In 2001, Jim Woodring did the art for a jazz CD by guitarist Bill Frisell, performing together with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones. I hadn’t seen these before, but they got me pretty curious about the music (which, in my humble opinion, is a bit of a letdown).
I think this is hilarious. More at YouTube. Be sure to check out the renditions of the Back to The Future theme and the Superman Theme.
Somebody give this guy a gig !
I don’t know if this CD cover illustration by Patrick McDonnell ever was actually used, but I sure hope so.
On the other hand, for classical CD covers by cartoonists, check out the Classical Bytes collection by Deutsche Grammophon, which features artwork by Peter Kupperman, Richard Sala, James Sturm, Lauren Weinstein and others.
Update - it turns out to be a real record, and it’s even for sale on Amazon, along with a similar recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Pachelbel’s Canon. (thanks, Selina !)
Let It Beast was the second album by The Beastles, a mashup project by DJ BC, mixing the Beastie Boys with the Beatles. The results, which have since gone underground, ranged from the zany to the genius, with tracks like “Electrified Kite” and “A Day In The Life Of A Beastie Boy” as absolute highlights. Josh Neufeld provided the cover.
Here are a couple of CD covers for a series of collections featuring the best Belgian rock songs from the 80’s. I’m not sure about the art of these things. Either it’s Ever Meulen, or it’s somebody doing a damn good job of imitating him. Naturally, the series being vouched for by Humo tends to point towards the first possibility, but still - the illo’s are awkwardly narrative to be vintage Meulen.
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Craig Thompson (blog : Doot Doot Garden) has designed the packaging for Menomena’s new CD. If I’m completely honest, I can’t say I’m overwhelmed by the music. It sounds a bit too much like a well-meant demo to me.
Judging from the images on the website, though, the Thompson artwork is to die for (again), with lots of cutouts and colored transparancies. The image above can’t possibly do justice to it, but we’ll just have to make do…
Flemish weekly Humo offered a cd with the best of 90s Belgian music as a promo recently. Ever Meulen provided some (I guess) stock images as illustrations.
The above scan is from an ad in the magazine, as I didn’t get the CD itself. Since the mag’s paper is not that top notch, the scan ’s only of a mediocre quality. Our apologies…
Dutch illustration wizard (and Gutsman creator) Erik Kriek presents two illustrations he made for the Dutch railways’ information magazine, Rails, over at Clogwork. I like them because they’re vintage Kriek (even though he’s evolving in his use of color) and because they are Beatles-related (even though the Beatles’ portraits need some work, I’m afraid).
While we’re on the subject of cartoonists doing record covers, here’s a ditty by Robert Crumb from 1978. Found on Low Cost Music.
