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Monthly Archives: July 2011
alex steinweiss in memoriam 8c: Decca signed Piedra Blanca
For a while in the 1950s or early 1960s some Steinweiss designs on Decca carried the signature Piedra Blanca – Spanish for Steinweiss. Most of these are signed, and all of them are favorite designs from his enormous ouput on … Continue reading
alex steinweiss in memoriam 8b: Decca Records
These are the earliest Steinweiss Decca designs that I love, and the last ones. I don’t love The Gates of Justice, but it is fairly unique among my Steinweiss records, and is the last one chronologically to have a signature. … Continue reading
alex steinweiss in memoriam 8a: Decca part 1
Alex Steinweiss designed covers for Columbia from 1939 to the mid-1950s, about 16 years. He designed for Decca including Coral/Brunswick from the early to mid-1950s until at least 1969, an equally long or perhaps longer period. Here are some of … Continue reading
alex steinweiss in memoriam 7: Everest Records
Steinweiss designed for Everest for only two years, 1958-1960. The one time I spoke with him on the phone, 14 years ago, he told me that he had done all of the Everest covers. There is a point after which … Continue reading
alex steinweiss in memoriam 6: london records
Steinweiss designed for London from some time in the early to mid-1950s until around 1970. I have never seen a London Steinweiss that was signed, so one has to guess which covers are his. There are a few designers – … Continue reading
alex steinweiss in memoriam 5: Remington
In case anyone doesn’t know it, Alex Steinweiss began at Columbia records in 1939. He did all of Columbia’s record covers for the first few years, and the majority of them after that until around 1950. After that, he did … Continue reading
alex steinweiss in memoriam 4: 12 inch columbia lps
The fourth tribute to the memory of Alex Steinweiss, the dean of graphic artists, who dies one week ago at age 94. These are my favorites among my 12 inch Columbia lps. Steinweiss designed Columbia lps from 1948 to roughly … Continue reading
alex steinweiss in memoriam 3: 10 inch lps
Again, a few favorites, as a memorial to Alex Steinweiss who died this week. These are 10 inch lps. All are ca. 1949-1950. The last one is on RCA – the only signed Steinweiss RCA cover I have seen. There … Continue reading
alex steinweiss in memoriam 2: the golden age
I have posted these before. These are Steinweiss at his absolute best. There is something about a 12 inch 78 rpm set that it lends itself to being a great work of art. These are my favorites as of this … Continue reading
steiinweiss in memoriam 1: earliest work
In honor of the memory of Alex Steinweiss, who died this week, I have decided to take a break from the systematic posting by catalog number. I am going to post some favorite Steinweiss covers from all periods of his … Continue reading
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