Editing Command Records (section)

==Origin and history==
After [[Grand Award Records]], the company focused on producing records targeted at audiophiles.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rolontz|first=Bob|title=Sound Record Sales Boom After 3 Years of Stereo|journal=Billboard Magazine |date=Nov 6, 1961 |page=15 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Light and sound engineer Bob Fine handled the recording and engineering responsibilities, employing the technique of multiple microphone pickups. They used different types of microphones whose characteristics were best suited to reproduce the sounds of a particular instrument.<ref name=billboard/>

Command Records often featured abstract covers. In the early years, all covers were designed by [[Josef Albers]], whose student Charles E. Murphy served as design director. Several are in the collection of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/185457 |title=Josef Albers, Charles E. Murphy, Command Records|website=Museum of Modern Arts-date=March 13, 2018}}</ref> Later covers appeared to be imitations of Albers' work.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://on-augmentation.co/albers-in-command-b3184edd7746|title=Albers in Command – On Augmentation|date=January 28, 2015|work=On Augmentation|access-date=March 14, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Designed for hi-fi living : the vinyl LP in midcentury America|last=Borgerson|first=Janet|publisher=MIT Press|others=Schroeder, Jonathan E., 1962 |year=2017 |isbn=9780262036238 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |page=92 |oclc=958205262}}</ref>

In 1966, Light left Command to form [[Project 3 Records]].