I miss liner notes.
So do I. Not that I've bought any sort of music in the recent past (does "We Are the Dinosaurs" count?).
Posted by: Cindy | November 2, 2007 01:12 PMMe too. But there is a bright side: a friend of mine put out a double album and we decided to not put any liner notes in it at all. Instead, we printed her web address on it, and there is a great big PDF file with far more content than could fit on a CD case.
The other upside is this: we had to censor the CD cover art for retailers, but the PDF file has the original naughty version.
I miss the album art, as well. The artwork now sucks. Usually, a picture of the artist (soulfully in black & white), or a swimg on a playground (rusting). Anyone remember Elton John's "Captain Fantastic"? I stared at that for HOURS.
Posted by: Chris | November 2, 2007 03:04 PMI've noticed that iTunes has tried to provide a little solace with their digital booklets but it's definitely not the same.
I'd like to thank everyone who helped me realize my dream of commenting on a post about liner notes.
Posted by: Dale | November 3, 2007 11:54 AMAnother sign of the decline of the music business. "Old fogeys" like me (age 40) remember LP vinyl albums with huge artwork and pull-out lyric sheets and liner notes. Then CDs came along and everything got down-sized. But some CDs had multi-paged liner notes stuffed into the plastic insert-cover. Now with MP3 downloads, there's no such thing. The concept of an "album" is pretty much dead, too. People buy tracks - regardless of how they were meant to play in sequence (if any artists, indeed, still do this?). It's all very interesting.
Posted by: Matt | November 5, 2007 03:58 PM