Editing FFRR Records (section)

===Foundation and Early Years (1986–1988)===

Pete Tong joined London Records in 1983, initially focused on licensing American records for the UK market — a practice central to London's identity since its early days. The first releases on the newly christened FFRR imprint in 1986 were UK pressings of three [[Run-DMC]] singles. The label's broader direction was established by Tong's compilation ''The House Sound of Chicago III'', which shifted an existing series from the main London imprint to FFRR and brought Chicago [[house music]] to a mass UK audience. Early FFRR releases included Simon Harris's "Bass (How Low Can You Go?)" and a UK release of [[Salt-N-Pepa]]'s "Push It" (1987), both of which crossed over into the mainstream UK Singles Chart.