{"id":10065,"date":"2023-09-28T20:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T19:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10065"},"modified":"2023-10-23T09:38:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T08:38:45","slug":"art-music-steinweiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10065","title":{"rendered":"ART &amp; MUSIC: Steinweiss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below I\u2019m sharing a gallery of just some of the fabulous album covers by Alex Steinweiss, inventor of the album cover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a guy! He created a whole new world of expression that has subsequently gone on to become a huge part of the fabric of musical life and culture, of the last 80 odd years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"10056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1773-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10056\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1773-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1773-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1773-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1773-1.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"10044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1775-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10044\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1775-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1775-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1775-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1775-1.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"10045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1777-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10045\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1777-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1777-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1777-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1777-1.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"10059\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1779-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10059\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1779-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1779-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1779-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1779-1.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"10049\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1781-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10049\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1781-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1781-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1781-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1781-1.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"10061\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1786-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10061\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1786-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1786-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1786-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1786-1.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"10051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1787-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10051\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1787-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1787-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1787-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1787-1.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"10047\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1789-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10047\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1789-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1789-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1789-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1789-1.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the above images come from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexsteinweiss.com\/as_index.html\">here<\/a>, where you can find yet more. That website was, I believe, created around a show staged quite some time ago (poss around 2008?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a book &#8211; Taschen, perhaps? &#8211; with loads of Steinweiss\u2019 work. Not just album covers. It\u2019s a real treasure trove. But the book is rather small (15 x 20 cm, or thereabouts). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently searched for the larger version of the same book. But the cost is beyond my means. Then I looked for a postcard set. There ain\u2019t one! Massive gap in market\/sales opportunity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"775\" height=\"581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1791-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10062\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1791-1.jpg 775w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1791-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1791-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"775\" height=\"581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1792-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10063\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1792-1.jpg 775w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1792-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1792-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"775\" height=\"581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1793-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10064\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1793-1.jpg 775w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1793-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_1793-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I did find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.underconsideration.com\/fpo\/archives\/2015\/04\/alex-steinweiss-legacy-collection.php\">this very tantalising website<\/a> (see also three above images). But whilst they seem to have done exactly what I want to find &#8211; printed quality facsimiles of a bunch (50?) of Steinweiss album covers &#8211; it doesn\u2019t seem to have been a commercially public project. I\u2019ve emailed them, to see if one can buy their prints\u2026 I await a reply!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below I\u2019m sharing a gallery of just some of the fabulous album covers by Alex Steinweiss, inventor of the album cover. What a guy! He created a whole new world of expression that has subsequently gone on to become a huge part of the fabric of musical life and culture, of the last 80 odd &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10065\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ART &amp; MUSIC: Steinweiss&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-2Cl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10065"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10091,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10065\/revisions\/10091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}