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The earliest Elektra labels in this series were white with either blue
or green print. The Elektra logo was an oval with "Hi-Fidelity" to the
left, and "Long Playing" to the right of the logo, all designed to look
like the 1950s vision of an atom with electrons and energy radiating
from the core.
The second label design, used in 1960, was grey with black print.
The logo had changed to a seated guitar player in a red dot in the
upper right of the label, with yellow rays eminating from the dot off
to the upper and lower right. "The Sound of Quality" was written in
white script to the left of the dot. with a dark grey vertical bar under
"The Sound of Quality", to the right of which were written the song
titles. At the bottom of the label, in white, was a copyright statement.
The third Elektra label, used from 1961 to early 1966, was gold with a
"teeth" design around the perimeter of the label. The guitar player
logo was large and centered above the spindle hole. Above the logo
figure was written "Outstanding High Fidelity Recordings."
The fourth Elektra label design, used from spring, 1966 to the end of
this series, featured a completely redesigned logo, a large stylized
block "E" with "elektra" below it. centered above the spindle hole.
Label color varied from tan or gold to silver-grey.