Assorted Album Inspiration Part 2

Following up Part 1, here's more from the record archives.

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Quaint yet subtly unsettling illustrative style. 

 


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I like the typographic diagrams on this Blood, Sweat & Tears album. 

 


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(detail)

 


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(back)

 


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WOW! 

 


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Brief history of Frasconi, who is 90-years-old. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Frasconi

 


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Packaged like a briefcase, this Gleason album is straight out of another era.

 


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It opens up to reveal the LP plus a handy booklet...

 

 


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...made up of seductive drawings and tips for successful "listenin', dancin' and lovin'" ...

 

 


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...including wine recommendations.


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(back) Gleason sure loves his post scripts.


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Nice abstracted rainbow.


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A classic.


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Age of pre-Photoshop Innocence: I spent hours of my youth staring at this image, trying to figure out how her reflection could be holding a different pose.