In 1959-'60, folk music was just hitting the mainstream. And one of the first folk groups to go mainstream was the Kingston Trio. Their break-out hit album was "Live From the Hungry i," recorded at a folk club in southern California. It was also the first LP my sister and I ever bought.
So I was pleased to come across a copy of this 50+-year-old album in a thrift store. Scooped it up for a whole quarter. Then I took it to the band saw and cut it into a rectangle for a book cover. I made the back out of book board covered with a pretty red & metallic gold marbled paper and lined the inside with part of the album cover with a photo of the guys. The end papers were cut from the tissue-like envelope that held the record.
I made 10 signatures from a nice 60-lb. cream-colored paper and embellished the folded edge of each signature with another piece of the red-gold paper, since it would show at the spine. Finally, I bound it with a coptic stitch in red thread.
I love this book. I'm going to hit the thrift shops for more vintage LPs to make more of these.
Hi! I skipped here from Blue Roof Designs(Elissa Campbell's blog )and the Kingston Trio mention caught my eye. I had the same album! Sadly, long gone so I can't use it to make a book.
ReplyDeletebook-a-day is a nice idea. Maybe I'll try once I've completed the current edition of 15!
I love the offset of the LP hole in this, gives it the look of a book hidden under the record. Learned bookbinding because I amassed an ebook collection and couldn't sit at the computer to read them. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHi, I love this! I was just wondering how you made the sewing holes?
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