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Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra
Mercury
MG 50009 : 1952 (?) : USA
Illustrator
: Maas This striking image is printed in four separate colours plus gold,
on a sheet of paper which was then stuck onto a pre-prepared white card cover,
the standard production method for American album sleeves.
Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra
Mercury
MG 50009 : 1952 (?) : USA
Photographer
: unknown This and the edition above have almost identical backs, yet here
a posed photograph of the woman in a feathered turban replaces the illustration,
possibly as part of an updating and generic look being applied to the label's
releases.
Philadelphia
Orchestra
Philips
Favourites S04628L : 1956 : Holland
Photographer
: Paul Huf, model : Ann Pickford The Philips Favourites series was launched
in 1956, the first Dutch classical album sleeves to use colour photography. 52
albums were issued and all featured the same model. So well known did they become
that two in the series were issued without any titles on the front, Scheherazade
was one.
London
Symphony Orchestra
RCA
SB 2003: 1958 : UK
Photographer
: unknown Another specially commisssioned photograph, though neither the model
or photographer are credited - only the shop which supplied the jewelry! A striking
image, spoilt by the addition of the over large stereo banner (this was one of
the first stereo albums issued), the artwork originated in America.
London
Symphony Orchestra
RCA
VIC 1013: 1962 : UK
Photographer
: unknown A cheaper reissue of the same recording four years later printed
in black and white. It's hard to tell whether the photo was specially commissioned
or taken from a library image, but either way it reflects the budget nature of
the series.
L'Orchestre
de la Suisse Romande
Decca
LXT 5628 : 1961 : UK
Designer
: unknown Another low price release, a far cry from earlier albums in the
LXT series. As this is (one assumes) an older mono recording, they've added another
Russian piece to the album, so the cover tries to cover both works when the image
of the eyes alone would have been a better bet. The generic type is typical of
Decca albums of the early sixties.
Vienna
Symphony Orchestra
Contour
6870 578: 1972 : UK
Photographer
: unknown This release on one of Philips' low-price UK labels Contour (which
mixed classical and easy listening) has a commissioned photograph which, though
clear and sharp, lacks the style of the earlier images on this page. The recording
is recycled from 1958.
Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA
Red Seal RL 11182: 1976 : UK
Illustration
: Elisabeth Giros This rerelease of a 1969 recording takes us full circle
back to a well executed commissioned illustration which has hints of sixties psychedelia
as well as seventies Biba imagery.
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