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Vibrationbaby 
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Posted: February 29 2004 at 11:51 |
I still love looking at Gentle Giant's In A Glass House. Even though I own two copies of the LP I still have to stop myself when I see one in a used music store. What a genius concept. I also like the cover of "Hall Of Floaters In The Sky" by the Hungarian band Omega.
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Peter
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Posted: February 29 2004 at 14:17 |
 I think I'd vote for the cover of Crimson's LIZARD. Beautiful!
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Alexander
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Posted: February 29 2004 at 14:38 |
 Peter Rideout wrote:
I think I'd vote for the cover of Crimson's LIZARD. Beautiful! |
Yeah Lizard's album cover is a good one!
I dig Soft Machine's Thrid for some reason! I also like National Health's debut album cover!
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On A Dilemmia Between What I Need & What I Just Want
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StarshipTrooper
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Posted: February 29 2004 at 15:32 |
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The Tangent..........The Music That Died
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lucas
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Posted: February 29 2004 at 15:57 |
Cannibal Corpse's 'Butchered at birth' 
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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richardh
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Posted: February 29 2004 at 17:38 |
ELP's 'Brain Salad Surgery'. H R Giger,you can't beat him! Also 'Tarkus' and King Crimson's 'In The Court Of The Crimson King'.
CD Booklets I like are Par Lindh Project 'Gothic Impressions' and IQ 'Subterranea'.
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lucas
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Posted: February 29 2004 at 17:44 |
What about the following cover :
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Paco Fox
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Posted: February 29 2004 at 19:09 |
I'd say Genesis' 'Wind and Wuthering'. Not only my favourite prog cover. Not only my favourite record cover. It's maybe one of my favourite paintings - period.
I'd notice as really good follow ups Yes' 'Relayer' and Quaterna Requiem 'Vehla Gavurra'
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 01 2004 at 05:45 |
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Good question, VB, & so difficult
It would probably be a battle between "in the wake of poseidon", "selling england by the pound", and the pure simplicity of "dark side of the moon", which over the years has become such an iconic and instantly recognisable image.
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Joren
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Posted: March 01 2004 at 08:24 |
I like Captain Beefheart's 'Doc At The Radar Station'
Van Vliet painted it himself
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Joren
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Posted: March 01 2004 at 08:27 |
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Other nice covers are from Relayer, In The Court Of The Crimson King and many Pink Floyd covers. I love the covers for Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Ummagumma
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Redstar
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Posted: March 01 2004 at 10:41 |
Pallas' The Sentinel & Greenslade's The Pentateauch of the Cosmogony have excellent Patrick Woodroffe covers. He's the only guy who out-Dean's Roger Dean, IMHO.
For a pure visual pun, however, Rush's Moving Pictures has to be the best; how many different refrences to the title can you find in that cover?
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: March 01 2004 at 11:07 |
Roger Dean's cover artwork on ABWH is incredible. I have a frame, signed poster of that one hanging in my office at work. RD pulled out all the stops on that one.
I also agree with Starship Trooper on the Tangent Cover. Beautiful. If you go to the artists web site, you can check out some really cool art.
http://edunitsky.com
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Paco Fox
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Posted: March 02 2004 at 09:59 |
Redstar wrote:
Pallas' The Sentinel & Greenslade's The Pentateauch of the Cosmogony have excellent Patrick Woodroffe covers. He's the only guy who out-Dean's Roger Dean, IMHO.
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I agree indeed. I love Woodroffe. He also made Mike Batt's 'The Hunting of the Snark' (I bought that album without knowing who was Batt only for the cover. I was only less than 6 euros though) and The Strawbs 'Burning for You', but I really fing the latter a bit ugly .
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lucas
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Posted: March 02 2004 at 18:20 |
What about this other cover :
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Peter
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Posted: March 02 2004 at 20:04 |
Beautiful cover, beautiful singer, beautiful lady!
But prog?
(Maybe.)
Edited by Peter Rideout
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Paco Fox
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Posted: March 03 2004 at 08:38 |
I forgot:
Is anybody else a fan of Peter Cross' covers for Anthony Phillips? I realy like them, and I also think the go very well with the music.
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Aztech
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Posted: March 03 2004 at 10:25 |
I personally like the artist that painted YES LP album covers.I forget the artist's name ?
Album covers like "Fragile was a particular favorite of mine as a teenager and probably still is today.
I've noticed that the Collage album Safe has a real nice cover similar to the old yes albums.
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StarshipTrooper
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Posted: March 03 2004 at 11:08 |
Aztech wrote:
I personally like the artist that painted YES LP album covers.I forget the artist's name ?
Album covers like "Fragile was a particular favorite of mine as a teenager and probably still is today.
I've noticed that the Collage album Safe has a real nice cover similar to the old yes albums.
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ROGER DEAN. Great artist.
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Posted: March 04 2004 at 03:06 |
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I think the cover for Relayer is pretty cool too. And I thought Dean made that one too...
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