Recent Comments
scottlindberg on Mercury 10 inch lps, Maas scottlindberg on Capitol Records in the 19… lylefrancisdelp on Capitol Records in the 19… lylefrancisdelp on Capitol Records in the 19… Paul Morris on my two earliest RCA 78 rpm set…
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Columbia SL103 La Traviata – design by steinweiss, drawings by Darrill Connelly
The front cover of SL103 La Traviata is signed steinweiss. But the drawing looks much more like Darrill Connelly. The inside drawings are clearly Connelly. His style is unique.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged alex steinweiss, Darrill Connelly, la traviata, verdi
Leave a comment
Columbia SL series, 1948 or 1949
Here are three Columbia SL series releases. Note how the third one was once SL-4, and also was SL104. I assume SL-4 is earlier. Mostly sticker covers, probably Steinweiss. SL104 is signed Steinweiss.
OL4850 and ML4850 – Kismet by Al Hirschfeld and Alex Steinweiss
Posted only a day or two ago, one of the last Steinweiss covers for Columbia. Not signed by him, but hard to imagine it being anyone else. Al Hirschfeld did the drawing, and signed it. Here is the OL version … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged al hirschfeld, alex steinweiss, columbia OL series, kismet
Leave a comment
Columbia OL series – Pal Joey
Columbia had, for a while, a numbering system starting with OL, dedicated to soundtracks or shows. Many of these were records that also appeared as ML with the same numbers. Here is OL4364 in three color variants, plus its ML4364 … Continue reading
the end of an era – 15 years of steinwiss designs for columbia
these are not the last steinweiss designs on columbia that I will be posting. I still have to do the OL and SL series ones – soundtracks and operas. But these are the last chronologically. these are mid 1950s, and … Continue reading
Next two Steinweiss covers – note gap in numbers
ML 4400 is the last Steinweiss from the era when he did lots of them for Columbia. After that he worked for them sporadically. There is a large gap in the numbers. For both of these his signature changed back … Continue reading
The next Steinweiss, three versions
Here is one cover in three versions. Two slight color variants, and then a copy with a sticker that says Hi-Fi. I would love to know if Hi-fi really meant anything, or it was just a marketing gimmick.
columbia ML4300 and ML54300 series
For reasons obscure to me Columbia issued a handful of titles as ML4300s and also with an extra digit 5, ML54300s. Here are all of them that I have, I think. In most cases the covers don’t vary at all, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged alex steinweiss, columbia, columbia special products, thomas merton
Leave a comment
eight more steinweiss covers, one with a reissue by Bob Cato
The next columbia ML4300 series covers that are by alex steinweiss. For one, I also show the Bob Cato cover. I don’t know which is earlier. The Cato cover is an overprint on OL4364. I have the Steinweiss OL4364 and … Continue reading
Prades Festival covers, 1951, pablo casals, steinweiss, bourke-white, and Djon Mili
These are the rest of the covers from the 10 lp series on Columbia records taken from the Prades festival. Steinweiss designed them (one doesn’t have his signature) using photos by Margaret Bourke-White and Djon Mili.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged alex steinweiss, Djon Mili, Margaret Bourke-White, Pablo Casals, Prades Festival
1 Comment
Collecting Record Covers 