Send a sleeve for the site

If you have a 78 rpm record sleeve from the immediate pre-war or wartime years, I would be very glad to see it. Every new example helps to pin down when a design was printed and used.

What the site covers

• The immediate pre-war and wartime period, up to 1945. Sleeves that turn out to be post-war are not included.
• Europe is the main focus: company sleeves from European record makers, and sleeves printed by gramophone dealers and shops in Britain and on the Continent. Sleeves from elsewhere are welcome where they help to date European designs.
• Both plain company designs and dealers’ own printed sleeves are of interest, including worn, torn and repaired ones.

What to send

• A clear photograph of the front and back of the sleeve, taken straight on in good light, with any printer’s marks or small print readable.
• The record it came with, if you know it: label, catalogue number and title. A photo of the label helps.
• Where the sleeve came from, if you know (country, town, shop or family).
• The name you would like to be credited under, or say if you would prefer not to be named.

How to send it

Email your photographs to simondodkins-7k3bfg+sleeves@mail.grokbot.com. Every submission is read and answered. If a sleeve fits the site, it will be researched and added with credit to you; if it falls outside the period or area, I will say so and explain why.

By sending photographs you agree that they can be shown on this site with a credit. You keep the copyright in your own photographs, and I will remove a picture if you ask.