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Monthly Archives: March 2013
a variant in texture
There are more ways for two record covers to be different from each other than one can imagine. There are serious collectors for some things – Elvis, for example -who care about minor differences. For something as uncollectable as Steinweiss … Continue reading
five steinweiss everest covers, and the silver insert
The very earliest Everests had a silver edge and a silver back, and also had an elaborate inner sleeve that was a silver cardboard piece with a square wood dowel down the side. The Woody Herman shown here is one … Continue reading
four new decca aquisitions
Four recent purchases. Eddie Lawrence I give 40% on being Steinweiss, but the others are definite to my eye.
Wood Herman – apparently an iconic cover
Who would have predicted that this particular Steinweiss design would still be in print 60 years later? I guess there is something iconic about the image. I show my copy of the original stereo issue, plus three lp reisssues and … Continue reading
my remaining monophonic (LPBR) Everest covers
7 more, one with two color variants. At what point did Steinweiss stop designing them? I think all of these are his, even the ones that are just mediocre. Little Train of the Capoiera is especially nice.
five wonderful steinweiss everest covers
The one with the two violin concerti is a favorite. The one with the rainbows is reminiscent of his more famous piano/rainbow 78 rpm one. The Parsifal one is reminiscent of his work on the series of Decca opera highlights … Continue reading
the next few Steinweiss Everest covers
The Chavez one is quite beautiful, and the range of ideas as inventive as Steinweiss ever was.
another steinweiss everest and its reissue
I love this cover, the way Steinweiss photographs (or has it done, I don’t know who the photographer is) three distinct characters for three pieces of music. Shown in mono and stereo, and with a reissue which manages to be … Continue reading
Steinweiss Everest Scheherazade
Steinweiss’ work for Everest, 1958-1960, is one of the highlights of his career, second only to the Columbia 78 rpm sets in my estimation. One of the best of them is this cover for Scheherazade. I show the original cover … Continue reading
three great original Steinweiss covers, and a bad reisssue
all four of these are great designs, but one of them has been butchered in the reissue.
Collecting Record Covers 