Description: Shipping: All items will be packed safely in a sturdy package for safe shipping.We ship internationally and offer combined shipping for multiple purchases. Expedited, Priority Mail and FedEx shipping available Once payment is received, we ship your item on the next business day. Some great books, magazines and discographies about performers and recordingsClick on this link for more Columbia Catalogs and Supplements!Click on this link for more Music Magazines, Journals, Discographies and Books! Impish cover art in the style of JIM FLORA in his first year as Art Director of Columbia RecordsThis is his very first Masterworks Supplement CoverFeburary 1943 COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS Supplement RECORD CATALOG featuring Thomas Beecham Delius Society and complete La Boheme with Bidu SayaoWill be shipped by first class letter without tracking. pls contact me if you require sturdier packing and tracking.5x3.5"x3.5" accordion fold 8 panels 16 pages two color printingCONDITION VERY GOOD, no markings, dirt or damage first fold a bit worn In 1943, four years out of the Cincinnati Art Academy, and one year after docking on the east coast, Jim Flora was named Art Director of Columbia Records. His boss, Alex Steinweiss (inventor of the illustrated album cover), had enlisted in the Navy. One of Flora's first directorial fiats was to launch Coda, a monthly new release booklet. Along with catalog details on fresh Columbia platters, Coda contained artist profiles, historical vignettes, and -- most pertinent -- an abundance of Flora visual chicanery. Coda ran from 1943 to 1945, after which it was replaced by The Disc Digest. By then, Flora had been promoted to Advertising Manager, and later to Sales Promotion Manager, positions which afforded him little opportunity to draw. This was a source of creative frustration; Flora was not born to be a bureaucrat. In 1950, having reached his limit of what he called "endless meetings, endless memos, and wrestling with budgets," he resigned, and "bitten by the bug of wanderlust," drove to Mexico with his family in a Hudson sedan. They lived south of the border for a year and a half, mostly in Taxco, amid what he called "picturesque ruins."After his return to the U.S. in 1951, Flora embarked upon a freelance career in commercial design. One early client was his former employer, Columbia, who hired him to revive and illustrate Coda. A fish-eyed, sax-wailing St. Nick graced the cover of the December 1952 edition. The following year, Flora began designing LP covers for RCA Victor. The Santa handing out those plum assignments was RCA AD Robert M. Jones -- the man who had replaced Flora as Columbia AD in 1945. CLICK HERE FOR MORE Vintage Record Catalogs and Booklets! Please check my other listings for some great vintage Turntable and Phonograph items, Phonograph and Music books! Click here for some great items up for auction and fixed price items: Click here for more great Books, Catalogs, Phonograph and Turntable Items! Photos may have been taken under fluerescent light. Color values may have shiften. WE OFFER SHIPPING DISCOUNTS. IF you win multiple items, please wait for me to send you an invoice first before paying. That way I can make sure that you will receive a single low postage for the whole package. All items will be safely packed to avoid any damage and promptly shipped. Thank you for your interest, and enjoy! Shipping: All items will be packed safely in a sturdy package for safe shipping.We ship internationally and offer combined shipping for multiple purchases. Expedited, Priority Mail and FedEx shipping available Once payment is received, we ship your item on the next business day. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
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Author: Columbia Records, Thomas Beecham, Bidu Sayao, JIM FLORA
Book Title: Feburary 1943 COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS Supplement RECORD CATALOG 78
Language: English
Topic: Artists, Classical Music, Collectibles, Comedies, Cult Movies, Cultural History, Documentaries, Dramas, Entertainment, Historic Figures, Hobbies, Music, Musical Instruments, Musicals, Performing Arts, Pop Music, Popular Culture, Popular Media, Satire, Screenplays, Script/Play, Soundtracks, Television, Theater, Art & Culture
Format: Chapbook/Pamphlet
Publisher: Columbia Records
Genre: Antiquarian & Collectible, Art & Culture, Business, Economics & Industry, Film/TV Adaptation, History, Leisure, Hobbies & Lifestyle, Music
Publication Year: 1943
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
