French label founded and owned by [a785678]. Also appears as "America" only.
Started in 1959 with 7"s (and a few LPs) of US Rock & Roll, Doo Wop, Latin, Pop and Easy Listening music.
Material was originally issued on labels [l54307], [l341491], [l129290], [l52031], [l527238], [l147821], [l33970], [l50959], [l97160], [l336315], ...
Those reissues on [l60669] have no license mention and some of them were released under fake names, see for instance here, there, there, there, there and there.
There is also a Spanish release licensed by [l10584] with an [l60669] logo and a 1961 Depósito Legal. First period of America Records ended not long after.
7"s of this period can be found on this page under catalog number M ## / 45 M ## or S ## / 45 S ##, LPs are under catalog number 30 S 10##.
The label was reactivated in 1968 after [a785678] had started [l10584] label in the mean time.
[l60669] issued then [a252102], folk and mostly jazz records licensed from [l1329]. Plus, [a209573] produced free jazz, blues and funk releases. That's the main part of the [l60669] catalogue.
That ended ca. late 70s but there was one more reactivation of the label late 80s for a few jazz-rock CDs.
And 15 free jazz [a209573] productions were reissued in 2004 on classy [l279284] series.
Note: Some LPs were issued on several versions. Rights society (BIEM or SACEM), printer, price code and label layout can help to differentiate.