the next three Decca covers, mostly Steinweiss

Two of these are signed Piedra Blanca. The one in the middle, Leopold, I give a 50% probability to it being Steinweiss.

my favorite steinweiss series – grand opera

five of the Grand Opera series with Steinweiss covers. I find him very clever on these – opera was his element. I also show one more Holiday in cover, just acquired. All mid 1950s. The back cover of the Shostakovitch in the previous post is identical on the 1955 and the early 1960s issues.

a columbia steinweiss reissue

I just acquired the reissue of Columbia ML4739. Mitropoulos conducts what was the Phil Symph of New York, now renamed the New York Philharmonic. The work is Shostakovitch. The original cover is one of the last designs Steinweiss did for Columbia, in 1955. It is not one of my favorite Steinweiss designs. The reissue is early 1960s. Kind of generic, the type of cover that gives classical music record covers a bad name. It has a nice enough layout, and a small drawing by Jacob Landau. I bought it for the drawing – Landau is my cousin. I don’t love his work, but family ties are the ties that bind. It is interesting to me how fast graphic design changes – the 1955 cover was considered insufficient only a few years later, even if the work was still monophonic and therefore not the hottest thing in marketability.

four more Steinweiss decca DL9900s

as the title says. Decca Steinweiss and London Steinweiss designs of this era are very similar to each other, as will be shown eventually, hopefully.

three more recent acquisitions

just bought these three. The 7 inch Holiday in Spain is practically identical to the 12 inch, posted earlier. It lists the whole Holiday series on the inside, I have a few more to get. The Movie Music one is highly unusual, but I am pretty sure it is Steinweiss anyway.

a steinweiss and a gloria grattan

three more decca dl9800s to 9900, mid 1950s. the first one is drawn and possibly laid out by Gloria Grattan. I know nothing about Gloria Grattan, and would appreciate hearing from you if you do. I had previously posted her

http://recordcovers.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/collecting-record-covers-6-deccas-in-one-shot/

and that is about the only reference on the web.
time for me to scan in some more stuff.

more decca dl9700s and dl9800s

although none of these are signed, I am sure they are steinweiss. 1954 I think.