#SleeveArt

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"THE SYMBOLISM CAME FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION..."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the original “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” BLACK SABBATH sleeve art illustrations by Drew Struzan. Color pencil & acrylic on board, 30"x40," c. 1973.

"My concept for this album was based on two color illustrations that were given to me on my confirmation day in 1955, that I still have to this day. They are from the 1700’s and depict an evil man and a good man both at the split second of their death. When I showed them to Drew and explained the idea -- well, these pieces speak for themselves."

-- ERNIE CEFALU (Creative Director)

"I created the album art for “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” in 1973. The theme was a good man dying and a bad man dying. Yes, I’m the guy in both versions. The symbolism came from the Book of Revelation. The 666 scared parents around the world!"

-- DREW STRUZAN (American artist/illustrator/painter)

Sources: www.originalalbumcoverart.com/struzan/sabbath-bloody-sabbath.php & X (formerly known as Twitter).

[kult-of-tol-in-gaurhoth]

TONY ALVA -- IMMORTALISED BY THE FU (AND VICE VERSA): STAY HEAVY!!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on front cover of "The Action is Go" (Mammoth Records, 1997), the fourth album by American stoner rock band FU MANCHU, featuring a photo of Z-boy Tony Alva poolriding the Dog Bowl, 1525 San Vicente Blvd, Santa Monica, CA. 📸: Glen E. Friedman

Source: http://beachpartyattitude.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-action-is-go.html.

[artofthesleeve]

“Loveless,” a studio album and sleeve concept by My Bloody Valentine

Sleeve front cover photography by Angus Cameron

Creation Records

⚜️ ARTWORK

Album artwork is one of the primary ways that musicians and visual artists are able to collaborate, and many iconic album covers are simultaneously iconic pieces of pop art. [2]

The “Loveless” album cover is a fine example of perfectly synchronized simplicity. The cover artwork is a photograph of a guitar taken by Angus Cameron, heavily distorted and obscured with the band’s name barely visible in the bottom left corner. It may seem unremarkable at first glance, but upon hearing the music it comes together in perfect harmony as a completed piece. [2]

The album is widely regarded as one of the best albums of the 1990’s for its groundbreaking guitar work, meticulous orchestration, and for generally laying the foundation of the shoegaze genre. [2]

Creation Records released “Loveless” on November 4, 1991. Pictured is the UK vinyl sleeve and label artwork.

Vic Tory

Art of the Sleeve

⚜️ SOURCE(S)

[1] “Loveless (Album).” Wikipedia, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveless_(album). Accessed 18 April 2021.

[2] “Sound and Vision: My Bloody Valentine's ‘Loveless,’ Cover Photography by Angus Cameron.” Juxtapoz, 23 July 2018, https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/music/sound-and-vision-my-bloody-valentine-s-loveless-cover-photography-by-angus-cameron/. Accessed 18 April 2021.

[skeletonstaff]

This soldier is heavily medicated for your protection. 😆 “Couldn’t Hear Me Through The Crowd” from Psychomorphism. #skeletonstaff #comicartists #penandinkart #cartoonband #comic #virtualband #artistsoninsta #animation #stantonmarriott #psychomorphism #sleeveart (at Sydney, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAkpWJmgyv_/?igshid=mxnwmiooynf

[thegodbeast-mushi]

#austinbooksandcomics #thriftstorefinds #vintagelps #thriftstore #vintagevinyl #vintagelp #sleeveart #recordsleeve #recordsleeveart #recordsleevedesign #thriftstorefinds #thriftstore #ppe #covid19 #masks #covidmask (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB0nEB8gOyS/?igshid=gz19bt7smsr5

[power-stones]

New art for Bokeh’s new release- Sea Urchin - Tehbat Tahtib is food for your mystical post-exotica musical landscape - hand drums played by computers fall with a squelch into the swamp, horses neigh at dub bassists, there’s water everywhere full of urchins and tarot cards and just when you think you need to breathe this record breathes for you. Preorder now on @bokehversions Bandcamp page. #tahtib #record #recordsleeve #vinyl #dub #stickfighing #italian #arabic #heiroglyphics #sleeveart https://www.instagram.com/p/BxKXOXCltpB/?igshid=pfp4jgd76x9k

[soopsworld]

Sometimes you just need an all purpose, all-the-classics disco (slash funk for the pedants out there) playlist to shake your tits at through a Friday afternoon, however edgy you think you are - AM I RIGHT? Sylvester, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Earth, Wind & Fire, Thelma Houston... sorted. Shimmy away until hometime, Loves...

Spotify and Tumblr appear to have fallen out as my playlists are weirdly refusing to embed on here  so just click HERE until they pull their finger out...

[gkmach1ne]

Prints selling fast. "Lost Transmissions" landscape sold out but these four still in stock. Link in bio #prints #recordsleeveart #sleeveart #invisibleincrecordings https://www.instagram.com/p/CAgNimCFoL2/?igshid=1u06bf3ktjmqo

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

KIDCORE MEETS A HEAVY METAL/SLEEVE ART CLASSIC -- UP THE IRONS, KIDS!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a LEGO® brick recreation of "The Trooper" 7 inch single sleeve art by English heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN, released as the second single on 20 June 1983 from the band's fourth studio album, "Piece of Mind" (1983).

Original artwork by Derek Riggs, LEGO® homage/recreation by "Nouvilas."

Sources: www.flickr.com/photos/lokosuperfluolegoman/4566118286/in/photostream (Flickr 2x) & Wikipedia.

