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The recording company Odeon pioneered the "album" when releasing Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky. They published it on four double-sided discs in a package
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empty sleeves with a leather or paperboard cover were sold to store their records
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Record companies started selling a collection of an artists music in an "album".
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Alex Steinweiss was the first hired ar director for Columbia Records, where he came up with the idea for the artist's albums to have a unique picture or art on the front of the album insstead of using plane covers.
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The word "albm" continued to be recognized as a collection of an artists music, and the idea of having unique art on the front continued as well when the 10" and 12" LP's came along.
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starting in 1850 the 12' and 45 pm become the standard the format for albums.
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Some Artists chose to have their album cover as the band or group members instead of some art.
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During 1975 artists or bands started being recognized by their latest album. They had the help of artists and photographers to create the album cover.
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Bop till You Drop is Ry Cooder's eighth album, released in 1979. This was the first majorly released digital album. After the first it kept gaining popularity
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around the 1980s the 12' and 45 rpm album format became insupirior.
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in he early 1990's the compact disc or CD was invented and the era of 45 rpm was quickly ended
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Some artists chose to have their album cover have a secret mesage.
