[78-L] Steinweiss and illustrated album covers

[David Lennick]

HMV put out complete Gilbert and Sullivan operettas in the late 1910s with 
gorgeous full colour covers. And the Brunswick Showboat set is something to 
behold, with the artwork extending across the back cover and signed photographs 
of the performers on the inside.

Personally, I find Steinweiss's stuff too "adorable" much of the time. Give me 
DSM. If you ever find the DISC album of Prokofiev conducting Romeo and Juliet 
(which is absolutely worthless from a technical standpoint, even if it was 
pressed on vinyl), that cover is a surrealistic masterpiece and one character 
in it looks exactly like Marlon Brando, a couple of years before anyone ever 
heard of him.

dl

Sam Hopper wrote:
> This might be of interest regarding examples of 78rpm album work:
> 
> http://78rpmalbums.gramophile.com/
> 
> Thanks, Sam
> 
> 
> On 21/05/2009, at 3:07 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
> 
>>  The recent post about the limited edition STEINWEISS book raises the
>> question of whether he is actually the originator of illustrated  
>> record
>> albums.
>>  The BUBBLE BOOKS from the teens 20's certainly qualify as illustrated
>> jackets, but
>> I cannot envision popular or classical albums from the early 30's with
>> illustrated jackets.
>>  I hope folks on the list can give examples and perhaps pinpoint when
>> illustrated jackets
>> actually began.
>>  Thanks, Thomas.
>>