MAKING VINYL AWARDS

CELEBRATING THE BEST VINYL RECORD ART

2017 Making Vinyl Winners & Runners-up in 8 Vinyl Categories

Detroit — Nov 6th, 2017

The 2017 Making Vinyl Awards (formally known as the Alex Awards) announced the following finalists, runners-up and winners and of the best vinyl packaging at a ceremony at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel.

BEST ILLUSTRATED LP COVER
Aimee Mann, Mental Illness – WINNER
• Father John Mistry, Pure Comedy
• Gillian Welch, The Harrows, and the Harvest
• Queens of the Stone Age, Villains
• Record Store Day Celebrates Leonard Cohen
—Runner-up: Father John Mistry

BEST PHOTO LP COVER
• Alejandro Escovdeo, Burn Something Beautiful
• Common, The Light
• The Protomen, A Night of Queen
Waxahatachee, Out in the Storm – WINNER 
• Willie Nile, Positively Bob
—Runner-up: Common

BEST 45 SINGLE PACKAGE
Alice Cooper, Live From the Astroturf – WINNER
• Chris Un Tina, Incognito
• Jack White, Love Is The Truth
• Margo Price, Weakness
• Sun Ra, El Is A Sound of Joy
—Runner-up: Margo Price

BEST GATEFOLD
• Dead Weather, Live at the Mayan
• Polyvinyl Plays Polyvinyl
• The National, Sleep Well Beast
UNKLE, The Road, Part 1 – WINNER
• Yaz Ahmed, La Sabouteus
—Runner-up: The National

BEST RECORD ART
• Blowfly, Forever Fly
The Monks, Hamburg Recordings 1967 – WINNER
• My Chemical Romance, Welcome to the Black Parade
• Weather Warlock
• Yautja, Dead Soil
—Runner-up: My Chemical Romance

BEST REISSUE PACKAGE
Andromeda Strain Soundtrack – WINNER (TIE) 
John Cale, The Academy in Peril – WINNER (TIE)
• Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request
• T.Rex, Electric Warrior
• The White Stripes
— Runner-up: The White Stripes

BEST BOXED SET
• Blondie, Pollinator
• Kate Bush, Before the Dawn
• Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request
Voyager, 40th Anniversary Edition – WINNER
• White Stripes, Vault 33, X, Icky Thump
—Runner-ups Tie: Blondie & White Stripes

BEST OVERALL PACKAGE
AKATRE, BLCK RCK – WINNER (TIE)
• Alejando Escovedo, Burn Something Beautiful
• Margo Price, Live at the Hamilton
Pet Symmetry, Vision – WINNER (TIE) 
• White Stripes, Vault 33, X, Icky Thump
—Runner-up: Margo Price

2017 Judges

Front Row Left to Right: Spencer Drate, Judith Salavetz, Sylvia Reed, Gail Marowitz.
Back Row Left to Right: Larry Jaffee, Sean Mosher-Smith, Stefan Bucher, Craig Braun.

Photo by: Bill Kelly