Missing...

[Christopher Murphy]

Dear Bill,

OUCH! As a designer to read this:

<I don't buy the 'missing artwork' component of not buying CD's. Personally
I find about 98% of it completely useless. What kind of value is there in
an eight page glossy piece of paper that gets bent corners and scratches
every time you pull it out of the jewel case?>

It's the contribution that these slices of artwork make to our visual
culture that's important. In a survey a few years ago, when asked
to name 'an important piece of British Art', The Beatles' 'Sgt. Peppers
Lonely Hearts Club Band' was voted in the top ten.

Some 'useless' classics whose influence has been felt beyond the confines
of an eight page booklet (with bent corners): Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew';
Santana's 'Abraxas'; Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'; and virtually any
cover by Miles Reid for Blue Note...

What worries me - never mind as a designer, as a cultural historian - is
that we're losing a whole slice of visual culture.

Take care,

Christopher


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