My mom was a librarian so I basically grew up at a library. The public library where she worked had a couple of hip librarians who ordered the records. That was the first time I saw albums by Leonard Cohen, Killing Joke, Low Budget by the Kinks, Robin Lane and the Chartbusters, and more. You could borrow headphones and listen to the albums at the library or check them out and listen at home (and perhaps copy to cassette).
I don’t think you can seperate the Album Covers from the music contained on the vinyl ie: the music within. A collection of just covers would be like keeping the facade of an historic building & ripping out all the archaeological features and materials of the rooms within.
Ahh.... yes, in this world of “buy, digitalise, stream” , the collection of tracks contained on a disc are broken up, isolated from each other and divorced from what comes before and after in a curated track order....
Listening to a whole Album end to end, flipping it half way through, is a totally different listening experience that many younger people have never and are yet to enjoy.
I hope you are able to take a pilgrimage to Memphis some day to visit the Memphis Listening Lab.
https://memphislisteninglab.org
This place looks amazing! Definitely on my list now. Thank you for the introduction.
My mom was a librarian so I basically grew up at a library. The public library where she worked had a couple of hip librarians who ordered the records. That was the first time I saw albums by Leonard Cohen, Killing Joke, Low Budget by the Kinks, Robin Lane and the Chartbusters, and more. You could borrow headphones and listen to the albums at the library or check them out and listen at home (and perhaps copy to cassette).
Taste in art is obviously subjective-second maybe only to music--but for my money there is no one better at cover art/design than Peter Saville.
I don’t think you can seperate the Album Covers from the music contained on the vinyl ie: the music within. A collection of just covers would be like keeping the facade of an historic building & ripping out all the archaeological features and materials of the rooms within.
Ahh.... yes, in this world of “buy, digitalise, stream” , the collection of tracks contained on a disc are broken up, isolated from each other and divorced from what comes before and after in a curated track order....
Listening to a whole Album end to end, flipping it half way through, is a totally different listening experience that many younger people have never and are yet to enjoy.