Subj : 12" record sleeves
To   : Gary Gilmore
From : Martin Ridgley
Date : Thu Oct 12 2000 11:16 am

-=> Gary Gilmore wrote to Bill Riley <=-

 GG> Vinyl is making a comeback.  A small comeback, but a comeback 
 GG> none the less.  I don't know where it started, but I'm starting 
 GG> to see turntables in catalogs again, and more and more releases.  
 GG> Gee, maybe the days of great album cover art can return too.
 GG> You just can't get great cover art (like in the 60s/70s) on a 
 GG> 4.7" x 4.7" space.  It's a lost treasure.
 
   Too true.  There are even a number of books on the market devoted 
 to the cover art on the 12" vinyl record.  I wonder if the same kind
 of recognition will ever be accorded to CD art work?   Hmmmm....

 GG> You can't tell me you never sat there staring at an album cover
 GG> while listening to the album.  I can remember tripping while
 GG> staring at King Crimson's "Court Of The Crimson King" album.

   Yep.  Not that particular album, but I've definitely been there. 
 <grin>  I've also bought a number of albums, sound unheard, purely
 for the cover.  I doubt whether I'd ever do the same for a CD.
             
     Martin
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