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Strawberry Switchblade photos from the session for the cover of debut single Trees and Flowers, 1983

📸©️Peter McArthur, used with permission

#strawberryswitchblade #80smusic #1980smusic #treesandflowers #80s #1980s #music #recordcovers

Dutch designer Ad Werner (1925–2017) would have turned 100 years today. We’re celebrating with two newly added Uses of his lowercase-only display typefaces, Dubbeldik and Paperclip:
https://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/995/ad-werner

#AdWerner #FontsInUse #fonts #RecordCovers #1970s #OTD #OnThisDay

I posted a new substack article:
https://mrchriskeegan.substack.com/p/record-cover-designs
#recordcovers

Odetta – Odetta and The Blues

Gonna tell you one thing: when I die, somebody's getting a really, really good blues collection. And here's one of the most excellent new additions.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcollector #album #albums #nowspinning
#albumcover #albumcovers #albumcoverart #recordcoverart #recordcover #recordcovers
#blues #bluesmusic

https://vinyldistractions.com/odetta-odetta-and-the-blues/

Odetta and the Blues front cover, with a black and white photograph of a black woman standing before a microphone and a music stand, her hand on the pages, apparently laughing.

The Nomads – She Pays The Rent
New to my collection, just added in May (2025) – a gift from a friend who is downsizing his collection and gave me the pick of several things he was ready to part with. How could I not take a record with this awesome cover, even if I'd never heard it? More at the blog:

https://vinyldistractions.com/the-nomads-she-pays-the-rent/

#vinyl #vinylrecords #recordcollection #recordcollector#nowspinning
#albumcover #albumcoverart #recordcoverart #recordcover #recordcovers
#garagerock #music

The Nomads front cover – featuring a disturbing photo illustration with two images of the same woman, apparently screaming, surrounded by images of eyes. She has two sets of eyes, one above the other, and there is also an eyeball where her tongue should be.

Muddy Waters – Fathers and Sons

##vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcollector #album #albums #lp #vinyldistractions #nowspinning
#albumcover #albumcovers #albumcoverart #recordcoverart #recordcover #recordcovers
#linkinbio #linkinthebio
https://vinyldistractions.com/muddy-waters-fathers-and-sons/

The cover illustration for Fathers and Sons was created by Don Wilson and was based on Michelangelo's design on the Sistine Chapel, the famous touch of fingers between the fictional bible characters of Adam and God.

catalogue
EARLY ANDY WARHOL
Private Collections Belgium
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client: PXL-MAD | School of Arts
Texts: Vlad Ionescu, Luk Lambrecht en
Etienne Van den Bergh
graphic design: ziezo (2025)
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@grafische_studio_ziezo #pxlmad #luklambrecht #vladionescu #etiennevandenbergh #hogeschoolpxl #andywarhol #earlyandywarhol #catalogue #editorialdesign #privatecollectionsbelgium #design #graphicdesign #drawings #recordcovers #film #video #books #magazines @johanvandebosch

Laufey – Typical of Me
Just a bit more than a week after falling in love with "Bewitched," I was back down the hill at Forever Changes for this little gem, "Typical of Me." This is an EP from 2021, essentially a self-created work – and yet, nothing about it sounds like a debut. This is someone who very much knows what she's doing. Listen, she's got me listening to something that could well be jazz.
https://vinyldistractions.com/laufey-typical-of-me/
#20s #Catchup #Jazz #music #vinyl #albums #recordcovers

Typical of Me front cover – the title and name of the artist, Laufey, are written in a simple pen text. Between them is a photograph of the singer, appearing to be a polaroid, with rather flat colors. She is posed against a blank wall, harsh shadow behind her. She is looking to her left, her head tilted down toward her left shoulder; her right arm is lightly clutching her left elbow. She is wearing a dark, low-cut top that is held closed only by two frogs about midway down. Two more frogs are open, exposing more skin below.

Peter McArthur - Strawberry Switchblade's main photographer & Jill Bryson's partner - with his handiwork, the sleeve of the band's debut single Trees & Flowers, on a poster in Oxford Street, London, July 1983.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #scottishbands #femalebands #femalegoth #darkpop #80spopstars #femalepopstars #femalepopsingers #newwave #newwavemusic #80snewwave #recordcover #recordcovers #recordcoverart #recordcoverphotography #flyposting #flyposter

One of my favorite Michael Dorets: Saturday Night Live album cover, 1976. Do you have this special edition? IYKYK.

Second image: standard edition from @letterformarchive collection (https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_doret_0044&targPic=lfa_doret_0044_001.jpg) as shown in “Growing Up in Alphabet City” (https://letterformarchive.org/shop/doret/)

#MichaelDoret #Lettering #SaturdayNightLive #RecordCovers #AlbumArt

Photo of three record sleeves on a table. On top is a cover for “Saturday Night Live” showing members of the 1976 cast and purple lettering that looks like it is liquid extracted from a tube.

The same record cover as a professionally digitized image. The lettering here is red.

The deluxe MORE D4TA vinyl record arrived from Moderat in Berlin and I notice a very interesting lowercase type design choice by PFA Studios which is unique and bizarre #typography #albumdesign #recordcovers #moderat #monkeyTown #modeSelektor #apparat

Album cover design of Moderat’s MORE D4TA album

Some of my favorite illustrated record covers in my collection.

22 - Sonic Youth- Goo (1990)
Cover illustration by Raymond Pettibon

#vinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcovers #design #illustration

Some of my favorite illustrated record covers in my collection.

21 - Japan - Oil on Canvas (1983)
Cover painting by Frank Auerbach

#vinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcovers #design #illustration

Some of my favorite illustrated record covers in my collection.
20 - Talking Heads- Naked (1988)
Cover painting by Paula Wright
#vinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcovers #design #illustration

Some of my favorite illustrated record covers in my collection.
19 - Iggy Pop - Brick by Brick (1990)
Cover illustration by Charles Burns
#vinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcovers #design #illustration

Some of my favorite illustrated record covers in my collection.

18- The The - Soul Mining (1987)
Cover illustration by Andy Dog (Andrew Johnson)

#vinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcovers #design #illustration

Some of my favorite illustrated record covers in my collection.

17 - Radio Futura - La canción de Juan Perro (1987)
Cover painting by Juan Navarro Baldeweg

#vinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcovers #design #illustration

Some of my favorite illustrated record covers in my collection.

16 - The B-52’s - Mesopotamia (1982)
Cover illustration by Desiree Rohr

#vinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcovers #design #illustration

Some of my favorite illustrated record covers in my collection.
15 - New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
Cover painting by Henri Fantin-Latour
#vinyl #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #recordcollection #recordcovers #design #illustration

#recordcovers

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