Epic prog album with an ugly/insipid album art?

silverpot wrote: King By-Tor wrote: That's part of the cover! This album comes from an era where people would actually open the gatefold and look at the art instead of just clicking on a 60 x 60 pixel icon to play it. I don't want to sound elitest (wait, yes I do) - but you can't really experience old 70s prog the way it was supposed to be experienced if you don't do it on vinyl and soak in ALL the artwork. How true that is. The art work wasn't meant to be trapped in tiny CD boxes. That's why I've kept all my vinyls, they're pieces of art in themselves. Gatefold sleeves, what a treat! I used to spend almost the same amount of time looking at the covers as listening to the music.   Although, Close to the Edge is a bit bleak, I'll admit that, and Pink Floyd's Meddle isn't much to write home about either.

Oh please..... get over yourselves!

Yes, vinyl albums are bigger, but apart from the benefit this brings to the size of the art, what reason do people have to buy lower-quality, larger and more difficult to store albums?

I collect vinyl for recreational purposes. Every album I own on vinyl however, I also own on CD, because it's just better sound quaity. And it's not like people are devoid of accessing artwork these days..... how hard is it to find a bigger image of a painting online? CD boxes aren't tiny, they are practical. The images associated with albums are widely available in ways other than on the front of a gatefold sleeve, so I don't see how it's a problem.

But ultimately, if someone doesn't give a sh*t about the artwork, that's their choice and it doesn't make their appreciation of the music any less valid.