A few years ago I found an old wooden box in a junk shop. It was a very old box originally made to transport bottles and I bought it for a bargain £2. It looked like it might just be the perfect thing for storing 7″ singles and once I got it home and tried it out, I realised I was right – the box was indeed perfect. Even better, the handles in the side of it designed to make carrying bottles easy also made carrying the 100 or so 7″ vinyl singles it stored very easy.
A couple of months… Read the rest
Categories: Apropos of Nowt
Tagged: Analog Apartment, Colorado Record Crates, Vinyl
- Published:
- September 18, 2009 – 7:29 am
- Author:
- By Craig
There once was a time when the 45rpm vinyl single was king and as a consequence record labels used to put a lot of effort into the artwork that adorned their generic, factory sleeves.
Record Envelope is a website that is attempting to bring them all together and stick ‘em online in the one place, allowing the likes of you and I to gawp at them.
It is, as their banner suggests, a little library of factory sleeves, which is a nice thing.
So, if you’ve got a sleeve that’s not in their growing and lovingly displayed online collection then I’m sure they’d love to hear from you.… Read the rest
Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Collaboration,Images
Tagged: 45rpm, 7", Record Envelopes, Vinyl
- Published:
- April 1, 2009 – 7:09 pm
- Author:
- By admin