Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra's latest release
Many of us grew up when physical, packaged music was the only option (even an album taped to cassette by a friend would probably have a paper cover). Thus poorly packaged albums could be sold for upwards of twenty dollars and retain their guaranteed audience. These days, that audience is harder to come by, and many labels have stepped up their act in the creation of high quality music packages.
Constellation Records (based in in Montréal, Quebec) has been making gorgeous, beautifully printed packages since 1997, with the release of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s F#A#oo.* Packaging, for Constellation, has seemingly always been as much a priority as the music contained inside. They exclusively use recycled papers and “old fashioned” print techniques like foil stamping, letterpress, limited-color offset, and silkscreening.
