The Rocket Record Company

Label Code: LC 3053 / LC 03053.

Label from England founded by EMI Ltd. in Britain and Europe from 1975 until 1978.

Besides John, Rocket released material by Cliff Richard.

Elton John's UK releases from 1976 onward were on Rocket (he ultimately became the label's only artist). It was revived in the US for the Made In England album and Island Records' mid-1990s expanded and remastered CD re-releases of his pre-1980 catalog. This was announced in the Feb 4, 1995 issue of Billboard "Elton John has reactivated his Rocket Records label in the U.S...".

It ran out of business after Island Def Jam Music Group in 1999, but the Rocket logo was still appearing on new Elton John material up to 2004.

The label design was changed in 1977 from the original colorful drawing based upon the UK children TV-series (and books) of Thomas the Tank, later Thomas and Friends (as seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends) to a beige/grey colored, 1930's art deco ('art moderne') styled drawing of an imaginary streamlined high-speed train such as, for instance, the 1937 ZEPHYRUS of Chicago-Burlington-Quincys.
Several 1973-1976 LPs that had originally been released with the 1st label received a re-issue (repress?) with the 2nd label, such as, for instance, Solution's ROLL 1 where the 1975 original is https://discogs.cinepelis.org/release/7288047-Solution-Cordon-Bleu.

The logo also appeared on the Platinum Weird in 2005.
Also appears as "Rocket" only. For unofficial releases, see The Rocket Record Company (2).