Steve Holub

Do you know the band Heart?  If yes, then awesome!  They are probably the best female led rock band of the 70’s.  We like to take credit for them here in Canada, but the truth is, the band is from Seattle, Washington. It’s too bad for us Canucks.. And in my opinion, if the ‘true’ scale of rock and roll greatness were a combination of beauty and kick-ass rock, then the ladies of Heart would have everyone beat, hands down..

Tim sent me this awesome photo of his Heart display.  It’s a beautiful checker-board record display, with great looking LPs, and it’s rocking the baracudda!!!

Big thanks for sharing your way of displaying vinyl records using this simple LP frame.
Much appreciated!

Lisa Christiansen of CBC Radio 3 recently produced a podcast called “Will Vinyl Save Music?” which raises a bunch of interesting questions. If you’re into vinyl record collecting/appreciation and wondering what the future holds, check it out here.

This display is the current champ for the most record frames, and it looks simply awesome. Jeff from Atlanta had a wall and an idea – to cover it entirely with album covers. Records on Walls LP frames are perfectly suited for such an endeavour and the results are stellar.  Jeff writes “I could not be more happy with the way it turned out and the feedback so far from others has all been super positive as well”. To be honest, I am jealous of this display and of his amazing record collection. There are so many killer albums on display here, it’s really tough to pick one or two to single out. But the coolest part, in my opinion, is that every one of these records is fully accessible for playing on the turn table. Thanks Jeff, and congrats on holding the records on walls championship title!

These two pictures come from David Guilbault of Seattle, Washington. And again, I am incredibly impressed by the diffirent creative uses of these record frames. The first picture on the left doesn’t show any frames – it is of David’s home studio being divided by a beautiful cabinet. But here is the catch – the backside of the cabinet has 8 record frames with some classic albums on display, as can be seen in the picture on the right. So rather than showing the blank and boring backside of the cabinet, David has dressed it up using vinyl record covers as art. So creative, and it looks great too!

Hello internets, I just got a nice email and some rad pics from Tim who hails from Forest, Virginia.  I will leave the back story of this display to the creator, but I just wanted to get my two cents in the there before I let him take over..  This checkered record frame style is something I’ve had in mind for sometime, but have yet to try it out myself.  I think it works really well, and gives the records that much more space to stand out individually as works of art.  And the story below makes the display that much better..

“The framed poster on the left is a reduced version of the promotional poster for the rock band I played in during my college years (1975 – 1979).  I was the drummer.  We played clubs, college dances, small concerts, etc. in the Virginia, and Washington DC area.  Our sets included about 25% original compositions and about 75% covers of other groups’ songs.  The 20 albums in the arrangement each contain at least one of the cover songs we played.  Lots of memories.”

Thanks for sharing, Tim.  And I have to commend you and the other members of AFTERMASS on your choice of bands to cover.  Awesome!  I’m sure you did Neil Peart justice.  Cheers, Steve

These pictures were posted on our facebook page by Thomas from Morrison, Colorado, and they are simply wicked!  I don’t think I need to write too much and just let the images of the record album display speak for themselves.  One thing I must say is that the use of the gatefold album cover feature in the first image looks incredible.  This is a home theatre / mancave that any guy would be proud of.  Nice work, and great use of the record frames!

This picture comes courtesy of Brad from Colorado.  Brad had ‘wallpapered’ his music room with album covers a few years ago, but when he found my record frames, he saw an opportunity to mount a few a more. Brad came up with the novel idea to mount a few LP frames on the entrance to his music room – records on doors before you enter a room with album covers wallpapering the entire room is beyond bad ass.

I need to add a little disclaimer here that these frames are meant to be treated like any other frame, and in general, should not be mounted on a moving surface (doors or otherwise).  The reason being is that the movement could knock out the record or the album cover from the frame.  Ok, now that I’ve made that little disclaimer, if you are going to use the frames on a moving surface, I recommend doing two things. 1) Remove the vinyl record, so there is no chance the record will go flying out when you need to make a hasty exit from the room before the cops get there. 2) Cut the foam strip into four pieces, and put one piece in each of the four corners of the frame, which should ‘lock’ the album into the frame.  If you do these two things (especially the first), then you should be in the clear.

Thank you to Brad for sharing this awesome installation.  And again, there are some choice records mounted in this pic. The first to catch my eye is the one that Brad had been tracking down for sometime: Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharaos. I haven’t even though about that track, Wooly Bully, since I was a kid (my Dad raised me on one-hit wonders from the 50’s and 60’s), but it’s a classic Garage rock tune and definitely worth checking out.  And you can never go wrong with a little Sun Ra.  If by some chance, this is the first time you have heard of him, then you are in for a treat.  Truly one of a kind.  I can’t resist the opportunity to link to my favorite Sun Ra track, Nuclear War (“if they push that button, your ass gotta go!”). Cheers, Steve

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Records on Walls! I just wanted to sincerely thank everyone who has visited the site and has purchase some of these frames as gifts for others (or for themselves).  I really hope you’re enjoying them, or at least planning on ways to make your space burst with musical inspiration.  To honor the holiday season, I thought I would (naturally) turn this blog post into something adversarial…  Namely, Lennon Vs.  McCartney: Christmas edition!

They are both great tunes with very different messages (let’s not even get into the instrumentation).  I may receive some flack for this, but I’m a McCartney man, so I have to cast my vote his way.  Don’t get me wrong, there are tonnes of incredible Lennon songs, but being a Hofner playing bassist myself, I guess you could say I’m a little biased. And I’m also a sucker for the cheeriness of the tune, at least in comparison to John’s song.. “Crap. It is Christmas. And what have I done?? Oh man, he’s got a point there – I’ve been an apathetic jerk!” But for the record, the Lennon song has almost 5 million views (and many more counting duplicated videos), while McCartney has yet to cross the 1 million mark. I guess that says something.

Thanks again for stopping by, and remember to like to us on facebook or twitter if you want to read more of these amazingly entertaining musing.  All the best in the new year, Steve