[78-L] Steinweiss and illustrated album covers

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Steinweiss started his Columbia covers in 1938, before WWII.



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O.K. How about:
"Rhapsody In Blue" Oscar Levant w/ Phil. Orch.Eugene Ormandy - Columbia MX 
251
"Ballad For Americans" Paul Robeson w/ Nat Shilkret, Conductor - Victor P-20

Others are listed and illustrated on the inside back cover of the Gershwin 
Columbia album:

These may already have been posted and if so I apologize
.
Brahms Symphony No. 4 Phila Orch. Ormandy Sets M-MM567
Offenbach:Gaite Parisienne-London Phil.  Sets X-MX 115
Grieg-Peer Gynt Suite-Beecham-London-Sets X-MX 180
Lalo-Symphonie Espagnole-Miltein w/ Phil;a. Ormandy Sets M-MM 564

Several more.
I can list upon request. All WW II releases  OPA Ceiling Prices are listed.

Al Simmons

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> 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
>
>
>
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> 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.
>>>>
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