I put this reply on "Brett's" vinyl collectors thread, thought it might make an interesting thread on it's own ?

(& please no wags put Brunswick & Okeh )

Know where you are coming from Brett Well sort of

Does anyone, like me, find that the lables appeal from an artistic point of view, as well as the music contained within the vinyl ?

I think the Okeh demo's with the flesh coloured A are the most quintisential 60's Northern lable but some of the others are great too. Got a "Tuff" demo due to come in the post, absolutly beautiful if you have never seen one !

Added a pic, aint she beautiful eh ? Great tune that too

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What's your favourite ?

Edited September 7, 200618 yr by Bogue

Mhh

Soul label IMHO aren't really nice-looking, but one of the bests I've seen is one that has a Fox with a hat or something like that, I can't remember the name

I like more reggae labels like Punch, Gas, Camel etc...

Cheers

Dante

Mhh

Soul label IMHO aren't really nice-looking, but one of the bests I've seen is one that has a Fox with a hat or something like that, I can't remember the name

Is it Huff Puff records Dante? As in The Producers "Love Is Amazing"/"Lady, Lady, Lady" Find this label most attractive myself.

Its obviously a wolf not a fox tho'!

Cheers Paul

Mhh

Soul label IMHO aren't really nice-looking, but one of the bests I've seen is one that has a Fox with a hat or something like that, I can't remember the name

I like more reggae labels like Punch, Gas, Camel etc...

Cheers

Dante

I reckon that's the mgm demo, which I think looks great, there is a wolfie one too, see attachments, also looks good.

I reckon that's the mgm demo, which I think looks great, there is a wolfie one too, see attachments, also looks good.

What about sureshot

Here a few i've always liked, look good spinning round too

Edited September 8, 200618 yr by Dave Thorley

Here a few i've always liked, look good spinning round too

THOUGHT THIS WAS YA FAVOURITE DAVE

Here a few i've always liked, look good spinning round too

The Bridge record lable is a work of art Dave, nice landscape

Another one here, not a Northern record, but can remember the B side " Heaven's In The Back Seat Of My Cadillac" from the youth club days.

What do you think ?

I've gone & bought it just for the label ! Now that is getting sad

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The old yellow Kama Sutra was always a nice one too.

& talking of the London sub lables, i missed this one last night, tried to get it too cheap & someone from Belgium beat me :angry: Never seen it on a Parrot demo before.

The old yellow Kama Sutra was always a nice one too.

& talking of the London sub lables, i missed this one last night, tried to get it too cheap & someone from Belgium beat me :angry: Never seen it on a Parrot demo before.

Always loved arctic issues

Anything white with a big red A on it, especially Okeh

As for the more colourful ones, how about these two.....

Edited September 11, 200618 yr by Awake 502

The map city labell looks very good- Im sure the gasher will say the Pink and silver buterfly for Sy Hytower as he is reading this at the moment

Anything white with a big red A on it, especially Okeh

As for the more colourful ones, how about these two.....

God ,Ive not heard bonnie miller since 77,sound clip mate please

God ,Ive not heard bonnie miller since 77,sound clip mate please

 

Here you go.....

Here you go.....

What a class tune ,should have been massive

What a class tune ,should have been massive

Indeed, and somehow managed to escape the bootleggers too which at the time was a rare occurance. I used to play it a lot at Bradford etc. early 80's but maybe not rare enough for the chin strokers....

Great Modern Soul label out of Chicago

Always loved the Tayster / Rojac label designs, Jack Taylor's set up out of New York . Don't have scans , can someone post up some of their designs? Cheers!

colourful...querky or I just like em

Always loved the Tayster / Rojac label designs, Jack Taylor's set up out of New York . Don't have scans , can someone post up some of their designs? Cheers!

Can't find a Tayster scan but i know what you mean . Sure i've got a record on the label somewhere, but i can't remember what it is. Not "Lillie Bryant" i know that for sure If only

Here's the Rojac demo & issue, another nice choice

Edited September 12, 200618 yr by Bogue

For anyone who likes to collect label scans for poster art or whatever, don't forget Ebay is a good source. Even if you can't afford them you can always have a picture of them.

Another good use for label scans is to have your favourite printed up as a Slipmat, there are a couple of companies out there who do it relatively cheaply.

I had a scan of "Charles Sheffield- It's Your Voodoo Working" made into a pair of Slipmats last year. The only trouble with using a US label though, is the lack of center. In this instance i added an infill picture (see pic) but you would be better off perhaps using a UK issue.