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Bowling Green State University (BGSU) has a blog dedicated to sleeveface photos. So far, they have over 100 photos that use the vinyl collection of the university's Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives. What a fun and innovative way to promote the library.

Armed with vinyl and inspiration, BGSU's Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives started sleevefacing to promote the library and bring awareness to our collection... And now we challenge others to do the same!

It has been quite a long time since I last posted a sleeveface photo. Here is one that made me wonder what else people could have Harry Belafonte stick his nose into besides flowers. Perhaps it could be something unpleasant to go with the angry look on his face. Like maybe a pair of old gym shoes.

Grace Jones - Island Life, originally uploaded by savage^.

There are lots of cute LEGO album covers in this Flickr set. I highly recommend checking them out.

Madonna True Blue album cover painting, originally uploaded by Howie Green.

Artist Howie Green has posted several of his album cover paintings on Flickr.com. Over 300 of them can be viewed on his website gallery at www.hgd.com.

Sleeveface 68_Bonnie Tyler 'Faster Than the Speed of Night' 3, originally uploaded by TheRealWineGuy.

This is one of the funniest sleeveface photos I have seen in ages. The lightsaber is a brilliant touch.

Sleeveface 80_Andy Williams 'The Andy Williams Christmas Album', originally uploaded by TheRealWineGuy.

This is a great Christmas-themed sleeveface. The wreath is a nice touch. More like this can be seen at www.sleeveface.com.

The Human League : Dare (gatefold inner), originally uploaded by See Gee.

Here is a clever sleeveface photo using the inner gatefold of the Dare album. I think is is quite appropriate for today.

The Smiths, Louder than Bombs - Norma Fernandez, Chicago, USA, originally uploaded by Paintmyalbum.net - 2,000 Classic Album Covers Redo.

Last year, I wrote about Paint My Album, a blog that features classic album covers recreated using Microsoft Paint.

The collection has grown considerably over the past year and the covers are now available on Flickr. Check it out. Many of them are quite good for bitmapped imaged.

Storm Thorgerson ~ Pink Floyd "The Division Bell" album cover, originally uploaded by m+m+t.

I found several photos on Flickr of Storm Thorgerson speaking at the Semi-Perminent 2010 design convention in Auckland, New Zealand on Flickr. Check out the entire photoset.

Life's rich tapestry, originally uploaded by bltphoto.

Here is a clever concept. A Flickr user has posted over two dozen allbum covers that have been Photoshopped to look like pages out of an IKEA catalog. Check out the entire photoset at Flickr.com.

Robin Williams - reality... what a concept, originally uploaded by therealdavidjones.

You don't see too many sleeveface photos using comedy albums. This one using a Robin Williams LP is particularly good. You can see more like this one at Sleeveface.com.

Art Garfunkel : Angel Clare, originally uploaded by See Gee.

The combination equals brilliant. This has to be one of my favorite sleevefaces of all time. You can find more great sleevefaces at Sleeveface.com and Flickr.

Old Rivers, originally uploaded by harrison center.

This is an unexpected sleeveface photo. They obviously put a lot of effort into it, too. There is a price of $75 on it.

Sleeveface at Hide & Seek festival, originally uploaded by Alexjohnson100.

I love this double sleeveface! The idea of handing Doris Day a bunch of flowers is brilliant.

Sleeveface at Hide & Seek festival, originally uploaded by Alexjohnson100.

This is a clever sleeveface photo using two album sleeves rather than the typical one.

music, originally uploaded by rondostar.

Check out the album cover display on this duel monitor computer set up.

Sleeveface 83_Miles Davis 'Tutu', originally uploaded by TheRealWineGuy.

Technically, this one isn't a sleeveface. However, it was featured at sleeveface.com. Visit the website for more.

Jockers Pub, originally uploaded by Camila M. G..

I love this sleeveface photo. I don't think I've ever seen one quite like it before. I believe it is titled Jokers' Pub (even though it says "jockers" on Flickr). You can find more like this at Sleeveface.com.

Sleeveface 122_The Phil Collins Sisters 2, originally uploaded by TheRealWineGuy.

This sleeveface photo is just adorable. Check out more funny photos on Sleeveface.com.

Trammps, originally uploaded by mikepaktinat.

This is the first time I've seen a sleeveface like this. I guess it is really a "sleevefoot" instead. Very clever!

Sleeveface 110_Gino Vannelli 'The Best Of Gino Vannelli', originally uploaded by TheRealWineGuy.

