![]() ![]() Surprising highlights in the exhibition include The Beatles who are the only music artist to feature twice. This marks the beginning of a visual journey which pays homage to classic album covers including the likes of Miles Davis ‘Bitches Brew’, Nick Drake ‘Pink Moon’, Grace Jones ‘Night Clubbing’ to more recent artistic designs including The Strokes ‘Is This It’ to Run the Jewels ‘Run the Jewels 3’. In this case, it is for one of the very first LP releases of music by Beethoven. The exhibition begins with work from 1949 with a design by Alex Steinweiss who is regarded as the world’s first sleeve designer. These contribute to the last 13 winners of the Best Art Vinyl Awards which has been running since 2005 and the result, in many ways, is a definitive retrospective of UK popular culture one 12 inch at a time. ![]() In association with the Best Art Vinyl Awards, an expert panel of judges were enlisted to select the best album artwork to represent each year from 1949 – 2004. It shines a light on the most iconic album designs in popular culture and explores the fascinating history behind some of the most renowned designs of our time. Spanning 7 decades of popular art, music and design, the exhibition marks the cultural milestone of the 70 th anniversary of the album format. The public exhibition has been launched at London’s Waterloo Station before it will be travelling to Manchester Piccadilly and Glasgow Central Station. An exhibition commemorating 70 years of iconic album artwork has been launched today (8 th October 2018), as part of the UK’s first National Album Day celebrations. ![]()
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