Use of Braille on album/CD artwork?

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  1. willy

    willy hooga hagga hooga Thread Starter

    Has anyone other than Pink Floyd on The Division Bell CD ever done this?

    Just curious. I thought at that time that it might become a common thing, and probably a welcome one, but nope. Regular embossing doesn't count!
     
  2. phish

    phish Jack Your Body

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  3. RTurner

    RTurner Senior Member

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    Paul McCartney And Wings - Red Rose Speedway

    Has a Braille greeting on the back cover - to Stevie Wonder.
    I have an original lp and can confirm that it's there - but I have never known what the message actually says.....
     
  4. GeddyLeeFan

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    The most famous one has to be Paul McCartney's 'Red Rose Speedway'...

    "[...] the back cover of the album contains a Braille message of "We love ya baby" for Stevie Wonder."
     
  5. TheOx

    TheOx Forum Resident

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    The first pressing of The Who's Odds and Sods (1974) album had the song titles in braille.

    TheOx
     
  6. Robert Haagsma

    Robert Haagsma Vinyl fanatic

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    Hearing Earring - Golden Earring (a 70's UK compilation on Track)
     
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  7. Larry Geller

    Larry Geller Surround sound lunatic

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    Only the UK ones, which also had larger-sized cut-outs on the front cover than the US LP.
     
  8. 93curr

    93curr Senior Member

    Gescom's 'ISS:SA' CD has braille on the cover. I always assumed it was just the title/artist, but it may well be something else.
     
  9. Cheepnik

    Cheepnik Overfed long-haired leaping gnome

    Early pressings of Stevie Wonder's Talking Book had a Braille message in the gatefold: "Here is my music. It is all that I have to tell you how I feel. Know that your love keeps my love strong - Stevie."
     
  10. johnny 99

    johnny 99 Down On Main Street

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    I knew you'd beat me to that one!

    Great album, I might add!:wave:
     
  11. Paul K

    Paul K Senior Member

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    I have one of those...they did them up here in Canada too!
     
  12. Jeff H.

    Jeff H. Senior Member

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    Stevie Wonder's "Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants" also has braille typeset on the front of the vinyl LP cover.
     
  13. Jimbo

    Jimbo Forum Hall Of Fame

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    ELO's Out of the Blue has braille on the LP cover, but I don't recall what it says.
     
  14. Larry Geller

    Larry Geller Surround sound lunatic

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    Which country? Certainly not the US.
     
  15. Jimbo

    Jimbo Forum Hall Of Fame

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    I just checked, and there's no braille on the ELO LP. However, there is braille on the back of the booklet for my old Jet CD, printed in Holland, made in Japan.
     
  16. HiFi Guy 008

    HiFi Guy 008 Forum Resident

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    It's actually standard for most lp's/cd's on the SKAM label to include a braille sticker. Gescom is a SKAM artist, so I'm assuming you have a SKAM pressing.
     
  17. MJConroy

    MJConroy Senior Member

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    I knew you'd both beat me to that!

    I think Track records did a number of them back then.

    I have a sampler album (which includes "All Day Watcher" by Golden Earring (one of my all time favorite tunes of theirs), The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Procol Harum, Jow Cocker, Speedy Keen, The Move, and Arthur Brown)) entilted "All Sorts" which has braille.
     
  18. Larry Geller

    Larry Geller Surround sound lunatic

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    At one point, it was Track's stated intention to put Braille on all of their LPs.
     
  19. Steve's DCC remaster includes the Braille greeting on the back of the CD sleeve...
     
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