LPs were like the force of gravity

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-58341393378592863842007-11-28T16:15:00.000Z2007-11-28T16:23:14.530Z2007-11-28T16:23:14.530ZLPs were like the force of gravity<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/R007QdgnF9I/AAAAAAAADDY/82vwmgV8q78/s1600-h/HansonSleeve.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137827903884957650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/R007QdgnF9I/AAAAAAAADDY/82vwmgV8q78/s400/HansonSleeve.jpg" border="0" /></a> 'Folksingers, jazz artists and classical musicians made LPs, long-playing records with heaps of songs in the grooves - they forged identities and tipped the scales, gave more of the big picture. LPs were like the force of gravity. They had covers front and back, that you could stare at for hours.' - Bob Dylan writes in his <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-1-Bob-Dylan/dp/0743228154">Chronicles Volume One</a>. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/R001YtgnF6I/AAAAAAAADDA/4Yp7vUQwdKA/s1600-h/dgwebshop2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137821448549111714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 0px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/R001YtgnF6I/AAAAAAAADDA/4Yp7vUQwdKA/s400/dgwebshop2.jpg" border="0" /></a>'Hi, I wanted to let you know some exciting news today from Deutsche Grammophon (DG), a division of Universal Music Group, who will become the first major classical record label to make the majority of its huge catalogue available online for download with the launch of its new DG Web Shop. (<a href="http://www.dgwebshop.com/">http://www.dgwebshop.com/</a> As the world’s leading classical music recording company, Deutsche Grammophon will launch its DG Web Shop on Wednesday, November 28th, enabling consumers in 42 countries to download music at the highest technical and artistic standards. This global penetration includes markets where the major e-business retailers, such as iTunes, are not yet available: Southeast Asia including China, India, Latin America, South Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe including Russia. Almost 2,400 DG albums will be available for download in maximum MP3 quality. Best, Kristina Weise at Cohn & Wolfe' - <a href="http://www.cohnwolfe.com/">who are</a> "a strategic marketing public relations firm dedicated to creating, building and protecting the world's most prolific brands." <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/R004ZtgnF7I/AAAAAAAADDI/1xjj6TiEeeQ/s1600-h/dgg2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137824764263864242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 0px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/R004ZtgnF7I/AAAAAAAADDI/1xjj6TiEeeQ/s200/dgg2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Call me old fashioned. I like the tangible. You could certainly stare at the LP sleeve above. or the record label here, for hours. Which is more than can be said for the new DG Web Shop logo. The photographer of the Hanson LP sleeve is Christian Steiner, who has photographed many of the world's great musicians. Steiner is an accomplished performer himself as <a href="http://www.christiansteinerphotography.com/biography.php">his biography</a> recounts: 'Steiner, after graduating from the Berlin Hochschule fur Musik, won several national competitions in Germany and it was one of these awards which first brought him to New York to further his piano studies. He comes from a long line of musicians. His father was a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and his brothers were members of the Berlin Philharmonic. Steiner made piano recording with RCA-Reader’s Digest, and was a guest soloist with orchestras in Berlin and New York; more recent engagements at the keyboard include performances with the Berkeley Symphony under Kent Nagano, and with the National Symphony or Mexico. He also performed chamber music with members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet and recitals with his late brother Peter in Europe and the USA. Among the singers he has collaborated in recital are Jessye Norman and Carol Vaness. In addition, Steiner is the artistic director of <a href="http://www.tannerypondconcerts.org/aboutus.html">The Tannery Pond Concerts</a>, a summer chamber music festival in the Berkshires.' Less happy images <a href="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2005/04/mystery-of-siegfried-lauterwasser.html">here,</a> from another celebrated photographer. Again thanks to our son for the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A449921">'joiner' </a>on the record sleeve. Any copyrighted material on these pages is included as "fair use", for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s). Report broken links, missing images and errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot ukPliablenoreply@blogger.com