VinylCueFor the Record / The VinylCue Journal

On the sleeve. In the frame.

Artwork

Records, cinema and the joy of collecting, in twenty-five illustrations.

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A record collector hugging an album beside a sleeping cat and a long receipt. An emotionally sound investment. — An emotionally sound investment.

A butler presenting a vinyl record on a velvet cushion to an audience of cats. Please observe the correct sleeve etiquette. — Please observe the correct sleeve etiquette.

A shopper leaving a record shop carrying a towering stack of records. Just browsing. — Just browsing.

Miniature workers constructing a cinema screen on a vinyl record. Coming soon. At 33⅓ rpm. — Coming soon. At 33⅓ rpm.

A listener wearing headphones with miniature cinemas inside the ear cups. watching films with your ears — watching films with your ears

A rabbit eating a wrap in a director’s chair on a film set. That’s a wrap! — That’s a wrap!

A collector holds a haunted-house record sleeve showing a ghost in different windows as the viewing angle changes. Caption: There’s someone in this pressing. — There’s someone in this pressing.

A listener and dog sit beside a turntable while a glowing celestial record sleeve casts stars and planets across the ceiling. Caption: The sleeve has taken the night shift. — The sleeve has taken the night shift.

A collector peels back a floral sleeve to reveal a miniature garden while a cat watches. Caption: One thing led to another layer. — One thing led to another layer.

A zip opens a record sleeve to reveal woodland musicians preparing backstage. Caption: Overture. Then opening. — Overture. Then opening.

A rotating record sleeve displays changing landscapes above people and animals running through the scenery. Caption: A change of scenery. — A change of scenery.

A collector scratches a panel on a celestial sleeve while a miniature explorer brushes the surface beside a sleeping cat. Caption: An important discovery. Apparently. — An important discovery. Apparently.

A drop of water brings colour to miniature sleeve streets filled with animals carrying umbrellas. Caption: Colour, with a chance of showers. — Colour, with a chance of showers.

A listener arranges transparent layers of animal musicians into a band beside a turntable and a cat. Caption: Some assembly. Different results. — Some assembly. Different results.

A dog in a beret paints a portrait of a smiling, nearly blank record sleeve sitting on a stool. Caption: A remarkably quiet presence. — A remarkably quiet presence.

A collector studies symbols on a record sleeve with a magnifying glass while a cat points to a decoding chart. Caption: The cat understood the sleeve notes. — The cat understood the sleeve notes.

A cat sits in an armchair assembled from illustrated record packaging while a listener holds another sleeve. Caption: Packaging with sitting potential. — Packaging with sitting potential.

A listener unfolds an enormous illustrated newspaper sleeve beside a turntable and a sleeping cat. Caption: A little light reading. — A little light reading.

Miniature woodland workers move a heavy metal crate filled with records on a wheeled trolley. Caption: Filed under heavy listening. — Filed under heavy listening.

Three worried record sleeves edge away from an angry, rough-looking sleeve on a shelf. Caption: A little rough around the neighbours. — A little rough around the neighbours.

A cat inspects an unusually shaped illustrated record beside a turntable. Caption: Unconventional. Still going round. — Unconventional. Still going round.

A listener looks through a small viewing device as illustrated birds appear to rise from a spinning record. Caption: Best viewed in motion. — Best viewed in motion.

A collector holds up a transparent record containing amber liquid while a cat watches. Caption: A record with an inner life. — A record with an inner life.

A miniature mouse and ladybird face a signpost where record grooves divide beneath a stylus. Caption: You may hear things differently. — You may hear things differently.

A listener sketches beside a cat as a record becomes a miniature landscape of caves, bridges, rivers and waterfalls. Caption: The instructions were only the beginning. — The instructions were only the beginning.