Family - Bandstand (1972) - Opened TV Cabinet Packaging
Here's the cover of the original vinyl edition of Bandstand, opened up to show how the gatefold, in the shape of a cabinet for an antique TV set, opens up to show the inner workings of such a device. The sleeve didn't really have anything to do with the contents of the record, but it was still fun to open it up at look at it.
I own a vinyl copy of this album, as well as a vinyl copy of Fearless, but the conventional plastic jewel-box format of the CD made it impossible to replicate completely. I believe that CD sleeves of thick laminated paper made for a special edition of Bandstand successfully reproduced the original die-cut vinyl sleeve, as was done with a special CD edition of Fearless, but, of course it would be a very rare limited-edition issue.
For more on Bandstand, go to my Family page - A Family Affair - and the fan Web site Family Bandstand.
Family - Bandstand (1972) - Opened TV Cabinet Packaging
Here's the cover of the original vinyl edition of Bandstand, opened up to show how the gatefold, in the shape of a cabinet for an antique TV set, opens up to show the inner workings of such a device. The sleeve didn't really have anything to do with the contents of the record, but it was still fun to open it up at look at it.
I own a vinyl copy of this album, as well as a vinyl copy of Fearless, but the conventional plastic jewel-box format of the CD made it impossible to replicate completely. I believe that CD sleeves of thick laminated paper made for a special edition of Bandstand successfully reproduced the original die-cut vinyl sleeve, as was done with a special CD edition of Fearless, but, of course it would be a very rare limited-edition issue.
For more on Bandstand, go to my Family page - A Family Affair - and the fan Web site Family Bandstand.