Record Labels with Consistently Good Visual Design

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I second Gravity!! Totally

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 00:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

Consistently bad visual design: Cleopatra.

Satan's bowel movements look more appealing.

Besides the usual suspects (yes yes 4AD rules all etc.), I like Projekt's 4AD-meets-new-age wash, but I would.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 00:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hydrahead, even if things get a little too overly-photoshopped sometimes.

― original bgm, Wednesday, 2 April 2003 01:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

impulse was the first that sprung to mind

― robin (robin), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 01:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Many Folkways LPs were gorgeous, thanks to designer Ronald Clyne. I'm trying to do a bit of research on this as I admire his design very much. Unfortunately there aren't too many examples on my web for me to paste into this thread.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 01:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

poptones and él

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 01:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

Another great-looking label (including their website): Traum

And a nomination for "worst": the old Nonesuch modern classical recordings -- usually some unappealing ink drawing on the front in some unpleasant color scheme, plus the same image, smaller, INVERTED on the back, which always seemed to result in an even worse color scheme.

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 02:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

Examples:

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/schoenberg/as_disco/images-n/nones251.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000005IVL.01._PE_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

(but the really bad-looking stuff is on old vinyl that never got a CD release and there's not a lot of pictures of it on the web)

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 03:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

I like Thirsty Ear's Blue Series covers a lot. Hefty is pretty good, and Hospital used to do the crazy packaging thing (wrapping cd's in vegetation and fake grass, etc.).

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 03:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

I actually thought of this question b/c I love Dischord's print ads. One photo placed next to the new catalog items. Those photos always invite a longer look, you know? I've never seen an album cover from the label though.

You never seen a Dischord album cover, Mark?!

― OCP (OCP), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 04:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

sympathy for the record industry (when mark ryden does em)
a bit cheating (not record labels) but....
peter saville (factory, suede, pulp)
mark farrow (ladies & gentlemen..., pet shop boys, anything white)
intro (xtrmntr)
me company (bjork)

― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 05:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

seconded heartily: Rune Gr. and Winter&Winter

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 09:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

Definitely not Poptones

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 09:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

You never seen a Dischord album cover, Mark?!

Well, I borrowed The Argument from somebody once, but I can't remember the cover. Other than that, no, at least not one I've examined closely.

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 11:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

two years pass...

wagon repair

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Sunday, 19 June 2005 14:42 (eighteen years ago) link

those are nice!! the matthew johnson ones in particular

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 19 June 2005 14:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Malicious Damage

ihttp://www.maliciousdamage.biz/graphics/main-artwork.jpg ihttp://www.maliciousdamage.biz/graphics/main-killingjoke.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 19 June 2005 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link

GROB

http://www.churchofgrob.com/Churchofgrob/CATALOG/Grob650/so36.jpg
http://www.churchofgrob.com/Churchofgrob/CATALOG/Grob657/marx_657.jpg
http://www.churchofgrob.com/Churchofgrob/CATALOG/Grob319/grob319.gif
http://www.churchofgrob.com/Churchofgrob/CATALOG/GROB205/CHADLEHN.JPG

― Jena (JenaP), Sunday, 19 June 2005 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link

creme organization

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Sunday, 19 June 2005 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Raster Noton

― 3underscore (___), Sunday, 19 June 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link

fourteen years pass...

Strictly Kev (of DJ Food and Openmind design) interviewing Andy Vella about his work for Fiction Records' dance sub-label Desire

http://www.djfood.org/andy-vella-design-interview/

― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Monday, 17 February 2020 09:14 (four years ago) link

Heavenly
Marina
Erased Tapes

― henry s, Monday, 17 February 2020 11:36 (four years ago) link

Clay Pipe
On the Corner
Mississippi Records

― by the light of the burning Citroën, Monday, 17 February 2020 13:59 (four years ago) link

Sacred Bones

― vmajestic, Monday, 17 February 2020 14:10 (four years ago) link

^ hell yeah
https://www.villagevoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sacred-bones-album-collage.jpg

― enochroot, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link

Sacred Bones's logo and design make me want to own all their stuff regardless of whether I have any idea what it sounds like

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link

same w/ Ghost Box:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Heyletlooseyourlove.jpg

― henry s, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link

Weird, Sacred Bones doesn't do it for me at all, but I get that gotta catch'm all vibe from Music From Memory so I know what you mean.

― Evan, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link

PAN https://p-a-n.org/shop/

― adam, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link

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