dyed Your Hair Chartreuse / Honky Tonk Ten Cent Dance


C 563	Leon Payne	Because you Love me / My Daddy
78 rpm only. Western and Folk

C 564	Ramblin'Jimmie Dolan	Hot Rod Race / Walkin' The Blues
78 rpm only. Western and Folk

C 565	Hank Thompson	A Broken Heart And A Glass Of beer / If I Cry
78 rpm only. Western and Folk

(C) F 566	Jimmy Wakely	My Heart Cries For You / Music By The Angels


(C) F 567	Mel Blanc	The Woody Woodpecker Polka /Trixie the Piano Playing Pixie


(C) F 568	Art Van Damme Quintette	Hawaiian War Chant / This Can't Be Love


C 569	Jimmie Skinner	There's Nothin' About You Special / It's My World
78 rpm only. Western and Folk

(C) F 570	Frank Devol	Teardrops From My Eyes / It's A Lonesome Old Town


(C) F 571	Dean Martin	If / I Love the Way You Say Goodnight


(C) F 572	Margaret Whiting	Over And Over And Over / The Moon Was Yellow


(C) F 574	Harry Owens And His Royal Hawaiians	SOng Of The Sunset / Menehune Lullaby


(C) F 575	Tennesse Ernie and Joe "fingers" Carr	Tailor Made Woman / Stack-O-Lee
Western and Folk

(C) F 576	Satn Freberg	John And Marsha / Ragtime Dan


(C) F 577	Kay Starr	Lovesick Blues / Evenin'


(C) F 578	Dean Martin	You And Your Beautiful Eyes / Tonda Wanda Hoy


C 579	Frank Devol	Seven WOnders Of The World / Lullaby Of Broadway
78 rpm only

(C) F 580	Mel Blanc	I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat / Yosemite Sam


(C) F 581	Ray Anthony And His Orchestra	Be My Love / I Wonder What's Become Of Sally


(C) F 582	Nat 'King' Cole	Jet / The Magic Tree


C 583	Peggy Lee with David Barbour's Orchestra	Climb Up The Moutain / The Mill On The Floss
78 rpm only

(C) F 584	Ray anthony And His Orchestra	More Than I Care To Remember / Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean


C 585	Helen O'Connell with Dave Cavanaugh's Orchestra	Would I Love You / Gypsy Heart
78 rpm only

(C) F 586	Pete Daily's Chicagoans	Johnson's Rag / Louis-i-an-ia


C 587	Ramblin' Jimmmie Dolan	Lost Love Blues / Many's The Time


7C 588	Miles Davis And His Orchestra	Venus De Milo / Daen That Dream
78 rpm only. Secial Jazz Series

7C 589	Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra	Really? / Claude Reigns
78 rpm only. Secial Jazz Series

7C 590	Lennie Tristano And His Sextette	Intuition / Yesterdays
78 rpm only. Secial Jazz Series

7C 591	Coleman Hawkins' Orchestra	Stuffy / It's The Talk Of The Town
78 rpm only. Secial Jazz Series

7C 592	Nappy Lamare's Loungers	South Rampart Street Parade / Come Back Sweet Papa
78 rpm only. Secial Jazz Series

7C 593	The Hollywood Hucksters	I Apologize / Happy Blues
78 rpm only. Secial Jazz Series

7C 594	Benny Carter And His Orchestra	I Surrender Dear / Malibu
78 rpm only. Secial Jazz Series

7C 595	Stan Kenton And His Orchestra	Pagliacci / Santa Lucia
78 rpm only. Secial Jazz Series

(C) F 596	Gordon Macrae	Love Means Love / Wait For Me
78 rpm only

C 597	Jan Garber	Velvet Lips / Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again
78 rpm only

C 598	Dr Hoffman And The Theremin	Moonlight Sonata / The Swan
78 rpm only

C 599	Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys	New Rovin' Gambler / Playin' Possum
78 rpm only. Western And Folk

(C) F 600	Jan Garber And His Orchestra	If I Were A Bell / Nobody's Chasing Me


(C) F 601	Les Baxter, Orch. & Chorus	So Long (It's Been Good To Know Yuh) / The Roving Kind


(C) F 602	Les Paul And Mary Ford	Mocking Bird Hill / Chicken Reel


(C) F 603	Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely	Let's Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning) / Easter Parade


C 604	Mel Torme	Around The world / The Sidewalk Sufflers
78 rpm only

C 605	Jan Garber And Orchestra	In Your Arms / If It Hadn't Been For You
78 rpm only

(C) F 606	Jerry Lewis	The Navy Gets The Gravy But The army Gets The Beans / Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa Polka


C 607	Sugar Chile Robinson	Broken-down Paino / I'll Eat My Spinach
78 rpm only

(C) F 608	Tex Ritter	You're Always Brand New / My Bucket's Been Fixed
Western And Folk

C 609	Les Baxter	When You Return / Zing Zing Zoom Zoom
78 rpm only

(C) F 610	Jimmy Wakely	Beautiful Brown Eyes /At The Close Of A Long Long Day
Western And Folk

(C) F 611	Charlie Barnett	Theme From "Cynthia" / (I'm A Dreamer) Aren'T We All


(C) F 612	Tex Wiliams	Tulsa Trot / She Didn't Even Kiss Me Goodbye


(C) F 613	Margaret Whiting With Frank Devol's Orchestra	Faithful / Lonesome Gal


C 614	Clark Dennis	Tell Me You Love Me / Let Me Look At You
78 rpm only

(C) F 615	Nat 'King' Cole	Always You / Destination Moon


C 616	Mel Torme	You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me / Sailin' AwayOn The Henry Clay
78 rpm only

(C) F 617	Buddy Cole	Somebody Stole My Gal / Tilin' Tiin'
Hammond Organ

C 618	Leon Payne	If I Could Only Live My Life Over / I DOn't Know Why
78 rpm only

C 619	Joe "Fingers" Carr and Dottie O'Brien	If You Want Some Lovin' / The Chicken Song
78 rpm only

(C) F 620	Frank Devol And Orchestra	Chiribiribin On The Mandolin / Chapel Of The Roses


(C) F 621	Helen O'Connell	The Loveliest Night Of The Year / Arthur Murray Tought Me Dancing In A Hurry


(C) F 622	Yorgi Yorgesson	Cookies, Pie And Cake / Vot Skall We Do?


(C) F 623	Margaret Whiting With Frank Dovel's Orchestra	You Are The One / Sing you Sinners


(C) F 624	Pee Wee Hunt And Orchestra	Sugar Blues / Carolina In The Morning


C 625	Mickey Katz	Gehakte Mambo / Chiny Town
78 rpm only

C 626	Nellie Lutcher	Pa's Not Home-Ma's Upstairs / I Really Couldn't Love You
78 rpm only

C 627	Ramblin' Jimmy Dolan	Wine, Women and Pink Elelphants / I Always Play A Losin' Hand
78 rpm only

(C) F 628	Peggy Lee	Yeah Yeah Yeah / Rock Me To Sleep


C 639	Les Paul	Walkin' And Whistlin' Blues / TBD


C 628	Jack Kingston	Yodeling Cowboy / TBD