Morrison (U.S.A.) / c. 1959
Corporate background:
The Morrison label was part of a
Seattle-based music and dance empire founded by entrepreneur
Howell “Morrie” Morrison (1888 - 1984) and his
wife, Alice (1892 - 1978).
Many of the records were pressed in
psychedelic-looking ‘splatter’ vinyl.
Design: The
label design goes right back to the earliest days of label
design: compare with the Clarion label
of 1906.
The label name follows the outer curve, a
treatment abandoned by almost all labels after WWI.