July 3, 2008


The First Album Cover

In 1939 a 23 year-old Alex Steinwess, a designer for Columbia, wrangled them into creating the first true album cover (rather than generic sleeves):

(hat tip to Triumph of Bullshit)

posted by Andrew Simone in archives, design, history, music, pop culture 

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3 Responses to “The First Album Cover”

  1. jandek on July 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 am

    triumph of bullshit has long been my favorite place to stop in and look ’round. I’m listening right now to what appears to be a Genesis/Phil Collins cover of “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. And they wonder why people kill themselves. Actually I don’t know if anyone is wondering that, anymore, what with gas prices in Houston hitting $3.83 some places.

    The five songs of the day:
    Magic Lantern - Mountains of Madness
    Joy Division - Shadowplay
    Les Rallizes Denudes - Blind Baby Has Its Mothers Eyes
    Sun 0))) - The Libations of Samhain
    Angus McLise - The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

  2. Andrew Simone on July 3rd, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    Damn, I’m not cool enough to know all of those bands.

    But, seriously, ToB is an underrated blog, IMHO.

  3. Cooper Renner on July 4th, 2008 at 10:31 am

    That’s a fine cover.

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