There is one
album by the British Amon Düül that exists with two
versions of the
cover (at least the vinyl edition); the 2nd is the one
we have, showing the band rehearsing through a fish-eye lense. But the
first
cover of the
album (which I unfortunately can't find in the web)
was a wonderfully surrealistic picture. I only saw it once on a
2nd-hand vinyl fair; it must be a real rarity. The CD version
unfortunately uses the 2nd versiion of the
cover.
The original version of the first
album of the British Amon Düül, "Hawk
Meets Penguin", exists in 2 versions of the
cover too. The first
version (which we have) shows a strange nightly scene on a cemetery. A
penguin is standing on a grave, and beneath it is a mine with a burning
fuse. At the other end of the grave there is another mine with a
burning fuse, and a hawk is about to land on it. The
album cover is in
black and white and wonderfully surrealistic. The 2nd version of the
cover, and the only one available now, shows a photo of the band.
I have no idea why these higly original
covers where replaced by the boring ones that now are used.
Somehow the pic of "Hawk meets Penguin" does not appear here; if you
want to see it go to this link:
http://www.andygilham.com/amonduul2/ad2hawk.htm
Edited by BaldFriede