Here at Nylvi we’re now seriously considering starting to collect stamps. The reason?

Enjoy some truly weird album covers from 1970’s Soviet.

You can find more 70’s Soviet album art over at English Russian

One of the things that set vinyl apart from other formats is the packaging and the elaborate cover art it allows. And when it comes to cover art, few can compare to Hipgnosis, who more or less singlehandedly created a new visual language for cover art in the 1960’s and 70’s. Here are 15 of [...]

Designer Joe Buckingham aka Joe Buck has begun an ongoing series of album cover reinterpretations entitled ReVisions.
First out is his reinterpretation of Q-Tip’s “The Renaissance” album cover. The original cover looked pretty good, but with additional turntables and speakers, we have to give the first round to Joe Buck.
You find more information about the project [...]

Know for their inventive takes on the themes or titles of any given album, Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, the founders of Hipgnosis, created a new visual language for album cover art in the 60s and 70s. With Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin’s House of the Holy, T. Rex’s Electric Warrior [...]