One of the exciting things about collecting Target CDs is the fact that the various WEA labels on which Target CDs were released, all used a different color scheme.
The table below lists all record labels that have released West German Target CDs together with the adopted color scheme. Some Target CDs can be found with an alternative color scheme. These are either errors or test pressings and fall outside the scope of this overview.
The caption underneath the picture of each label design, shows for each artist the number of different West German Target CDs that were released on that label.
The table below lists all record labels that have released West German Target CDs together with the adopted color scheme. Some Target CDs can be found with an alternative color scheme. These are either errors or test pressings and fall outside the scope of this overview.
The caption underneath the picture of each label design, shows for each artist the number of different West German Target CDs that were released on that label.
| Label | Target | Background | Lettering | Artists | CDs |
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| Asylum (old style) | purple | light-blue | black | 5 | 11 |
| Asylum (new style) | blue | yellow | black | 3 | 5 |
| Atco | green | pink | silver | 4 | 5 |
| Atlantic | red | teal | silver | 22 | 42 |
| Cotillion | black | purple | black | 1 | 1 |
| Elektra (old style) | silver | red | silver | 7 | 12 |
| Elektra (new style) | silver | red | black | 9 | 12 |
| Elektra Musician | silver | pink | black | 7 | 7 |
| Esparanza | black | pink | black | 1 | 1 |
| Finnadar | red | blue | black | 1 | 1 |
| Geffen | black | gray | black | 14 | 15 |
| Island | green | purple | silver | 1 | 1 |
| Mirage | blue | light-blue | blue | 2 | 2 |
| Nonesuch | black | bronze | black | 16 | 23 |
| Qwest | blue | light-blue | black | 2 | 2 |
| Real Records | red | purple | black | 1 | 1 |
| Rolling Stones | red | yellow | black | 1 | 1 |
| Sire | purple | yellow | black | 3 | 8 |
| Solar | silver | purple | black | 3 | 4 |
| Warner Bros. | red | gray | black | 47 | 80 |
| WEA | purple | teal | silver | 19 | 31 |
| TOTAL | 169 | 265 |
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| Asylum (old style) : Jackson Browne (1) - Lindsey Buckingham (1) - Eagles (4) - Joni Mitchell (1) - Linda Ronstadt (4) |
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| Asylum (new style) : Eagles (3) - Teddy Pendergrass (1) - Linda Ronstadt (1) |
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| Atco : INXS (1) - Stevie Nicks (2) - Pete Townshend (1) - Yes (1) |
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| Atlantic : ABBA (2) - Laura Branigan (3) - Phil Collins (3) - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1) - The Firm (1) - Foreigner (6) - Genesis (3) - Freddy Hubbard (1) - Carole King (1) - Led Zeppelin (2) - Julian Lennon (1) - The Manhattan Transfer (3) - Bette Midler (3) - Original Soundtracks (2) - Passport (1) - Jean-Luc Ponty (3) - Ratt (1) - Tom Scott (1) - Stephen Stills (1) - Twisted Sister (1) - Zebra (1) |
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| Cotillion : Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1) |
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| Elektra (old style) : The Cars (3) - Judy Collins (1) - The Digital Domain (1) - The Doors (2) - Queen (2) - Carly Simon (1) - Grover Washington Jr. (2) |
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| Elektra (new style) : Peabo Bryson (1) - Lindsey Buckingham (1) - The Cars (1) - The Doors (2) - George Duke (1) - Mötley Crüe (1) - Graham Parker (1) - Queen (1) - Grover Washington Jr. (3) |
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| Elektra Musician : Chick Corea (1) - Steve Morse (1) - Lee Ritenour (1) - Tom Scott (1) - Jimmy Smith (1) - Steps Ahead (1) - Sadao Watanabe (1) |
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| Esparanza : Robert Plant (1) |
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| Finnadar : Meral Güneyman (1) |
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| Geffen : Asia (1) - Berlin (1) - Irene Cara (1) - Peter Gabriel (1) - Sammy Hagar (1) - Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve (1) - Don Henley (1) - Jennifer Holliday (1) - Elton John (2) - Original Soundtracks (1) - Quarterflash (1) - Donna Summer (1) - Wang Chung (1) - Neil Young (1) |
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| Island : U2 (1) |
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| Mirage : Robin Gibb (1) - Toni Tennille (1) |
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| Nonesuch : Johann Sebastian Bach (2) - Johannes Brahms (2) - Calliope (1) - David Del Tredici (1) - Antonín Dvořák (2) - George Frideric Handel (1) - Paul Jacobs (1) - Leoš Janáček (1) - The London Early Music Group (1) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1) - Sergei Prokofiev (1) - Richard Strauss (1) - The Tango Project (2) - Antonio Vivaldi (2) - Kurt Weill (3) - The Western Wind (1) |
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| Qwest : Patti Austin (1) - James Ingram (1) |
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| Real Records : Pretenders (1) |
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| Rolling Stones : The Rolling Stones (1) |
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| Sire : Madonna (2) - Pretenders (1) - Talking Heads (5) |
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| Solar : Midnight Star (1) - Shalamar (2) - The Whispers (1) |
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| Warner Bros. (Reprise) : Laurie Anderson (2) - George Benson (2) - Chicago (2) - Eric Clapton (2) - Ry Cooder (2) - Randy Crawford (1) - Christopher Cross (2) - Devo (1) - Dio (1) - Dire Straits (4) - The Doobie Brothers (2) - Donald Fagen (1) - Bryan Ferry (1) - Fleetwood Mac (3) - John Fogerty (1) - Michael Franks (1) - Emmylou Harris (4) - Al Jarreau (3) - Rickie Lee Jones (3) - Chaka Khan (1) - King Crimson (2) - Earl Klugh (1) - Kraftwerk (1) - Michael McDonald (1) - Christine McVie (1) - Van Morrison (1) - Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1) - Randy Newman (1) - Original Soundtracks (1) - Van Dyke Parks (1) - Prince (4) - Eddie Rabbitt (1) - Nile Rodgers (1) - Roxy Music (1) - David Sanborn (2) - Carly Simon (1) - Paul Simon (1) - Rod Stewart (4) - Donna Summer (2) - James Taylor (1) - The Time (1) - Van Halen (3) - Joe Walsh (1) - The Who (1) - Hank Williams Jr. (2) - Neil Young (1) - ZZ Top (3) |
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| WEA : Alphaville (1) - Aztec Camera (1) - Chicago (1) - Phil Collins (2) - Echo & The Bunnymen (1) - Gold (1) - INXS (1) - Al Jarreau (2) - Michel Jonasz (2) - Howard Jones (2) - Matt Bianco (1) - Stevie Nicks (2) - Oasis (1) - Original Soundtracks (2) - Elaine Paige (2) - Passport (2) - Samplers (4) - Véronique Sanson (2) - Peter Schilling (1) |
