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New documentary on stories behind album cover art

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The San Francisco Chronicle had an article yesterday about "The Cover Story: Album Art," a new documentary with artists talking about how they came up with images for their album covers. The article is at: http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Film-puts-lively-spin-on-album-cover-art-4209802.php

The guy who made it apparently has 10,000 albums, but judging by the photo of him holding the Morrison Hotel disc, they must all be covered in fingerprints. That cover was shot in a Skid Row hotel in LA, but without permission of the hotel so the band had to duck in and out quickly. Sounds like an interesting film. Copies will be sold at used record stores.
 
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This looks great....!
Thanks for sharing the article you found.

Can't wait to see the film.



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Maybe he just buys them for the album covers. ;)

At first I thought you were going ballistic about the fact that he was holding the album sleeve with his fingers on it. I thought you were some kind of weirdo who advocates only holding album sleeves by the edges until I noticed that he had the record in the other hand. :thumbsdn:

If he's that big on the covers though, I would think he would have them in plastic sleeves.
 
Hahaha he's totally lobster clawing that record. He'd be kicked out of my house in a heartbeat
 
Most people didn't handle albums with the same reverence back in the day that we do now. They were cheap, common household items back then. Nobody was really thinking about how much they would be worth 40 years later.
 
I wonder if he talked to Norman Seef. I attended Art Center College of Design in the early '70's. While I was in school, my wife worked for Lee Winkler at Global Business Management, which handled business details for people in the entertainment industry. Norman was a client of my wife's. I met Norman and did some assisting and printing for him. During that time he photographed the famous photo of Steve Miller wearing a mask, one of several Joni Mitchell sessions, the infamous KISS photo session, Barry White and numerous others.

Norman would shoot hundreds of photos at each session, 30 or more rolls of film. I'd stay up all night developing the negatives. Art directors never say proof sheets, Norman would bring in 16x20 prints of his favorite images from the shoot.

Norman rented a house that he worked out of in the hills above Hollywood. It had a swimming pool and there was no telling who might be hanging out in the pool when I would go over to drop off prints. It was an interesting time.
 
I might pick it up if it comes to one of the nearby stores but I'm not interested enough to buy it and pay shipping online.
 
Received my copy today - so that's plus 1 for super fast fulfillment!

The program is good - it's very fascinating to learn who did what and how things came to be. I'd say it's well worth it...but...the narration is awful.

I've purchased dvd's from gift shops at National Parks that had better narration. It really diminishes the presentation. But getting past that it's something to watch for and/or get if only to meet the woman who was the 11 year old girl who posed for the Blind Faith cover!
 
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Could be good Id be interested in seeing it. I wonder if one of my dads friends will end up in there, his name was Bruce Steinberg. He did most of the cover art for The Doobie Brothers and Tower of Power. Before he got into that he worked on the communications systems for the Apollo program. He was a great guy and boy did he have stories.
 
I bought the Cover Story DVD. Both it and the Trips Festival DVD are really good.
 
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