I don't know why, but this sleeveface really cracked me up. The little brown purse is adorable.

Total Eclipse of the Toilet, originally uploaded by Driely Schwartz.

Here is a very funny and somewhat disturbing sleeveface photo that could have been inspired by the infamous Millie Jackson album Back to the S**t.

Elton Hendrix, originally uploaded by Milena Leonel.

With the new Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune album being released on March 9, I thought this sleeveface would be appropriate for posting.

Pet Shop Boys : Heart, originally uploaded by See Gee.

Here is a great sleeveface photo featuring the Pet Shop Boys’ Heart single. Flickr user See Gee has 400 amazing sleevefaces in the set.

Switched-on Bacharach, originally uploaded by jrvl.

This is one of the funniest sleevefaces I’ve seen. The caption on Flickr reads:

Best comment from the sleeve notes: “Burt Bacharach is going to enjoy hearing this album because, like his songs, it is done with taste artistry and real feeling…”

Joni Mitchell - Clouds sleeveface , originally uploaded by Stephen Sleeveface.

This is one of the best non-photo sleevefaces I’ve seen. It is a great album cover, too.

Carly Simon : No Secrets, originally uploaded by See Gee.

I never get tired of the wonderful sleeveface photos that people post on Flickr. This one using Carly Simon’s No Secrets is fantastic.

Madonna : Angel, originally uploaded by See Gee.

I got a kick out of this sleeveface using Madonna’s 1985 Angel 12” single. I just can’t imagine Madonna wearing those pants!

AlbumArtExchange user gege has discovered a series of artistic images on Flickr that were created using audio cassette tape as a medium. The audio tape is removed from the cassette and applied to canvas. One image is a recreation of the classic album London Calling by The Clash (right).

We’ve recently seen the art from London Calling album used to adorn a pair of Converse high tops. However this is the first time that I have seen audio cassette tape used to create an image. To make it even more interesting, the audio cassette used was actually one of London Calling. This takes recycling to another level!

69/365 - Sleeveface with Boz Scaggs, originally uploaded by Aaron™.

Technically, this isn’t a sleeveface. It is brilliant, though. I wonder how long it took them to find that green bench.

diana realness, originally uploaded by jacksonpanix.

I love the use of the gatefold here. You can find more sleevefaces at Sleeveface.com.

Sleeveface - Ministry Filth Pig, originally uploaded by therealdavidjones.

I really like the innovation of showing the back of the politician with his fingers crossed behaind his back. This is one of my favorite sleevefaces yet.

Pat Cooper Spaghetti Sauce & Other Delights, originally uploaded by SA_Steve.

SA Steve tweeted that this album cover has had over 117,000 views on Digg. He has lots of strange vintage album covers on Flickr.

Sleeveface 69_Liberace ‘Strangers In The Night’, originally uploaded by The Real Wine Guy.

Michael Douglas is starring in a new film about Liberace. I’ve seen a publicity photo and it isn’t pretty — unlike the real deal on this album cover who always looked fabulous.

I’ve just discovered a collection of 70 vintage classical music album covers on Flickr.com. Many of the covers in the set are by album cover art pioneer Alex Steinweiss, who many believe invented the concept of placing art on the sleeves of record albums.

Steinweiss designed over 2,500 album covers betweeen 1939 and 1973. So, it is far from surprising that many of the covers in this collection from the 1940s and 1950s are his designs.

Most of the covers are in beat up condition. The images are quite large and would be good for beginners to use to practice their skills at restoring album covers.

For those of you who are simply interested in vintage album art, browsing through this collection will be a pleasure. The Flickr user has done a fantastic job of selecting covers and obviously spent a great deal of time photographing them.

Vinyl Gallery: Vintage classical album cover graphics

Sleeveface 40_Paul McCartney “Press To Play”, originally uploaded by The Real Wine Guy.

Here’s another great sleeveface photo from Flickr.com. Paul and Linda McCartney look so young on that album cover! For more, visit www.sleeveface.com.

Sleeveface 7_Steve Martin “Comedy Is Not Pretty”, originally uploaded by The Real Wine Guy.

I just love this sleeveface using Steve Martin’s Comedy Is Not Pretty. It has to be one of my favorites of all time.

The Best Of Elaine Paige Memories, originally uploaded by See Gee.

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of “sleeveface” photos on Flickr. Some of them are simply hilarious. So, I’m going to make this a regular feature on the AAX blog.