1: I received my Alex Steinweiss 549 page book yesterday. It is brand new (15.49)
Posted by alaskahiatt on 2024-06-07, 15:54:13 (209.112.214.137)
in tight shrink wrap and only cost $25. Thank you for the suggestion. Steinweiss was really prolific and came up with so many creative ideas. I also learned that he was a graphic artist for commercial .......

2: Alex Steinweiss book (15.49)
Posted by rbolaw on 2016-01-09, 18:08:14 (74.105.210.187)
If any of you are fans of classic LP cover art, Kevin Reagan's book about Alex Steinweiss, recently released by Taschen, is a must. Not only is it chock full of beautifully reproduced album covers, mo .......

3: RE: Help needed to identify portrait of Isaac Stern (13.88)
Posted by Tao on 2012-04-15, 21:08:36 (173.213.240.136)
well...you say it has steinweiss's name on it....this a steinweiss from the year before .......

4: Alex Steinweiss gave birth to the "Dark Side of the Moon" album cover. (13.63)
Posted by alaskahiatt on 2024-05-25, 10:54:45 (209.112.223.16)
Saw this 78rpm record cover in Salvation Army yesterday and discovered it was another great album cover by the inventor of illustrated album covers, Alex Steinweiss. If you believe Wikipedia, album co .......

5: Steinweiss... (13.47)
Posted by musetap on 2009-10-27, 12:07:57 (66.253.70.71)
Still with us, he is. Stories to tell... There's a less expensive version of this book, but as a collector with a fondness for books this version is sooooooo cool. .......

6: RIP Alex Steinweiss (13.18)
Posted by musetap on 2011-07-20, 23:26:32 (71.141.241.105)
The man who invented the album cover as we know and love it. .......

7: Late to the show again, but great record history . . . (13.00)
Posted by alaskahiatt on 2018-07-04, 16:48:38 (63.140.88.196)
I picked up the box set below two days ago and noticed the artist's name on the cover. Research on this asylum and on the internet taught me some new and interesting record album history(see the AA li .......

8: Pretty much anything by Steinweiss or Miles (12.41)
Posted by kuma on 2020-12-11, 16:17:01 (98.227.250.178)
He was the main designer for Columbia. Reid Miles did many of Blue Note memorable cover designs. Just a random covers I like. I know this isn't the cover but nice packaging! .......

9: Doubt that is a Steinweiss... (12.39)
Posted by musetap on 2016-06-01, 21:01:45 (108.78.253.140)
He worked exclusively for Columbia in the time frame that set would have been released. Not sure if he ever did any covers for Victor or RCA. Maybe after the 12" LP era was in full swing? There are so .......

10: RE: yes, but (11.89)
Posted by michael22 on 2012-04-16, 06:01:41 (98.86.34.116)
His work has lots of detail, including some drawings, but never drawings of people, and certainly not in the style of the Stern portrait. Steinweiss was mainly a collagist, pulling together work do .......

11: Help needed to identify portrait of Isaac Stern (11.60)
Posted by michael22 on 2012-04-15, 18:36:32 (98.86.33.10)
The cover on Columbia ML 4363 (1950, blue label) is signed by Alex Steinweiss, but I don't think Steinweiss did the portrait of Isaac Stern, as he didn't do these kinds of realistic line drawings. .......

12: maybe this would help (11.43)
Posted by trav on 2016-06-02, 07:42:36 (97.127.2.6)
I haven't seen this book myself, but may be worth a look for you. .......

13: RE: Doubt that is a Steinweiss... (11.41)
Posted by rbolaw on 2016-06-02, 06:44:00 (100.1.8.70)
According to Kevin Reagan's beautifully illustrated and well-written book (I've mentioned it here), Steinweiss worked for Columbia, where he essentially invented the record album cover, from late 1939 .......

14: Album cover artist Steinweiss? (10.78)
Posted by M3 lover on 2016-06-01, 15:12:29 (108.216.110.56)
A bit of nostalgia: As a kid I remember my dad relaxing with "record sessions" some evenings. He'd put on a few records (initially 78s, later LPs) light his pipe, and settle back in his favorite ch .......

