How to Use gatefold in a Sentence

gatefold

noun
  • Jones can be seen in the gatefold of the LP standing in the lobby.
    Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • And the reissue sleeve, with band photo, in on the inside gatefold.
    Ed Masley, azcentral, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Inside the album’s gatefold, fish-eye photos of the band were placed in Alice’s eyes.
    Marc Myers, WSJ, 17 July 2017
  • Readers guess the animal, and then open a gatefold to reveal the answer.
    Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2020
  • This one drops a few places because there are no liner notes or gatefold for this double LP.
    Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Sales may have been helped by its release on vinyl, as a gatefold double picture disc (list price: $40).
    Ben Sisario, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The deluxe edition features a gold foil gatefold LP jacket, black-and-gold smoke vinyl LP, an exclusive 5×7 print, and a four-page booklet.
    Grace Ann Natanawan, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The album is now available for pre-order and will be released as a 2-disc CD, a 2-LP gatefold vinyl, and digitally.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 May 2020
  • On the right, closing the second gatefold reveals Elif in the same spot, now veiled and, but for her patterned dress, unrecognizable.
    Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
  • This was not the Ferry shown on the inner side of the gatefold housing on that immodestly eponymous debut.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Nothing beats plopping down on a rug, opening an LP gatefold and poring over liner notes the old fashioned way, but shoot, time's have changed.
    Marc Schneider, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The formats are different, though: Blondie’s is a double 7-inch single in a gatefold package, and U2’s quartet of variations comes on a single 12″ disc.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2022
  • But the pièce de résistance: both albums had the same mysterious gatefold photo, the Beatles mingling in a London crowd.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The gatefold to the vinyl album, as teased on his website yesterday, has a very Linda McCartney-style photo of domestic life: a garden breakfast table set for two, with coffee, eggs, and an orange.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Artwork for the gatefold package was designed by original bass player by Stephen Linsley, and fresh liner notes and photographs are included.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Sep. 2021

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