tonight, I would like to end 2009 with the first of a regular posting of record labels ((or, at least more regular than it was this year) and probably the first of the hard to read labels, more of which will appear in a later post)
the first of the galleries is for TV promotional record label Hammard (which was in operation between 1974 and 1990)
below is the first label (which appeared on Hammard’s releases from 1974 until about 1979)

The label’s design remained the same (although I have seen the label in either pink (as it was for the 1976 LP “Keep Smiling with Daryl and Ossie”) or blue (as it was for Sally’s second and final LP “A Day in A Life”)
by 1981, Hammard’s second label appeared (and is the first candidate for the first ‘Hard To Read’ label design (despite it’s patriotic design of green and gold.)

finally, the label introduced it’s third label design (which appeared on all Hammard releases from around 1982 until 1990)







