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THE MAINSPRING LABEL GALLERY
An assortment of rare and unusual 78 record labels

Click on label thumbnails to view capsule histories, adapted from

AMERICAN RECORD LABELS AND COMPANIES (1891-1943)

and

THE AMERICAN RECORD LABEL IMAGE ENYCLOPEDIA CD-ROM

 

BELVEDERE record label
BELVEDERE

BLUE BIRD (Los Angeles) record label
BLUE BIRD (L.A.)

BROOME SPECIAL PHONOGRAPH RECORD label
BROOME
BUSY BEE (double-sided) record label
BUSY BEE
(DOUBLE-SIDED)
BRUNSWICK (Canadian vertical cut) record label
BRUNSWICK
(CANADIAN VERTICAL)
EMPIRE SAPPHIRE RECORD label
EMPIRE
SAPPHIRE
ARTHUR FIELDS MELODY RECORD label
ARTHUR FIELDS
MELODY RECORD
HOLLYWOOD (1920s) record label
HOLLYWOOD
(1920s)
HOLLYWOOD (1930s) record label
HOLLYWOOD
(1930s)
INTERNATIONAL RECORD COMPANY generic record labels
GENERIC LABELS
(I.R.C.)
METEOR record label
METEOR
THE MUSIC HOUR record label
THE MUSIC
HOUR
OPERAPHONE - overview of all record label styles
OPERAPHONE
(ALL STYLES)
PHONOLAMP record label
PHONOLAMP
A POLLY RECORD label
A POLLY
RECORD
RACY RECORDS label
RACY
RECORDS
GENNETT ELECTROBEAM & RAYO ELECTRICO labels
GENNETT ELECTROBEAM
& RAYO ELECTRICO
STANDARD (HAETHORNE & SHEBLE) record label
STANDARD
(HAWTHORNE & SHEBLE)
STANDARD (Zon-o-phone) record label
STANDARD
(ZON-O-PHONE)
EVOLUTION OF THE VICTOR RECORD LABEL 1900-1905
EVOLUTION OF THE
VICTOR LABEL
MONARCH (VICTOR) Chinese record label
MONARCH
(CHINESE)

 

TALKING BOOKS die-cut children's record

TALKING BOOOK
(DIE-CUT)

 

Critical praise for
AMERICAN RECORD LABELS AND COMPANIES:

"Rich in detail beyond any comprehensive book that's been done to date... material is accurately and accessibly presented. In the field of popular music, it's hard to imagine how the encyclopedia could be any more thorough. A CD-ROM provides provides the reader with full color images of the record labels. This cyber-age tool is excellently prepared and easy to use."   — ARSC Journal

"An impressive amount of historical data." — Choice

Winner, ARSC 2001 Certificate of Merit in Historical
Recorded Sound Research