RECORDS
American, out of Hollywood, California. Liberty was brought into being by Simon Waronker in 1955. At first it concentrated mainly on Orchestral and Big Band music, but over the years it broadened out sufficiently to include novelty records by the Chipmunks, Rock 'n' Roll hits by Eddie Cochran and Bobby Vee, surf songs by Jan and Dean, and Blues by Canned Heat. Liberty was bought by Transamerica in 1968, and was combined with United Artists; Al Bennett, previously president and at that time owner of the label, was fired, and a decline set in. The label had disappeared by 1972. In 1978 the name and back-catalogue were sold to EMI, along with the rest of the United Artists labels; it was reactivated several times in the '80s and '90s. In Britain, Liberty product came out on the London label until 1962, when the Liberty label proper took its bow, via EMI. Early promo labels from this period are white with a large red 'A' on them; later ones are green with a large white 'A'. The two-tone blue label of the late '60s, which came into use in mid 1967, is the design that is most commonly met with, thanks to hits by Canned Heat and the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band; manufacture and distribution of the vast majority of these blue-labelled singles was by Philips. In 1970 Liberty joined its foster-parent United Artists at EMI; the three-pronged centre dinking became four-pronged and EMI-style demos appeared. The labels still had 'Manufactured by Philips Records Ltd.' on them, so presumably they were old ones that EMI was using up. Before long the company adopted a new and rather restrained black label. The discography's for UP and EM Series see UNITED ARTISTS and EMI. The discography's and below has many gaps, which are down to the numbers being used for overseas issues. Thanks to Robert Lyons for the info.
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF LIBERTY 000 SERIES 1962-1964 CAN BE FOUND HERE
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF LIBERTY 300 SERIES 1965-1966 CAN BE FOUND HERE
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF LIBERTY 10000 SERIES 1962-1967 CAN BE FOUND HERE
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF LIBERTY 12000 SERIES 1965-1967 CAN BE FOUND HERE
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF LIBERTY 15000 SERIES 1967-1971 CAN BE FOUND HERE
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF LIBERTY 55000 SERIES 1954-1967 CAN BE FOUND HERE
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF LIBERTY 66000 SERIES 1964-1967 CAN BE FOUND HERE
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF LIBERTY BP SERIES 1979-1967 CAN BE FOUND HERE
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF LIBERTY LEP 2000 SERIES 1961-1967 CAN BE FOUND HERE
| 63 | Ricky Nelson | Sings For You | LIBERTY | LEP | 4001 | |
| 63 | Slim Whitman | Slim Whitman And His Singing Guitar - Vol.2 (Part 2) | LIBERTY | LEP | 4002 | |
| 63 | Sandy Nelson | Let There Be Drums | LIBERTY | LEP | 4003 | |
| 63 | Fats Domino | Fats Domino's Greatest Hits Vol. 1 | LIBERTY | LEP | 4004 | |
| 64 | Not Traced | LIBERTY | LEP | 4005 | ||
| 64 | Fats Domino | Fats Domino's Greatest Hits Vol. 3 | LIBERTY | LEP | 4006 | |
| 64 | Sandy Nelson | In The Mood | LIBERTY | LEP | 4007 | |
| 64 | Slim Whitman | Slim Whitman Sings | LIBERTY | LEP | 4008 | |
| 64 | Slim Whitman | Slim Whitman Sings - Volume 1 | LIBERTY | LEP | 4009 | |
| 64 | Slim Whitman | Sings Volume 4 | LIBERTY | LEP | 4010 | |
| 64 | Slim Whitman | Slim Whitman Sings - Volume II | LIBERTY | LEP | 4011 | |
