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ain’t life strange?
by Art Chantry this is another one of my all time favorite record covers – definitley in my top ten. i’ve had this sitting around for 25 years. when i sold my record collection to a dealer, i kept this … Continue reading
you can call him AL
Jesse Marinoff Reyes: Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003)! It seemed the native St. Louisan had always been part of the firmament of the New York illustration scene and the theatre circle—his career having lasted for such a long span and being the … Continue reading
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Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) S. Neil Fujita (1921-2010)! A book cover and especially an LP designer, S. (for Sadamitsu) Neil Fujita was a formidable and versatile graphic artist whose work is truly due for … Continue reading
back to brown paper bags
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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Tagged a.m. cassandre, adrian dannatt, album cover art, alex steinweiss, alexey brodovitch, bob cato, dave brubeck, Helen Levitt photography, Janis Joplin, jim flora, Mati Klarwein, neil fujita, Robert Crumb, rudolph de harek, s. neil fujita, Steven Heller
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cover the musical metaphor
Context is almost everything.And when the two are in harmony you have a magical visual language… He was one of the pioneers in creating the record album cover; an artistic approach to packaging beginning in 1939, that incorporated free-form design … Continue reading
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