Sounding off
Whole Lotta Love -+- King Curtis and the Kingpins
Stylized trumpet on the Atco Records 45-rpm single label design. Even though the trumpet on singles (both 45- and 78-rpm) dates back to the 1955 founding of the label, this basic yellow-and-white 45 label design was used from 1957 to 1979; variants of the design for promotional and disc jockey copies were used until 1984.
With pop and, later, rock acts comprising the bulk of Atco's roster during the trumpet label's era, not all releases employed the instrument in either feature or backing duty. The instrument appears in this particular single, a rousing instrumental Led Zeppelin cover identified in the photo only by its A-side matrix (or master) number, when the backing orchestra shifts into high gear.
Sounding off
Whole Lotta Love -+- King Curtis and the Kingpins
Stylized trumpet on the Atco Records 45-rpm single label design. Even though the trumpet on singles (both 45- and 78-rpm) dates back to the 1955 founding of the label, this basic yellow-and-white 45 label design was used from 1957 to 1979; variants of the design for promotional and disc jockey copies were used until 1984.
With pop and, later, rock acts comprising the bulk of Atco's roster during the trumpet label's era, not all releases employed the instrument in either feature or backing duty. The instrument appears in this particular single, a rousing instrumental Led Zeppelin cover identified in the photo only by its A-side matrix (or master) number, when the backing orchestra shifts into high gear.