[Dixielandjazz] Responses-- importance of the dust Jacket

[Steve Voce]

Jamie Fergusson, who wrote the book, is an old pal of mine. In fact it 
was he who gave me the job of writing the jazz obituaries for The 
Independent when he was editor there in 1980.

Steve Voce

On 18/06/2012 15:06, Norman Vickers wrote:
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> To:  Musicians & Jazzfans list; DJML
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> From: Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola
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> There were a number of responses to the "dust jacket" post.  Since it 
> also applies to art on the LP cover and the change those have taken 
> with the advent of the CD, I sent to both lists.  Here are some 
> collated responses.
>
> Thanks to those who responded.  I wondered if it would resonate with 
> any--- a pleasant surprise was your several responses.
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> Howard Mandel, president of Jazz Journalists association.  See his 
> regular blog at ArtsJournal.com. Howard wrote:
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> fascinating, Norman! I expect someone is doing the same for cd jacket 
> inserts.
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> I've always enjoyed dust jackets (and other illustrative matter in 
> books -- front and back covers in paperbacks). Recently I got a copy 
> of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tales of the Jazz Age with a beautiful cover 
> that is very much like "bespoke wrapping paper." It makes the book 
> glow, even before you read Fitzgerald's great first story in it, "The 
> Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
>
> Howard
>
> Joan McGinnis of Mission Viejo, CA is a retired language 
> teacher---speaks 19, has taught 5.  She is a 
> multi-instrumentalist---almost as many instruments as languages 
> mastered.  Note accent over the /a/ in her first name.  ( At my 
> request, she instructed me how to do it, but I never mastered the 
> art.)  She's a recent, and delightful, newcomer to the Musicians & 
> Jazzfans list.
>
> Whether it's called "dust jacket" or "book jacket" or "dust wrapper" 
> or even "dust cover" there will be text and illustrations. Often it's 
> the illustration on the cover that piques interest enough to actually 
> thumb through the book. Biographical information about the author is 
> usually on the back panel  or on the flaps, a summary of the book 
> ("blurb") and even evaluations from authorities and/or celebrities. In 
> addition, it protects the cover of the actual book. Plus, some people 
> collect them!  Joán
>
> Ken Dryden, broadcaster/jazz journalist of Chattanooga, TN writes:
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> For years I didn't know that collectors keep and desire the OBI strips 
> (with Japanese text) on Japanese
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> CDs and LPs that are distributed in the U.S. Now that I've had 
> occasion to sell some of them, I know to
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> keep them all.
>
> Fortunately I haven't tossed dustjackets from books since I was early 
> teenager.
>
> I figured out they were worth keeping.
>
> Ken
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> Joe Hagood of Selma, AL  is a radiologist and antiquarian book 
> dealer.  He's on our  PensacolaMencken list, having spoken to our
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> Pensacola Mencken group and published in the national Mencken 
> quarterly, /Menckeniana./
>
> Joe writes: Thanks- This is very good info for us incurable 
> collectors- Appreciate your continued good work with the Mencken list- 
> Have a great summer- Joe H[ P.E- Will be at the Tennessee  Book Fair 
> in July -will send report on Mencken offerings there}
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