Label
EMI GROUP
(EMI - HARVEST - COLUMBIA - ODEON)
Unlike Phonogram, that apparently used all of his labels at the same time, EMI Italiana had most of his (scarce) rock releases on the Harvest label, only occasionally using EMI, Columbia and Odeon.
Like in other european countries (like France and
Belgium) the EMI group releases carried a very long and obscure catalogue number
starting with 3C064-xxxxx.
All the releases had a unique numbering system, so it's impossible to identify
which label these appeared on from the catalogue number (in many books these
records are simply credited as EMI, with no distinction between EMI, Harvest, Columbia
and Odeon labels).
Many of these releases were limited to the Italian market and were never issued
in other countries.
| EMI LP number | Band/Artist(s) | Title | year | notes |
| 3C064-17797 | I Nomadi | Mille e una sera | 1971 | single cover |
| 3C064-17818 | Ciro D'Ammicco | Ciro D'Ammicco | 1973 | large envelope-shaped cover |
| 3C064-17880 | I Nomadi | Un giorno insieme | 1973 | gatefold cover with right-side flap - poster |
| 3C064-17907 | Opera Puff | Invito | 1973 | single cover |
| 3C064-18139 | Orchestra Njervudarov | Con le orecchie di Eros | 1979 | single cover |
| 3C064-18152 | Baricentro | Sconcerto | 1976 | single cover |
| 3C064-18208 | Grosso Autunno | Grosso Autunno | 1976 | single cover |
| 3C064-18235 | Enrico Casagni | Qualcuno stanotte | 1977 | single cover - EMI Parlophone label |
| 3C064-18253 | Luciano Cilio | Dialoghi del presente | 1977 | single cover with inner |
| 3C064-18306 | Fantasy | Uno | 1978 | gatefold cover with former Formula Tre drummer |
| 3C064-18313 | Grosso Autunno | Almanacco | 1977 | single cover with lyric inner |
| 3C064-18322 | Baricentro | Trusciant | 1978 | single cover |
| 3C064-18323 | Automat | Automat | 1978 | single cover |
| 3C064-18424 | Assemblea Musicale Teatrale | Il sogno di Alice | 1979 | single cover with lyric inner |
| HARVEST LP number | Band/Artist(s) | Title | year | notes |
| 3C064-17836 | Alan Sorrenti | Aria | 1972 | gatefold textured cover with inner |
| 3C064-17837 | Gruppo d'Alternativa | Ipotesi | 1972 | gatefold laminated cover |
| 3C064-17870 | Saint Just | Saint Just | 1973 | gatefold textured cover |
| 3C064-17878 | Alan Sorrenti | Come un vecchio incensiere... | 1973 | gatefold cover with booklet |
| 3C064-17888 | Vince Tempera | Art | 1973 | single cover |
| 3C064-18033 | Saint Just | La casa del lago | 1974 | single cover with inner |
| 3C064-18059 | Alan Sorrenti | Alan Sorrenti | 1974 | single cover with inner |
| 3C064-18174 | Jenny Sorrenti | Suspiro | 1976 | single cover with inner |
| 3C064-18239 | Tony Verde | Calypso | 1977 | |
| 3C064-18272 | Leo Nero | Vero | 1977 | single cover with inner |
| COLUMBIA LP number | Band/Artist(s) | Title | year | notes |
| 3C064-17889 | L'Uovo di Colombo | L'Uovo di Colombo | 1973 | gatefold laminated cover - it also came with Odeon label and identical number |
| 3C064-17965 | Teatro Temporaneamente Traballante | Capannone B | 1974 | single cover with inner |
| ODEON LP number | Band/Artist(s) | Title | year | notes |
| 3C064-17865 | Tony Cucchiara | Caino e Abele | 1973 | 2 LP gatefold cover - theatre piece scoreplay |
| 3C064-17889 | L'Uovo di Colombo | L'Uovo di Colombo | 1973 | gatefold laminated cover - it also came out on Columbia label (see above) |
| 3C054-17913 | Tony Cucchiara | Selezione da Caino e Abele | 1973 | single laminated cover - excerpts from the above double album |
LP and singles designs are identical for the three EMI labels.
The standard EMI label for the 70's had a tan background with a big red logo on the left side.
Columbia had a light blue label with circular white writing on the top (similar to the German Columbia label of the same period), and was replaced by a new one, always with light blue background with sort of white bubbles. This had black writings and an EMI logo on the bottom.
The Odeon label was rarely used by EMI Italiana, and in most cases it probably identified some export copies of records already released in the Columbia catalogue; in just a few cases it was used for new releases.
Some examples of records issued with both the Columbia and Odeon logo are the first LP by Nomadi (where the original label has the Columbia logo covered with an Odeon sticker) and the one and only album by L'Uovo di Colombo, which exists with a printed Odeon label or with the Columbia label hidden with a sticker.
Harvest label was identical to its English counterpart, with light green background and dark green logo with black writings.
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EMI LP label |
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Columbia 60's LP label; on the right the same record with an Odeon sticker on the label |
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Columbia 70's LP label |
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Odeon LP printed label and sticker logo variant |
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Harvest LP label |
