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Injection-moulded 'labels' on LPs?

24th Nov 2019, 2:43 PM		#1 REPORT
	TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points	Just curious ... it occurred to me that injection-moulded 'labels' like this one were very very common on singles for a period. However I can barely recall seeing LPs with similar. Why were they not used widely like they were on 7-inch records?

24th Nov 2019, 3:11 PM		#2 REPORT
	KeithS SUBS Member since Dec 2009 12492 Points Moderator	Singles were injection moulded even though it was understood that they deteriorated faster than a vinyl record...the life of a single was deemed to be short anyway..the Teen market..something new coming next week etc Albums were expected to be used for longer periods and they were not restricted to the Teen market, Grown ups bought Jazz, Classical and soundtracks so quality reduction would be fatal to that market. Discogs have an interesting article here

24th Nov 2019, 10:48 PM		#3 REPORT
	Fokeman I used to have a good memory but now I can't re Member since May 2011 5096 Points Moderator	I have a feeling they injection moulded LPs in France for a period of time. I can think of Polydor and Vertigo labels from France with no paper label.

25th Nov 2019, 12:40 AM		#4 REPORT
	PhilMH Member since Jan 2012 1055 Points	Yep, I have a few 1982/83 James Brown reissues from Polydor France that have IM labels.

6th Mar 2020, 8:50 PM		#5 REPORT
	Jock_Girl A girl who looks good in vinyl Member since Dec 2012 1544 Points Moderator	Here's a 12-inch single The Spotnicks - Guitars on 45 Great record nonetheless Amy

6th Mar 2020, 9:28 PM		#6 REPORT
	TheJudge In-house specialist in drive-by moddings. Member since Dec 2012 3715 Points Moderator	I don't think that these count as 'injection moulded' in the same way that the singles do. They have paper labels. All that's different is that circle of vinyl around the spindle hole.

8th Mar 2020, 9:13 AM		#7 REPORT
	Fokeman I used to have a good memory but now I can't re Member since May 2011 5096 Points Moderator	Sorry to correct you but these aren't paper labels at all. They are all French or German I think and were either painted directly onto the vinyl or the label was made of plastic itself, moulded to the black vinyl. This was particularly common on Polydor albums of the early 1980s. I think Vertigo had the same system which avoided using paper on the label area. Edited by moderator on 8th Mar 2020, 9:14 AM

8th Mar 2020, 9:15 AM		#8 REPORT
	Fokeman I used to have a good memory but now I can't re Member since May 2011 5096 Points Moderator	Fokeman wrote: I have a feeling they injection moulded LPs in France for a period of time. I can think of Polydor and Vertigo labels from France with no paper label. I seem to be repeating myself on this subject!

8th Mar 2020, 11:33 AM		#9 REPORT
	OldMod67 "..all the cats, you know who they are.. " Member since Nov 2010 957 Points	But correctly so, Fokeman! I bought some of the LPs from The Who's Phases boxset, when a local shop split it in the early 80s. They were pressed in Germany and had those tacky looking labels.....

8th Mar 2020, 1:10 PM		#10 REPORT
	TheJudge In-house specialist in drive-by moddings. Member since Dec 2012 3715 Points Moderator	I sit corrected.

8th Mar 2020, 10:54 PM		#11 REPORT
	Fokeman I used to have a good memory but now I can't re Member since May 2011 5096 Points Moderator	This for example is plasticrap!

9th Mar 2020, 11:42 AM		#12 REPORT
	OldMod67 "..all the cats, you know who they are.. " Member since Nov 2010 957 Points	Fokeman wrote: This for example is plasticrap! Plasticrap indeed, but still a step up design-wise from the awful Polydor Who L.P.!

15th Mar 2020, 3:32 PM		#13 REPORT
	Fokeman I used to have a good memory but now I can't re Member since May 2011 5096 Points Moderator	Horses for courses... Neither is particularly attractive...

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