Gate Fold LP's

[gggvan]

curious...what was the first gate-fold LP; what was the last one?

 

[Guest123]

Great question. The 33 1/3 LP was introduced in 1948, so it shouldn't be too difficult to track down the first gatefold that was released. As to the last one released, aren't many re-release and re-master LP companies today still using gatefolds?

 

[gggvan]

Great question. The 33 1/3 LP was introduced in 1948, so it shouldn't be too difficult to track down the first gatefold that was released. As to the last one released, aren't many re-release and re-master LP companies today still using gatefolds?

sorry, by last, I meant original issue.

 

[EWizard]

Well, not just the re-masters but a lot of groups come out with gatefolds.
Gatefolds actually became much more popular after the CD came out because of the extended runtimes that the CD format offered.
I personally don't like gatefolds too much.

 

[Guest123]

From what I could learn, the first gatefold was: "Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook" Verve Records 1956.

 

[Naptown Rob]

There are plenty of current/new release gatefolds.

 

[sugarshack]

Huh?

had to look up what that meant-

"A gatefold is a type of fold used for advertising around a magazine or section, and for packaging of media such as the phonographic industry"
now I know....

 

[gggvan]

There are plenty of current/new release gatefolds.

Really? Interesting. I'm guessing only major labels.

 

[KrisM]

Really? Interesting. I'm guessing only major labels.

How "major" does a label have to be to be considered a major label?

I don't buy a ton new release vinyl, but I'd guess half of them are gatefolds. And they're not all from the likes of Sony, Universal, etc.

 

[KrisM]

From what I could learn, the first gatefold was: "Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook" Verve Records 1956.

I don't have that one, but I have the Rogers & Hart one, and Ella & Louis Again. Both are from 1957, and both are gatefolds.

I'm wondering if there was a classical release that might have come first?
Or would those releases continued to use the "box" style for multiple LP sets?

 

[EWizard]

Really? Interesting. I'm guessing only major labels.

No man, almost all new releases on vinyl are Gatefold.
And it's because the length of albums has gone up since the CD came out.

 

[KrisM]

No man, almost all new releases on vinyl are Gatefold.
And it's because the length of albums has gone up since the CD came out.

Yeah. Even the single LP releases with a gatefold are quite common. Part of the whole "when you buy vinyl you're buying a package" vibe.

 

[gggvan]

Yeah. Even the single LP releases with a gatefold are quite common. Part of the whole "when you buy vinyl you're buying a package" vibe.

wow. i don't buy records, except for the thrift stores. who is this "vibe" directed at? are katy perry fans sitting around looking at album covers?

 

[EWizard]

I wouldn't mind looking at some Katy Perry pics...:yes:

 

[KrisM]

wow. i don't buy records, except for the thrift stores. who is this "vibe" directed at? are katy perry fans sitting around looking at album covers?

Seriously? The vibe is directed at anybody who is buying new vinyl, and it has nothing to do with genre.
Pretty simple concept, really.

 

[gggvan]

Seriously? The vibe is directed at anybody who is buying new vinyl, and it has nothing to do with genre.
Pretty simple concept, really.

but why would young folks want to sit around looking at albums when they have the internets at thier disposal.

 

[KrisM]

but why would young folks want to sit around looking at albums when they have the internets at thier disposal.

Fair enough, but why would they want to bother with a big black disc in the first place? Who knows? So a lot of LP releases are gatefolds. It's part of the package just like DSOTM or Sgt. Pepper. Or the 50's Ella releases.

I'm not sure why age would have anything to with it. There are people in all age brackets that listen to records.

 

[gggvan]

Fair enough, but why would they want to bother with a big black disc in the first place? Who knows? So a lot of LP releases are gatefolds. It's part of the package just like DSOTM or Sgt. Pepper. Or the 50's Ella releases.

I'm not sure why age would have anything to with it. There are people in all age brackets that listen to records.

i'm sure your right. i just assumed folks that look at covers while playing records were a dying breed. vinyl now has a hipster retro vibe going that may not last.

 

[Zonian]

i'm sure your right. i just assumed folks that look at covers while playing records were a dying breed. vinyl now has a hipster retro vibe going that may not last.

From where I stand, vinyl has never left; vinyl has always been the best way to hear recorded music as close to "live" as can be.

May not last?

Guess again...

 

[gggvan]

From where I stand, vinyl has never left; vinyl has always been the best way to hear recorded music as close to "live" as can be.

May not last?

Guess again...

i don't want to veer off onto another thread, but does vinyl do anything for new digital recordings?