Album Cover ks4Group: Gate Way Media and I.T. Lecturer: Simon Williams Time:1:00pm-3:00pm.
Room: Pre-Vocation, Computer Room. 29th November 2012.
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An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording
product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically
used to package sets of 10 in (25 cm) and 12 in (30 cm) 78 rpm records, single and sets of
12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records (either in several connected sleeves or a box), or the
front-facing panel of a CD package, and, increasingly, the primary image accompanying a
digital download of the album, or of its individual tracks. In addition, in the case of all
types of records, it also serves as part of the protective sleeve.
Is There Anybody Out There? - The Wall Live 1980-81
The Division Bell
Pink Floyd is the first rock group to cultivate
a very individualistic visual element to their
music, Pink Floyd were shrewd enough to
understand the importance of iconic album
art - the importance, that is, of an album as
an objet d'art, with an intrinsic value as an
object regardless of the music it contains.
And to that end, every Pink Floyd cover -
even compilations and live releases
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