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Big Ears 
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Posted: November 07 2006 at 08:21 |
I know 'What's your favourite album cover?' is an old chestnut, but if there was an online collection of good quality images from a wide range of progressive rock albums, what wouild be your choice? I nominate Trilogy by ELP. It's not a great drawing, but it was right for the time.
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el böthy
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Posted: November 07 2006 at 13:02 |
uhh...mmm, very very hard to choose...
I dont know if my absolut favorite, but its such a classic
Edited by el böthy - November 07 2006 at 13:05
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sleeper
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Posted: November 07 2006 at 15:54 |
The Tangents A Place In The Queue has the best artwork I have ever seen, not just the cover but inside with the liner notes as well (at least on the 2 disc version). 
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el böthy
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Posted: November 07 2006 at 17:39 |
 sleeper wrote:
The Tangents A Place In The Queue has the best artwork I have ever seen, not just the cover but inside with the liner notes as well (at least on the 2 disc version).
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I actually bought the album cause of the cover! I knew the music was symphonic and all...but thats the real deal with this album. Excellent work! And Tillison is a great composer!
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Revan
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Posted: November 07 2006 at 19:07 |
 It isn't that impresive in the picture but i goy the digipack version of the CD and its very nice. But of course, nothing beats...  Ol' good dark side of the moon
Edited by Revan - November 07 2006 at 19:08
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ummagumma08
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 05:56 |
Many great covers, but this very psychedelic cover remains one of my favourites:
In a more traditional prog vein, I'd nominate:
A more minimalistic approach:
But really, this must be the greatest
Very symbolic!
Edited by ummagumma08 - November 08 2006 at 05:57
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andu
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 06:09 |
we should definitely start a prog-cover-art-olympics! what do you think?
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Paradox
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 08:25 |
The '70s really was a great age for album artwork 
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Philéas
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 11:35 |
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Abstrakt
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 11:46 |
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artguyken
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 22:46 |
Peter Lloyd's "Song for America" for Kansas has always been a favorite of mine. Of course, there are a good number of Roger Dean covers that were pretty striking, too, for Yes & Uriah Heep. 
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Pnoom!
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Posted: November 13 2006 at 16:18 |
The front and back of Pawn Hearts (back first, then front):
And the inside:
Pretty good cover... pretty good album...
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Paradox
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Posted: November 14 2006 at 09:15 |
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I love the 'Cluster II' cover
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Philéas
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Posted: November 14 2006 at 13:46 |
inpraiseoffolly wrote:
Pretty awesome cover... pretty awesome album...
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Pulse
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Posted: November 16 2006 at 17:59 |
Oh wait...
This is probably my favorite album cover
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jalas
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Posted: November 17 2006 at 14:01 |
Pulse wrote:
This is probably my favorite album cover
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Hey, that's not what my cover of the album looks like..
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jalas
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Posted: November 17 2006 at 14:07 |
I used to stare and wonder at this cover as a little kid. I wonder how many takes it took to do it.
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Hacketeer
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Posted: November 17 2006 at 14:11 |
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Nice to see The Supreme Psychedelic Underground album. I was convinced that it was the legendary "nom-de-plume" album by Deep Purple when I first found it in an Oxfam shop in the early '80's - sadly it isn't. Still a damn good album though
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Pnoom!
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Posted: November 17 2006 at 14:11 |
jalas wrote:
Pulse wrote:
This is probably my favorite album cover
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Hey, that's not what my cover of the album looks like.. |
You have the American version.
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Pnoom!
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Posted: November 17 2006 at 14:12 |
Well, yeah.
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