This list includes albums using Atlantic's numbering system that were released under their numerous subsidiary labels.
[2] Subsequent releases featured Dixieland, opera and selections from Broadway musicals before Nesuhi Ertegun took over responsibility for the LP series in 1955 and the series focused almost exclusively on jazz releases.
[6][7] Atlantic commenced releasing 12-inch LPs of popular music in 1956 with the 8000 Series collections of hit singles by their roster of established rhythm and blues artists.
[9] By the end of the 1960s the label experienced its greatest commercial success breaking rock music supergroups like Led Zeppelin and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Unlike many other labels, Atlantic issued multiple-LP sets in a special series.
In fact, there were many of these special series, each with its own slant from the prospective of the Atlantic catalog makers.
Atlantic did reissue most of the Stax 700 album series with the same cover graphics and song lineup.
As would any major record label, Atlantic had, from 1967 to 1970, a numbering system solely devoted to gospel music and sermons.
They were usually issued with white labels with black print in the same graphical designs as their commercial counterparts.
A&R for the label was handled by Herb Abramson, Lee Magid and Bob Shad.