Vinyl Album Sale
Vinyl Album Sale
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 BBC TRANSCRIPTION DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE COMPLETE SERIES 13 EPISODES  US $76.39
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 FLEETWOOD MAC Tusk 1979 DOUBLE ALBUM WITH EMBOSSED SLEEVE Stunning Condition US $9.49
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 Lynyrd Skynyrd Street Survivors LP MCA 3029 1977 Fire Cover GF Inserts Strong VG US $17.50
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 Pink Floyd Ummagumma Double LP Harvest Records STBB 388 Stereo 1970 GF VG VG US $6.00
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 ELVIS MEGA LOT OF 45S AND EXTENDED PLAY ALBUMS US $53.00
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 Cameo 1050 Dee Dee Sharp Do The Bird US $29.95
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 RUN DMC Raising Hell Vinyl LP Original My Adidas Walk This Way Aerosmith US $8.99
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 Oval Dok Vinyl LP Thrill Jockey Tortoise Fennesz Electronic IDM US $9.99
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 Tones on Tail POP LP Record BEGA 51 Beggars Banquet Bauhaus Love and Rockets US $9.99
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 WILLIE DIXON Rare CATALYST 4 Channel Quadraphonic Blues Album OVATION OVQD 1433 US $9.99
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 UNDISPUTED TRUTH YOU GOT THE LOVE I NEED SMILING FACES SOMETIMES GORDY US $12.66
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 RADIANTS ONE DAY ILL SHOW YOU FATHER KNOWS BEST CHESS US $79.10
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 Madonna Self Titled LP Record US $10.99
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 JOHNNY SAYLES DONT TURN YOUR BACK ON ME YOU TOLD A LIE MAR V LUS US $15.82
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 THE VAST MAJORITY MOVE IT RARE ORG GREEK PRESSING LP DISCO FUNK 1977 US $29.99
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 BOBBY WOMACK TRIED AND CONVICTED HOW I MISS YOU BABY MINIT US $23.73
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 ATLANTIC DOO WOP 60S Various RB Soul Vocal Classic Japanese Press Near Mt LP US $74.99
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 AL WILSON NOW I KNOW WHAT LOVE IS DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO SOUL CITY US $23.73
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 JOHNNIE TAYLOR FRIDAY NIGHT STEAL AWAY STAX US $15.82
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 GQ MAKE MY DREAMS A REALITY I DO LOVE YOU ARISTA US $15.82
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 BROWNIE McGHEE SONNY TERRY BLUES IS A STORY 1st UK ToP AuDiO DeLtA BlUeS US $153.45
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 ATLANTIC DOO WOP 50S Various RB Soul Vocal Classic Japanese Press Near Mt LP US $74.99
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 EDWIN STARR STOP HER ON SIGHTSOS I HAVE FAITH RIC TIC RECORDS ORIGINAL US $15.82
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 GEORGE FREEMAN DOWN AND OUT CONNOISSEUR US $15.82
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 Ulysses Bow Samuel Chapter John Harbison Andre Previn Nonesuch 79129 US $5.99
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 Mendelssohn Symphony no 3 Scottish Symphony no 4 Italian Solti US $5.99
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 Bernstein I srael Philharmonic Orch Stravinsky Firebird Pulcinella DG 415 127 US $5.99
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 Vivaldi The 4 Seasons Itzhak Perlman Israel Philharmonic Angel 38123 US $5.99
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 Sir Adrian Boult Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia A London Symphony US $6.99
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 The Pretenders Show Me Time The Avenger Promo 12 Single US $4.99
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 Vivaldi The 4 Seasons Itzhak Perlman Israel Philharmonic Angel 38123 US $5.99
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 John Cougar Mellencamp Crumblin Down Promo 12 Single US $3.99
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 JOE TEX YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT BABY I BELIEVE IM GONNA MAKE IT DIAL US $15.82
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 ATLANTIC DOO WAP SPECIAL Various RB Vocal Classic Japanese Press Near Mt LP US $74.99
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 Jacques Brel – Le Disque DOr Import LP US $6.99
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 Carl Orff Herbert Kegel Leipzig Radio Chorus Childrens Choir DG 2535 275 US $4.99
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 A TOUCH OF SOUL VOL 1 Various Soul Vocal Classic Japanese Press Near Mt LP US $74.99
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 ERIC CLAPTON CHRIST MC VIE LP 1984 USA FLEETWOOD MAC US $5.99
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 A TOUCH OF SOUL VOL 2 Various Soul Vocal Classic Japanese Press Near Mt LP US $74.99
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 ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers w zipper LP SEALED 180g RTI 1999 US $29.99
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 SOUL DEEP VOLUME 1 Various Soul Vocal Classic Japanese Press Near Mt LP US $74.99
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 CALIFORNIA GOSPEL QUARTET CONCERT SongfellowsCooperTrioGospelaires 33 Nice 65 US $19.99
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 CARLOS MONTIEL FLAGLER STREET Otros Exitos Bailables 33 Nice US $19.99
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 SOUL DEEP VOLUME 2 Various Soul Vocal Classic Japanese Press Near Mt LP US $74.99
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 MICHAEL DOUCET CAJUN BREW 33 Nice US $9.99
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 NANCY SINATRA IN LONDON RARE URUGUAY DIFF BACK CVR LP US $14.99
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 SOUL DEEP VOLUME 3 Various Soul Vocal Classic Japanese Press Near Mt LP US $74.99
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 RAPOON Alien Glyph Morphology 2x10 224 made Robin Storey Zoviet France US $23.00
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 BLACK AMERICA The Sounds of History 33 Voices of the 19th Century Nice US $399.99 |
 SUBJECTS SELF TITLED 33 RPM EP ROCKALTERNATIVE NICE US $7.99
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framed Peter Criss Autographed Kiss 1976 destroyer vinyl album For sale on Ebay.
