![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() – ASĪwaken, My Love! (Limited Edition Virtual Reality Vinyl) The best of all though, unsheathe the records from their inner sleeves and you’ll find the most convincingly radiant ‘gold’ vinyl we’ve ever seen. Expect to find shimmering facsimile reproductions of the turntable diagram on the cover and pull-out artwork, a cosmic slip, mat and full cover hard-back book documenting all of Voyager Golden Record’s extraorindary content. Not so, thankfully, with Ozma’s detailed and beautifully realised approximation of the records Carl Sagan and NASA sent off into the cosmos in 1977. Such was the enthusiasm when Ozma Records announced a Kickstarter to reissue the rarest record in the universe, the danger always existed that the finished product might fall short of its inter-planetray promise. Voyager Golden Record – 40th anniversary edition As he told FACT: “I do think you have to laugh to keep from crying as a black man.” – CS / AS An aesthetic clash of high and low culture that reflects Thundercat’s influences – from Chick Corea to Mortal Combat – the artwork and packaging of the record capture Thundercat’s freedom pick from vernaculars that are presented with equal validity, because the message at the root of it all is a poignant one. The box itself is designed by Adam Stover, with brilliant, instantly recognisable Apocalypse Now-inspired photography by Eddie Alcazar, the sleeve and box set draws inspiration from Herbie Hancock’s soundtrack to the Michael Winner-directed Death Wish, a 1972 vigilante action film starring Charles Bronson, copies of which would have doubtless ended up in the bargain bin of your local Blockbuster. Each 10″ has it’s own specific optical madness going on, designed by illustrator and ‘meme builder’ Zack Fox, who announced the collaboration on Twitter with the words: “i designed these fuck-ass vinyl sleeves for my big sister new album”. Not only is the album one huge psychedelic soul fest but they managed to wrap it up in a 10″ box with one of the best covers of the year and filled with four 10″ records pressed to red vinyl. What were your favourites this year? Let us know in the comments below.īrainfeeder did it again this year with the release of Thundercat’s Drunk. We believe this more accurately reflects the fact that these rundowns are essentially recommendations of what we’ve enjoyed most this year, as selected by our weekly contributors Patrick Ryder, James Hammond and Chris Summers, alongside VF’s editorial team, Gabriela Helfet and Anton Spice. You may have also noticed that we’ve changed the emphasis of our lists this year, away from the tired, arbitrary and frankly over-used ‘best’, to the more openly subjective ‘favourite’. The most striking examples of record artwork in 2017 were those whose visual elements complimented the music in a unique way.įrom the grandiose and meticulously crafted box set to the understated small pressing with animated prints to the reissue containing secret computer code messages hidden within, each of these releases brought its own remarkable spin on record sleeves in 2017. This year the sheer volume of special edition 100xLP packages, coloured records and picture discs on offer made it more difficult than ever before to ‘stand out’. That said, it’s easy to confuse flamboyant, bigger releases with better. The beauty of vinyl is that it is tangible. Stunning artwork, design and packaging that makes the best of the format.
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