Alex Steinweiss and the Alex Awards
By Larry Jaffee The Alex Awards was named after Alex Steinweiss, who is widely credited with being “the father of album graphics” during the second half of the 78-rpm record era and inventor of the LP jacket in 1948. His majestic illustrations adorned more than a thousand covers for the Columbia, Decca, London and Everest […]
R’N’R HALL OF FAMER STEVIE VAN ZANDT TO KEYNOTE ‘MAKING VINYL’
For Immediate Release Contact: Larry Jaffee, [email protected], 917-291-2488 (NY mobile) R’N’R HALL OF FAMER STEVIE VAN ZANDT TO KEYNOTE ‘MAKING VINYL’ 2nd Detroit B2B Conference Oct. 1-2, 2018 celebrates vinyl industry’s rebirth Stevie Van Zandt is a musician, performer, label owner, songwriter, arranger, music producer, radio broadcaster, TV producer, actor, director, Broadway producer, […]
CALL FOR ENTRIES UNDERWAY FOR LP/45/CD COMPETITION
Submissions are now being accepted for the ‘Making Vinyl Packaging Awards’, designed to highlight the best graphic design presentation of recorded music in physical media in the digital age. The competition includes 12 categories for vinyl records and 2 categories for compact discs and requires that the submission be released between Sept. 1, 2017, and […]
Meet Sean Rutkowski of Independent Record Pressing
Sean Rutkowski is General Manager of Independent Record Pressing. Founded in 2015, Independent Record Pressing manufactures vinyl records for a select group of independent labels and is tucked neatly between New York City and Philadelphia in Bordentown, New Jersey. Sean oversees the day to day operations of the plant and brings over 25 years […]
Meet Murat Aktar of Sterling Sound
Sterling Sound has been on the top floor of the Chelsea Market building since the late 90s, but all that is about to change. We sat down with Sterling Sound’s president Murat Aktar to talk about Sterling’s history, their upcoming move out of NYC, where they are going, and why so many music production and […]
Meet Dave Buick of Third Man Records and Pressing Detroit
Dave Buick of Third Man Records and Pressing to talk about the store, the pressing plant, records, and the importance of a Third Man plant being located on Cass Corridor in Detroit, Michigan.
Meet Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
Ryan Smith has been mastering records at Sterling Sound for the last 15 years. He learned the art of vinyl mastering from the late great George Marino. He cuts a wide range of projects for high profile artists such as Adele and Keith Richards to acclaimed audiophile reissues including Elvis, Counting Crows and Paul Simon. […]
First an Alex Award, Next a Packaging Grammy
The Voyager Golden Record impressed unanimously the Alex Awards panel of judges in early October so much that there was no question it was their choice as the Best Vinyl Boxed Set. Coming on the heels of winning the Alex Award, the three-LP Voyager was also named among the finalists in the Grammy Awards’ Best […]
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels
Innovator, Motivator, Philanthropist, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels changed music and made history when he broke down cultural barriers 30 years ago with his legendary band Run-DMC. Thirty-five million record sales later he continues to inspire & impact the world… Darryl “DMC” McDaniels is a legendary music icon, who first impacted the world more than 30 years […]
Alex Awards Announces Winners & Runners-ups
Alex Awards Announces Winners & Runners-up in 8 Vinyl Categories Detroit — The 2017 Alex Awards is proud to announce the following finalists, runners-up and winners and of the best vinyl packaging at a ceremony here at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. BEST ILLUSTRATED LP COVER • Aimee Mann, Mental Illness • Father John Mistry, […]
