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Rock art... R.I.P? - Features, Music - The Independent
Largehearted Boy found this 8/17/2008 on www.independent.co.uk (flag)
Sir Peter Blake, who designed the sleeve for the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, said: Sir Peter Blake, who designed the sleeve for the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, said: "It [album art] survived from the LP to the CD, but... if that becomes obsolete then I guess album art won't exist. I think it would be a big loss" (link)

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Published 8/17/2008 by david (boy@largeheartedboy.com) at Largehearted Boy
... The Independent ponders if album art can survive the iPod age. Paste lists the 8 best free music applications for the iPhone. The Arizona Republic lists ten essential Tom Petty albums. The Atlas ...

Is album art dying?
Published 8/18/2008 at Prefix
... things have gotten better, not worse. One note I will make is that the decline of artwork has decreased the priority on recognizing musicians' faces. I'll never forget when I attended an Evens concert two years ago and Steve Albini and Mike Watt went largely unnoticed in the crowd. No doubt most of the audience knew who they were by name, but many fewer actually recognized them by face. That's more depressing than not recognizing a naked women prepared like a turkey . [ The Independent (U.K.)]

Midday Update
Published 8/18/2008 at Pollstar
... Related: Are we witnessing the death of album art? - The Independent It only took 10 minutes online to sell every ticket for Australia's ...

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