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On July 15, 2010, at 2:11 a.m., the Album Art Exchange gallery reached an important milestone. AAX user CDsOfAustin uploaded a set of scans for the Ricky Nelson box set The American Dream: The Complete Imperial and Verve 1957-1963 (right), one of which was the 100,000 cover in the gallery.

I was hoping that the 100,000th cover would be a quality, original scan by an AAX user and CDsOfAustin came through like a champ. The scans of the four CD covers included in the set are excellent examples of the type of images we like to see in the gallery.

Thank you to CDsOfAustin and the many other dedicted AAX users who have helped us reach this important milestone. Album Art Exchange doesn't give prizes or hold contests because that encourges quanitity and not quality. It is important to have both, even if it takes longer to reach milestones like today's.

I'm finding it difficult to believe, but I just uploaded my 15,000th album cover to the AlbumArtExchange.com gallery. I wanted this personal milestone to be memorable and selected a special album cover for the occassion.

Slim Whitman has sold over 100 million albums during a long music career that began in 1945. He is known to people of my generation as a pioneer of television marketing. Whitman was one of the first recording artists to sell his albums through 800 numbers shown on television. His TV ads rans for years during late night movies and afternoon talk shows.

If you've never heard of Whitman, it is probably because you were born too late to see him yodeling during commercial breaks while watching reruns of shows like McMillan and Wife and Columbo. The late Michael Jackson and George Harrison are among the great recordong artists who have claimed to be fans. The YouTube video I have posted below is of the late Andy Kaufman introducing Whitman for a performance on Midnight Special.

The cover art is for a 2010 UK 26-track CD, The Very Best of Slim Whitman.  It is currently available through Amazon.com.

Posted by: zeefritz

According to Alexa, which ranks the top one million websites based on traffic and popularity, AlbumArtExchange.com (AAX) is now ranked 199,820 in global popularity and 58,202 in the United States. The popularity of AAX has increased rapidly over the last few months, moving from 98,614 in the U.S. in February 2010, to today's rank. That is a move forward of over 40,000!

Thanks to all of the AAX users and fans who have helped us reach this milestone. I have been anxiously waiting for the website to break the global 200,000 mark. Websites that rank in the top 100,000 are considered to be among the most successful in the world. It looks as if AAX is on the way to joining that elite group.

I just uploaded the 90,000th album cover to the AAX gallery! It seems like just yesterday when the gallery held 9,000 covers. We all thought that was impressive. The gallery hit the 80,000 mark two months ago. That means it is likely that the major 100,000 milestone will be reached next month.

The 90,000th cover is for the forthcoming album Believe (II) by guitarist Orianthi. The album is scheduled to be released on June 8, 2010. It will be Orianthi's third studio album.

Thank you to all of the AAX users who have added their high quality scanned and edited album covers to the gallery. We couldn't have done it without you.

The AlbumArtExchange.com website will be relocating to a new server on Monday, April 26, 2010. The move will result in loss of functionality and possible down time for the AAX Gallery, AAX Forums, and the AAX Blog.

While the transfer is taking place, users will not be able to:

• Read the Forums or post in the Forums
• Upload new images to the Gallery
• Edit or replace existing images in the Gallery
• Comment on the Blog

The move may take one to several days to complete. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.

The move is necessary to facilitate future website enhancements and improve performance.

You will still be able to contact AAX administrators will still via email at admin@albumartexchange.com or blog@albumartexchange.com for AAX Blog related matters.

Please check the AAX Facebook page for news and updates during down time.

Dropkick Murphys - Live on Lansdowne Boston, MA (2010)

Posted by: cjmal

Today, the AlbumArtExchange.com gallery reached 80,000 high quality album covers. The 80,000th cover was uploaded by website owner Scott Robb at 5:15 PM PST. The cover is Playin' Up a Storm by the Gregg Allman Band.

Congratulations, Scott! And, thank you to all of the AAX users who have contributed to the site. We couldn't have done it without you.

Have you ever downloaded an album only to find that the artwork that accompanied the digital files looked terrible? Have you purchased a CD version of your favorite album and was disappointed that the artwork was changed or altered in some way?

These are only a couple of reasons why people visit AlbumArtExchange. Unfortunately, some people don't find the album art they need in the gallery of over 75,000 covers. That's where the Wish List comes in.

The AlbumArtExchange Forums has a Wish List category where users can request album art that hasn't yet been added to the library. Most of the requests are answered by fellow AAX users within a few days.

http://www.albumartexchange.com/forums/

Often, new users are surprised when a wish for seemingly unobtainable album cover is fullfilled. With literally hundreds of AAX users actively using the Forums, it should be no wonder that even rare and out-of-print albums are posted on request.

This evening I uploaded the 75,000th cover to the AlbumArtExchange gallery. The album cover was the 1996 compilation album Topolino by British alternative rock band Lush. Thank you to all the AAX users for helping us reach this important milestone.

Lush - Topolino (1996)

Posted by: zeefritz

The 70,000th cover has been uploaded to AlbumArtExchange gallery! It was uploaded by AAX user Gulickson this evening at 9:23 PST. I am always somewhat disappointed when these milestone covers aren’t something really cool, like a classic that is impossible to find. However, I will certainly settle for the Jonas Brothers.

Thanks to all of the AAX users who have helped us reach this amazing number of scanned and edited covers in such a short amount of time.

Our 70,000th Cover!

Posted by: Gulickson

Thank you to everyone who has become a fan of AlbumArtExchange on Facebook. As of today, over 300 people have joined our growing group of album art fanatics.

Those who become Facebook fans can post links and photos to the wall and share album art news and information with the entire group.

AlbumArtExchange on Facebook

The AlbumArtExchange (AAX) gallery is quickly approaching another milestone. In the next few days, the number of album covers submitted will exceed 70,000. The gallery has experienced amazing growth over the last few months.

On August 21, 2009, the gallery reached 50,000 covers. That means 20,000 covers have been uploaded over the past four and a half months. That is a 40% increase.

Thank you to all of the AAX users who have submitted their scanned and edited covers. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Artifacts, originally uploaded by The Jebber.

The AlbumArtExchange is looking for high quality scans of cassettes and cassingles for the gallery. If you’ve got a box of dusty tapes in your closet, get them out a scan them for the collection. These covers are disappearing into landfills faster than the Betamax. Get them uploaded while they still exist.

The AlbumArtExchange gallery toped 65,000 quality covers today. The 65,000th cover was posted by AAX user shawnbsb. The cover is for Winter Songs by Ronan Keating.

The new AlbumArtExchange Facebook page has been up for less than a week and it already had 100 fans. That’s pretty cool news. The Facebook page has lots of news and information that I just don’t have time to post on the blog. I can easily post links to things like links to other blogs and noteworthy album covers that have been posted to the AAX gallery.

AlbumArtExchange.com on Facebook

In addition, Facebook offers photo galleries and discussions. I’ve already started a photo gallery of LP and CD collections and a discussion topic asking for “worst album ever” cover suggestions.