Wednesday, March 29, 2023

On the different Fischkopf logos

These are the 4 different Fischkopf logos that were regularly used on the label's releases (i.e. it's the record jacket artwork).

There were some exceptions: the two double vinyl releases (Agit Prop LP, and the Otaku compilation) had their own art.
The first few releases seem to have had different "art" / jackets (sometimes just a sticker with artwork / info put on the jacket, instead of full art printed jackets).
The 4th art with the "indigenous man running" seems to have been common on releases starting with Fisch 19, replacing the others.


When I was a teen and started buying Fischkopf records, I had some wild theories on the different covers, such as logo 1 is for regular releases, logo 2 for acid/acidcore, and type 3 for jungle / breakcore releases - because the p. server (acidcore) release used type 2 and the monoloop (jungle) 3 - and it also made sense to me that 2 meant to portray a fish eaten up by acid (yeah, I had a vivid imagination) - and all the others used type 1.


But I later discovered this was not the case. As at the Container Records Store (the Fischkopf homebase), there was no pattern with the covers used (except what I mentioned above about the releases from Fisch 19). Sometimes a record was sold in jacket type 1, and then a different copy of the same release in jacket 2, and so on.
My guess is they just had printed various amounts of the different jackets, and used them as they saw fit and as they were available, putting the copies of a record sometimes in this, sometimes in that jacket, even none Fisch ones.


For example, when I finally managed to find a copy of Fisch 1 at the store, years after the record was officially released, it was just put inside a plain yellow colored jacket - but that might have not been how the release looked originally.


So, that's some info on the various Fischkopf logos.
There are also some other Fischkopf logo artworks, such as the "severed head" one (above) that is often found on the internet.

Which one is your favorite? Let us know.

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