Hand painted record sleeves

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What ones have you got?

Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Monday, 27 July 2009 08:38 (fifteen years ago) link

I've got two, both disappointingly ugly as fuck (Art Phag and TVBC). What are some famous/nice examples of this sort of thing?

Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Monday, 27 July 2009 08:41 (fifteen years ago) link

There was a Wedding present single, "Brassneck" I think, that was hand painted/numbered.

And a "Too Pure" compilation.

Oh, and if you have that sandpaper sleeve version of "Return of the Durutti Column", you have a piece of artwork made by Ian Curtis.

Mark G, Monday, 27 July 2009 10:29 (fifteen years ago) link

I have a good copy of my band's first 7" - the quality of sleeves varied wildly, as we did 500 completely individual sleeves for the whole run. Some of them were terrible, some of them were great.

Prolapse's Pointless Walks to Dismal Places, hand-painted and messy.

The Sorted Records comp Suction Prints is not hand-painted in my edition but wallpapered (but some copies were painted).

I'm pretty sure the Novak single Rapunzel had individual bits of the cover coloured in for each single.

Hmmmm, there must be loads more.

emil.y, Monday, 27 July 2009 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link

I have a gorgeous Mirror album with a Christoph Heeman painting as the cover.

Used to have that Nurse With Wound/Aranos CD that came with a big chunk of painted wood (from a larger painting that was cut up into pieces).

My Zoviet France "Gris" 10" has a little spraypaint swirl on the roofing shingle cover.

sleeve, Monday, 27 July 2009 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link

Animal Collective's Hollindagin, which I helped decorate.

mizzell, Monday, 27 July 2009 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link

I have a good copy of my band's first 7" - the quality of sleeves varied wildly, as we did 500 completely individual sleeves for the whole run. Some of them were terrible, some of them were great.

haha i have this 7"

hmm i have a couple of earworm records lps that have been hand/spray painted. i'm sure there are probably others but i can't remember them off hand

more posts that will never be released (electricsound), Monday, 27 July 2009 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link

Prolapse's Pointless Walks to Dismal Places, hand-painted and messy.

I have this one as well. One just sold on Ebay for £21.

someone who is ranked fairly highly in an army of poo (Colonel Poo), Monday, 27 July 2009 16:10 (fifteen years ago) link

I have a hand painted 7" by Hood, 'The Weight', which holds a very special place in my heart for lots of reasons - all 500 or so singles looked entirely different. The cover still lay bare on top of the record player, when someday, after taking a bath upstairs I had to learn the hard way there was a leak in the ceiling... ;_; (never even realised my bath was exactly above my record player downstairs, let this be a lesson!)
The paint has smeared out all over the cover. I'm looking for a new copy on eBay and the likes, but it can't ever really be replaced.

My Boy Dirt Car/F/i split is hand-painted with RRRon's blood.

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 10:02 (fifteen years ago) link

Always wanted one of these http://www.fakejazz.com/images/covers/2001/noneckbluesband.jpg

ogmor, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link

those are great until the flimsy paper band around the outside falls apart.

i have a noggin 12" that says

NOG
GIN

in paint on the front. and some stuff on american tapes that ranges from pretty cool looking (sloth nest) to kindergarteny.

MORBID RANGEL (D-NY) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 11:37 (fifteen years ago) link

Some homosexuals/L Voag stuff

dan selzer, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link

I have couple of hand-sprayed Biff Bang Pow! things - "Fifty Years of Fun" 7" and "The Acid House Album"; I'm sure I have at least on Stereolab handpainted 7" also, but goodness knows I can't remember which one(s). Shameful.

Tim, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link


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