I've decided to frame some soundtracks for a new apartment, and, well, CDs are just too small! So I'd like some suggestions about LPs that you think have outstanding artwork, worth framing even.

The bulk of the suggestions from the previous topic pointed toward Saul Bass designs, so I have Ellington's Anatomy of a Murder on order, and Morricone's The Mission is already framed; the great thing about this of course is that LPs generally don't cost too much.

I think it's still available but the price is pretty steep...at least $29.95. Fortunately, I found a copy in a remainder bin for five bucks!

And the DARK OF THE SUN artwork is indeed spectacular...Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Brown atop a careening train boxcar firing machine guns...Mig 15s strafing in the background...train cars exploding on a trestle...flames...carnage! ACTION!

Terrific covers accompanying DARK on the same page are for THUNDERBALL, GRAND PRIX and BARBELLA...the facing page is an astounding piece of art for the Harry Sukman-scored epic AROUND THE WORLD UNDER THE SEA which is definitely better than the film.

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Originally posted by Vinylscrubber:
In the line of "suddenly, all hell broke loose" soundtrack covers, let me recommend such Howard Terpning illustrated items items as THE 7TH DAWN, GUNS OF NAVARONE, CLEOPATRA, GRAND PRIX, ICE STATION ZEBRA, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTACY, SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN, OKLAHOMA CRUDE, 55 DAYS AT PEKING, MACKENNA'S GOLD, THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, TWILIGHT OF HONOR, CAST A GIANT SHADOW, LORD JIM, and (if you must)THE OSCAR.

Some Frank McCarthy cover to check out are the above mentioned DARK OF THE SUN, THE GLORY GUYS, THE TRAIN, and THE DIRTY DOZEN.

A Sandy Kossin one to get is THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE.

And, as always, any of the multitudinous Bob Peak covers are great--MY FAIR LADY, CAMELOT, KALEIDASCOPE, ROLLERBALL, THE MISSOURI BREAKS, APOCALYPSE NOW, HAIR, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN, EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE, PETULIA, any of the STAR TREK movies, and several I'm probably forgetting.

Jim Sharpe did a great cover for JUSTINE, and
CUSTER OF THE WEST sports a typical testosterone drenched treatment.

In a more "designerly" vein, the original BULLITT and THE FOX albums are interesting (although both are very hard to find).

For a change of pace try the Jack Davis covers for MAD, MAD WORLD, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, and Mancini's THE PARTY.

(I better watch out or I may generate an Scot Bettencort multi-part list!)

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Bernstein's "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Ava)
Hefti's "Harlow" (Columbia)
Jones' "In Cold Blood" (Colgems)

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Originally posted by cawriter:
A great book is "The Album Cover Art of Sound Tracks" by Frank Jastfelder and Stefan Kassel, Little, Brown and Company, 1997.

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That's just the book I was talking about. Thanks for the reminder on the title.