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== See Also ==
== See Also ==


* [[Redface (release list)|List of releases featuring the "Redface" design]] — including links to images of some titles
* [[First-generation PolyGram-pressed label designs (release list)|List of releases featuring the "redface" design]] — including links to images of some titles
* {{shtv thread|t|186662|Red face Polydor CD list}}
* {{shtv thread|t|186662|Red face Polydor CD list}}


[[Category:Label design]]
[[Category:Label design]]

Revision as of 13:37, 12 February 2012

"Redface" CD Label

Used by Polydor, RSO, Carrere, E'G

This design, with black text on a red background, was used for early pressings on Polydor and related labels. Notably, it appeared on early pressings of the first commercially-released CD in Europe, Abba's The Visitors.

While some counterexamples may exist, virtually all early redface pressings share two common attributes: a box at 3:00 subdivided into quadrants with "GEMA", the catalog number, "STEREO" and "Made in West Germany"; and a boxed "Compact Disc Digital Audio" logo at 9:00.

Blueface

Some redface titles were simultaneously released in France as bluefaces. These were often from the same pressing, just with different labels printed on them.

See Also