Music for Pleasure (record label)

Music for Pleasure (MFP) was a British budget record label launched in October 1965 as a joint venture between EMI, which provided catalogue material and pressing facilities, and the International Publishing Corporation, operating through Paul Hamlyn Holdings Ltd, which contributed expertise in non-traditional retail distribution. Albums retailed at 12 shillings and sixpence, approximately a third of the standard LP price. The label was distributed primarily through non-traditional retail outlets, including supermarkets, newsagents, booksellers and department stores, and its launch introduced rack jobbing to the British record market. Initial stock consisted largely of deleted EMI back catalogue and EMI licensee material, supplemented by recordings licensed from American labels including Capitol, MGM and Walt Disney.