The Harrow & The Harvest - Making of the Album Cover

Interviews with Aardvark Letterpress, John Dyer Baizley, Gillian Welch, and David Rawlings about the making of the letterpressed album cover insert for The Harrow & The Harvest, the new 2011 Gillian Welch album.

[@crussell216]

An absolutely fantastic album with a brilliant cover. Wonderful to see the process of how the cover came to be. Someone recommended the album to me a while back. Listened to it on Spotify then went and bought the CD which came with two copies of the cover. The whole thing is just a wonderful work of art.

[@hypergallery]

It's a beautiful thing to see so much care go into the making of an album cover. It shows due respect to the music it contains, for the artists involved and for the craftspeople who get to share their craft with a wider audience. Wonderful stuff!

[@delirium11]

Deep respect to this approach, conscious, attentive, with beautiful results!

[@stupidlittleguitar]

glad I watched this, made me pull the insert out of the CD case to have a closer look...nice job ! I'm keepin the insert out to display it as the artwork it is and since I've worked with fiber, paper and wood all my life, I can see that coffee / tea stain on this would make a difference. So, in the spirit of art and play I'll be dunking mine one of these days. reminds me of when art on album covers was a really cool part of music

[@soarornor]

The cover is really beautiful as is the album. Nice to see so much attention to detail for the physical side of the product. Long live the Physical Side of the Product!!! Wonderful that they made this film to share it with everyone.

[@taparoo101]

The new album is amazing. Thanks for all the care and soul you guys put into it. You two are the real deal.

[@BongoPedro]

Despite already having the mp3 album I just bought this CD as a result of this video. First hard copy music I've bought in 3 years!

[@ITRYNVC]

Nice to see the love they put into this!

[@jondoe888i]

THANK YOU for this video. I was curious how this stunning image came about. And I only listen to MP3's. In the late 90's, I used to put them on CD's that held 8 hours of music. Today, it's all digital. The price I pay? The loss of the album art! But I'll survive, with 7 days of music on my phone, with more on the computer.

[@yasdnilr]

As I only have the digital copy of this, i was really interested. Can't wait for all these records to be released on vinyl! what covers they will be then.

[@DWTish]

Awesome

[@BULGAFIGO]

The Heidelberg Stella is so fascinating!!!

[@jderevere]

Bummed that the Ga. Theatre show is sold out . These two are simly amazing .

[@smallhomeideas]

Best Album Cover seen since Sgt. Pepper

[@watchstrap1]

great album deserves a great cover

[@lucasboden]

After watching this video, I will invest some more time to really listen to this album and actually go out and buy it as well.

[@mytimebox1]

"it's not perfect without the anomalies"

[@michaelstangeland3060]

Who put that orchestra in David's guitar?

[@djmeadows95]

@gearoiddom make that 22,685

[@THEinterrobang]

I wouldn't have wood mounted the back cover plate that has the 6pt type. wood is notoriously inaccurate dimensionally. metal mount would be best.

[@mattdyke589]

NO mention of the Baphomet pose on the album cover???

[@CAPTRAY-iz9gp]

I know, creepy stuff in dark turn of mind video as well, its pretty obvious

[@jacquelynndee4321]

I clicked on this video thinking they would have some silly explanation of why chose this design. I’m disappointed they didn’t. I was hoping I was wrong

[@HumanMonolith]

*Kvelertak

[@gearoiddom]

12,336 roots music nerds want to know how a CD insert is made. Shit make that 12,337.

[@mattdyke589]

Why do Gillian and Dave think Baphomet is so fantastic?