Currently, there are various types of music software, and many will be developed in the future. Compared to vinyl chloride disks called records, CDs and downloaded music are overwhelmingly superior in terms of operability and versatility, and above all, since the sound source is read digitally, there is no damage to the board due to the record needle.
In this situation, rocks of the 60’s and 70’s, which entrusted their dreams and principles to records and jackets, became far from being relevant. Certainly, major artists’ products are being sold one after another on CDs and downloadable music, but the rock scene has not continued to this day solely due to the success of such big players. Many of them were born and lost in the underground, and they were too early to be recognized and disappeared. Because of the efforts of the artists of that era, the industry people around them, and the designers, rock music like today has become a big business, and given its roots, it naturally turns to this era.
Those who were engaged in rock music market had no money at that time. It is still true more or less even today, though. The reason behind is that the psychedelic music came up from the hippie movement in the late 60th and early 70th are reviving and appreciating recently.
Rock music is diversifying and giving more influence to the society. New bands are coming up one after another, and new records are relieved. Record makers have wishes to introduce more records with new attempts to stimulate the boom, but the sales do not follow. Makers have no way to let the funs know the new records that they are going to launch with confidence. Under such a circumstance, the importance of record jacket is increasing.