Once upon a time, vinyl record album covers were a major form of artistic expression and inspiration. Countless artists adorned their discs with iconic images and innovative typography.
And while the album cover has long been in decline—first miniaturized with the coming of CDs, and now virtually obliterated in the age of digital music—all those great old covers haven’t disappeared. They’re somewhere in somebody’s basement or garage, waiting to be rediscovered.
If you’d like to check out some great old cover designs, but you don’t have the time or inclination to go rummaging through garage sales and used record shops, check out typophonic.com, a site devoted to great album cover typography from the 50s through the 80s.
You can also find great stuff from typophonic on Pinterest.
This article was last modified on July 28, 2021
This article was first published on July 31, 2013
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