Many years ago, designers lamented losing a square foot of art space when the vinyl record ceded to the 5" x 5" CD case. Now that album covers have basically shrunk to 1" x 1" for display on an MP3 player screen (and slightly larger on the computer scrren), they have all but given up hope.
However, it wasn't just LP album covers that had fantastic designs, many 7" sleeves were pretty cool as well, and they don't get nearly enough retro love. Check out the Record Envelope blog for a collection of 45RPM sleeves that span time and the world. Verve Records' was stark and simple, Go-Feet was totally ska (as expected, since the label was owned by the English Beat). And dig the cute cartoon art from the German label Weltschlager (pictured).
Find more record cover related goodies at this installment of web zen: record cover zen.
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That Trojan one on the Record Envelope site is great!
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