RECORDS
An American giant, formed in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson in New York City. Jerry Wexler joined in 1953 and contributed hugely to the label's R'n'B / Soul development; Nesuhi Ertegun did the same for its Jazz catalogue when he joined in 1955. The label was sold to Warner Seven Arts in 1967, and operated separately under the Warner-Seven Arts corporation; Warner-Seven Arts was bought by the Kinney corporation in the same year. Atlantic joined Warner and recent Kinney acquisition Elektra in 1970 to form WEA. Hugely successful down the decades, in the fields of Soul, Funk, Disco and Rock, the label is still going on today as part of Time-Warner. Its biggest Singles artists in the '70s were Euro-Disco band Boney M, who had nine successive Top 10 hits from 1976-79. British distribution in the mid '60s was by Decca, and catalogue numbers were in an AT-4000 series and the label was black with silver printing. In March 1966 Polydor took over manufacture and distribution; the label design changed slightly, the colour turned to red and 584-000 catalogue numbers were adopted. The 584-000s became 2091-000s when Polydor adopted seven-digit numbers for all its products, in April 1970. In 1971 Atlantic joined stable-mates Warner Brothers and Reprise at Pye. The Pye era saw the introduction of the K-10000 catalogue series and the famous red-and-blue label. With colour variations, this design lasted throughout the '70s: red-and-green labels were interspersed with the red-and-blue ones, and they eventually took over as the main colours. Some early issues of both the blue and the green labels had white centres. Red-and-fawn labels appeared from time to time in the mid '70s, but they seem to have been uncommon. A 'Black Label Revival' series, in 1975, came out bearing the classic American-design label, in somewhat changed form this design reappeared at the end of the decade. The K-10000 series remained unchanged through two more changes of manufacture and distribution: when CBS took over, around 1973, and when WEA eventually started making and distributing its own labels, early in 1976. The demo label (9) dates from the CBS years. A 'Disco Double' reissue series from 1975 had a special sleeve but no special label markings. Thanks to Robert Lyons for the info.
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF THE AT SERIES 1964-1966 CAN BE FOUND HERE
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF THE 584-000 SERIES 1966-1970 CAN BE FOUND HERE
| 64 | Rufus Thomas | Do The Dog | ATLANTIC | AET | 6001 |
| 64 | Booker T. And The M.G.'S | R&B With Booker T Vol 2 [Ep] | ATLANTIC | AET | 6002 |
| 64 | The Drifters | Driftin' Vol.2 | ATLANTIC | AET | 6003 |
| 64 | Ben E. King | What Now My Love | ATLANTIC | AET | 6004 |
| 64 | Mel Torme | Sunday In New York | ATLANTIC | AET | 6005 |
| 64 | Lewis/Drifters/Burke/Coasters | The Original Hits Vol.2 | ATLANTIC | AET | 6006 |
| 64 | Doris Troy | What'Cha Gonna Do About It? | ATLANTIC | AET | 6007 |
| 65 | Solomon Burke | Rock N Soul [Ep] | ATLANTIC | AET | 6008 |
| 65 | Baker Lavern | Best Of Lavern [Ep] | ATLANTIC | AET | 6009 |
| 65 | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | ATLANTIC | AET | 6010 |
| 65 | Rufus Thomas | Jump Back With Rufus Thomas | ATLANTIC | AET | 6011 |
| 65 | The Drifters | Tonight & Other | ATLANTIC | AET | 6012 |
| 65 | Bobby Darin | Milord | ATLANTIC | AET | 6013 |
| 65 | Byron Lee And The Ska Kings | Jamaica Ska | ATLANTIC | AET | 6014 |
