Great article at Sleevage.com: Sleevage: The Modernist Editions

I was wondering what a “conventional” 4AD remaster reissue might look like. What I came up with was a clear outer sleeve with the logo and word “REMASTERED” on the front, and then the barcode and fine print on the back. Each would be a lavish two-disc digipak set–with loads of rare bonus tracks, of course–with newly revized v23 artwork, too, metallic inks and all.

One can dream.

Matador Records recently sponsored a Belle And Sebastian cover art contest for their BBC Sessions compilation. Pretty much the idea for the Revized website, minus the contest (though I hope to have one, one day). Lots of nice ideas here…

The Sound Of The Smiths compilations are the first to feature a band photo, but I always loved the way Morrissey used film stills (for the most part) on the classic sleeves. Beauty in its simplicity. Here are two Revized takes using James Dean (one of Moz’s faves) and Harvey Keitel, who gave permission too late for this image (from Who’s That Knocking At My Door) to be used on their final album, Strangeways Here We Come).

Clearly, Ms Rossi wants you to focus on the music and not the dreadful cover art she has apparently chosen for her debut album on 4AD. Is this possibly a statement on 4AD’s aesthetic reputation? Sure to be hotly debated by diehard fans of the 4AD label…