While Richard Amsel may best be known today for his movie posters and TV Guide covers, not to mention his iconic portraits of Bette Midler, he still achieved considerable success in other areas – and at a very, very young age. A comprehensive list of all of Amsel’s work for record albums will be described in the forthcoming documentary and book. Today, however, I’ll focus instead just on art he created for RCA Records, in a series of classic rereleases and compilations, ran

(This post is part of an ongoing series of Amsel’s “lost” work…) The song “New York, New York” has become so synonymous with the city of...

Very special thanks to Amsel fan Randal Tolbert for the heads-up on this one: Richard Amsel's illustration of Frank Sinatra, featured on...