15: RE: Beethoven Piano Concerto NO.1... (10.01)
Posted by garrod on 2012-01-11, 07:48:21 (82.3.254.55)
Love that Steinweiss cover. .......

16: RE: RIP Alex Steinweiss (9.12)
Posted by tsasseen on 2011-07-21, 08:04:20 (75.5.251.81)
Now that is something I would love to be known for. What a talent. What a story. Thanks, Tom. .......

17: Anything by Alex Steinweiss... (9.03)
Posted by kuma on 2014-05-30, 21:21:59 (108.223.234.63)
All of them are gem but if i have to pick one, this is it. .......

18: Here's a great 78 box set that hopefully is in that collection you received. (8.86)
Posted by alaskahiatt on 2020-12-14, 16:21:00 (209.112.147.89)
The album cover is also by Steinweiss, the originator of the album cover as noted by kuma. .......

19: Climbing Mt. Everest (8.05)
Posted by rbolaw on 2014-04-17, 17:34:48 (98.109.132.78)
It isn't often you find an original purple-and-gold Everest in the dollar bins. This one has a great Steinweiss cover and superb performance and sound quality for two of Tchaikovsky's (imo) more minor .......

20: yes, but (7.76)
Posted by michael22 on 2012-04-15, 22:36:14 (98.65.197.121)
Steinweiss was a talented graphic designer and he had designed album covers from 1938. His line drawings, though - like the one you show - are rather cartoon like, and not really very sophisticated. A .......

21: Alex Steinweiss gave birth to the album cover... (7.42)
Posted by musetap on 2024-05-25, 12:25:32 (108.192.16.34)
well, period. From there it's mostly variation on themes by many extraordinary artists and visionaries, including them Hipgnosis hippies. I didn't know that about that particular cover, so thanks. Sa .......

22: Answer: (7.26)
Posted by ecl876 on 2016-03-04, 13:38:32 (72.35.141.110)
The world's first illustrated album cover- 1940. See link. .......

23: Early Columbia LP jackets (6.70)
Posted by michael22 on 2022-07-27, 17:34:22 (99.17.90.152)
The early Columbia "tombstone" LP jackets are quite common and familiar. The linen jackets, with the large LP logo and tipped-in art in the corners, are less common. Does anyone know anything about th .......

24: RE: Steinweiss... (6.53)
Posted by Marantzguy on 2009-10-27, 14:34:17 (128.48.9.89)
Hi, musetap! Wonderful recommendation! However, I do not think that I really need a signed, numbered copy right now. OTOH, I could replace the space now occupied by many of these 78 albums with one co .......

25: RE: Help needed to identify portrait of Isaac Stern (6.40)
Posted by rbolaw on 2012-04-16, 13:22:25 (68.199.57.230)
I agree with your various comments about Steinweiss in this thread -- a brilliant graphic designer/artist who usually used collages and/or abstract designs in his LP covers. As you say, the portrait o .......

26: Here's some Columbia jazz covers... (6.25)
Posted by musetap on 2022-07-26, 17:32:54 (108.192.16.34)
at the link. 10/12" LPs started in 1948, 78 sets predated them, Alex Steinweiss is credited with starting art covers (for Columbia, as Art Director) in 1938. Most of the better known record cover art .......

27: Re: Everest record sleeves (6.11)
Posted by jgbeam on 2002-09-29, 16:58:54 (152.163.188.5)
I have two dowel spine sleeves from Everest Records, both 1959 recordings with the album design attributed to Alex Steinweiss. The album title and number are printed on the spine, making these the eas .......

28: I prefer this rare set... (6.06)
Posted by PAR on 2015-03-07, 04:05:11 (80.176.73.121)
....78rpm LPs from 1947 no less :-) .......

29: It was the Lewissohn Stadium concerts orchestra (5.78)
Posted by michael22 on 2009-04-02, 06:29:42 (98.65.197.186)
put together by Stokowski and made up of some of New York's best musicians who were unemployed during the summer. Lewissohn Stadium was at City College in Manhattan, a giant outdoor sports stadium .......

30: More human & music than hardware-related... (5.49)
Posted by grailer on 2007-07-10, 05:36:22 (74.69.197.85)
But here are a few picks. Vinyl Junkies High Fidelity Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experien .......

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