R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection

Robert Crumb first began drawing record covers in 1968 when Janis Joplin, a fellow Haight Ashbury denizen, asked him to provide a cover for her album Cheap Thrills. It was an invitation the budding artist couldn't resist, especially since he had been fascinated with record covers-particularly for the legendary jazz, country, and old-time blues music of the 1920s and 1930s-since he was a teen. This early collaboration proved so successful that Crumb went on to draw hundreds of record covers for both new artists and largely forgotten masters. So remarkable were Crumb's artistic interpretations of these old 78 rpm singles that the art itself proved influential in their rediscovery in the 1960s and 1970s. Including such classics as Truckin' My Blues Away, Harmonica Blues, and Please Warm My Weiner, Crumb's opus also features more recent covers done for CDs. R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection is a must-have for any lover of graphics and old-time music.

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Published by W. W. Norton & Company
Independent Publishers Since 1923

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Directed by John Heneghan
Featuring Eden Brower

The Songs:
1. Sing Song Girl - Leroy Sheild (1930)
2. Some Of These Days - Cab Calloway (1930)
3. Lindberg Hop - Memphis Jug Band (1928)
4. Down On Me - Eddie Head And His Family (1930)
5. Chasin' Rainbows - R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders (1976)
6. Singing In The Bathtub - R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders (1978)
7. So Sorry Dear - Eden & John's East River String Band Featuring R. Crumb (2010)

The East River String Band on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/suprovalco

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Music

[clafrance7]

Hey Eden can you tell us what songs were in this video!

[WWNorton]

@clafrance7 The songs:

1. Sing Song Girl - Leroy Sheild (1930)

2. Some Of These Days - Cab Calloway (1930)

3. Lindberg Hop - Memphis Jug Band (1928)

4. Down On Me - Eddie Head And His Family (1930)

5. Chasin’ Rainbows - R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders (1976)

6. Singing In The Bathtub - R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders (1978)

7. So Sorry Dear - Eden & John’s East River String Band Featuring R. Crumb (2010)

[tripleleo]

Who is the blond with the interesting style?

[WWNorton]

@tripleleo That's Eden Brower of The East River String Band.

[Hypergallery]

We've just got these in stock and they are GREAT! Adding to our great collection of Robert Crumb album cover art related goodies. Love the video.

[CPBarnum]

Fun video and a terrific preview of an excellent book. Thanks for creating and posting!

[EdenBee]

@susaninmaine and @ZacharyXAE Odd how you don't like a girl being in a crumb video and think that it will make a book of album covers "ring false?" How can old covers robert designed be false? you Do know who crumb is i assume? And yes, he asked me to be in this video as a "crumb girl" posing and our song plays in the credits. Goota love haters..and trolls on the interwebs!

[EdenBee]

Heh! I am the hipster chick and I assure you i am not a hipster, false but perhaps a ham. I play in an old time string band with Crumb. He seems to like me well enough, Enjoy seeing my albums in the book sister! <3

[susaninmaine]

@ZacharyXAE yes please

[susaninmaine]

i liked R Crumb's commentary on this video and based on this video asked for this book for xmas BUT ciyld have done without the ham-handed affectation-heavy hipster chick ... made me wonder whether the book itself might also ring as false as she.

[Swatantra100]

These folks are a true National Treasure. Nobody but NOBODY has such an extensive archive of rare and one-of-a-kind 78 RPM records. A lot of them are from the 1930s - Stock Market Crash Music. The emotions they describe in those old songs are the same ones people are feeling right now. The wealthy are trying to squash the have-nots - 99% of us. They fought against them 80 years ago, and we're fighting against them now. Let these wonderful old songs be our anthems of struggle and survival.

[RAMLIA1]

Thanks!

[1goddessofthunder]

Yes, for Christmas... Hint, hint!

[EdenBee]

Yes. It is an interview with him as he didn't want to be filmed for the video.