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Monthly Archives: November 2011
remington records steinweiss with musirama
Starting sometime in 1952 or 1953 remington records put stickers on their front covers. some of these are fairly unobtrusive little gold stickers. And some of them are triangles in the lower right corner that say “Musirama”. Various covers exist … Continue reading
the next few remington records, 1952 or 1953
again, steinweiss and witt. Mostly Steinweiss at this point, both in the overall layout and in the layout of the part that was unique to each record. one of these is by curt john witt. Note the appearance of little … Continue reading
remington records steinweiss and witt
the next few Remingtons. Steinweiss designed the layout, and did all the covers except one of these. Curt John Witt did the design on the first one.
more remington records including box sets by steinweiss
The next few Remington records that I have. The first two are box sets, the covers are by alex Steinweiss. then two with covers by artists I don’t recognize, one signed Einhorn is quite lovely. Then another Steinweiss, in two … Continue reading
remington records 1952, the next five
This is the back of R199-085. Followed by five more designs – all of them on Steinweiss’ overall layout for Remington records of 1952. Designs are by Witt, Steinweiss, Einhorn. I think Madame Butterfly is one of Witt’s best designs.
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remington 1952
Three covers from Remington in 1952, when they were putting informative material on the back covers. One of these backs is wrong, I will post the right one next. First one by Steinweiss, three variants, all with the same back. … Continue reading
the next few Remington covers, Curt John Witt and Alex Steinweiss
Nothing much to say,except that Steinweiss did the overall layout of the covers and Witt used that layout to create the designs.
pictures at an exhibition probably by Curt John Witt
This clever cover is Remington’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Two versions are shown – slight shade differences for the front, and completely different back covers. Witt cleverly has one of the pictures signed “Hartmann” – Victor Hartmann was, of course, … Continue reading
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Five more Remingtons, 1951, most by Curt John Witt
The next five Remingtons that I have. All are the 1951 editions, whether any later issues exist I don’t know. Most are Witt illustrations and cover designs. The first one isn’t, and is unknown to me.
collecting record covers: 6 deccas in one shot
The titel of this blog is Collecting Record Covers. But all I have shown for 10 months is some of what I have collected, not how it was collected. The things I have posted have mostly been Alex Steinweiss covers, … Continue reading
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Tagged alex steinweiss, Decca Records, erik nitsche, gloria grattan, joe weitz
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Collecting Record Covers 