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Monthly Archives: July 2011
four more columbia sticker covers
My next four columbia sticker covers. The first one is interesting because it is a sticker version of a generic cover. Why bother? The last one is shown in two versions. The main difference is the way the cover is … Continue reading
ML4096 in all its glory
Here is MM785 – the 78 rpm set of Oscar Levant and Eugene Ormandy playing Tchaikovsky, and ML4096, the lp version of it. What makes this especially fun is that it illustrates everything Columbia was issuing in those days, other … Continue reading
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Tagged alex steinweiss, Eugene Ormandy, oscar levant, Tchaikovsky
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Columbia ML4095 – I Can Hear It Now – Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly
Two copies of Columbia ML 4095 – I Can Hear It Now. Drawn from the famous radio show by Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly. There are so many ways that two issues of a record can differ – some … Continue reading
the next three Columbia sticker covers
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Tagged kostelanetz, sacre de printemps, stravinsky, victor herbert
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Steinweiss dies at 94
A comment from Cover Art = Log 24 (thanks!) has informed me that Alex Steinweiss died this week at age 94. Hi wife Blanche died a year ago, according to the New York Times. I spoke to him once whenn … Continue reading
my remaining Columbia ML4000s under 4100
Three more Columbia ML4000s not by steinweiss. Monogram, Meyers/Monogram and Connelly are the three designers. I would love to know more about Monogram and Meyers.
columbia ML4000s not by Steinweiss
The first four of my Columbia ML 4000s that are not designed by Steinweiss. I present the backs also, for historians of music if they want to see them. I am getting rid of these non-Steinweiss lps as I post … Continue reading
columbia sticker covers ML 4080s
Columbia released many albums in quasi-generic covers that had a sticker in the upper left or upper right that imitated the 78 rpm set. many of these had something to do with Alex Steinweiss, but I don’t know if he … Continue reading
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Tagged alex steinweiss, beecham, Darrill Connelly, Ormandy, Scheherazade
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record cover books 2: Classic Album Covers of the 60s
I am on the road. I have brought with me a bunch of jpgs but don’t yet have access to upload them. so, a few comments on record cover books will have to do for now. One of the best … Continue reading
Collecting Record Covers 