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Just as a side note, regarding Steve Vai's album art work here above: it is interesting to see that nowadays the norm seems to be to have very crisp, neat and highly contrasted images. This is what the digital age has imposed on us (tv- and computer screens especially, high resolution detail...).
Personally, I'm not convinced that the second image is "better". It definitely is more neat, crisp and contrasted, but that doesn't necessarily make a "better" image. I don't need to see the pimps on his face... It is a heated debate in film restoration circles (for example), where some tend to make old films look like if they were produced today and as such are not respecting what was intended in the past, or just what was done in the past... Higher resolution is not necessarily better - "image" is not about mathematics!

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Hi everyone.

Usually, Mayer's additions to the database are top-notch, but there is something pretty weird this time.

Almost all recent additions on the Steve Hughes page are missing cover arts.

As of now, I'm counting 19 entries with no cover art!

Sure, I can fix them all, but I'm wondering what's causing this issue?? Stern Smile
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^ Thanks, done. I've found an even better-looking image. By the way, the guitar design seems to be different on many releases...
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The album cover art for Steve Vai's Passion And Warfare is awful. It's not the way the album really looks.

It's dark and murky. This is what's here.
Steve Vai Passion and Warfare album cover


This is the way it's supposed to look. I've owned this on LP, cassette and CD so i'm an expert!



PLEASE SOMEBODY CHANGE IT!!!!

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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

Procol Harum "Shine on Brightly" the album cover shone on PA now is not the original cover as far as I know. I own the original version of the album (as far as I know).


The album cover on PA is the original UK cover. The US had a different cover. I suspect you have the original US cover?

Yes, of course, thanks.
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Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

Procol Harum "Shine on Brightly" the album cover shone on PA now is not the original cover as far as I know. I own the original version of the album (as far as I know).

The album cover on PA is the original UK cover. The US had a different cover. I suspect you have the original US cover?
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Procol Harum "Shine on Brightly" the album cover shone on PA now is not the original cover as far as I know. I own the original version of the album (as far as I know).
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^ Thanks Mike, done.
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Hey, i just added the albums for HAH and the newest album cover for CHIMAERA MONSTROSA came out wrong. It's supposed to be this one. Can somebody please change it? THX

HARDCORE ANAL HYDROGEN - Chimaera Monstrosa cover

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A cover for this album:
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I was more curious as to what the site's policy is on this. i kind of see the logic.
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Originally posted by Progishness Progishness wrote:

Which I realise is the cover from the original Dutch release.
For me, and I suspect many prog fans the most familiar cover is the one from the UK & US releases.

You're right about all of this. But explanations can be found in the Releases information:

LP Imperial - 5C 054-24385 (1971, Netherlands) Initial edition entitled "Focus II", later abandoned
LP Sire - SAS-7401 (1971, US) With new title "Moving Waves" and new cover art, both adopted from then on
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No doubt it's because the release in the Netherlands was most likely the first out the gate. That's fair enough.
Like The Beatles https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=23328 first version.




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This is more of an observation than anything else. I'm wondering about the choice of cover on the album page for Moving Waves, aka Focus II, by Focus. 


Which I realise is the cover from the original Dutch release.

For me, and I suspect many prog fans the most familiar cover is the one from the UK & US releases.
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^ Thanks, I don't see big difference. Cropped it a little. Please let us know is it better now or not.
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http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=10942

Is it possible to have a better photo? Something like this

It is from his bandcamp site http://finallygeorge.bandcamp.com/. Not sure if it is protected.


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Here is a band photo of Música D' Repuesto (taken from their Bandcamp page):
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