MEMORABILIA MONDAYS: The Aeroplane Flies High prototype box
Prototype box for The Aeroplane Flies High release.
The design was changed for the actual release. The story goes that “apparently Billy left the box, together with the letter and the sample bag, in a dressing room after a Pumpkins show”.
On Thursday, March 6, 2008, Frank Olinsky, who designed the set back in 1996, released some more sketches for this box on a blog on his website:
The Aeroplane Flies High…. . . turns left, looks right.
These are some preliminary sketches and snapshots of the Smashing Pumpkins boxed set (1996). The concept (Billy Corgan’s idea) was based on the boxes teenagers used to keep their 45 RPM singles in back in the 50s and 60s. The box set included 5 CDs and a 44-page booklet.”
As we can see, one of the sketches was used to create the prototype box, but in the end, the design was changed dramatically for the box that became commercially available! The rest is history!
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