RECORDS
Polygon Records was one of the first British independent record labels. It was started in 1949 as the Polygon Record Company Ltd. by Alan A. Freeman and Leslie Clark, who was anxious to control distribution of his daughter Petula Clark's recordings. (Those associated with it fondly referred to the company as "Dead Parrot Records.") The two set up offices on Grosvenor Place in the Sloane Square section of London, and arranged Clark's first recording session with Ron Goodwin and his orchestra and a vocal backing group called The Stargazers. Since Polygon's UK distribution had not yet been set up, the first 78rpm single - "You Go to My Head" backed with "Out of a Clear Blue Sky" - was released in Australia, The first Polygon release in the UK was not by Clark but by Louis Prima and his orchestra. Clark's first official Polygon release was "You Are My True Love" in 1950. In all, she recorded more than fifty songs for the label, including a few duets with its other major artist, Jimmy Young. Near the end of 1955, Polygon was sold to Nixa Records, then part of Pye Records, which lead to the establishment of Pye Nixa Records. The Jazz Today series began as both EP's and LP's on the Polygon label EP's was in the JTE series. Manufactured And Distributed By Pye Records. Former Address: Polygon Record Company 1954 Ltd, 66 Haymarket, London, S.W.1.
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF POLYGON P 10" 78rpm SERIES 1950-1955 CAN BE FOUND HERE
| 55 | The Vic Ash Quartet | Session For Four | POLYGON JAZZ TODAY | JTE | 100 |
| 55 | Eddie Thompson | Body And Soul | POLYGON JAZZ TODAY | JTE | 101 |
| 55 | Ottilie Patterson | That Patterson Girl | POLYGON JAZZ TODAY | JTE | 102 |
| 55 | Chris Barber'S Jazz Band | Chris Barber Plus 1 / Chris Barber Minus 1 | POLYGON JAZZ TODAY | JTE | 103 |
| 55 | The Dill Jones Trio | Let'S Get Away From It All | POLYGON JAZZ TODAY | JTE | 104 |
| 55 | The Harry Klein Quartet | I'Ll Remember April | POLYGON JAZZ TODAY | JTE | 105 |
| 55 | Joe Harriott | Joe Harriott With Strings | POLYGON JAZZ TODAY | JTE | 106 |
| 55 | The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group | Midnight Special | POLYGON JAZZ TODAY | JTE | 107 |
