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This page is a constant work in progress. As time permits, I plan on adding scans of record labels from my collection. Please browse around and let me know of any missing or broken links. Thanks! --- Bryan
Argo (1950s) Atlantic (1940s-Present) Banner (1922-1935)
Black and White (1940s?) Broadway (1921-1935) Brunswick (1920-1960s)
    Design 1 - Canadian pressing - Acoustic recording
    Design 2 - Late 1920s electrical recording
    Design 3 - Late 1950s maroon label
Cameo (1922-1931)
    Design 1 - Blue & red striped label - acoustic recording
Capitol (1942-Present)
    Design 1 - Black and white promo label - 1950s
    Design 2 - British pressing (note the upside-down record number!)
Carousel (1940s?) Castle (c. 1950) Chess (1940s-1980s?) Columbia (1902-Present)
    Design 1 - "Flag" label - acoustic recording
    Design 2 - Black and white label "Special record for radio stations" - c. 1940s
Damon (1940s-1950s)
    Design 1 - c. 1948 - Title refers to brief 1947 recording ban
    Design 2 - Early 1950s - Ike Eisenhower campaign record
Decca (1934-1974)
    Design 1 - Mid 1950s black and silver label
    Design 2 - Late 1940s maroon "Deccalite" label
    Design 3 - Blue and white promo label - c. late 1940s
    Design 4 - Early 1950s black and silver label
DeLuxe (c. 1950s) Delvar (1940s?) Derby (c. 1950s?) Duke (1950s) Federal (1950s)
    Design 1 - Mid 1950s - Rhythm and Blues
Fraternity (1950s) Gennett (1917-1948)
    Design 1 - Vertical acoustic recording - c. late 1910s
Glory (1950s) Harmony (1925-1932)
    Design 1 - Columbia subsidiary - acoustical recording
Hit Of The Week (1930-1932)
    Design 1 - Cardboard-based record coated with "Durium" - originally sold for 15 cents
Jazz Man (1940s)
    Design 1 - 1940s - Jazz Man Record Shop
King (1950s) Madison (1926-1931)
    Design 1 - Grey Gull subsidiary - electrical recording - brown shellac
Memphis (1940s-?)
    Design 1 - Australian label - vinyl pressing
Mercury (1950s-Present)
    Design 1 - Hot pink label Jamaican pressing - 1956
Musicraft (1936-1948) National (c. 1940s?) Neptune (c. 1950s) Okeh (1918-1960s)
    Design 1 - General Phonograph Corporation - acoustic recording
    Design 2 - "Special record for radio stations" - Columbia subsidiary - c. 1940s
Perfect (1922-1938)
    Design 1 - Electrical recording (designated by small "E" in a circle) - brown shellac
Prestige (c. 1950s?) Prime (?)
    Design 1 - Thin vinyl records for 78 rpm jukeboxes
Recorded In Hollywood (c. 1950s) Regal (1921-1932)
    Design 1 - Electrical recording (designated by small "E" in a circle)
Specialty (1940s-1950s?) Sun (1950s) Temple (1940s?)
    Design 1 - Bootlegged dubs of classic jazz recordings
Triangle (1922-1925)
    Design 1 - Manufactured by Bridgeport Die & Machine Company - acoustic recording
V Disc (1940s)
    Design 1 - Vinyl pressing for use by U. S. Armed Forces
Velvet Tone (1926-1932)
    Design 1 - Columbia subsidiary - acoustic recording - Canadian pressing
Victor (1901-Present) - also RCA Victor and Victrola and Red Seal Records
    Design 1 - "Batwing" label - acoustic recording - early 1920s
    Design 2 - "Batwing" label - electrical recording - Canadian pressing - late 1920s
    Design 3 - "Scroll" label - electrical recording - late 1920s
    Design 4 - RCA Victor black and white label "Record Prevue" - vinyl pressing
    Design 5 - Mid 1910s





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