“Records give you more of what you want” - CBS Records

Inner Sleeve of Moby Grape ‘69 (1969, CBS Records). Photograph by Paul McDermott.

In the last post about David Ackles I mentioned Moby Grape’s Moby Grape ‘69 album album that I found in a “3 for €10” box at the Dublin Flea outdoor market at Newmarket Square off Cork Street in Dublin 8 over ten years ago. I love the inner sleeve of this album. CBS give eight reasons how, “records give you more of what you want.”

1. They’re your best entertainment buy.

2. They allow selectivity of songs and tracks.

3. They’re convenient and easy to handle.

4. They’re attractive, informative and east to store.

5. They’ll give you hours of continuous and uninterpreted listening pleasure.

6. They’re the proven medium.

7. If it’s in recorded form, you know it’ll be available on records.

8. They’ll make a great gift.

In its promotion of physical media the record industry had resorted to slightly different tactics by the 1980s…