[detund]

DU™️ #Repost @we.hate.music ・・・ Dtroy - Terra Incognita (2018) Label: Detroit Underground Artwork: Stig Fostervold . . . #albumart #albumcover #albumdesign #art #artwork #coverdesign #design #graphicdesign #graphics #musicartwork #recordsleeve #recordsleeveart #recordsleevedesign #sleeveart #sleeveartwork #illustration #3D #3Dillustration #cinema4d #C4D #photoshop #digitalart #electro #electronicmusic #experimentaltechno #techno #detroitunderground @detroitunderground @stigfostervold @dtroysound https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Ps6zdl7ND/?igshid=1s79m8n6w1d28

[artofthesleeve]

“Heaven or Las Vegas,” a studio album by Cocteau Twins

Sleeve artwork by Paul West

@paul_west

Photography by Andy Rumball

@andyrumball

4AD Records

@4ad

@beggarsgroup

⚜️ ARTWORK

4AD released “Heaven or Las Vegas” on September 17, 1990. Pictured is the UK CD artwork photographed by Andy Rumball and designed by Paul West. [1]

For the album’s front cover art, the band desired a visual representation that would "(capture) the ethereal,” according to guitarist Robin Guthrie. [1]

West, of the design studio Form, previously worked with Cocteau Twins on the cover for “Blue Bell Knoll.” West recruited Rumball, and the pair experimented with various materials in order to generate a "textural and otherworldly" effect. The final artwork is a long exposure of Christmas tree lights that were flicked against a color backdrop, with its typography produced by hand on an acetate overlay. Much of the original artwork was later destroyed in a flood. [1]

Vic Tory

Art of the Sleeve

⚜️ SOURCE

[1] “Heaven or Las Vegas.” Wikipedia, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_or_Las_Vegas. Accessed 24 April 2021.

[skeletonstaff]

Young me: “Mum, when I grow up I want to be a musician” Mother: “Well honey, you know you can’t do BOTH”. 😆 Some early ‘Staff arts for songs and stuff... #skeletonstaff #comicartists #penandinkart #cartoonband #comic #virtualband #artistsoninsta #animation #stantonmarriott #musicartwork #sleeveart #sleeveartwork (at Sydney, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B13s1NQgZtz/?igshid=ieqtc1jtt6e5

[thegodbeast-mushi]

Spinning some orchestra/jazz vinyl I scored 2day... 🎼🎷🎻🎺🥁🎹 🎶 🎵 Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, The Sons of Sauter Finegan, and Bix & Tram!!! All Jim Flora/James Flora sleeve art!!! 💪😎 Huge THANX 2 @deejaydeepgroove / @glyos_guy 4 hookin’ me up at his #wreckastow @brothersmusickc !!! 🙌😎 #jimflora #jimfloraart #jamesflora #sleeveart #recordsleeve #recordsleeveart #vinylsleeve #vinylsleeveart #edsauter #billfinegan #sauterfineganorchestra #concertjazz #rcavictor #rcavictorrecords #bixbeiderbecke #frankietrumbauer #frankietrumbauerorchestra #columbiarecords #vintagevinyl #vintagevinylrecords #vintagejazz #vintageorchestra #spinninrecords #spinninrecord #spinningvinyl #spinningrecords #godbeast #thegodbeast (at Brothers Music KC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBT0GVfgz8x/?igshid=jk9zj0clopvj

[power-stones]

New art for Bokeh’s new release- Sea Urchin - Tehbat Tahtib is food for your mystical post-exotica musical landscape - hand drums played by computers fall with a squelch into the swamp, horses neigh at dub bassists, there’s water everywhere full of urchins and tarot cards and just when you think you need to breathe this record breathes for you. Preorder now on @bokehversions Bandcamp page. #tahtib #record #recordsleeve #vinyl #dub #stickfighing #italian #arabic #heiroglyphics #sleeveart https://www.instagram.com/p/BxKXOXCltpB/?igshid=pfp4jgd76x9k

[okanaganbabes]

Happy New Year!! 🥂🍾. All the best too everyone in 2021! Featuring: 👩@jadedbarbiexo Double tap if you like her! Comment if you want to see her featured again! We only feature real photos sent by real women in beautiful British Columbia's Okanagan Valley! DM us your photos if you'd like to be featured! We also help support local Okanagan businesses! Contact us if you would like to affiliate. . . . #happynewyear #2021 #newyear #lookingbackon2020 #lookingaheadto2021 #newyearnewme #newyearnewyou #girlswithtattoos #happy2021 #goodbye2020 #freakyfriday #friyay  #fridayfeels #fridayvibes #boots #tattoo #tattedgirls #tattedgirls #sleeveart #tats #sleevetattoos #tatsongirls #tatsandtits #babeoftheday #gorgeouswomen #babeswithtats #tattooedgirls #tattooed #jadedbarbiexo #locals (at Okanagan Valley - Beautiful British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJhMFbRhGIR/?igshid=1on2am8uu2dwt

[eildotcom]

The complete work of legendary design collective Hipgnosis collected in new book

The complete work of legendary design collective Hipgnosis collected in new book

The collective behind iconic sleeves from Pink Floyd to Throbbing Gristle. Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art is a new book collecting all 373 record covers by designers Hipgnosis in one place for the first time. Read next: 25 essential books for record collectors Founded in 1967, the collective was responsible for a major shift in the aesthetics of album artwork. Moving away from group shots initially…