Tag Archives: album cover art

what’s a printing press?

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this here is what you call yer “album cover.” back before 12″ LP’s, those 10″ 78rpm records would only hold a partial symphony or only one song per side. it took several actual disks (heavy but brittle) … Continue reading →

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blurring the lines

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry yesterday a new friend gave me an old victrola – a beautiful cabinet model in a horizontal consul and all the fittings (even the tone arm is brass!) it’s a gorgeous thing ( thank you, sonya!) inside … Continue reading →

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good deed

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) my last posted essay was so sad that i felt a societal obligation to post something happy to save many of you from personal disaster. this is my good deed for the day. don’t ask … Continue reading →

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too many santas

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Too Many Santas! The Bobs Rounder Records cd cover, 1996 Design: Art Chantry and Jamie Sheehan

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yodel cha cha

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) this is one of my all time favorite thrift store record finds. to begin with, the cover is by the incomparable burt goldblatt. burt has been largely overlooked by design history and i think … Continue reading →

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vixen traps: set them if it ain’t selling

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) when i first spotted this LP in the goodwill “next stop is the dumpster” section, i did one of those ‘designer double-takes’. i saw the color and the wacky bad type. that’s usually where my … Continue reading →

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back to brown paper bags

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Dave

Before the late 1930′s record albums were said to have resembled tombstones: plain brown sleeves with the name of the artist stamped onto the cover.Then came a new direction, the formation of a new axiom that was not always true, … Continue reading →

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