[78-L] Record sleeves

[Michael Biel]

On 4/27/2011 2:26 AM, John Rogers wrote:
> Collectors of record sleeves may be interested in an online display at the
> National Film and Sound Archive site.  www.screensound.com.au
> Regards  John Rogers
This is not the correct address.  It takes us to a commercial firm which 
makes acoustical barriers.  The Australian National Film and Sound 
Archives has not used the STUPID name of ScreenSound for about ten 
years.  The real URL for this sleeve exhibit is  
http://nfsa.gov.au/collection/national-collection/sound/art-early-record-sleeve/

This is a fairly tiny exhibit page with some inaccurate information.  
The presentation about sleeves I was going to give at ARSC (but had to 
postpone due to health problems) was going to be MUCH bigger and more 
well documented.  Maybe next year (although NYC ARSC has already seen a 
preview).  They have some of their countries mixed up with an American 
sleeve in their Australian section and an European sleeve in the 
American section.

I do remember that in 1992 when I was at the NFSA in Canberra for IASA 
they had a GREAT exhibit of at least 100 of the Australian issues of the 
illustrated sleeves for the Capitol childrens records.  I videotaped the 
exhibit, and am trying to dig it up for Jack Myrtle and Walt Mitchell 
who are completing a Capitol childrens discography, but I'll lead them 
to the archive directly which might be able to give them the list of 
issue numbers they need.  But looking at this page on line makes it seem 
like the current staff might not know as much as the ones who were there 
20 years ago.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com