A guest post by David from Jive Time Records on vintage Polish album covers

The albums are mostly from the fifties to the seventies, and you might recognize the names of some of the designers, like poster design heavyweights Flisak and Olbinski. Wikipedia entry for the label:

Polskie Nagrania "Muza" ("Polish Records 'Muse' ") is a major state-owned Polsih record label located in Warsaw. It was established in 1956 after the merger of the vinyl record factory "Muza" and the record house Polskie Nagrania (with the history of the latter traced to the Interbellum times). It has been producing a wide range of musical records: pop, rock, jazz, folklore, classical, children.

Sleeve illustration/design: Stanisław Żakowski

Sleeve illustration/design: Jerzy Flisak

Sleeve illustration/design: Jerzy Czerniawski

Sleeve illustration/design: Rafał Olbiński

Sleeve illustration/design: Rafał Olbiński

Uncredited

Sleeve illustration/design: Ewa Pomorska

Uncredited

Sleeve illustration/design: Ewa Pomorska

Sleeve illustration/design: Stanisław Żakowski

Sleeve illustration/design: Włodzimierz Terechowicz

Sleeve illustration/design: Jerzy Stelmach

Label: Veriton
Sleeve illustration/design: Leszek Hołdanowicz

Uncredited

Sleeve illustration/design: Zygmunt Januszewski

Sleeve illustration/design: A Wahl

Sleeve illustration/design: Ewa Pomorska

Sleeve illustration/design: Stefan Bernaciński

In addition to running Seattle's Jive Time Records, David runs a series of blogs devoted to LP covers, my favorites being Project Thirty-Three, Groove is in the Art, Symphonie Fantastique, and Deface Value.

He is also responsible for the posts Kris Kool and Stray and Idle Notions.

See all posts tagged "Poland" on 50 Watts

2/28/12 update: thank you Daniel for helping with the names and accents