Great Album Covers

[EdgeleyRob]

Surely this will become a classic.
Can't wait until it arrives next week.

[teamsaint]

i do miss finding out the release dates in the NME and heading off to the shops at the first available moment...

yes, great sleeve. Have you heard any songs from the album yet, ER?

[EdgeleyRob]

i do miss finding out the release dates in the NME and heading off to the shops at the first available moment...

yes, great sleeve. Have you heard any songs from the album yet, ER?

Here ts,language content warning

https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=DY2YVNb7AbLj8weun4LACQ#q=muse+drones&tbm=vid

[teamsaint]

Here ts,language content warning

https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&...drones&tbm=vid

Cheers ER.
I'll prepare myself for some " foul and abusive language, " and have a listen.

[AmpH]

A bit plain compared to others on here I suppose, but I've always rather liked this LP cover .....

[AmpH]

The Hickox recordings of Frank Bridge Orchestral Works formed a wonderful series on Chandos and the series of 6 album covers were superb.



The first volume is a good example - bold colour combined with atmospheric black and white photography and the brooding presence of the composer.

[Beef Oven!]

[Dave2002]

Cheers ER.
I'll prepare myself for some " foul and abusive language, " and have a listen.

I didn't hear too much - though there is some. You like this stuff? The opening track is a bit of a surprise. The rest is kinda heavy and loud, which may be what you like about it.

[teamsaint]

I didn't hear too much - though there is some. You like this stuff? The opening track is a bit of a surprise. The rest is kinda heavy and loud, which may be what you like about it.

Not a huge fan, but from time to time they are just right.
Only have one album of theirs.


Here's something a bit more subtle perhaps Dave, and a great sleeve to boot.

a brilliant album by any standards.

[gurnemanz]

I bought this classic Ace of Clubs LP as a student soon after it came out (1969) and still rather enjoy the cover with its Frühling, September, the clock at Mitternacht, zwei Lerchen climbing and "Ist dies etwas der Tod?" bottom right.

[cloughie]

I bought this classic Ace of Clubs LP as a student soon after it came out (1969) and still rather enjoy the cover with its Frühling, September, the clock at Mitternacht, zwei Lerchen climbing and "Ist dies etwas der Tod?" bottom right.

The Decca publicity art department produced some gems including all the Victrola sleeves.

[Tevot]

Hello there,

Came across the following site showing 50 designs harking back to the 1940s and 1950s.

http://www.cmuse.org/creative-vintage-designs-for-classical-music-vinyl-records/8/

Some interesting sleeves there.

Best Wishes,

Tevot

[jayne lee wilson]

Isn't this wonderful? Just saw it in New Release news/Guardian Review.
Design by Stasys Eidrigevicius.

[Nick Armstrong]

Isn't this wonderful?

... Not yet sure which 'cover art' thread that belongs on, jayne!

Came across the following site showing 50 designs harking back to the 1940s and 1950s.

http://www.cmuse.org/creative-vintage-designs-for-classical-music-vinyl-records/8/

Some interesting sleeves there.

Can't believe I missed this! Some real throbs of visual memory there, from my very earliest explorations through the LP racks at Nottingham Public Library. I love the Tombeau de Couperin cover on p. 8, from Remington...!

...and further down on that page, the psychedelic Shostakovich Ballet Suites album is 70s art if ever there was, rather than 40s/50s - no doubt owed more to the 'Angel' side of the twin corporate effort, than to the good people out east at Melodiya! I remember that cover vividly (!) - it hit the adolescent Caliban, then in full 'DSCH discovery' mode, like a bolt of electricity - it's the only one of that selection that found its way home!

[pastoralguy]

Isn't this wonderful? Just saw it in New Release news/Guardian Review.
Design by Stasys Eidrigevicius.

Had I been more attracted to the music, I might have bought this for the cover as an added bonus.