 In 1955 Barclay agreed to manufacture and distribute Mercury Records in Europe.He took 60 masters to Pathé-Marconi's Paris factory and began promoting the new microgroove format to the French market.As well as releasing US records by the likes of Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Duke Ellington, Barclay engaged Gerhard Lehner, a German sound engineer, to make original recordings in Avenue Hoche, Paris.