- company sleeves from the 50's to the 80's

In a effort to actually have some content on this site, here is (what I hope will become) a useful resource for anyone who is interested in collecting UK 7" (seven inch, metric fans) singles. There are plenty of resources on the web that tell you about the records and the music themselves, so here is my own twist on things...

On this page, you can find links to (evenutally) hundreds of scans of generic record company sleeves. Just below the links, you can find a bit of history about all of this, and also a request for more information. Please do get in touch if you spot mistakes!

Company Sleeve Photos (by label group)

There are currently 74 record sleeves on these pages, featuring designs from 44 record labels. There are notes on each label to give some background (when the label started, the major artists, who owns the label now and so on), then the sleeve designs are shown, with dates of use where known. Here's the list of labels:

• Page 1 (Asylum to Chess)
• Page 2 (Chiswick to Ensign)
• Page 3 (Epic to Island)
• Page 4 (London to MCA)
• Page 5 (Mercury to Parlophone)
• Page 6 (Philadelphia to Private Stock)
• Page 7 (Pye to Reprise)
• Page 8 (RSO to Tamla Motown)
• Page 9 (TK to Warner)