Love Records was a Finnish label. It was founded in 1966 by Atte Blom, Otto Donner and Christian Schwindt (2).
Publishing company Love Kustannus Oy was founded in 1976 in the connection of the record company Love Records. In 1979 Love Records went bankrupt. Other label brands included atleast Cuba and Eteenpäin! (2)
Between 1966 and 1979 Love Records released 384 LP's, 253 cassettes, 347 singles, 24 EP's and a couple of advertisement records. In 1979 the company went into liquidation and the master rights were acquired by EMI Finland, of which Love Records had previously been a licensee.
Since 1989, Siboney Oy has been rereleasing the Love Records catalog in CD format. The releases are distributed by Universal Music. Love Kustannus Oy is still in the publishing business, and around 2000 it became the owner of Johanna Kustannus.
LP Originals
LRLP serie
12/1966 - 1/1970 "heart" logo (label # LRLP 1 - LRLP 11, LRLP 10 was not published)
2/1970 - 8/1971 large two heart "copulation" logo in centre (label # LRLP 12 - LRLP 40, LRLP 21 was not published, and LRLP 38 was issued in smaller "copulation" logo in 1/1972)
9/1971 - 3/1976 smaller two heart "copulation" logo in left banner without rim text (label # LRLP 41 - LRLP 157, LRLP 156 was issued with rim text in 4/1976)
4/1976 - 6/1979 smaller two heart "copulation" logo in left banner WITH rim text (label # LRLP 158 - LRLP 313; LRLP # 255, 271, 273, 275, 277, 284, 299, 303, 304, 308, 309, 310 were not issued)
LXLP serie
10/1970 - 5/1971 large two heart "copulation" logo in centre (label # LXLP 501 - LXLP 507)
2/1972 - 4/1975 smaller two heart "copulation" logo in left banner without rim text (label # LXLP 508/9 - LXLP 517/8)
11/1976 - 3/1979 smaller two heart "copulation" logo in left banner WITH rim text (label # LXLP 519- LXLP 526/7)
LRLP and LXLP info taken from the book Miska Rantanen: Love Records 1966 - 1979 Tarina Taiteilijat Tuotanto, Schildts Kustannus Oy, 2005 [ISBN: 951-50-1528-6]
