AVP Holiday Card – 2007

Artwork by Stephanie Housley from Coral & Tusk

The disk illustrated on the front of this card pays homage to the aesthetic quality of labels seen on commercially released 78RPM disks – also known as shellacs. No other recording medium before or since has exhibited such beautifully crafted decorative labels, making them a significant experiential aspect of working with the medium. UNESCO estimates that there are ten million 78RPM disks worldwide. Fortunately these disks are one of the most resilient formats ever to exist. Their primary physical threat is breakage due to mishandling or disaster. As the main audio medium for mass distribution of content in the first half of the 20th century, content found on these disks is amazingly diverse and relevant to defining the time period in which they thrived. Efforts toward preservation of the content found on these disks continue on as evidenced by the release of a 78RPM calibration disk from the Audio Engineering Society this year!

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AVPS Releases Their 2007 Holiday Card

AudioVisual Preservation Solutions released its second annual original greeting card for the 2007 holiday season. The 2007 card features an illustrated disk with an original AVPS label that pays homage to the production of the wide array of classic decorative 78RPM labels that exist in audio libraries all over the world.

The 2006 holiday card features the VR-1000 Quad videotape machine in honor of the 50th anniversary of videotape.

The cards are inspired by the field that we work in. The original art work is created by Stephanie Housley, a New York based artist/designer.

We are pleased to send these greetings to our clients and all of the other members of our community who are dedicated to the preservation of our audiovisual heritage. We are especially delighted to note that we often see the cards posted in the archives we work in long after the holiday season has ended.

To see the 2006 and 2007 holiday cards click here:
https://www.avpreserve.com/uncategorized/avps-holiday-cards/