London Digital
London Digital
London Digital is a series from London Records introduced in March 1979. It began as "London Digital Recording" and was referred to as a series by London. The LDR logo was "a new triangular logo designed to indicate digital, although the famous London ffrr "full frequency range recording" trademark remains in force." The LDR logo was also used on Decca Digital's labels. (These are not part of the London Digital series.) After the initial release, London marketed it as "London Digital". Series releases first had an LDR prefix on their catalog numbers, which was in use from April 79 - March 84, until catalog numbers were migrated to the new 7 digit bar code style.
Add London Records as a label and London Digital as a series. It was used on vinyl & cassette releases. Some CDs that reuse the art from the vinyl release may contain the logo and should be included in the series.
London Digital releases criteria:
Cover:
1. The first logo was a banner "London Digital Recording” with the LDR logo in a triangle at the top of the covers.
2. In 1980 the banner was updated to new design. LDR logo was redesigned and moved to the left, London Digital Recording in the center and the London ffrr logo on the right.
In June 1982, London introduced a new logo.
3. London FFRR in the blue block and Digital with decoration in the red block
4. London (only) in the blue block and Digital with decoration in the red block
5. London (only) in the blue block and Digital only in the red block
Label:
1. Blue label with LDR logo and "London Digital Recording" banner
2. Silver label with London Digital blue/red logo
Not part of the series:
1. Releases with a sash in the upper left hand corner with Digital Recording unless one of the above logos appears on the label.
2. Releases with the London Records logo and the word Digital printed below the logo in sans serif font, 1990+. The word Digital is not part of the logo. This was to differentiate between ADRM, analog digitally remastered release, and Digital much like mono and stereo.
London Digital is a series from London Records introduced in March 1979. It began as "London Digital Recording" and was referred to as a series by London. The LDR logo was "a new triangular logo designed to indicate digital, although the famous London ffrr "full frequency range recording" trademark remains in force." The LDR logo was also used on Decca Digital's labels. (These are not part of the London Digital series.) After the initial release, London marketed it as "London Digital". Series releases first had an LDR prefix on their catalog numbers, which was in use from April 79 - March 84, until catalog numbers were migrated to the new 7 digit bar code style.
Add London Records as a label and London Digital as a series. It was used on vinyl & cassette releases. Some CDs that reuse the art from the vinyl release may contain the logo and should be included in the series.
London Digital releases criteria:
Cover:
1. The first logo was a banner "London Digital Recording” with the LDR logo in a triangle at the top of the covers.
2. In 1980 the banner was updated to new design. LDR logo was redesigned and moved to the left, London Digital Recording in the center and the London ffrr logo on the right.
In June 1982, London introduced a new logo.
3. London FFRR in the blue block and Digital with decoration in the red block
4. London (only) in the blue block and Digital with decoration in the red block
5. London (only) in the blue block and Digital only in the red block
Label:
1. Blue label with LDR logo and "London Digital Recording" banner
2. Silver label with London Digital blue/red logo
Not part of the series:
1. Releases with a sash in the upper left hand corner with Digital Recording unless one of the above logos appears on the label.
2. Releases with the London Records logo and the word Digital printed below the logo in sans serif font, 1990+. The word Digital is not part of the logo. This was to differentiate between ADRM, analog digitally remastered release, and Digital much like mono and stereo.