Vinyl

There's the ritual: slide the record out of its sleeve, hold it by the edges, lower the needle. Then the faint crackle before the first note. A vinyl record poster celebrates that moment and everything warm and imperfect about analogue sound.

The record as a graphic object

Columbia Records unveiled the long-playing microgroove record in June 1948, spinning at 33⅓ rpm and offered in two sizes, including the classic 12-inch, around 30 cm across. That format created the album as we know it, and gave designers the square sleeve as a canvas.

A happy coincidence: our posters are 30 cm wide, almost exactly the diameter of an LP. A record drawn on one sits very close to real scale.

Visually, the disc is a perfect shape: a big black circle, concentric grooves that catch the light, a coloured label at the centre. It lends itself to every reading, from a setting sun to pure abstraction.

Two records, two moods

Picture the disc lowered onto the horizon like the sun, in warm oranges and reds: retro and soothing, lovely above a wooden sideboard or a sofa. The same idea in steel blue and coral turns colder and rawer, for a desk or a grey-toned bedroom.

Side by side, the pair plays day and night. Put a turntable underneath and a few sleeves on a shelf, and your music corner starts to look like a tiny record shop.

Going further

Vinyl pairs with every cult album cover: Pink Floyd or Arctic Monkeys prints sit naturally alongside.

Printed in Tunisia and paid for on delivery. Side A, track one.