Orquesta Aragon
Here’s a nice Discuba lp with colorful art. It’s filled with cha chas and pachangas and such. Latin jazz flute!
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The musings of Miles
This is a cool Prestige record from the fifties called “The Musings of Miles”. There’s no type on the cover just this straight forward photo of Miles (who was notorious for turning his backs on audiences).
(13 votes, average: 4.15 out of 5) Loading ...Petty girl lp cover
George Petty was one of the great magazine illustrators of pin-up girls and cheesecake models from the 30’s – 50’s. His “Petty girls” from the pages of Esquire were used on numerous covers in the fifties, most notably on this series of releases from Decca records. There was even a movie called “The Petty Girl” with Bob Cummings as Petty and Melanie Griffith’s mom, Tippi Hedron as one of his “girls”.
I also love the little line drawing of the guy with the stack of lps at the bottom. There used to be a mural of this on the wall of a record store. I think “Record Surplus” in LA? Anyone?
(19 votes, average: 4.79 out of 5) Loading ...R. Crumb cover art
Many fine artists have created original art for album covers including Warhol, Basquiat, Haring and R. Crumb. Crumb most famously perhaps for the Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company record, but also for a series of lps by his own band, The Cheapsuit Serenaders. Others include a bunch of classic blues reissues on the Yazoo label.
(14 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5) Loading ...Bird and Diz
Many jazz album covers are timeless, essential portraits of the artists in their prime. This one captures Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie beautifully and is suitable for framing.
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The Art of Jim Flora
Jim Flora created one of the first influential graphic styles for lp packaging in the early 1950’s. His illustrations were on hundreds of covers and his style was copied by others. There are books that collect his work.
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