Sleeve Notes

Sleeve Notes presents 150 fan-made inner record sleeves, dating between 1950 and 2000 and collected by Crazy Beat Records – a local second-hand music store in Essex.

Celebrating the passion and creativity of music lovers, the collection foregrounds historic fans’ dedication to physical media. Preserving a pre-internet era of devotion, the meticulous tributes of Sleeve Notes recall a time when music ownership was sealed with a fan’s own handiwork.

Sleeve Notes features sleeves photographed by artist and documentarian Dominique Russell, alongside a foreword by her father Kevan Russell of Crazy Beat Records and the collection’s originator.

Title: Sleeve Notes 
Publisher: Center Center, 2025
Photographer: -
Format: Softcover 
Size: 24cmx24cm, 160 pages
ISBN: 9781068423109