Difference between revisions of "Redface (Polydor)"

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{{Infobox label design
| Name      = Redface
| Img      = Polydor_Redface.jpg
| UsedBy    = 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 [[Blueface (Dreyfus)|blueface]]s. These were often from the same pressing, just with different labels printed on them.
== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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File:Polydor_Redface.jpg|Vangelis: ''Chariots of Fire'' OST
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=== Red-Face Designs That May Not Be "True" Redfaces ===
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File:Scorpions - Love at First Sting.jpg|Scorpions: ''Love at First Sting''. Note lack of quadbox, etc.
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== See Also ==
* [[First-generation PolyGram-pressed label designs (release list)|List of releases featuring the "redface" design]] &mdash; including links to images of some titles
* {{shtv thread|t|186662|Red face Polydor CD list}}
[[Category:Label design]]

Latest revision as of 16:14, 3 June 2012

Gallery

Red-Face Designs That May Not Be "True" Redfaces