Definition - An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album.
History - The first album covers were printed in either brown paper or cardboard sleeves, they would be printed plane or sometimes with the bands name on the front. At first the covers didn't contain images due to the style of the print and the material, further on they became plastic with selected images and names on the front. In 1938 Columbia records hired Alex Steinweiss as the first art director for album covers, Alex started to create album covers for bands that had replaces the blank empty old covers.
Features - Alex's first album covers were 10" and 12" in size, an example of the covers and size is in the image above. From the 1950's to the 1980's album covers became major formats for the distribution and production of popular music.
The most iconic album covers
The most iconic album covers
In the pictures above is the most popular album covers that have ever been created, the album covers shown are also linked to the most popular artists of all time. Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson and the The Beatles. Each one has other successful album covers.
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