Label Guide: Design
Design Records was a budget label subsidiary of Pickwick International, founded in 1957. Until 1965 all releases were mono only. Stereo versions were released on the sister-label Stereo Spectrum Records.
Like many of the other budget labels, Design Records used their in-house staff to write the songs and to perform the generic orchestral arrangements. Among the other staff writers Lou Reed appeared as a singer and guitarist as well as a songwriter on several of the mid-1960s Design compilations and albums.
Design Records folded in the early 1970s.
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1. Label Variation (I)
first Design label (1957 - early 1960s)
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1. Label Variation (II)
first Design label (1959 - early 1960s)
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2. Label Variation
second Design label (1960s)
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3. Label Variation (I)
third Design label (1960s)
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3. Label Variation (II)
third Design label (1960s)
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4. Label Variation (I)
fourth Design label (1960s)
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4. Label Variation (II)
fourth Design label (1960s)
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5. Label Variation (I)
fifth Design label (late 1960s)
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5. Label Variation (II)
fifth Design label (late 1960s)