OrangeIn 1972, Capitol changed labels again and this time opted for the orange label. The first generation had a "gold-ish" tint perimeter print that states "Capitol Records (Canada)". First generation labels: Here on the left is the RCA pressing, Second label is Compo and the third is ...
On June 4 of the same year, the label was named "Capitol" to avoid a conflict with the New York City-based Liberty Music shops. By 1946, Capitol had sold 42 million records and was established as one of the Big Six labels. In January 1955, the British companyElectric & Musical Industr...
Capitol Records History ArchivesBetween 1960 and 1987, Capitol Records of Canada issued the unique 6000 series of LP records for the Canadian market. The series encompasses the very best of Canadian popular music of the era, as well as an incredibly broad range of the very best European and...
This variation features the first generation purple 45 labels (equivalent to the 2nd generation purple LP labels) with the perimeter print stating “Capitol Records-EMI of Canada” and the bumpy ridge on the edge of the label. Not many copies were pressed on this label variation. The matrix ...
Otherwise, for pressings with custom labels, US records have a bumpy ridge before the runout groove, also known as a gripper. No Canadian Apple pressing has this bumpy ridge. (some non-Apple regular orange Capitol label Canadian records sometimes have the ridge)....
A weird variation on the orange label has a mistake stereo front slick, but a mono back slick. The front slick has the word stereo in a white box and has an unusual printer logo in a blue square, while information at the bottom of the back cover is mistakenly written over other text....
RCA pressing, probably with a Modern Graphics sleeve (they probably refused to put their logo on this one) The label says "Mfg. In Canada, Distributed by Tetragrammaton Records. The brown wrapper is different from the US version as it is wraparound with a day glow orange sticker to keep...
This variation features the first generation purple 45 labels (equivalent to the 2nd generation purple LP labels) with the perimeter print stating “Capitol Records-EMI of Canada” and the bumpy ridge on the edge of the label. Not many copies were pressed on this label variation. The matrix ...