Pearl Jam Even Flow Maxi CD Single

This was a CD single I bought in London in the early 1990s.  

Let It Be...

Here is a scan of some of the album art work for the Beatles Let It Be...Naked album.

Let It Be... Naked is an alternative mix of the Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be, released in 2003. The project was initiated by Paul McCartney, who felt that the original album's producer, Phil Spector, did not capture the group's stripped-down, back-to-their-roots intentions for the album.

I prefer this version of the album to the original, actually.

U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind

Here's a couple of pages from the little booklet that accompanies the U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind CD. 

This was a sneaky great album- In a Little While, Elevation, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, great great songs! The album was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, two of my favorite music masterminds.

Automatic for the People

I always loved the title "Automatic for the people" which I believe comes from a restaurant's motto in Athens, Georgia (Weaver D's Delicious Fine Foods). I loved this album, truly inspired music from a great band. I've posted a couple of scans of this album already- the cover and a couple of the pages from the cool booklet that came with the CD I have. Here's a final scan from that booklet. (I note again that I believe in the importance of copywrite, so I present scans of things I own and will not post booklets etc in their entirety, if you want to see the whole booklet, go buy the CD!) :-)

Here are a couple more...

Here are a couple of scans from REM's great album Automatic for the People.

I really thought I would miss the album art and the liner notes and all the cool stuff that vinyl LP's used to have, then discovered clever artists making wonderful little booklets of art and lyrics and such to go with their compact discs. THIS is what I'll miss now that we're in the digital music era!

REM Automatic for the People

I've owned 45's, Vinyl LP's and even 78s. I owned a LOT of cassette tapes and yes, I own a LOT of CD's. I scanned some of the little books that came with CDs and will share some of the better art from them over the next few weeks.

 I love the digital music that is all around us, I can stream music in my car or while I walk down a street- no vinyl or cd's required, but some of the stuff that came with the CD's and the vinyl I miss- I know that digital music still has album art, but it's not as tangible as the old booklets and album covers.

This is absolutely one of my favorite albums and REM always had such great art associated with them. At the time, grunge and harder rock was all the rage in music and REM pops out a largely acoustic and beautiful Automatic for the People. I wore this out I swear!