Gershwin American In Paris Rhapsody In Blue Cuban Maazel NM LP David Byrd Cover
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An American In Paris : Rhapsody In Blue : Cuban Overture
Composed By George Gershwin : The Cleveland Orchestra Conducted By Lorin Maazel
Full-Length 12" Vinyl Record Album
Description: This album cover features excellent art-deco artwork by the great American poster artist David Byrd. The vinyl record is in glossy clean near mint condition. The cover is in excellent condition, still in cellophane shrink, the cover does has some waving due to the tight shrinkwrap, vinyl unaffected. Red "Imported Pressing" sticker on outside cellophane. On the back cover are extensive album notes. London Jubilee Imported Pressing. Made in Holland. The pictures in this listing are of the actual record album you will receive. Check out our other listings for a wide variety of vinyl records and CDs. We ship worldwide in secure, padded packaging. Please let us know if you have any questions for a prompt reply. Tracklist and additional album information below.
Tracklist:
Side One
1. Cuban Overture - 10:05
2. Rhapsody In Blue - 16:55
Side Two
3. An American In Paris - 17:40
David Edward Byrd is an American graphic artist, designer, illustrator and painter known primarily for his poster designs. David Byrd was born in 1941, in what is now Cleveland, Tennessee, and was raised in Miami Beach, Florida. David has lived in the Los Angeles area since the 1980s. In 1985 David began Byrd/Beserra Studios, with his partner Jolino Beserra. He graduated from Miami Beach High School in 1959, attended the Boston Museum School for a year and then Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he received a BFA in Painting and Design in 1964 and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking in 1966. David Edward Byrd in front of the poster he created for Forest Lawn in 2005. After graduating, Byrd moved to New York City where in early 1968, work was started for Bill Graham for venues in the new Fillmore East Ballroom in Manhattan's East Village. Byrd was reportedly hired on the spot after showing his portfolio to Bill Graham and signed on as the exclusive poster and program designer, beginning with a poster for the upcoming Traffic event. In the period 1968 to 1973, he and Fantasy Unlimited created posters for Jimi Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, Traffic, and Bill Graham favorite the Grateful Dead. In 1969 Byrd created the original poster for Woodstock, ultimately unused once the festival had to be relocated. He designed posters for notable stage musicals including Follies, Godspell, The Robber Bridegroom, The Grand Tour, The Survival of St. Joan, Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Shop of Horrors, and others. Byrd worked with The Who for their rock opera Tommy. From 1970 to 1979 Byrd taught at the Pratt Institute and the School of Visual Arts. In 1981 Byrd came to Los Angeles to work on the Van Halen World Tour. After that he did more poster creations in and around Los Angeles for, among others, The Mark Taper Forum, The Ahmanson Theatre, The Doolittle Theatre in Hollywood, The Pasadena Playhouse. From 1984 to 1986 he was Art Director of the national gay news magazine The Advocate. From 1991 to 2002, Byrd was Senior Illustrator at Warner Brothers Creative Services, creating illustrations, backgrounds and style guides for all the Looney Tunes and Hanna–Barbera characters. His other tasks included working with writer J. K. Rowling on the first three books to make a visual cornerstone for the Harry Potter films that were to follow. (wiki)
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