{"id":40408,"date":"2019-10-31T06:32:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T10:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40408"},"modified":"2019-10-31T06:32:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T10:32:42","slug":"the-new-c-crane-catalog-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/the-new-c-crane-catalog-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"The new C.Crane catalog cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ed, who writes:<\/p>\n

SWLing Post readers might enjoy your reporting about the brilliant
\ncover of the new 2020 C.Crane catalog. Have you seen it? I think
\nyou’d agree it’s brilliant:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Here’s Bob Crane’s message about the cover:<\/p>\n

This year our catalog cover is based on one of the most famous TV
\ncommercials of all time. It was the day Apple\u00ae announced Macintosh
\ncomputers during the 1984 Superbowl. . . the first iPhone\u00ae was released in
\n2007. Now that we are all significantly attached to our brilliant pocket phones,
\nmaybe it\u2019s gone too far? As a tool the Internet is hyper-revolutionary, but the
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\nfollow. . . radio is far less invasive and does not know who you are.
\nRadio continues to ring a big bell with a surprising percentage of dedicated
\nlisteners by reaching more people every week than any other media type. We
\nall need reflective time to rediscover who we are. While a cell phone demands
\nyour focus, the simplicity of radio sparks creativity, regardless of the signal
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\nattention allows you to mentally focus on a specific problem to gain wisdom
\nand promote insight. We are here to support you in your resistance to
\ndistraction with great radio products . . . including Internet radio. Please peruse
\nour custom radios and earphones to see if one rings a bell with you.
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\n. . we love making weak signals strong and bringing radio everywhere YOU
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Click here to check out the new C.Crane catalog (PDF).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for sharing this, Ed. I agree–I think this is a brilliant cover! If you’d like to see the 1984 commercial that inspired this design, click here to view on YouTube<\/a> or watch below:<\/p>\n