Photos: Sound and vision
“Woody at 100," a four-CD Woody Guthrie centennial collection, was released in July by Smithsonian Folkways.
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Fritz Klaetke, of the South End Visual Dialogue creative agency, is nominated for a Grammy for his design work on the boxed set.
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The “Woody at 100” design is in the form of an LP-size book with lyric sheets and drawings by Guthrie.
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"There’s a lot of brand equity. I wanted to go back to the way it began. You have to do something appropriate to represent Woody," Klaetke said.
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Klaetke, who will be joined by his business partner Susan Battista, will fly to California next week for the 55th annual Grammy Awards.
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"Everyone bemoans the decline of the 12-by-12-inch LP, but a book or box set allows you to use a lot more archival materials and text." Klaetke said.
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