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These album covers tend to display inauthentic versions of their considerations of style and sexuality and do not accurately display "Uptown" Jamaica. [10] Album cover art was the subject of a 2013 documentary film, The Cover Story: Album Art, by Eric Christensen, a San Francisco Bay Area record collector. [11]
There have been numerous books documenting album cover art, particularly rock and jazz album covers. [8] [9] [10] Steinweiss was an art director and graphic designer who brought custom artwork to record album covers and invented the first packaging for long-playing records. [7]
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A gatefold cover, when folded, is the same size as a standard LP cover (i.e., a 12½-inch [32.7-centimetre] square). The larger gatefold cover provided a means of including artwork, liner notes , and/or song lyrics, which would otherwise not have fit on a standard record cover.
This is a list of record-breaking historical expensive album covers or CD packaging. Elvis Presley (1956) – reportedly was the most expensive album cover ever up to that point. [75] Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) – the cover, costing £25,000, was reportedly the most expensive cover design up to this time.
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The album cover art is an 1830 painting by Eugène Delacroix titled Liberty Leading the People. On 10 April 2008, a new journal entry appeared on the band's website announcing the track list and release date, as well as hinting at new tracks to be issued before the album's release.
The album art of other musicians has been influenced by Blue Note's covers, including Elvis Costello's Almost Blue (1981), whose cover is an homage to Burrell's Midnight Blue (1963), Van Morrison's The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast (1998), which has a cover inspired by Blakey's Free for All (1965), and Aesop Rock's Float (2000), whose ...