[78-L] Steinweiss and illustrated album covers

[David Lennick]

What the....!?

"Steinweiss claims to have invented the LP cover, which first appeared in 1948."

 From http://78rpmalbums.gramophile.com/

If he's taking credit for the tombstone, he can have it.

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
>> What about those DSM "Disc" 78 albums from the 40's.......
>> Al Simmons
> 
> Those came AFTER Steinweiss started his Columbia covers.  We're looking
> for covers BEFORE Steinweiss.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> 
>> 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.
>>>>