Vintage & Rare LP / 45 Art & Fashion

[quink]

I love the models which are on the covers! They look so pretty, and different from todays models.

 

[auxt]

I agree, there is something unique about the old styles

Back to illustrations, here are gospel and jazz covers from the 50's and 60's by an enigmatic artist known as "Harvey." Strangely, the identity of the artist is still unknown (read more about it here and here). His work typically involves bold colors and vanishing point perspective.

all scans by harveymusic.com

 

[auxt]

More from France, these covers come from the Montparnasse 2000 label

scans & photos by 028 & Qpchan

 

[ysljunkie]

WOW thanks!!

 

[auxt]

Just one image this time, but it's extra cool
from Italy, 1979

scan by unknown

 

[auxt]

I haven't updated in a while, so here are some easy listening / exotica covers from the 50s and 60s

scans by Roman and 317x

 

[auxt]

Well, that post was a bit messy due to the column sizing. I think I'll go back to using attachments.

These are African or Latin-themed albums ... bossa nova and hot rhythms. Acapulco '22 showcases models in Brazilian beachwear.

scans by 317x

 

[auxt]

The flexi disc (also known as a phonosheet or sonosheet) is a phonograph record made of a thin vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable. Flexible records were commercially introduced as the Evatone Soundsheet in 1960, but were previously available in the Soviet Union as roentgenizdat or bones, underground recordings on x-ray plates.

Before the advent of the compact disc, flexi discs were sometimes used as a means to include sound with printed material such as magazines and music instruction books. A flexi disc could be molded with speech or music and bound into the text with a perforated seam, at very little cost and without any requirement for a hard binding.

Flexi discs and associated artwork --

some beer promos

sounds of space

promos for employment at Barclay banks (yes, those are annual wages )

scans by Head Gardner & Blighty

 

[auxt]

strange ones

 

[Jenner8675309]

Love this thread, collect old records and stole my dad's turntable years ago. I use alot of my vinyl as wall art.

One of my faves:

 

[Butterfly*]

Fantastic! Thanks, auxt!

BTW, Where is your avatar pic from? I love it!

 

[auxt]

Love this thread, collect old records and stole my dad's turntable years ago. I use alot of my vinyl as wall art.

One of my faves:

*please don't quote pictures*

Ahh yes, that's a classic cover! And the music is pretty cool too. Although the original doesn't have the purple stripe, right?

As for my avatar, it's another cover ... it's a production music LP from an Italian label called Fonit, the album likely came out in the 60s / 70s. I've never heard the actual music, but I do like the picture

I think there are many other albums with this type of beach theme, I'll add some more if I can find them.

scanned from The Music Library

 

[Jenner8675309]

You're right, the original is all green, which is what I have, but I am getting ready to move and all my vinyl is packed up, so I had to go searching amazon.com.

I do dig the music, while some think its cheesy.

I have loads of this stuff, I love this kind of thing and am so glad you are here to share your cool finds

 

[ParadEyes]

GREAT THREAD !!
thanks for all the pictures

 

[leda]

matching album covers

www.afhakers.nl/media.asp?x=7995

 

[Jenner8675309]

^ Hahaha! Awesome!!!!!!!!

 

[auxt]

Yeah, that's pretty funny

I only could think of two other beach silhouette covers, and it's probably kind of cliché ... but here they are

Here are some more random covers, some based upon simple graphics

France -

Italy -

scans by Ford, Dr. Rubik, whoops, unknown

 

[Butterfly*]

^^Oooh, I like that FLIRT cover (but, I'm also biased to butterflies)

 

[Butterfly*]

leda- Cool, love the look of that!

 

[auxt]

I can't claim this thread to be particularly highbrow, so here is some swank retro kitsch from "Shag" a.k.a. Josh Agle

Most of these albums came out in the 90's, so they are only pretending to be vintage.

images from rateyourmusic