Shelter Records

Shelter label appearance: • When it began in 1970, the Shelter label was red, with an egg image bearing an inverted Superman logo*. (*From mid-1972 to 1973 [the remainder of Shelter's distribution by Capitol] this part of the Shelter logo was usually overstamped [obscured] with a black rectangle in response to a copyright infringement lawsuit and later settlement with DC Comics). • After ABC took over distribution in 1974, the Shelter label was an 'S' in egg-shape circle on orange tint background, with 'Shelter' in curved black text at top. • The ABC-distributed Shelter label later became orange, with 'Shelter' in dark orange print seen in a straight line at top. • In 1978, Shelter employed the eerie orange-and-yellow tinted 'Saturn & Moon' design (the "S" egg now has a Saturn ring over it), which was later continued into the MCA era when it acquired ABC Records in 1979. (See full background on Company page Shelter Recording Company Inc.) Label Code: LC 1766