Sold Date:
April 26, 2014
Start Date:
April 21, 2014
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~Tracy Sugarman~
"Record Cover Art"
2 Sleeves - 2 Gatefold Jackets - 2 Records
Original 18 Top Hits Records 1950s Original Recording:
Original Covers-Signed
Tracy Sugarman
This listing is for 4 Tracy Sugarman covers. 3 of 4 are signed Tracy Sugarman
Two paper Sleeves are signed and are in VF+ condition.
Two this cardboard gatefold jackets are in VG++ condition with minor age wear.
Comes with 2 original 18 Top Hits 78 rpm records.
Included:
A Tear Fell by Dottie Evans and Enoch Light
Long Tall Sally by Artie Malvin & The Zig Zags
To Love Again by The Zig Zags w/ Enoch Light
Moonglow by Bob Eberly w/ Enoch Light
The Saints Rock and Roll by Artie Malvin & The Zig Zags
Standing On The Corner by Loren Becker w/ Enoch Light
also:
Bob Eberly
Sings:
Amapola - I Understand
Tangerine - I Hear A Rhapsody
Tracy A. Sugarman (1921 – January 20, 2013) was an American illustrator. He illustrated hundreds of books and record covers in a career lasting over 50 years. He authored an annotated work on his sketches from .
Following his service in the U.S. Navy in World War II, Sugarman moved to , and embarked on a career in illustration. He has illustrated books and articles for more than 50 years, including numerous children's books.
He is also an illustrator of record covers, primarily for /. The early ten inch records on Waldorf Music Hall are apparently also designed by him. The later covers on Grand Award use his illustrations in the middle of a frame design. Many illustrations from the earlier series reappear on the later records. Apparently no book on record cover design includes any Sugarman covers, but they are nevertheless a unique and beautiful body of work. He designed more than 100 covers in the years 1950-1959. Perhaps the best known are the covers for albums by "Knuckles O'Toole", a ragtime piano player made up by the Grand Award company. The real pianist is either Billy Rowland or . These have been reissued on CD with the original covers on Siggnal Sounds records.
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