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    Posted: April 14 2006 at 18:05

Too risky to make puchases based on art.

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I got "Asia" albums "Astra" & "Aqua" second hand, just for the cover art. (albums a big dissapointment though)
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This one ... and it was oh so groovy

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I bought "The Window of Life" because of the cover, well actually I liked the cover so much I listened it at the store, and was imediately captivated by the sounds. I still hold that album in high esteem, another one was Dio's Holy Diver.
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this one:

and believe me, the music is quite excellent, featuring phil collins on drums!

 



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I never do that!
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I downloaded Slayer's 'Hell Awaits' because of the cover art, but I can't remember if I have some CD's that I buyed 'cause of the cover, unfortunately.
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Man's Be Good To Yourself Twice At Day with the fold out 24 inch squared cartoon map of Wales inside this LP cover: -

Album Cover

 

- and Banana's you can sing along to......

 



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Yes close to the edge lol


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I bought Bedside Manners are Extra by Greenslade
knowing little about them except that they were
keyboard oriented and I liked the Roger Dean cover.

It turned out to be excellent and I consequently
formed a theory that Roger Dean artwork = great
prog album.

Sadly this hypothesis was swiftly torpedoed when I
bought Charge! by Paladin - badly recorded and
containing the least inspired organ solo I have heard
and, according to a guitar playing friend, the worst
guitar solo he has ever heard.
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This is 'Woyaya' by Osibisa. I had never heard of them. It was in the bargain bin. It had a Roger Dean cover so I bought it. Got it home, put it on and it turned out to be a funky African jazz exploration. Which went down just fine

Apart from that I bought 'Brain Salad Surgery' for its cover artwork, and that alone. The album itself does little for me.
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Just as I was getting into Yes, I found "Union" at a local shop and I snatched it up right away.

Little did I know that it really really really sucks.

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Caravan's "In The Land of Grey and Pink"

A fabulous cover, and fabulous music as i soon discovered.
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Dave Greenslade's 'The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony'. Absolutely stunning package when initially released on vinyl with Patrick Woodrolfe (I've probably mis-spelt that, sorry). The CD issue was awful in comparison. When I sold all my records and moved over to CD this was the only one I kept.
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It really rocks ... great Stoner Metal from Scandinavia.
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Originally posted by Eetu Pellonpää Eetu Pellonpää wrote:

I got into prog music when I bought "Yesterdays" of YES, as it had so nice covers!  Lucky bet.

Now you realize that cover shows a boy peeing - that was never my favorite Yes cover.
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I was really drawn in by the debut and sole release by Art in America, which I think had a Roger Dean cover.

It was an 80s prog/pop trio, with an interesting focus on harp instead of the usual guitars or keys - very interesting in a rock setting.
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Points: 623 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 25 2005 at 14:56
Originally posted by CrazyDiamond CrazyDiamond wrote:

Yes - Relayer   (one of the most beautiful cover I've ever seen!)      

Genesis - Wind And Wuthering (wow what a cover and what a disc!)   

Both too gray for me, but Relayer is Roger Dean's favorite Yes cover.
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Gnidrolog - Lady Lake
Hawkwind - In Search of Space
Garybaldi - Nuda
Murple - Io sono Murple
Id - Where are we going
Megaton - Same
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Erpland, Strangeitude, Pungent Effulgent, Jurassic Shift, Spice Doubt by Ozric Tentacles. Saw them all at once in a shop for used CDs. I must admit that I had already heard a track, but right then I couldn't remember what it sounded like, or if I liked it. Bought the lot anyway. 

Also, Les Dudek's "Ghost Town Parade", which, uh, was good for being AOR... but nothing I really like. Otherwise, I've usually heard a song or two before, or else somebody has recommended them. Or, which often happens, I see a cool cover, check the net for opinions on the album, then buy it.
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