<p><strong><span class="caps">SIGNED</span> copies exclusive to The <span class="caps">MVA</span> Exchange!</strong><br /> In the early 1990s a renewed spirit of co-operation and do-it-yourself initiative took hold of the North American punk and hardcore scenes. The new <span class="caps">DIY</span> approach didn’t stop at booking your own tours and self-releasing records, now it involved putting together the very packaging for those records. Hand-gluing sleeves, silk-screening manila envelopes and raiding thrift stores for LP jackets that could be re-used became the norm.</p> <p>From there it was only a matter of time before anything could be used as a record cover: aluminum foil, burlap, vintage wallpaper, cereal boxes, tar paper. Anything and everything was up for grabs, especially as economies of bartering became more and more adventurous. <span class="caps">DIY</span> Album Art: Paper Bags and Office Supplies documents the innovative handmade packaging developed by labels such as Gravity, Bloodlink, File 13, Arcade Kacha, Tree, Donut Friends, Repercussion and Vermin Scum, as well as those that build on the tradition like Helicopter, Corleone and Auxiliary. Published by Mark Batty Publisher, 2009.</p> 2009-12-15T00:15:01-06:00 diy-album-art-paper-bags-office-supplies-book 11670952 Book 2009-12-15T00:15:01-06:00 2009-12-15T00:19:21-06:00 J. Namdev Hardisty/The MVA book, J Namdev Hardisty, The MVA *SIGNED copies exclusive to The MVA Exchange!* In the early 1990s a renewed spirit of co-operation and do-it-yourself initiative took hold of the North American punk and hardcore scenes. The new DIY approach didn’t stop at booking your own tours and self-releasing records, now it involved putting together the very packaging for those records. Hand-gluing sleeves, silk-screening manila envelopes and raiding thrift stores for LP jackets that could be re-used became the norm. From there it was only a matter of time before anything could be used as a record cover: aluminum foil, burlap, vintage wallpaper, cereal boxes, tar paper. Anything and everything was up for grabs, especially as economies of bartering became more and more adventurous. DIY Album Art: Paper Bags and Office Supplies documents the innovative handmade packaging developed by labels such as Gravity, Bloodlink, File 13, Arcade Kacha, Tree, Donut Friends, Repercussion and Vermin Scum, as well as those that build on the tradition like Helicopter, Corleone and Auxiliary. Published by Mark Batty Publisher, 2009. 2009-12-15T00:07:02-06:00 manual 907 29698412 shopify continue 10 Signed 1 34.95 11670952 true true 2010-01-12T15:54:58-06:00 2010-01-12T16:08:46-06:00 25472032 1 11670952 2010-01-12T16:08:46-06:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0040/3312/products/20091231_1217.jpg?1267979452 2010-01-12T16:08:58-06:00 25472062 2 11670952 2010-01-12T16:08:58-06:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0040/3312/products/20091231_1220.jpg?1267979452 2010-01-12T16:09:13-06:00 25472122 3 11670952 2010-01-12T16:09:13-06:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0040/3312/products/20091231_1221.jpg?1267979452 2010-01-12T16:09:26-06:00 25472152 4 11670952 2010-01-12T16:09:26-06:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0040/3312/products/20091231_1225.jpg?1267979452 Title