CD Booklets / Album Art

my mate's hippy-ass dad has this. comes with the world's largest rolling paper:

  On 1/26/2010 at 12:08 AM, IRARI said:

  On 1/26/2010 at 12:04 AM, Superstix said:

I used to go to Amoeba and buy things based solely on the cover. It was expensive and only had about a 15% success rate but I couldn't help myself.

 

i bought richard d. james album based solely on the cover; it was my first rdj-related purchase

Awesome, it paid off for you! I was addicted to finding new music and I hadn't yet discovered file sharing yet. Would go to the electronic section and just load up my arm with CDs until I couldn't fit anymore / it was too heavy. Had a good job and still living with my parents. Probably should have just saved. If it weren't for IDM I might have a house by now!

I remember my first RDJ purchase... Streetlight Records in Santa Cruz, CA. Based on a recommendation from a new friend, hadn't even sampled it yet. After giving it a proper listen I immediately began purchasing anything I could find by him. Nerd.

  On 1/26/2010 at 12:12 AM, Capsaicin said:

Very nice, but those odd sizes make them a bitch to store.

  On 1/26/2010 at 12:20 AM, kaini said:

my mate's hippy-ass dad has this. comes with the world's largest rolling paper:

 

Incredible!!!!

tycho's coastal break is quite nice to look at.

the pre oder came with a 22"x15" print.

dandelion gum by black moth super rainbow has a bunch of different vinyl editions, which are all pretty awesome. most are colored vinyl with a scratch 'n sniff cover.

the eating us pre order came in a hairy slipcase with a one of a kind polaroid.

simple and effective

insert:

edit: oh and chiastic slide is fucking beautiful on vinyl but far too subtle to explain in a gif

  On 1/26/2010 at 12:54 AM, kaini said:

simple and effective

 

insert:

 

 

edit: oh and chiastic slide is fucking beautiful on vinyl but far too subtle to explain in a gif

ACE on all counts!

yeah pretty much any autechre vinyl has ridiculously awesome packaging.

  On 1/26/2010 at 12:04 AM, Superstix said:

I used to go to Amoeba and buy things based solely on the cover. It was expensive and only had about a 15% success rate but I couldn't help myself.

i used to do this a lot.. that's how i found out about nine inch nails, i just saw the downward spiral in the cd store one day and thought 'hey this looks interesting' and just bought it without hearing a note.

same with this album:

I/O - Calm

luckily most of the stuff i've bought based on packaging alone has been pretty great music too. except maybe some lemon jelly album or something, it's pleasant but i can't listen to that kind of music anymore without thinking of fatboy slim.

there's rumours the artwork on a forthcoming pselodux release is going to be awesome.

  On 1/26/2010 at 2:44 AM, kaini said:

there's rumours the artwork on a forthcoming pselodux release is going to be awesome.

lots of little cutouts in the sleeve and you can change the pictures in them with the wheel on the right-hand side

  On 1/26/2010 at 2:51 AM, yek said:

if you own a peelable copy of that, you're somewhat a bit rich

i wouldn't let any children under the age being scowly and hormonal and understanding what the VU mean in my house if i owned one.

gagaga *peel*.... *poor*

yeah i own a copy WITHOUT THE STICKER. great record, fun cover, warhol is crazy

this is the being a jandek fan of genres

anything by the hafler trio or soisong

Anything released on Touch. Jon Wozencroft is arguably the best landscape photographer out there.

kayo dot - choirs of the eye

hate the music but i like idris khan's work

cex 12" art dissing davey havok for nicking "CEX CELLS"

  On 1/26/2010 at 5:52 AM, taint said:

kayo dot - choirs of the eye

that's amazing.

my favorite artwork has to be Clark's "Turning Dragon"

a spot on representation of the album.

  On 1/26/2010 at 2:49 AM, kaini said:

lots of little cutouts in the sleeve and you can change the pictures in them with the wheel on the right-hand side

I remember amusing myself with my brother's copy for hours when I was a little kid. Thankfully I was kind to records even then and it survives to this day. I think the Japanese paper sleeve reissue of the CD reinstated the picture dial.

  On 1/25/2010 at 11:40 PM, kaini said:

I've never been a fan, but that's probably one of the best CD design ideas ever. Fucking beautiful. I'd die before ever opening the CDs though.