With the latest iTunes you can see cover art again.

No sooner do I grumble about the demise of the LP record and the resulting loss to the world of photography, than Apple revises iTunes so that you can now look at your album art in Coverflow on a full screen:

On my 17″ iMac screen that center image is 6″ square – not the 12″ of an LP, but it’s a start. Now on a 30″ Apple Cinema Display, that would really be something, though definition would be marginal – at 6″ the image is just beginning to break up.

Still, it’s a start. Download the latest 7.1 version of iTunes free from Apple.com.

Cover art for your ripped CD missing from the iTunes store? Very common for classical music fans, given Appple’s predispositiion to catering to the south central LA crowd’s musical tastes. Go to Widget Foundry and download their Amazon Album Art widget, which will allow you, once you have highlighted the item(s) in your iTunes library, to search any number of Amazon international sites, in addition to the US one, for cover art.

The latter is for Macs only, but then again, what sane person uses a PC for aesthetic pursuits anyway?