| 64 | Not Traced | LIBERTY | LEP | 4012 | ||
| 64 | Slim Whitman | Slim Whitman Sings Volume III | LIBERTY | LEP | 4013 | |
| 64 | Slim Whitman | The Best Of Slim Whitman | LIBERTY | LEP | 4014 | |
| 64 | The Ventures | Oh! Pretty Woman | LIBERTY | LEP | 4015 | |
| 64 | Sandy Nelson | Let There Be Drums | LIBERTY | LEP | 4016 | |
| 64 | Slim Whitman | The Wayward Wind | LIBERTY | LEP | 4017 | |
| 64 | Slim Whitman | Irish Songs The Slim Whitman Way | LIBERTY | LEP | 4018 | |
| 64 | Ricky Nelson | That's All! | LIBERTY | LEP | 4019 | |
| 64 | Not Traced | LIBERTY | LEP | 4020 | ||
| 65 | George Wyle With The Mitchell Boys Choir | Marce Per I Piccoli | LIBERTY | LEP | 4021 | Q |
| 65 | Fats Domino | Fats Hits, Volym 1 | LIBERTY | LEP | 4022 | |
| 65 | Fats Domino | Fats Hits, Volym 2 | LIBERTY | LEP | 4023 | |
| 65 | Fats Domino | Fats Hits, Volym 3 | LIBERTY | LEP | 4024 | |
| 65 | Fats Domino | Fats Hits, Volym 4 | LIBERTY | LEP | 4025 | |
| 65 | Fats Domino | My Blue Heaven | LIBERTY | LEP | 4026 | |
| 65 | Slim Whitman | Slim Whitman Sings More Irish Songs | LIBERTY | LEP | 4027 | |
| 65 | Ricky Nelson | I'm In Love Again | LIBERTY | LEP | 4028 | |
| 65 | Not Traced | LIBERTY | LEP | 4029 | ||
| 65 | Not Traced | LIBERTY | LEP | 4030 | ||
| 65 | April Stevens | April Stevens | LIBERTY | LEP | 4031 | |
| 65 | Sandy Nelson | Let There Be Drums | LIBERTY | LEP | 4032 | |
| 65 | Sandy Nelson | Sandy Nelson Plays | LIBERTY | LEP | 4033 | |
| 65 | James O'Flynn And His Orchestra | Irish Folk Dances Vol.1 | LIBERTY | LEP | 4034 | |
| 65 | Irma Thomas | Time Is On My Side | LIBERTY | LEP | 4035 | |
| 65 | Various Artists | We Sing The Blues | LIBERTY | LEP | 4036 | |
| 65 | Johnny Rivers | Greatest Hits | LIBERTY | LEP | 4037 | |
| 65 | Sandy Nelson | Charla Ritmica (Jive Talk) | LIBERTY | LEP | 4038 | |
| 66 | Cher | All I Really Want To Do | LIBERTY | LEP | 4039 | L |
| 66 | Johnny Rivers | Johnny Rivers Rocks The Folk | LIBERTY | LEP | 4040 | L |
| 66 | Cher | Bang Bang | LIBERTY | LEP | 4041 | L |
| 66 | Johnny Rivers | Secret Agent Man | LIBERTY | LEP | 4042 | L |
| 66 | Cher | The Sonny Side Of Cher | LIBERTY | LEP | 4043 | L |
| 66 | Not Traced | LIBERTY | LEP | 4044 | ||
| 66 | Fats Domino | Rollin' | LIBERTY | LEP | 4045 | |
| 66 | Slim Whitman | A Satisfied Mind | LIBERTY | LEP | 4046 | |
| 66 | Cher | The Hits Of Cher | LIBERTY | LEP | 4047 | |
| 66 | Mel Carter | (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings | LIBERTY | LEP | 4048 | |
| 66 | Johnny Rivers | More Johnny Rivers | LIBERTY | LEP | 4049 | |
| 66 | Cher | The Hits Of Cher | LIBERTY | LEP | 4050 | |
| 66 | Cher | Sunny | LIBERTY | LEP | 4051 | L |
| 66 | Johnny Rivers | Poor Side Of The Town / The Snake | LIBERTY | LEP | 4052 | L |
| 66 | Not Traced | LIBERTY | LEP | 4053 | ||
| 67 | Cher | XVI Festival De Sanremo | LIBERTY | LEP | 4054 | L |
| 67 | The 5th Dimension | Go Where You Wanna Go / Too Poor To Die | LIBERTY | LEP | 4055 | |
| 67 | Not Traced | LIBERTY | LEP | 4056 | ||
| 67 | The Fifth Dimension | Another Day, Another Heartache / Up, Up And Away | LIBERTY | LEP | 4057 | F |
| 88 | Eddie Cochran | C'mon Everybody | LIBERTY | EDDIE | 501 |
| 88 | Eddie Cochran | Somethin' Else | LIBERTY | EDDIE | 502 |
| 89 | Canned Heat | Let's Work Together | LIBERTY | EM | 100 |
| 91 | Not Traced | LIBERTY | EMCT | 1 | |
| 91 | Nelson Ricky | Hello Mary Lou | LIBERTY | EMCT | 2 |
| 91 | Mclean Don | Americian Pie [Re-Issue] | LIBERTY | EMCT | 3 |
| 92 | Dr. Hook | When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman | LIBERTY | EMCT | 4 |
