Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942. The main financial support is by the movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (owner of Music City, at the time the biggest record store in Los Angeles, California). Capitol was the first West Coast label, competing with RCA-Victor, Columbia and Decca, all based in New York.
It was acquired by EMI in 1955 and is now part of the EMI Group.
| CAPITOL Labels |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Capitol LONG PLAYING Mono – 1st pressing, with brass font, dark green, the earliest Label |
|
![]() |
|
| Capitol LONG PLAYING FDS Mono的Label |
|
![]() |
|
| Capitol FDS Mono – 1st pressing, Dark Green Background, with a brass edge outside, FDS logo at 12 o’clock, this is Hi-Fi period Label |
|
![]() |
|
|
|
|
 |
| Capitol FDS Mono – 1st pressing 10″ Label, dark red label, with brass edge outside, 12 o’clock with FDS Logo |
|
![]() |
|
| Capitol FDS Rainbow的Mono Label |
|
![]() |
|
| Capitol FDS Rainbow Stereo Label |
|
![]() |
|
|
|
|
 |
| Capitol Early Rainbow Label, Black in Central, Rainbow edge outside with groove, oval Capitol logo at 9 o’clock |
|
![]() |
|
| Capitol Early Rainbow Label, Black in Central, stereo pressing, oval Capitol logo with STEREO printed on bottom |
|
![]() |
|
| Capitol late Rainbow Mono Label, Capitol oval label at 12 o’clock |
|
![]() |
|
|
|
|
|
| Capitol late Rainbow Stereo Label |
|
![]() |
|
| Capitol EMI logo for those music licensed from EMI, with “EMI” printed on the left hand side |
|
![]() |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Capitol FDS (FULL DIMENSIONAL SOUND) Logo |
|
![]() |
|
| Capitol FDS (FULL DIMENSIONAL STEREO) Logo |
|
![]() |
|
| Capitol STEREO — FULL SPECTRUM OF SOUND Logo |
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
