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Record sleeves of the month

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Posted by Gavin Lucas, 27 January 2012, 10:40    Permalink    Comments (14)

Here are a few music releases that have caught our eye so far this year. First up is this 12" vinyl record that looks for all the world like an enormous CD...

OK so this release isn't here because it exhibits particularly beautiful graphic design. Rather it's here is because as the manifestation of an art concept - to create a 12" vinyl record that looks just like a CDR - it's beautifully realised. In fact, without showing the image at the top of this post of the disc on a record deck, you might not even realise it's a vinyl record rather than a compact disc.

Designed by David Rudnick as a kind of two fingers to the CDR, it was produced by Filipe Goncalves at Because Music who visited two factories, produced three re-pressings and took five months to ultimately come up with a vinyl disc pressing process that has never been used before, in order to replicate the shimmering surface of a compact disc. The release, limited to just 1000 pressings, is called Lemonade and it's by Erol Alkan and Alex Ridha of Boys Noize. Label: Phantasy.

Flowers is the theme for Mark Lanegan Band's Blues Funeral album artwork, designed by Alison Fielding. The front cover image was sourced from The Design Library's extensive archive of antique, vintage and modern textile designs, and black-on-black flower pattern appears throughout the enclosed lyric booklet and on the CD itself too. Label: 4AD.

Lambchop's latest album, Mr. M, is out next month on City Slang. The cover features the above painting by Lambchop's Kurt Wagner, and the Super Deluxe Box Set (available here) contains eleven 30 x 30 cm art prints of similar Wagner paintings, the Mr. M album on double LP, on CD plus a special download card to get hold of a further five remixes. All this (and more) is housed in a hand numbered (edition of 200) foil stamped linen box:

 

 

 

 

14 Comments

nice to see the Phantasy release making it in : )
badger
2012-01-27 11:23:28

Lemonade 12" = Genius.
Luke Tonge
2012-01-27 11:42:35

@Luke: Took the words right out of my mouth, er, hands... keyboard, whatever.

One of those 'I can't believe no one's thought of that (including me) before' ideas.
Matt
2012-01-27 12:06:37

How about a CD that looks like vinyl then? http://www.facebook.com/newtownkings
JJ
2012-01-27 12:27:23

Does the floral granny's cushion cover one come with a crochet pattern for an antimacassar?

The Lemonade 12" has fun written all over it!
Curator
2012-01-27 12:41:48

The Lemonade 12" is brilliant. I love how much attention to detail went into recreating something so lo-fi.

The other two are exquisite too. My wife will love Alison Fielding's work on the Lanegan's newie - especially The Design Museum vintage textile patterns
hello_anders
2012-01-27 13:10:57

The sheer effort to source shiny vinyl in this day and age is superb, looked like a mission. I dont even have decks and i won't a copy just to inspect every tiny mm of it!
STU ROSS
2012-01-27 21:55:44

I LOVE that Lemonade 12" it's very clever and looks fantastic
Leanne Macdonald
2012-01-30 11:43:55

CR, I hope this feature is a regular every month. Until the end of time.

Many thanks.
Craig - VIEW
2012-01-31 12:15:01

For more Technics fun check-out

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006W33UC4/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d4_g15_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0N2J0TNW0XPPY5WDTDNX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128473&pf_rd_i=468294

but you need to know the Philadelphia International Records logo and Tom Moulton's craft logo to fully appreciate it!
Jaffa
2012-01-31 12:16:34

Love the large format CD!
The floral sleeve for Mark Lanegan Band reminds me very much of the suberb 'Curtains' by Tindersticks.
Giant Stubot
2012-01-31 12:22:22

I,ve released CD's that look like records, but the reverse effect is far more effective.
Daddytone
2012-01-31 13:07:32

I think Mark's is Awesome, and he is definitely going have great success with this label, I also look forward joining within eighteen months
-Bobby Crash
Bobby Crash
2012-02-01 12:10:31

The Mark Lanegan cover reminds me of 'Talking Loud and Clear' for OMD that Peter Saville produced in 1984, and of course the infamous 'Power, Corruption and Lies' he designed for New Order. Having said that, it looks every bit as fresh as those did when they came out.
Snoopy
2012-02-02 11:42:16

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