Saturday

The Takoma Label Designs













Black & silver, parallel lines - up to 1967















Plain black & silver 1968















Orange & purple 1970















1st black & gold dragon 1972















1st blue & gold stroboscopic dragon 1973















2nd blue & gold stroboscopic dragon 1973















Final black & gold dragon 1975


(For the post discussing these designs, click here.)

2 comments:

Matt said...

first off: this is an amazing site. keep it up!!


so if this is the case, is there a plain black and silver font edition of Leo Kottke's 6 & 12 String Guitar? The earliest I've ever seen was an orange and purple label. But there's also seemingly confusion as to when this LP was released. Certain websites say it was released in 1971 but others say 1969, and Rolling Stone reviewed in 1970. Could you help me with any insight?

Raymond Técomunane said...

If the labelography above is correct, Leo Kottke’s ‘6 & 12 String Guitar’ cannot be earlier than 1970 as a black and silver label has never appeared. In this light the year of release on Discogs (1969) must be wrong OR the orange/purple labels appeared as early as 1969. (I myself own a copy with orange/purple labels which sounds better than all the other pressings I’ve had before…)