Sabadabada

Posted on August 22, 2007 Under Design

My friends sometimes describe me as an obsessive type when it comes to things I really like, but I don't always see it as a bad thing — more often than not, it works out to someone else’s advantage. For example, I'm pretty obsessed with the Internet, and as a result, my friends are always recepients of the great things I pass on to them. That's the same spirit behind Sabadabada: a brilliant diamond hidden in the Internet rough; a heavy stockpile of Brazilian record covers from the 1960s and 1970s of tropicália, bossa nova and samba music by a devoted collector who's been adding to his collection for over a decade. Sabadabada's owner has meticulously organized the albums by labels and catalog numbers because s/he believes this method leads to more great musical discoveries. In return, we get this incredible library of vibrant images that pique interest to what the vinyl behind them inspired. Some say you can't judge something by its cover, but I’m thinking in this case that yes, you hella can.