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gdub411 
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Joined: August 24 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3484 |
 Topic: Favorite Album CoversPosted: September 08 2004 at 23:38 |
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In the Spirit of Greenbacks Album Covers I thought I would find out what people's favorite Album Covers are Mine are: 1. Marillion-Fugazi 2. Marillion -Script for a Jester's Tear 3. King Crimson-In the Court of the Crimson King |
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Certif1ed
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: September 09 2004 at 03:09 |
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1) Glastonbury Fayre - opens out into a giant poster, and comes with all manner of intriguing inserts, including a D-I-Y pyramid instruction kit. 2) Their Satanic Majesties' Request - the Rolling Stones - had a 3d image of the Stones on a psychedelic backround. When you opened out the gatefold, there was a maze and stuff inside. 3) Metal Box - P/I/L and From the Makers of... - Status Quo - round metal tins. 4) Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces - Opens out into 6 roundels. 5) No Remorse - Motorhead - leather sleeve. The cassette came in a leather cigarette packet. 6) In Search of Space - Hawkwind - had a kind of zigzag opening with a closing tab. 7) Look at yourself - Uriah Heep and The Mirror - Spooky Tooth (both had mirrors) 8) Led Zeppelin III (the wheel) 9) Warrior at the Edge of Time - Hawkwind - opens out into a shield 10) Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (they don't all have to open out or have spinning things attached...) Also the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers, which had a real zipper and a picture of some guy in his pants behind it (nice
Mind you, some of my favourite album covers can be found here... Edited by Certif1ed |
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Fitzcarraldo
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1835 |
Posted: September 11 2004 at 09:49 |
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Some of my favourites, not in any particular order, are: ELP - "Brain Salad Surgery" ELP - "Tarkus" GREENSLADE - "Greenslade" YES - "Tales From Topographic Oceans" YES - "Yessongs" YES - "Fragile" BUDGIE - "Squawk" BUDGIE - "In For The Kill" PINK FLOYD - "Dark Side Of The Moon" TRIUMVIRAT - "Illusions On A Double Dimple" TRIUMVIRAT - "Spartacus" VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - "Still Life" LED ZEPPELIN - "IV" All have to be seen on LPs to be properly appreciated. CD-size covers just don't cut the mustard. |
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goose
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Joined: June 20 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4097 |
Posted: September 11 2004 at 13:28 |
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The Yes ones done by Roger Dean, and I suppose the Asia ones too (I could say "shame about the music", but I won't) Dream Theater's "Images and Words" and "Awake" ELP's "Tarkus" and "Brain Salad Surgery" http://www.metal-archives.com/images/32695.jpg ! more later |
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Spanky
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Joined: April 07 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 389 |
Posted: September 11 2004 at 20:48 |
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Primus - Pork Soda
Pineapple Thief - The new one that hasn't come out yet, I really like the cover for it. Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh |
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threefates
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Joined: June 30 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4215 |
Posted: September 12 2004 at 04:41 |
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My favorite album cover is my avatar.....BSS Then:
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THIS IS ELP
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Dick Heath
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Posted: September 13 2004 at 19:59 |
As remarked about in the Robert Wyatt biography Wrong Moves by Mike King - yet another idea LZ lifted, this time from Soft Machine's first LP cover! Personally I think you have to go a long way to beat the original LP cover of Man's Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day. with its 24" square fold away cartoon map of Wales being barge-poled away from England |
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Pixel Pirate
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Joined: September 11 2004 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 793 |
Posted: September 15 2004 at 06:20 |
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One of my favourites has always been "For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night" by Caravan. (Incidentally also one of my favourites album titles!). A beautiful,classic 70's cover. They really knew how to make them in those days! Another couple of favourites from the 70's: "Deceptive Bends" and "Bloody Tourists!" by 10cc.
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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Pixel Pirate
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Joined: September 11 2004 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 793 |
Posted: September 15 2004 at 06:21 |
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And not forgetting "Crime Of The Century" by Supertramp.
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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chadk77
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Joined: September 19 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Posted: September 20 2004 at 00:15 |
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Speaking of album covers....does anyone know what this one happens to be. Id greatly appreciate any help!!
http://www.band-boards.com/album_pic.php?pic_id=62 Edited by chadk77 |
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Eddy
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Joined: September 22 2004 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 637 |
Posted: September 23 2004 at 20:53 |
 td's ZUit album cover kicks ass. it still creeps me out, as does the music.
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Pixel Pirate
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Posted: September 24 2004 at 03:43 |
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Not only "Zeit" creeps me out but all the albums TD did before "Phaedra". It's the scariest music known to man! |
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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sigod
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Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779 |
Posted: September 24 2004 at 09:38 |
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I agree, this a SCARY album but great too. I love minimalist covers, Pink Floyd's The Wall is superb as is (dare I say it), The Beatles White Album. |
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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sigod
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Posted: September 24 2004 at 09:42 |
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Can go far wrong with Crimson's In The Court Of The Crimson King either (see avatar)
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
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Pixel Pirate
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Posted: September 25 2004 at 06:23 |
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I know someone who really liked the music on "In The Court..." but was so freaked out by the cover that he just couldn't keep the album in his house.
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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Eddy
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Joined: September 22 2004 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 637 |
Posted: September 28 2004 at 22:01 |
 i dont know if you would consider ween as prog. but that is one freaky MOLLISK!
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tuxon
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Posted: September 29 2004 at 13:26 |
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The cover of pendragon's Window of life is the reasons I bought the album, without listening, and never heard of the band before that. So I consider that the greatest cover of them all. Also "Fugazi" and "Script.."have great artwork. Of course Roger Dean (reminds me of Weiss & Hickman novells and Gulliver's travels to some extent) I also like the cover of "A Day At The Races" by Queen in LP format is great. And sometimes less is more so I'll also add the white album by the Beatles. |
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I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: October 02 2004 at 08:30 |
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Lunarscape
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Joined: September 19 2004 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 374 |
Posted: October 02 2004 at 10:35 |
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Record Covers from the seventies was all about Hypgnosis and Roger Dean, they ruled ! I remember catching myself staring for hours at the Close To The Edge cover. But the CD format sort of killed the art of great covers. Man, and those small letters, its getting harder and harder to read those credits, let alone the lyrics on a CD cover or inner sleve. My favorite covers would be;
Some non Prog covers deserves consideration such as
But The overall winner is Himekami Sensation, you'd buy their records just for the fantastic art work on their covers. http://himekami.musicstack.com/
_________ Lunar Edited by Lunarscape |
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Music Is The Soul Bird That Flies In The Immense Heart Of The Listener . . .
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AngelRat
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Joined: July 14 2004 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 1014 |
Posted: October 03 2004 at 14:15 |
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All of the above and this one:
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), and the other truly notable Andy Warhol cover on the Velvet Underground & Nico, with the peelable banana.
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