Lucky Records

Lucky Records is the name of several different record labels.

Lucky Records - Tokyo

Lucky Records of the 1930s was a record label based in Tokyo, Japan which specialized in issuing United States popular music to the Japanese audience.

Lucky was founded in November of 1934 by the Lucky Record Co. Tokyo, owned by the Saito Shoten cotton importing business. They made arrangements with the American Record Corporation to issue material from ARC labels in Japan. Their most successful import was the recordings of Bing Crosby. Many of the other Lucky Records issues are surprisingly eclectic, including recordings by Eddie Condon, Red Allen, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington, but also rural southern blues records otherwise unissued outside of the United States in the era (and in the US mostly restricted to labels catering to the African American market). Lucky issues also included accordion bands, Hawaiin music, Calypso music, and Argentine tangos. It is unclear if this material was specifically selected, or if some was simply chosen at random by someone at either Lucky or ARC.

Lucky was the victim of the Tojo government's nationalistic campaign against foreign cultural influence, and closed down by early 1940.

Lucky Records - Los Angeles

Lucky Records of the 1950s was a Los Angeles-based label run by John Dolphin.

Lucky Records - Bootlegs

Lucky Records of the of about the 1960s and 1970s was a bootleg label, issuing recordings of live performances of noted rock & roll artists (including Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan) on vinyl records.

Lucky Records - Seattle

Lucky Records of the 1990s, described by one website as "Canadian surf and rock'n'roll", is based in Seattle, Washington, USA. [http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/index.html?label/l/lucky.htm]

Lucky Records shop - Paris

Lucky Records is a notable record shop in Paris, France, specializing in Madonna, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue and similar artists. [http://www.lucky-records.com Visit the website]

They are also notable in the outrageous prices they sell their items for and extremely high shipping. Also be wary that they knowingly sell fake copies as real, with high prices to match.

ee also

* List of record labels