Tag Archives: album sleeve

White Noise

Posted on November 23, 2020 by simon robinson

I was reading about a proposed live performance from the Radiophonic Workshop the other day and spotted the news that today would be Delia Derbyshire Day. This roughly annual event celebrates the career of the Radiophonic Workshop pioneer. It got … Continue reading →

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Follow up your French

Posted on August 28, 2020 by simon robinson

Another classy BBC offering, this is their French language course “Suivez La Piste”  released in 1966, and designed to tie in with a BBC TV series for schools television. The design uses a grid not dis-similar to their early sound … Continue reading →

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Mike Hammer

Posted on August 9, 2019 by simon robinson

This great sleeve came from a bunch of odds and ends I bought off a Canadian dealer last year. It dates from 1959 and I thought it was fabulous abstract sleeve, with cool jazz imagery. The art is credited to … Continue reading →

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you spend your holidays in Spain

Posted on July 28, 2017 by simon robinson

As the Bonzos once sang.  A new sleeve gallery of half a dozen budget Spanish holiday albums like the one below to mark the summer!

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Taiwan In Rock

Posted on May 12, 2017 by simon robinson

I’ve been getting a book devoted to the Deep Purple In Rock album back into print for the publishers. There is plenty about the cover art in there but tidying the files away I thought this curious Taiwanese version of … Continue reading →

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Summer’s Heat

Posted on September 9, 2016 by simon robinson

This sleeve stood out when it turned up in a Manchester shop the other week during a vinyl expedition with a friend (hello Chris!). There was a vaguely updated Vortiscist feel to the illustration, but it also looked very Eighties … Continue reading →

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Vinyl tourism

Posted on August 8, 2016 by simon robinson

Away from the big name sleeve designers, I’ve always been interested in the work of those who toiled at or for labels, mostly uncredited and forgotten.  But when you bring some of these covers together they start to tell their … Continue reading →

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Jewkbox!

Posted on July 6, 2016 by simon robinson

The title of what looks to be a really fascinating new exhibition in London devoted to “exploring the experience of the 20th century through shellac and vinyl, celebrating the history of Jewish inventors, musicians, composers, music producers and songwriters. See … Continue reading →

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Pressing vinyl

Posted on June 17, 2016 by simon robinson

I moan about The Guardian as much as any other longterm reader, but can’t see me going anywhere else. And not sure which other paper would publish a set of photographs documenting how a vinyl album is pressed. I think … Continue reading →

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Scandinavian Songs With Alice and Svend

Posted on November 4, 2015 by simon robinson

This album dates from 1970 and was issued on the Interdisk label in Norway, although it is sung mostly in English. The cover looked quite unusual so I thought I would investigate. The abstract image of the viking long boat … Continue reading →

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