melody.record

Design: As the 20th century wore on, distinct panel shapes began to emerge in label design, e.g. the square (Vocalion); the semicircle (Beacon); the hexagon (Actuelle, Gennett); the diamond (Diamond); the shield (Brunswick, Emerson, National Music Lovers); and the star (Aco, also Melody Record, as here).

The type information, set in a variety of shapes and styles, has been fitted at various angles into available spaces, creating something of a graphic hodge-podge.


	Melody Record (England) / c. 1919




	Corporate background: Label scan courtesy of UK music researcher and collector Bill Dean-Myatt, who notes that this Morgan & Scott label was a product of the Crystalate Record Company, which also produced Imperial records.				Design: As the 20th century wore on, distinct panel shapes began to emerge in label design, e.g. the square (Vocalion); the semicircle (Beacon); the hexagon (Actuelle, Gennett); the diamond (Diamond); the shield (Brunswick, Emerson, National Music Lovers); and the star (Aco, also Melody Record, as here). The type information, set in a variety of shapes and styles, has been fitted at various angles into available spaces, creating something of a graphic hodge-podge.




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