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The First Album Release
The recording company Odeon pioneered the "album" when releasing Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky. They published it on four double-sided discs in a package -
Seperatly Purchased Cases to Hold Records
empty sleeves with a leather or paperboard cover were sold to store their records -
Started Selling a Collection of songs in What was Called an "Album"
Record companies started selling a collection of an artists music in an "album". -
Idea of a Album Cover Created
Alex Steinweiss was the first hired ar director for Columbia Records, where he came up with the idea for the artist's albums to have a unique picture or art on the front of the album insstead of using plane covers. -
Album Cover Art Continued to Grow
The word "albm" continued to be recognized as a collection of an artists music, and the idea of having unique art on the front continued as well when the 10" and 12" LP's came along. -
12' and 45 rpm standard format
starting in 1850 the 12' and 45 pm become the standard the format for albums. -
Some album covers have the band members on the cover
Some Artists chose to have their album cover as the band or group members instead of some art. -
Album cover art become an important factor
During 1975 artists or bands started being recognized by their latest album. They had the help of artists and photographers to create the album cover. -
First digital abum
Bop till You Drop is Ry Cooder's eighth album, released in 1979. This was the first majorly released digital album. After the first it kept gaining popularity -
12' ad 45 rpm albums end
around the 1980s the 12' and 45 rpm album format became insupirior. -
compact disc or CD become most popular
in he early 1990's the compact disc or CD was invented and the era of 45 rpm was quickly ended -
Secret mesage in cover
Some artists chose to have their album cover have a secret mesage.
