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Don Satz wrote in response to William Jenks:
>>...and I see nothing wrong with attractive musicians taking
>>advantage of that attribute on their covers, either.
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>I second that opinion. Personally, there is nothing and nobody more
>visually attractive to me than individuals of the female gender.
William and Don would be quite interested in an Australian flautist
(I can't bring myself to use "flutist") named Jane Rutter who has,
um, attributes which are extramusical but feature on her album covers.
I recall a friend of mine being quite enchanted by a
come-up-and-see-me-some-time Ofra Harnoy cover, but he didn't like her
playing enough to buy the CD.
I have some LPs of sufficient antiquity (eg DG, English Columbia) to be
without any pictorial decoration but whose two-toned front covers simply
tell you the names of the works on the record and who's playing them. If
Naxos or anyone else ever goes for minimal cover design, it's fine by me.
One other thing Naxos has got right is using slimline 2-CD jewel cases
where the part that holds the CDs is hinged on the left. I find them much
easier to use than the Philips gatefold ones. Worst of all are the
Masterworks Heritage cases - cutely nostalgic but impractical.
Richard Pennycuick
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