Backfill · 2023
#404 of 420Vinyl Record Liner Notes
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ImagePress/product shot
Press shot: An opened gatefold vinyl record jacket showing liner notes, black-and-white band photos, handwritten lyrics, and recording credits printed on the inner panels.
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I bought a vinyl record last week and spent 20 minutes reading the liner notes before I even put the needle down. The gatefold jacket opened into a 12-inch canvas of credits, lyrics, photos, and a handwritten note from the producer. It felt like being let into a room I wasn't supposed to see. Liner notes give music a physical context that streaming strips away. I like that context: the names of the musicians, the studio location, the engineer who mixed it, the photographer who took the cover shot.