War's afterglow:Vogue Picture Records
September 16, 2006 7:48 PM   Subscribe

Vogue Picture Records, 1946-1947 These images reflect post-World War II attitudes and optimism. via
posted by hortense (13 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Here is a rather large collection.
posted by hortense at 7:51 PM on September 16, 2006


I've always been curious about that post-war period. My teachers definitely neglected that part of world and American history.

There's WWII and then, OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE, Kim Il-Sung is storming down the Korean peninsula. McCarthy is ranting and raving.

In between: five neglected years.
posted by jason's_planet at 8:14 PM on September 16, 2006


I remember running into a number of these as a child, going through stacks of grimy 78s in a dim antique barn in rural Maine. My thought at the time was that they were beyond cheesy and their cheap sentimentality disgusted me. Over thirty years I see that later I see that I was entirely correct.

Could have bought them all for a dime apiece though.
posted by squalor at 9:26 PM on September 16, 2006


I always figured those golden years were the germination of the corpocracy.
posted by sourwookie at 12:50 AM on September 17, 2006


yeah, what jason's_planet said, to the letter. Fascinating, thanks for the post!

(having watched The Black Dahlia at the movies tonight)...

*runs off to google more from this period*
posted by lonefrontranger at 1:41 AM on September 17, 2006


I've always thought it a little odd that there weren't a whole lot more picture discs produced, especially during the music boom years of the 60's and 70's. Record sleeves certainly became more elaborate, like the Stones' 3D picture on Satanic Majesties Request, etc. Strange that there weren't more picture discs released. Was it just too cost-prohibitive, I wonder?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:09 AM on September 17, 2006


Vogue picture records were of a very high quality, with little surface noise. The records were produced using a complicated process whereby a central core aluminum disc was sandwiched between the paper illustrations and vinyl. from the last link.
posted by hortense at 8:06 AM on September 17, 2006


These are great, hortense, thanks. I never knew these things existed so long ago!
posted by mediareport at 8:33 AM on September 17, 2006


Cheesy-looking as it is, the image for "Stardust" is sort of what I had in my mind's eye when I first heard the song growing up -- it's that kind of song.
posted by pax digita at 9:03 AM on September 17, 2006


The records were produced using a complicated process whereby a central core aluminum disc was sandwiched between the paper illustrations and vinyl. from the last link

Actually I'm pretty interested in how these were manufactured, but hortense, I can't seem to locate that bit you quoted (I'm hoping there's more). I know you mentioned from the last link, but I'm not finding it...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:16 AM on September 17, 2006


Here ya go flapjax
posted by hortense at 9:21 AM on September 17, 2006


Thanks!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:45 AM on September 17, 2006


Excellent stuff, hortense - I love these and never heard of them before - thanks!
posted by madamjujujive at 11:58 AM on September 17, 2006


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