Alex Steinweiss - Creator Of Album Cover Art
At age 23, the "Godfather" of album cover art, Alex Steinweiss accepted a job to design promotional materials for Columbia Records. What would happen next would revolutionize the music industry, specifically vinyl records, when he invented the illustrated album cover. A rather obvious, but brilliant, idea was to create a titillating graphic package that would, not only protect the record, but advertise the artist and the music contained therein (prior to this, records were sold in plain, undecorated wrappers).
"Records used to be relegated to the back of the stores that sold refrigerators and stoves. You'd go to the counter and ask for the title you wanted," recalled Steinweiss. "I needed to shake up the industry, we had to do something like European poster art to draw the attention of the buyer."
And "shake up the industry" is just what Steinweiss did. Starting in 1939 with his first covers, for a collection of Rodgers & Hart's Musical Hits, Columbia executives saw the sales of the illustrated albums skyrocket, including one by more than eight hundred percent. Soon after that 78 rpm albums were adorned with decorated covers and displayed in store windows.
A new medium was born, album cover art became the norm and attracted established artists and inspired many new artists to enter the arena. It allowed the record company and the artist to promote a visual image and identity with the music.
So who was Alex Steinweiss? Let's explore his life in detail. Steinweiss grew up in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach area and he attended the Abraham Lincoln High School from 1930-1934 and that is where he started his graphic designing career. In a program taught by Leon Friend, Steinweiss and his classmates were known as the "Art Squad," designing school publications, posters and signs. When he was seventeen, Steinweiss' work was showcased in PM Magazine. He received a scholarship to Parsons School of Art and graduated in 1937. His first job was as an assistant to Joseph Binder, a position that lasted almost three years, before receiving a call about a new position at the newly formed Columbia Records. He designed all the covers for Columbia between 1939 and 1945, a period in which he developed and honed the graphic art of album cover design. In the period between 1945 to roughly 1950, he still did cover design for Columbia, but he was not the sole designer. He also began "freelancing" and began designing covers for other record companies.
As a freelance designer with such record labels as RCA, Decca, London and Everest, Steinweiss was considered peerless. Using his own unique format of blending eye-catching illustrations, vivid color schemes and playful typography, Steinweiss created album covers for such musical greats as Louis Armstrong, Bela Bartok, Count Basie, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Kate Smith and many others.
His album covers are considered iconic and he designed them as miniature posters with a distinct personality for each cover. His signature font, the "Steinweiss Scrawl," first appeared around 1947 and his style and album cover design is synomonous with the Golden Age of Jazz, Classical and Popular music that was dominated by RCA, Columbia, Decca, Victor and London record labels.
In the 1950's, Steinweiss added photography to his album cover design palette. His use of strange, garnish colors, inventive lighting techniques and numerous visual puns and reference points only added to his unique style of cover design and has made him an icon in the music industry. By his own admission, Steinweiss claims to have designed more that 2,500 album covers.
His later work, from 1960 through around 1973, was working with the Decca and London record labels. It was during this period that he developed die-cut designs and collage. He retired to Sarasota, Florida around 1974 and remains semi-active, having designed at least one book cover and several CD covers as well as having designed liquor bottles, posters, pamphlets and titles for TV shows.
All of us owe a hearty thank you to Alex Steinweiss and his contributions to album cover art and music. Can you imagine no art work accompanying a vinyl record? I can't, and it is a great thing that Alex Steinweiss couldn't either.
About the Author
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music, vinyl record collecting and operates
http://www.collectingvinylrecords.com
, where you can pick up a copy of his ebook called "The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting." Contact Robert at robert@collectingvinylrecords.com
R&P, have you ever bought a CD, only to find out that the record company goofed and included the wrong music?
I remember back in around 1987, I bought the CD version of Santana's 'Caravanserai' album only to find out that the music on the disc was the 'Footloose' soundtrack featuring Kenny Loggins! Even though the disc itself said Santana. I exchanged it, brought the new one home and it was still Kenny! CD's were so new at the time, that the proprietor did not even have a CD player in his store, so there was no way of telling...but he believed me. This time I exchanged it for something that was not on the 'Columbia/CBS' label. I picked up the CD again a couple years ago at a clearance sale for $4.00...and it was Santana! Lol
Has this ever happened to you when purchasing music...whether it's vinyl, CD or any other format?
If so, what band were you buying...and what band did you get instead?
Something like that happened to me but it wasn't the WRONG music, but something a little different.
I bought the album "Stand Up" by Jethro Tull when it first came out.
I took it home and played side one. Turned the album over to play side two and thought it sounded familiar. I looked at the label and it said side two and listed the songs that were supposed to be on there but it was actually side one again!
The album had 2 side ones! Took it back to the store and exchanged it, brought it back home to play, and it was 2 side ones again! I returned that one and got a refund.
Went to a different store, bought it again and when I played it at home it was ok.
Maybe I should have kept one of the screwed up ones but back then I didn't have that much money to afford doing that?
Interesting question!
