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Author: | laserdisc_fan [ 19 Jul 2017, 12:49 ] |
Post subject: | Anyone know the meaning of the dot on the spine of EMI LDs |
All of the EMI or Toshiba EMI Japanese music releases I own have a little coloured dot on the bottom edge of the spine. You see this on early releases such as Queensrÿche: Live in Tokyo (1984) [L098-1019] all the way through to the very last releases such as this released in 2000 Queen: Greatest Flix III (1999) [TOLW-3316]. The really old ones from the 80's also have the same coloured dot along the top edge to the far right. Anyone know what the colour of the dot signifies? |
Author: | edwin240170 [ 19 Jul 2017, 18:12 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Anyone know the meaning of the dot on the spine of EMI L |
Hi Colin Side 1:red dot Side 2:blue dot So expect to make ensure no wrong sides and correct labels Br Edwin |
Author: | laserdisc_fan [ 20 Jul 2017, 09:37 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Anyone know the meaning of the dot on the spine of EMI L |
Hi Edwin, The dot I'm referring to is on the actual sleeve (the bottom of the spine) and seems to have a range of possible colours. I've seen black, white, red and pink so far. e.g. Duran Duran - Working for the Skin Trade - black dot Duran Duran - 6x3 - red dot Duran Duran - Extraordinary World - black dot John Lennon - Video Collection - white dot John Lennon - Imagine The Film - red dot Eurythmics -Savage - pink dot Human League - Greatest Hits - red dot Go West -The Runaway Tour - red dot Big Country - The Seer Live -red dot Enigma - The Complete Video Album - white dot Brigitte Bardot - B.B en Chansons - white dot Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - white dot Initially I thought it might be genre, then release year approx, then price range but none of these fit. The only thing I found it useful for was locating EMI titles as it is really quick to scan a shelf and find all matching EMI releases based on the coloured dot and general spine colour. It's certainly far quicker than having to interpret Japanese text or a split spine where you can't read the text. |
Author: | edwin240170 [ 21 Jul 2017, 05:59 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Anyone know the meaning of the dot on the spine of EMI L |
Hi Colin Went through my collection, also couldn't crack the colour code yet, there are also blue dots around (eg Whitesnake TOLW-3278). Regards |
Author: | laserdisc_fan [ 21 Jul 2017, 10:24 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Anyone know the meaning of the dot on the spine of EMI L |
Early Discus laserdiscs like Foreigner Super Rock (green dot), ELO (light blue dot so possibly green faded) and REO Speedwagon live (green dot) also had these coloured dots but they were slightly higher up on the jacket spine. I don't think these were related to the convention used by EMI. It's pretty incredible all EMI Japanese releases had these coloured dots on the spine from the start to the very end of the format and their purpose remains a complete mystery even to this day. |
Author: | rein-o [ 21 Jul 2017, 14:59 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Anyone know the meaning of the dot on the spine of EMI L |
Could it be some type of music, soft rock or something like that??? Or what about year released??? certain colors with different years? Very interesting overall. |
Author: | edwin240170 [ 22 Jul 2017, 13:27 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Anyone know the meaning of the dot on the spine of EMI L |
Anyone who has the classic series of TOLW-35xx to TOLW-37xx? Would like to know what colour are used there. Thx |
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