[78-L] Steinweiss and illustrated album covers

[simmonssomer]

What about those DSM "Disc" 78 albums from the 40's.......

Al Simmons

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From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Steinweiss and illustrated album covers


> 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.
>>>
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