On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:24:08 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>I especially miss the novelty LP album covers (like my original Led >>Zeppelin >>III cover with the picture wheel in it) and the double albums with >>suitable-for-hanging-in-your-dorm-room trippy artwork inside. It's >>a real >>shame: the death of the LP and the small size of CD and tape covers >>seem to >>have killed most of that whole art-concept aspect of albums. > > >I miss the cover of Monty Python's "Matching Tie and Handkerchief" >(if you've seen it, you know what I mean). Actually, I miss >"Matching Tie and Handkerchief." Well, I own the LP, but if you've >heard it only on CD, you've unfortunately completely missed the >joke, which is that is the world's first (and most likely only) >"three-sided" album - they cut two grooves into one side of the >vinyl LP, so the record player (what an archaic concept and word!) >played first one track and then the other - which is utterly >impossible to duplicate on CD. Sigh.
And the "Instant Record Collection" was great for filling out the incomplete shelf! Dean _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
