I am always Intrigued by the different Label Variations.

The thing that stands out with many Titles, is just that, the Title.

One Line, Two Lines, Sometimes Three etc & Different Size Font for the same Release.

Considering the Quality Control aspect, did the Label Owners care beyond their Individual Logo.

• Just wondering if this is a Regional Thing,

• Printers allowed to do whatever they wished beyond the Logo.

• Differences Of Time Regarding Press.

Picked this one purely as an example of many, Just happened to be a Brunswick Label.

Here's a DEMO for this release, Is this a clue as to first off the press

with above Stock Copies, or Just a coincidence.

Edited December 5, 200915 yr by 45cellar

here's another label difference regarding colour. The demo's i've seen of this are white, can anyone give any info on the yellow?

Not sure, I'll try to find something out.

Here's the White one for comparison.

Many Thanks for Posting The Metros Scans.

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I'm wondering if it was Issued during the change from White to Yellow and Therefore both were made for Number 6115.

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I think that this one may be Yellow Only for Instance.

Edited December 29, 200915 yr by 45cellar

Here`s one by Billy Scott & The Three Prophets,

but i do know the answer to this one

Dave f.........

I know this is going off at a bit of a tangent. But there is also the issue of 'stock labels'. several different labels from one city with no know connection all having the same label design. Cincinatti had the multi coloured swirl design seen on Split records and several others.

Been told by guys in the U.S. before that if you were on a tight budget you just gave the masters to the pressing plant and they would organise everything at a cheaper price. They would ask the label printers to provide a basic label and often this would involve a standard design that they had, the relevant info was then printed onto this.

Edited January 25, 201015 yr by Dave Thorley

Dave do you mean the Daisy pattern like these,Dave Halsall collects anything with

this label design

Dave f.......

Yes that's one of the stock labels used on releases from Cincinnatti upto New York , there are others from round the counrty also.

Edited January 26, 201015 yr by Dave Thorley

Here's an interesting commands on the Dynamic label

Great thread Roger. I've wondered about these sorts of things to, noticing different type on different copies of the same record..but what really makes me wonder

is when you get a record with the title completely wrong. off hand i'm thinking of my copy of Jackie Wilson "nothing but blue skies"..but my copy says "nothing but heartaches" !

how the hell does that happen? and how many ran thru the presses before they figured it out?? haha . i still haven't ever found one with the correct title... i think this sharp end is gonna provide alot of hours of reading for me...to bad i cant use the computer on the toilet.

regards,

Jacob

i'm thinking of my copy of Jackie Wilson "nothing but blue skies"..but my copy says "nothing but heartaches" !

I believe that was not a printer's error - somebody at Brunswick confused "...Blue Skies" with the slightly earlier (unrelated) Artistics song "Nothing But Heartaches" and set the wrong label copy up at source.

In this instance, the printer would only have been acting off info that had been sent over by the record label i.e. it's not really a 'label variation'...

I believe that was not a printer's error - somebody at Brunswick confused "...Blue Skies" with the slightly earlier (unrelated) Artistics song "Nothing But Heartaches" and set the wrong label copy up at source.

In this instance, the printer would only have been acting off info that had been sent over by the record label i.e. it's not really a 'label variation'...

good one tony. Thanks for clarifying.

Here's a style of Cadet label that you don't see too often:

I nicked this scan off the 'net, but I do actually have a copy that looks like this thanks to Mr. Eames and his Soumine...

I believe that was not a printer's error - somebody at Brunswick confused "...Blue Skies" with the slightly earlier (unrelated) Artistics song "Nothing But Heartaches" and set the wrong label copy up at source.

In this instance, the printer would only have been acting off info that had been sent over by the record label i.e. it's not really a 'label variation'...

Brunswick must have sent this information to some other countries also... I've got one with that title - released in Chile

Brunswick must have sent this information to some other countries also... I've got one with that title - released in Chile

thats a beauty!

anyone know why there are 3 diferent designs for mar-v-lus labels releases

is it just different pressing plants etc

I know this corker also came out on Cameo, but here are the two label variants for the Double R label...and what a great tune it is...smack up my street with its sinister organ work and sharp, sharp brass...the old 'Otis Pollard' c/up:

Edited August 9, 201114 yr by Anoraks Corner