tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post6279361620399757398..comments2024-01-30T02:12:25.330-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Calendar GirlEddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-4508376184514334362007-03-25T03:31:00.000-05:002007-03-25T03:31:00.000-05:00And on "McCallum", Cry Me A River was sung, I beli...And on "McCallum", Cry Me A River was sung, I believe by Mari Wilson... who of course lists Julie London as one of her major musical influences.<BR/><BR/>mister (I may not know much, but I know tv) J.mrjslackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048047834830153356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-15563228415251722232007-03-22T23:30:00.000-05:002007-03-22T23:30:00.000-05:00And colored wax?And picture discs?And double/tripl...<I>And colored wax?<BR/><BR/>And picture discs?<BR/><BR/>And double/triple fold-out albums?</I><BR/><BR/>You can still have these novel features if you actually - let's say - "go into a shop" and "purchase" a new release on vinyl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-20758758988456772512007-03-21T22:58:00.000-05:002007-03-21T22:58:00.000-05:00The Moon & Serpent CDs were okay to do as it was f...The Moon & Serpent CDs were okay to do as it was for Steve Severin's label and him being a musician from the days of vinyl (ex-Siouxsie & the Banshees) he was amenable to suggestions. He'd also already done long fold-out inserts for his own CDs, something we did with Angel Passage.<BR/><BR/>I'm a big connoisseur of the gimmicky album sleeve of the seventies, even written a couple of posts about them. Barney Bubbles sleeves for Hawkwind were classics, of course, then there's things like the real zipper for Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones, the windows in the brownstone building for Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin (and the moving wheel and die-cut holes on Led Zep III), the anamorphic sleeve for No Earthly Connection by Rick Wakeman that had to be viewed with a rolled tube of reflective paper that came with the album... And so on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-75842000014352620302007-03-21T22:13:00.000-05:002007-03-21T22:13:00.000-05:00What I miss most about LPs are the wonderful graph...What I miss most about LPs are the wonderful graphics. That's been a great loss. And the neat shit one sometimes used to find within the album sleeves. Sometimes posters. Sometimes songbooks. Sometimes booklets full of photos and histories and behind-the-scenes trivia.<BR/><BR/>And who can forget the Alice Cooper album that came dressed in a pair of panties?<BR/><BR/>And colored wax?<BR/><BR/>And picture discs?<BR/><BR/>And double/triple fold-out albums?<BR/><BR/>Crap. Now I'm bummed out.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-78820835581978448652007-03-21T21:40:00.000-05:002007-03-21T21:40:00.000-05:00Johnre the design space in cdsYou suceeded in maki...John<BR/><BR/>re the design space in cds<BR/><BR/>You suceeded in making a lot of extra space for yourself in the Alan Moore cd s, particularly Snakes and ladders. Where you offered it or did you have to fight for it?<BR/>readers, see<BR/>http://bp1.blogger.com/_PeV5Fgv9e7A/RYRiAwSMN4I/AAAAAAAAANE/AOEyw1h0oJ4/s1600-h/snake.jpg<BR/><BR/>Though on reflection, isn't it criminal to have something like that folded up six ways and put away like a pound note in a purse.<BR/><BR/>EddieEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-89173284984400022812007-03-21T20:55:00.000-05:002007-03-21T20:55:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments. the Bacchus is Banged UP,...Thanks for the comments. the Bacchus is Banged UP, the last in the series. There is a link in my post above to the Topshelf page.<BR/><BR/>And as for Julie, I got all full of longing after writing the post and went up to my local music shop and found a couple of her albums I don't already have. I've got eleven altogether, but on cd. <BR/>lovely lady. passed away not so long ago in 2000, just after I rediscovered my affection for her music. Aint it always the way.<BR/><BR/>Dammit, i wish i had that Lp sleeve back.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-51136535567584116922007-03-21T17:47:00.000-05:002007-03-21T17:47:00.000-05:00I remember that story, back in the days when I fai...I remember that story, back in the days when I faithfully bought the Bacchus comic every month.<BR/><BR/>Julie London was the subject of a BBC4 documentary recently, which lead me to get her debut album, which is as lovely as you describe it as.<BR/><BR/>There's something really interesting about that whole late fifties cultural period, just before youth culture permanently conquered the world, a sort of sophistication that has been lost ever since.Martin Wissehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612094541576041276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-11407797429597765882007-03-21T16:59:00.000-05:002007-03-21T16:59:00.000-05:00Great cover, nice typeface too (Bernhard Modern, i...Great cover, nice typeface too (Bernhard Modern, if ya must know...).<BR/><BR/>12" vinyl is still produced, albeit in limited quantities. And there's a very healthy collectors' market for vinyl now. Those big record sleeves may have been a technological accident--we might well have ended up listening to some kind of cylinder system, pre-CD--but their large surface area was a gift for designers. <BR/><BR/>I started out doing record sleeves; CD packages make a very poor substitute. (I'm designing one at the moment, as it happens.) Not only for the cramped size but CD plants don't always print things very well. CDs are also wasteful from an environmental point of view, less easy to recycle. All those "jewel cases" are cluttering up the world with even more useless plastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-49798723589302512452007-03-21T16:39:00.000-05:002007-03-21T16:39:00.000-05:00Ooo. Nice cheesecake!I don't have that Bacchus. Wi...Ooo. Nice cheesecake!<BR/><BR/>I don't have that Bacchus. Will have to locate a copy. What collection is it in?James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-45538684672596382762007-03-21T07:19:00.000-05:002007-03-21T07:19:00.000-05:00And every episode of McCallum, though not the Juli...And every episode of McCallum, though not the Julie London version.<BR/><BR/>This point is kind of moot but I couldn't have Mr White out-trivia me.Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-73051973999447094462007-03-21T06:56:00.000-05:002007-03-21T06:56:00.000-05:00"Cry me a river" was also the opening theme on an ..."Cry me a river" was also the opening theme on an episode of Cracker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-81283502079806801592007-03-21T04:22:00.000-05:002007-03-21T04:22:00.000-05:00Andrew Preview!Andrew Preview!Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-61161839914541386492007-03-21T00:50:00.000-05:002007-03-21T00:50:00.000-05:00Julie London also sang "Cry Me A River" (and appea...Julie London also sang "Cry Me A River" (and appeared) in the 1956 Jayne Mansfield/Tom Ewell movie "The Girl Can't Help It"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com