There are a few record labels that consistently release so much great material that you start noticing. Factory is obviously one, and I also have fond memories of Mute, 4AD and ZTT from back in the day. It always starts with the music, but having strong management with a vision support the bands really can make a difference. Here are three classic covers, originally created by Peter Saville for New Order, re-drawn here using Affinity Designer.
Uncertain what typeface this is, definitely a modernist geometric, and possibly drawn for this cover?
This is probably the biggest hit New Order ever had, epic dancefloor banger “Blue Monday”. The outer sleeve had cut-outs to resemble a floppy disk and was a very expensive cover to print and produce. The coloured bar to the right is a code that spells out the track names, the FAC 73 serial number and the band name. It was rumoured that the label lost money on each record sold, but this is probably an exaggerated claim. Why destroy a perfecly good story with the truth, eh?
Naturally this is FACT 93 and depending on how you squint, the colour bar reads either “New Order” or “Confusion”.