[78-L] Steinweiss and illustrated album covers

[Michael Biel]

Al, I don't understand what you are listing these albums for.  Every
single one of these were DESIGNED BY Steinweiss!  The discussion is
about the history of the illustrated album cover BEFORE Steinweiss.

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com 


From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Steinweiss and illustrated album covers


> 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.
>>>>
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