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Post by Kevin on Jul 5, 2005 22:55:19 GMT -5
One of the things I remember from back in the day was all the great designs on the 45's we collected. It seemed like they were as kool as the song sometimes. I remember having this record (see link) by Bread back in the day and was wondering what the worm had to do with Elektra. Does anyone know? See link: www.yoursongscollectibles.com/bread-0002.jpg
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Post by Max on Jul 6, 2005 7:36:35 GMT -5
As that is a caterpillar, my guess is it has (had) something to do with the ever changing status of music and life, metamorphosis, if you will. They had that label design for many years before going to red. I don't know what their label looks like now. Of course, it wouldn't make any difference, as they would have nothing to stick a label on. The only identification I've noticed now with Elektra/Asylum would be the trademark capital E, followed closely usually by WEA.
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Post by Mike Griffin on Jul 6, 2005 9:52:25 GMT -5
Their Lable sometimes had a butterfly.
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Post by Travis on Jul 6, 2005 16:28:10 GMT -5
As Mike pointed out, some of Elektra's labels showed a butterfly rather than the caterpillar. I first saw Kevin's post during the wee hours of the morning and spent a great deal of time trying to find an answer, but found nothing concrete.
My best guess is that the caterpillar represented an emerging artist and the butterfly may have been an indication that the metamorph...
I don't even believe I'm typing this.
NEXT!! (insert WAKY SHOUT here)
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Post by Mike Griffin on Jul 7, 2005 12:01:57 GMT -5
Ok, how about this? The caterpiller is the first pressing. We don't know if it will do anything or not. The butterfly is the second and later pressings. It's a hit and the transformation has occurred.
If this is true it changes the whole meaning of life for me.
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Post by Bobby Wasabi on Jul 7, 2005 16:43:35 GMT -5
you might want to look up the definition of "Chrysalis"
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Post by Travis on Jul 7, 2005 16:51:05 GMT -5
I was thinking along those lines. The caterpillar label may have indicated an emerging artist and if he/she (or they) did well, Elektra switched to the butterfly label after x-amount of records were pressed or sold.
Kevin's link showed an Elektra caterpillar label on Bread's 'Diary.' Was that an early hit for David Gates & Bread back in '72? Bread surely reached butterfly status on Elektra in those days. Did their later LPs show the butterfly label?
The fate of the whole world may rest on the answer.
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Post by Max on Jul 7, 2005 17:44:13 GMT -5
I'll check a couple of Bread albums I have when I get home tonight. That really makes sense how they rationalized that. Who would have ever noticed, except for someone in the business...certainly not a listener.
And Chrysalis was a label for alot of 'punk' or new wave bands in the 70's and 80's. Pat Benatar and Blondie are the only ones who come to mind, but for the most part it was bands of the above genre who were one album and out bands.
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