dob Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 i know there are hundreds and hundreds of different labels but does anyone have a favourite or favourites aesthetically speaking,the sure-shot label is one of mine and also celeste to name but two
Guest MrC Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I love the RIKA (Tommy Bush "I Don't Like It") label design and colours, and I love the US Black Issue labels of MGM & RCA
Pete S Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Any UK red and white demos. Also some of the great Pama labels like Punch, Bullet, Escort, so much more imaginative compared to the oh so dull plain blues and blacks of most UK labels
dob Posted December 14, 2011 Author Posted December 14, 2011 i'll take this opportunity to correctly spell the word 'LABEL'
trog Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I love the Mar-v-lus explosion label.... Gordy "badge" Demos... and Brunswick Yellow Demos. 1
Harry Crosby Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 All black issues for me, love em, got ever so excited when i saw pete smiths Dean courtney [mgm] a couple of years back
MrsWoodsrules Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Always liked white & red General American ala Velvet Satins, think it's the swirl on the turntable that does it, same applies to British Spark. Love Blue Cat, Impact, Mel Brit's Fip ain't bad, like M-S (Eddie Hill) Stateside has something classy about it, especially demos. My favourite has to be Soul Hawk, got a Jimmy Soul Clark 'winner' on that & would rather look at it than play it. Cheers Aid.
Guest Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) This does it for me.....the Rika is the most striking but alas, ain't got one! Could some kind Soulie post a mint Tommy Bush so I can have it as a screen saver!!! Edited December 14, 2011 by redkiteimaging
Denbo Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 UK Deep Soul label. UK labels with Gold writing, like London, Parlophone, Pye International, Chess, Columbia, etc
boba Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I would have to think about it for a while before coming up with the "best" but two really nice ones are Satch and Windy C
dob Posted December 14, 2011 Author Posted December 14, 2011 Sure-Shot all the way! one of my faves mate
boba Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 another totally awesome one is the cap-city label with the color drawing with the washington monument (I know there were a bunch of cap-city label designs but that one was amazing).
boba Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 one of my faves mate another reason the sure shot label was awesome was that it had the two guns on it and don robey was famous for supposedly having two guns on him all the time
dob Posted December 14, 2011 Author Posted December 14, 2011 another reason the sure shot label was awesome was that it had the two guns on it and don robey was famous for supposedly having two guns on him all the time nice bit of trivia that mate
Swifty Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Used to have a thing for Roulette Black & White demos , actually make that most Black & white demos (Sad) also like the Fee label Cheers Swifty
Mal C Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Has to be that one for me: spot on.. may not be considered as exotic as some, but there is something bout Pink Decca demos. Other than that Old Town Demos just have that I want factor... Cap City on Pat Johnson is really nice, and I think Johnny Barnes has a slight label design change as well, which is magnetic!!! USA records, what can you say, sound stage 7 black issues, Red Coach, Kapp Demos, maurci for the pink / white issues, and Musette.. MAL.C Edited December 14, 2011 by Mal.C.
Guest Perception Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I like the Magic City blue issues with the Magic City in Multi-coloured writing. Like Thelma Lindsey, Bonnie Brisker and Cynthia/Imaginations.
Guest Perception Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Also like the Peacock label and Pzazz.
Ernie Andrews Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) The Carmen label is absolutely beautiful with the pink and silver. I love the simplicity of the compass label Edited December 14, 2011 by Ernie Andrews 1
Dazdakin Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 RCA Stockers, Multi Coloured V.I.P., DERBY, DESIREE, CANTERBURY West Coast Promo's - so precise, perfect printing, glossy labelling.
Missgoldie Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I just love a plain local press, the less information on it the prettier it is to me. 1
Steve Plumb Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 The Tower label as per the design of 'World Column' (Issue or demo) immediately springs to mind for me! Think it has something to do with looking down from the balcony at Wigan and seeing it spinning round on the deck and totally mesmerising me! Corny I know but there are certain things that stick in your mind and that's one of those for me I've hundreds more which I'm sure will come to mind very soon but that was the first!
Guest allnightandy Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) The Tower label as per the design of 'World Column' (Issue or demo) immediately springs to mind for me! Think it has something to do with looking down from the balcony at Wigan and seeing it spinning round on the deck and totally mesmerising me! Corny I know but there are certain things that stick in your mind and that's one of those for me I've hundreds more which I'm sure will come to mind very soon but that was the first! Yep does it for me too ! https://www.popsike.c...70470069555.j Also these Okeh Demo's as i have about 270 of them https://.co.uk/images/large/LARRY%20WILLIAMS%20AND%20JOHNNY%20WATSON%20%20TOO%20LATE%20OKEH%20WD%20011%20%20LARGE.jpg Edited December 15, 2011 by allnightandy
phillyDaveG Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Keeping my Philly hat on I do like the Huff Puff label;
boba Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) Arctic for me,simple but effective plus it has penguins which is always a big positive Edited December 15, 2011 by boba 1
Swifty Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 plus it has penguins which is always a big positive
dob Posted December 15, 2011 Author Posted December 15, 2011 Keeping my Philly hat on I do like the Huff Puff label; that's a crackin' label
Dave Moore Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) Here's a few more classics: Regards, Dave Edited December 15, 2011 by Dave Moore
Haydn Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Sure-Shot all the way! Gave me good enough reason to collect the label, then find out what was on the grooves
Mrtag Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Sure Shot,Groovesville And the tri-colour La-Beat Labels.
nickp Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) That parrot/ cockatoo on the Shout label. Maybe its because my second name is Peacock....... Edited December 15, 2011 by nickp 1
boba Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 That parrot/ cockatoo on the Shout label. Maybe its because my second name is Peacock....... whoa, never noticed that. it kind of looks like a toucan
JOE TORQUAY Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 how about the moonshot lable or the old red blue-rock lable joe.
Guest MrC Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 the ex-wife liked a cockatoo have we got the same ex wife?
Mach Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) edit Edited December 15, 2011 by Macho
Swifty Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 whoa, never noticed that. it kind of looks like a toucan As in ' Toucan have a party ' ? Swifty 1
Soul Shrews Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) Cat ....................... Gwen McCrae/Little Beaver etc etc Cheers Paul Edited December 15, 2011 by soul shrews
nickp Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 the ex-wife liked a cockatoo reminds me of the old prefix.... any Living my life as a ' boy named sue ', Nicol Peacock, nicole papa etc, when we found out that my wife was pregnant the name options Drew and Henrietta went out the window...... 1
Guest allnightandy Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Slightly off topic but where are you getting your lable scans from ? i used to use anorak i even had it bookmarked but now it's gone , unless he has set up under another site name ? Thanks andy
Geeselad Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Mother Records & the Snarf Company! started collecting it, in the 8ts, just because of it monty python style graphics, top pick
waterfall_manc Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 aye its quality aint it! nicked that image from popsike
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