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A photographic guide to British label variations.
Colour photographs of the most popular labels,
chronological guide to their changes and information
about where these changes occurred in record label number
series.
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images to enlarge.
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Decca SXL Series.
 Decca
wide band 1st label, grooved with "Original
Recording By" at 10 O' clock.
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 Decca
wide band 2nd label, grooved with "Made in
England" at 10 O' clock. |
 Decca
wide band 3rd label, without groove, and "Made
in England" at 10 O' clock. Appears fron SXL
6369 - SXL 6448. |
 Decca
narrow band label from SXL 6448 onwards. |
Decca LXT Series.
 Decca
LXT 1st label, gold letters on an orange background. |
 Decca
2nd label, silver letters on an orange background. |
Argo ZRG Series.
 Argo
1st label, with Argo motif in an oval with a groove
inside the perimeter of the label. |
 Argo
2nd label, with Argo motif in an oval but without
groove inside the perimeter of the label. |
 Argo
3rd label, with Argo motif in a rectangle. |
 Argo
80's label. |
Decca l'Oiseau~Lyre Series.
 Decca
l'Oiseau~Lyre SOL series 1st label, with a groove
inside the perimeter of the label. |
 Decca
l'Oiseau~Lyre SOL series 2nd label, without groove
inside the perimeter of the label. |
 Decca
l'Oiseau~Lyre DSLO series 1st label. |
 Decca
l'Oiseau~Lyre DSLO series 2nd label. |
 Decca
l'Oiseau~Lyre DSLO series 3rd label, made in Holland. |
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EMI ASD Series.
 EMI
ASD series 1st label, "white & gold".
Runs from ASD 251 - ASD 575. |
 EMI
ASD series 2nd label, "semi-circle". Runs
from ASD 576 - somewhere around ASD 2480. |
 EMI
ASD series 3rd label, "1st dog in stamp label".
Used up to around ASD 2800. |
 EMI
ASD series 4th label, "2nd dog in stamp label"
or "black & white dog in stamp". Used
up to around ASD3800. |
 EMI
ASD series 5th label, "3rd dog in stamp label".
Used up to around ASD 4000. |
 EMI
ASD series 6th label, introduced in the 1980's with
a design similar to the 2nd label usually known
as "large dog". |
EMI ALP Series.
 EMI
ALP series 1st label, red label with gold lettering.
All later labels follow the characteristics of labels
2 - 6 of the ASD series. |
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EMI Angel Series.
 EMI
Angel series 1st label, known as the "white
angel", used up to SAN 201-3 |
 EMI
Angel series 2nd label, known as the "black
angel", used up to SAN 291 |
 EMI
Angel series 3rd label, known as the "yellow
angel", used from SAN 292-7 onwards. |
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Columbia SAX Series.
 Columbia
Sax series 1st label, "blue & silver",
used up to SAX 2500 with some anomalies after this
number. |
 Columbia
Sax series 2nd label, "early red", used
from SAX 2539 onwards with some anomalies before
this number. |
 Columbia
Sax series 3rd label, "late red". |
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Columbia 33 CX Series.
 Columbia
33 CX mono series 1st label, "blue & gold".
Subsequent labels are the same as labels 2 &
3 of the SAX series. |
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Phillips Stereo Series.
 Phillips
Hi-Fi stereo series 1st label, with catalogue numbers
with letters SABL or AY. |
 Phillips
stereo 2nd label, plum. |
 Phillips
stereo series 3rd label. Various colours were used,
eg. red/silver, red/white etc. |
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RCA Stereo Series.
 RCA
SB Living Stereo series 1st label, red/siler. Used
from SB 2001 - SB 6580. |
 RCA
SB series 2nd label, orange/silver with RCA in a
black circle & groove inside the perimeter of
the label. 3rd label = no groove. |
 RCA
SB series 4th label, |
 RCA
VICS series 1st label, plum, with groove inside
the perimeter of the label. The 2nd label is the
same but has no groove. |
 RCA
VICS series 3rd label. |
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