The Middle Of The Record: Favorite Label Designs Of The LP Era

My gold label Da Capo sounded awesome drunk at 2 am last night. I totally forgot how great "Revelations" is!! I didn't even REMEMBER it had a sax solo! Outstanding!

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 14 May 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

how bout some late generation atco.

http://www.musicobsession.com/Pictures/g/a/garynuman56637.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

http://www.fodderstompf.com/IMAGES/disco/lp/secb.jpg

― mark grout (mark grout), Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)

http://www.bsnpubs.com/elektra/elektragrey.jpgsite.com/image.gif

http://www.keeslau.com/TomWaitsSupplement/Images/ImagesDiscography/80-jerseygirl-elektraaus-e47077.jpg

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/W/washington_wine_label.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:21 (twenty years ago)

Stormy, you got your 'Da Capo' drunk? Tsk.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

http://www.banquetrecords.com/graphics/num%204.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)

http://www.jessebarron.com/imagespaul/32a.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

so simple.. so stones

http://www.collectable-records.ru/labels/O_Z/ROLLING%20STONES/10.htm

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Sunday, 15 May 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

http://stat.discogs.com/R/73807-1100698945.jpg

― charltonlido (gareth), Sunday, 15 May 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

http://stat.discogs.com/R/84308-001.jpg

― charltonlido (gareth), Sunday, 15 May 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

i always loved the sunburst quality of cbs labels
ihttp://www.collectable-records.ru/labels/A_D/Columbia/index.HTM

― stevie (stevie), Sunday, 15 May 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

sorry, i meant:
http://www.collectable-records.ru/images/singles/a_d/columbia/11.jpg

― stevie (stevie), Sunday, 15 May 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

this was my fav era in capitol labels- hail to the spinning rainbow

http://www.collectable-records.ru/labels/A_D/Capitol/15.htm

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Sunday, 15 May 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

whoops
http://homepage2.nifty.com/recordcollectors/capitolstb&r4.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Sunday, 15 May 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

http://home.wanadoo.nl/hvandenberk/jbg/londonconvlabel.jpg

― bham, Monday, 16 May 2005 07:04 (twenty years ago)

Surprising: No love for Apple yet?
Oh well...here's three beauties
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/E/egypsy_label.jpg
http://www.perfectcircle.co.jp/recordlist/pics_french_freesoul/f0173L.jpg http://www.soulexpressradio.com/revilot.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 16 May 2005 09:06 (twenty years ago)

http://69.72.228.43/~go-quick/disc/gqcd002.jpg

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 16 May 2005 09:39 (twenty years ago)

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/I/Icicle_Works/icicle_who_lab.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Monday, 16 May 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.norelevance.com/45rpm/buddah.html

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

http://www.norelevance.com/45rpm/images/label_shout.jpg

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

http://www.btinternet.com/~ranksreggaerevival/images/bluebeat_1.jpg

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

http://www.alphaboysschool.com/images/weed%20beat.jpg

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

http://www19.big.or.jp/~senet/pics/label.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Monday, 20 June 2005 09:57 (twenty years ago)

http://www.popsike.com/pics/crazybeat/20040810/4029892812.jpg

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Monday, 20 June 2005 11:01 (twenty years ago)

seven months pass...

http://cozzenrecords.bravehost.com/myPictures/KtelLP_limited1972.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Friday, 10 February 2006 23:56 (twenty years ago)

Tower! My fave of the stripey labels.

http://eil.com/Gallery/150330b.jpg

― The Equator Lounge (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 11 February 2006 00:55 (twenty years ago)

http://www.my-generation.org.uk/Harvest.jpg

― The Equator Lounge (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 11 February 2006 00:56 (twenty years ago)

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/B/Baja/baja_sanjose_lab.jpg

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 11 February 2006 03:31 (twenty years ago)

I don't yet know how to post pictures to the site, so believe me when I say that Invictus (a 70's-era soul label with a "black Superman" drawing) was truly a work of art.

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Saturday, 11 February 2006 03:36 (twenty years ago)

http://www.seabear.se/bilder/Inv2.gif

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 11 February 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

This was also an HDH label:
http://www.norelevance.com/45rpm/images/label_hot_wax1.jpg

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 11 February 2006 04:27 (twenty years ago)

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/R/reed_best_label.jpg
http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/pawnhearts/pawnhearts_buddah_side2.jpg

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 11 February 2006 04:30 (twenty years ago)

Only in Canada. (Pity!) I love sickening colours:
http://expo67.ncf.ca/1968_a_wild_pair_allan_macmillan_xp.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 11 February 2006 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for the Invictus post, Rick.

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Sunday, 12 February 2006 10:16 (twenty years ago)

http://www.dermon.com/Beatles/images/ringo/labels/Lbl_atlc.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:50 (twenty years ago)

http://www.bsnpubs.com/atlantic/atlanticlogoboxstereo.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:51 (twenty years ago)

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/C/coltrane_blues_lab.jpg

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:53 (twenty years ago)

http://www.sackonline.com/Gallery04/CAMBRIDGEINN020604/ACDC_BACK%20IN%20BLACK.JPG

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:58 (twenty years ago)

http://www.collectable-records.ru/images/GROUPS/tommy%20james/travellin/1.jpg

― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 13 February 2006 01:03 (twenty years ago)

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Monday, 13 February 2006 01:10 (twenty years ago)

best image i could find of it, but one of the peacock variations from Yazoo:

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Monday, 13 February 2006 04:21 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

― disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Sunday, 10 September 2006 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

also a big fan:

― disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Sunday, 10 September 2006 00:50 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

I've been posting some of my favorite 78 labels from the Ted Staunton archive over on this thread:
78 Collectors: Why are they so weird?

― ian, Saturday, 18 October 2008 04:24 (seventeen years ago)

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