Daffodil Records (Canadian label)
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Daffodil Records was a Canadian record label that existed from 1971 to 1978.[http://www.letmebefrank.info/principalbio.html Overview of Frank Davies]; letmebefrank.info. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
History
Daffodil Records was co-founded in Canada, in 1971, by Frank Davies, who had previously been associated in the United Kingdom with Liberty Records and EMI Records. Davies assumed the position of vice-president of the new label.
The label was owned by Love Productions Ltd., the first release of which was a single, "Uncle Pen", by Blake Fordham, later known as Kelly Jay, of Crowbar. The single was released on London Records.Uncredited, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dykEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Daffodil+Records+Billboard&pg=PA47 Love Productions plans release of first product]. Billboard, June 20, 1970, p. 47. Retrieved 2013-05-09. The first album released by Daffodil Records was Official Music, by King Biscuit Boy with Crowbar. At the time, the label announced a distribution agreement with Capitol Records, though the label appears to have been initially distributed by GRT Records and, as of 1978, Capitol Records.[http://www.discogs.com/label/Daffodil%20Records Profile of Daffodil Records]; Discogs. Retrieved 2013-04-23.Uncredited, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Daffodil+Records+Billboard&pg=PT65 Three Year Deal for Capitol and Davies]; Billboard, August 19, 1978. Retrieved 2013-04-28. Canadian artists releasing recordings through the label included King Biscuit Boy, Crowbar, A Foot in Coldwater, Klaatu and Fludd.
The label is notable as having released the first live-in-concert album by a Canadian band: Crowbar's Larger Than Life: And Live'r Than You'll Ever Be, a recording of the band's concert at Toronto's Massey Hall, released in 1971.Uncredited, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ywgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Daffodil+Records+Canada&pg=PA42 Daffodil Records, Crowbar & Guests]; Billboard, October 9, 1971, p. 42. Retrieved 2013-04-26. In addition, Daffodil Records was the first independent Canadian label to be distributed under its own name in international markets. Through a 1971 agreement with Festival Records, Daffodil was distributed under its own name in Australia and New Zealand.Uncredited, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6QgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Daffodil+Records+billboard&pg=PA50 Daffodil Bows Logo in Intl Markets]; Billboard, February 20, 1971, p. 50. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
Shortly after concluding its 1978 distribution agreement with Capitol/EMI Records, the company ceased operations as an independent entity.