LP cover frames
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I was in Solihull yesterday, having a followup checkup for my laser eye surgery. (You may think the laser eye surgery would be a more interesting story — but it’s really not. I had my eyes lasered, it hurt a bit that night, then it didn’t hurt and I can see without glasses. End of.
There I chanced upon a shop called “Tiger”, which is a Danish shop full of Danish things, piled high and priced to sell. It’s sort of like Ikea’s marketplace, only Danish and with a less furniture oriented angle.
Near the front, at £2 a piece, were these LP cover frames. This is absolutely brilliant. I’m sure lots of people have a cache of terrific images that they don’t see often enough. With these frames you can hang them on your wall, and when you get bored of them it’s easy to switch in a different LP cover.
As you can see, proper albums fit perfectly, while the simpler 12″ single sleeves leave a bit of spare space around the side.
Both of these are bona fide classics, by the way. The 12″ remix of “Rage Hard” - with its “tour of the 12 inch” narration is always a treat. The Paul Simon album, is the highlight of his career in my opinion. And both have great covers.
May 20th, 2008 at 13:57
You’ve saved me a fortune with this post. I pass this shop nearly every day and I haven’t bothered to look in it since it took over from a shop that just seemed to sell christmas table decorations all year round.
I’ve thought about buying some of these frames for some time, but the only place I could find them was a place on the internet that was selling them for £12 ago. I have over 300 12″ records, some are worth putting in a frame, so spending £2 each instead of £12 is worth a little jig. *dances* \o/