Vinyl Packaging: Stay+ QR Code Design
Can a vinyl packaging with QR code ever be cool? The answer is: HELLZ YEAH! Just take a look at this baby. Tell us it isn’t art and we will tell you that you are darn wrong because how can this vinyl packaging and custom vinyl pressing be any less than art. Sure it can […]
10 of the Most Creative Vinyl Records Ever Made
Vinyl records are definitely back in the game. It just has this classy touch and superior sound that cannot be matched by digital. If you’re a musician planning to release music in vinyl, you must consider having a really kickass vinyl packaging to complete the package. After all, custom vinyl pressing records should only be […]
Vinyl Package Design: Machine, Dear – Killing Something That’s Already Dead
Here’s a great vinyl package design if you’re looking for inspiration. Well designed, well executed, just black and white. You won’t have to spend big bucks for a million-dollar design. Artist: Machine, Dear Album: Killing Something That’s Already Dead Designer: Klaus Matthiesen, OddFischlein Year: 2012 This vinyl package design and custom vinyl record jackets make […]
Vinyl Pressing Tips for First-timers
Releasing music on vinyl is one of the hottest trends in late 2000s that’s why we decided to make this short custom vinyl pressing guide. Vinyl records made a big comeback in 2008 and I do not think it’s just a passing trend- it is finally here to stay. Vinyl record sales is still growing […]
Vinyl Packaging: Pretty Girls Make Graves
Want vinyl packaging and custom vinyl pressing inspiration? Get a load of this! This cardboard box contains a compilation of Pretty Girls Make Graves‘ first three 7″s which comprises the songs for their very first album, Good Health. This is a very special edition release because there are only 140 of these hand-numbered and silk […]
Vinyl Resurgence – Why People Love Vinyl Records Again
From being a medium for music, vinyl records simply became a collector’s piece- a representation of a great decade of music. Many people still love it but it was just too bulky. In the 90s, vinyl was a thing of the past as it was overpowered by the trendy (now tacky) cassette tapes. Everyone was […]
Vinyl Packaging: Explosions in the Sky- Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Let me introduce to you one of the coolest vinyl packaging I’ve seen in my entire life. Just take a look at this beauty and you’ll become a fan as well. This is the vinyl packaging for Explosions in the Sky’s 2011 album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. The set contains a 10-panel quadruple gatefold […]
Vinyl Packaging: Brain-40 Boxset
The Brain-40 boxset celebrates the 40th anniversary of German music label Brain Records. The design references that of circuit diagrams not just as a metaphor for all the connections but because these acts were pioneers of the synthesizer and amongst some of the first to apply them to music. The synthesizer link is then continued […]
Vinyl Packaging: Pet Shop Boys- Yes (Limited Edition)
Yes is the tenth studio album by British electronic dance music band Pet Shop Boys. This limited-edition vinyl packaging is collaboration between Mark Farrow and the Pet Shop Boys, and produced by The Vinyl Factory. It contains eleven tracks split over eleven separate super-heavyweight 200-gram custom vinyl pressing records in LA with covers made up […]
Vinyl Packaging: Proof that Artwork Affects Album Sales
Sales of custom vinyl records increased by 14 percent over the previous year, with around 2.8 million units sold. This is a new record for vinyl sales since 1991, when the format had all but disappeared in the wake of the CD boom, according to a report released yesterday by Nielsen SoundScan. Unsurprisingly, the artists […]