[78-L] 78 album covers (was Album Covers & Sleeve info) (was: Alex Steinweiss article)

[Royal Pemberton]

And didn't they do them to save money, since the 7x7 was in use for the
boxed 45 rpm sets (and any EP issues as well)?

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:
> >> What Victor often did was have a small 7 inch by 7 inch illustration
> >> that was used for the 45 but was centered in the larger 10- or 12-inch
> >> LP cover.
>
> From: Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>
> > I have a few early 1950s Capitol 10" LPs with the 7x7 cover art
> > centred on the fronts of the sleeves, with a 'woodgrain art' slick
> > around them, giving each the illusion of a picture frame.
>
> And you hit on exactly what was different about what Capitol did
> compared with RCA.  Capitol's small 7x7 was a separate paper that was
> glued onto the frame slick.  What Victor did was one layer of paper.
> They just put the 7x7 artwork in the middle of the larger 10x10 or 12x12
> which had LP 33 and Nipper logos.
>
> BOTH types of covers looked STUPID, and they stopped doing it after a
> year or so. Capitol did occasionally combine two 78 or 10-inch albums
> onto one 12-inch LP, and then they showed the pair of covers in reduced
> size, and I think that was a GREAT idea!  I wish others had done that
> also.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
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