Ever since Alex Steinweiss designed album covers for Columbia Records in the 1940s, many famous artists and designers have also designed iconic and stylish album cover art. From famed cartoonist Robert Crumb, who designed Janis Joplins Cheap Thrills album cover to Andy Warhols contribution to the Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers LP, many famous artists have put their talents to work and put an image to the music created by rock and roll bands and artists.
Naked Vinyl Cover Art- Selling Music And Sex
Part one
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 so…
Album Cover Art-Part One
In 1939, Alex Steinweiss was employed at Columbia Records as the first art director for the company and decided to spruce up and repackage vinyl records. We all know the result, album cover art has become an important part of music and pop culture. (Prior to Steinweisss creative influences, records were generally stored in plain, undecorated packaging).