Vinyl Packaging

Vinyl has existed as a format for many years, emerging in a form that resembles the current product today, during the 1890's. 

The image below shows an example of a typical vinyl record.

http://d3vgj9bg0vqpu3.cloudfront.net/albums/hires/VR494-LP-SLBKVN.jpg < image reference at this link.

Early records were made using several different materials including the use of hard rubber. However from the year of 1897 onward, a new formula was mixed to produce a better quality record.

This mixture included the use of a material called shellac. Shellac is a substance that is obtained from the excretions of an asian beetle. The shellac formula consists of 25% shellac, and the rest being cotton compounds, powdered slate, and a wax lubricant, a better record could be made, with a better sound quality.

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Some of the downsides of shellac records, was that the shellac was far more brittle than the more modern vinyl counterparts.

Shellac records remained a very popular material to make vinyl with, up until the introduction of vinyl material, which are even today, used still in the production of most of the vinyl record market.

There have been a lot of iconic album covers over the years, printed onto 7" and 12" vinyl sleeves. A few of them can be seen below.

http://rogerbourland.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Lp_record_album.jpg < image reference at this link.

http://delightfull.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/vinil-cover-delightfull-beatles-sargent-peppers2.jpg < image reference at this link.

http://ring.cdandlp.com/grey91/photo_grande/114414660.jpg < image reference at this link.

Above this text, are a few examples of the album artwork, that are featured on some of the most popular soundtracks. 
The advantage with vinyl, is that there is much more 'canvas' space than on a CD, and because of this, the album is much more noticeable than a much smaller CD.

I myself am impressed more by the size of vinyl's 'canvas', compared to a CD 'canvas'. 
My brother has a large vinyl record collection, (see the photos above), so I have seen a lot of varying designs. 

Sometimes between vinyl and CD formats, the album artwork can differ in many ways, for example, with remastered and repackaged editions. 
Kraftwerk's Autobahn shows this perfectly. 
The first issue was a painted design of a motorway, utilising various colours and patterns. 

http://www.stadtbekannt.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/YKJFTL9C-P7OS-ZGN0-8VBC-FNXE10UKDQ0Y.jpg < image reference at this link.

The remaster was a more simplified overpass on a basic blue background.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/1/18/Kraftwerk_autobahn_cover.gif < image reference at this link.

In my opinion, vinyl artwork just looks much more perfect, and suiting on the larger canvas, over the smaller CD.

http://vinyl-record.co.uk/Pages/VinylRecordHistory.htm < blog reference at this link.

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UPDATE:


My finished vinyl packaging.

Front.

Back.

Inside.

Thomas.