A conversation with designer and illustrator Lewis Heriz, the man behind Soundway Records, Strut, Now-Again and Sofrito's artwork.
Black Sabbath Paranoid 45” single cover art. Ozzy 1975.
The beginning During the 1950s and 1960s modern jazz became a widely recognized part of American culture. As a musical form, it was radically changed in the 1940s by the bebop experiments of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and other musicians who were playing at clubs in New York. By the 1950s, their music began to reach a wider audience through recordings, which introduced many other musicians to the new style. Columbia was the first record label to introduce album covers,
Model Pat Evans on the cover of the 1972 Ohio Players album, ‘Pain.’ Photograph by the late Joel Brodsky. Though it appears at this point we are all collectively reviewing a daily damage report of sorts when it comes to the news, I have more for you to digest today. Though I’m not comparing the heartbreaking losses in the music community in 2016 to the ones we’ve had thus far in this still young year, I have to tell you 2017 hasn’t been all that kind when it comes to the departure of more of our heroes to the great beyond. Case in point is that late last month we lost Walter “Junie” Morrison. The almighty “Funky Worm,” Morrison was an instrumental part of the success of the Ohio Players and long-time Funkadelic, Parliament, P-Funk All-Stars, and George Clinton collaborator. He was only 62. If it came down to living out the rest of my days listening to music only produced during the 1970s, it would be a sweet, finger-licking piece of cake. Growing up in Boston my folks had a record player and a nice stash of records that they kept in a built-in cabinet in the wall. I would...
Tumblr Blog
La National Public Radio, l'organizzazione indipendente che comprende oltre 900 stazioni radio statunitensi, ha selezionato 50 ascoltatrici chiedendo loro …
Explore ondiraiduveau's 47583 photos on Flickr!
1941.
Presented By Levi's Our friends at Levi’s® asked us to pull together our 20 favorite album covers featuring blue jeans, jean jackets and all things denim. We found some ...
20th Century Things that Please, Amuse, or Intrigue Me
Born in 1960, Impulse! Records changed the face of jazz music for ever. And when it came to the design of their record sleeves it was the faces behind the music that were given centre stage too. Started by Creed Taylor in 1960 as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount, Impulse! Records defined jazz in the ’60s […]
Explore Bart&Co.'s 18374 photos on Flickr!
One of the most sensual singles in chart history, ‘Let’s Get It On’ by Marvin Gaye, became an American No.1 on September 8, 1973.
Maybe they were deluded by their own sense of grandeur or misguided by overly supportive parents, but one thing is for certain these are easily 75 of the worst
