Come to think of it, using that photo would give your comp a more personal feel. What is going to distinguish your comp from all the other Nigerian disco/funk comps that have been released?
Come to think of it, using that photo would give your comp a more personal feel. What is going to distinguish your comp from all the other Nigerian disco/funk comps that have been released?
haha... a lot of people would think that'd be totally self-absorbed and lame (and to be honest, I'd agree with that). I'm already working on a totally new design. I've thought about the store sign idea before but none of the designs I have would look right for a Disco comp...
a lot of people would think that'd be totally self-absorbed and lame...
I thought the same thing, too. But seriously, yours is a fascinating story! The connections you made, the things you did, the places you went and the music you uncovered! Plus, weren't you making a documentary about the experience? And you had (or have?) a regular set playing the records you found in Africa.
I would be intrigued as a listener to learn about your experience. You moved to Africa solely for the purpose of digging up these records. When I look at that other comp posted here, I don't know how the label compiled it...did they go on a journey like yours? Or did they just use what they had from finds in their home country or whathaveyou.
Maybe you wouldn't use that picture for the cover design, but at least include your experience in some way in the liner notes.
Trying to be constructive, I'd echo the suggestions to start from scratch. Most of the smaller design elements - fonts, the lightning, the blue sky, etc. just don't seem to work well in concert. I also think the female model comes off wrong - if she's supposed to be empowered, how come the photo directs your attention at her crotch and not her raised fist?
"I like the idea of sampling OG designs from various old covers and trying to come up with something nice"
the new cover looks better, but the photo in the middle seems a little dull/off
Like others are saying you could comission a sign painter to do a new set of paintings. I think just the title in sign style and then use a photo for the image component. If you're are looking for images I have a stack of 70's era nigerian photos some of them have dudes wearing bellbottoms that don't read as costume like. There is even a picture of a bunch of chicks partying that could work. I would post them here but I'm in Nicaragua at the moment. Pm if you want me to send a couple of scans to you when I get back to the states on sunday.
If this is for official release and you can put a little money in it, holler at the dude Josh Dunn at wax poetics. Dude is great/easy/friendly and professional
My two cents: Put the heart on the back cover (it's kinda cluttering things up on the front) and move the "I Like it" where the heart is.
Also, why are the I and L capitalized in "I Like it" but not the not the i in "it"? And double quotes around that, please (unless you found that somewhere else and are reproducing it as is).
To respond to hogginthefogg's post - may be right about the heart going to the back and putting "I Like it" on the right side; not sure. The simplicity of that could be cool.
Definitely wrong about correcting the quotes/capitalization of "I Like it" - if that's how it came, leave it! Looks cool and different. You don't need to copy-edit an original bubble-caption, this isn't the New Yorker.
Not that there's any shortage of input in this thread, but I just have to:
1. That sticker is so awesome, I'd just have that, huge, pasted on the front cover, on a very generic background, like a crop of a jungle perhaps?
2. The fake ringwear could work, but I feel it maybe could be accentuated to a ridiculous extreme, like the compilation you are holding in your hands has been chewn on by a crocodile, run over by motorcycles and survived 30 years of monsoon rain at the bottom of a basement.
My two cents: Put the heart on the back cover (it's kinda cluttering things up on the front) and move the "I Like it" where the heart is.
Also, why are the I and L capitalized in "I Like it" but not the not the i in "it"? And double quotes around that, please (unless you found that somewhere else and are reproducing it as is).
"I Like it" and the heart are from the front side of the same record cover. You can either make up an authentic looking cover or you can follow basic design guidelines... can't have it both ways.
I still think using one of those signs you had made would be awesome. Definitely would be very very original, eye-catching and amazing...a tough combo to score
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Seriously.
Use that photo and a nice clean font and you're gold.
haha... a lot of people would think that'd be totally self-absorbed and lame (and to be honest, I'd agree with that). I'm already working on a totally new design. I've thought about the store sign idea before but none of the designs I have would look right for a Disco comp...
yea man. I respect what you do too much to tell you otherwise. This is really really bad.
I thought the same thing, too. But seriously, yours is a fascinating story! The connections you made, the things you did, the places you went and the music you uncovered! Plus, weren't you making a documentary about the experience? And you had (or have?) a regular set playing the records you found in Africa.
I would be intrigued as a listener to learn about your experience. You moved to Africa solely for the purpose of digging up these records. When I look at that other comp posted here, I don't know how the label compiled it...did they go on a journey like yours? Or did they just use what they had from finds in their home country or whathaveyou.
Maybe you wouldn't use that picture for the cover design, but at least include your experience in some way in the liner notes.
"I like the idea of sampling OG designs from various old covers and trying to come up with something nice"
Cosign.
here's my latest try. Work in process and far from finished but I hope it offends a bit less:
signature by the former Nigerian owner:
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please to post full cover
Like others are saying you could comission a sign painter to do a new set of paintings. I think just the title in sign style and then use a photo for the image component. If you're are looking for images I have a stack of 70's era nigerian photos some of them have dudes wearing bellbottoms that don't read as costume like. There is even a picture of a bunch of chicks partying that could work. I would post them here but I'm in Nicaragua at the moment. Pm if you want me to send a couple of scans to you when I get back to the states on sunday.
If this is for official release and you can put a little money in it, holler at the dude Josh Dunn at wax poetics. Dude is great/easy/friendly and professional
Also, why are the I and L capitalized in "I Like it" but not the not the i in "it"? And double quotes around that, please (unless you found that somewhere else and are reproducing it as is).
To respond to hogginthefogg's post - may be right about the heart going to the back and putting "I Like it" on the right side; not sure. The simplicity of that could be cool.
Definitely wrong about correcting the quotes/capitalization of "I Like it" - if that's how it came, leave it! Looks cool and different. You don't need to copy-edit an original bubble-caption, this isn't the New Yorker.
This guy needs to be featured.
1. That sticker is so awesome, I'd just have that, huge, pasted on the front cover, on a very generic background, like a crop of a jungle perhaps?
2. The fake ringwear could work, but I feel it maybe could be accentuated to a ridiculous extreme, like the compilation you are holding in your hands has been chewn on by a crocodile, run over by motorcycles and survived 30 years of monsoon rain at the bottom of a basement.
Or not.
"I Like it" and the heart are from the front side of the same record cover.
You can either make up an authentic looking cover or you can follow basic design guidelines... can't have it both ways.
I didn't feel like repairing it because then it'd look fake.
I do have two copies of the record I got the picture from but both have strong ringwear and th e one I chose looks nicer in my opinion.