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Zac M

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Topic: Prog Art (covers etc.)
Posted: April 19 2006 at 20:06

The ECM label album covers are AMAZING.

"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."

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Posted: April 19 2006 at 19:42

progadicto wrote:

I really love these Pink Floyd covers... Check it out!!

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Posted: April 19 2006 at 19:17

The german band Birth Control (like the one above)is responsible for some of the worst album covers ever!!!
If you dont believe check out page 5 on this link

http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/index.htm

Don't say I didn't warn you.

The Godspeed You! Black Emporer album is beautiful. I never noticed it before, mostly just passed overit. I wonder how many more I've missed like that in my collection.

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Posted: April 19 2006 at 18:23

Meddler wrote:

I'd love to listen to an album that would sound as good as that looks!

Thanks guys!

This one's more Zappa/Dan jazz-rock than prog...lemme' know what you think!

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/jaydubzzz/lst?.dir=/JaydubzTun es&.order=&.view=l&.src=bc&.done=http%3a//br iefcase.yahoo.com/

Edited by Jaydubz

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Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:53

Rushman wrote:

[QUOTE=Jaydubz]

I enjoy designing covers for my home studio projects...

(huge image)

I'd love to listen to an album that would sound as good as that looks!

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Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:45

Jaydubz wrote:

I enjoy designing covers for my home studio projects...

That's beautiful, and now it's my wallpaper.

Thanks!

Edited by Rushman

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Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:55

Rock Art - a subject almost as close to my heart as the music itself! I collect rock art, with a focus on the '60s San Francisco artists - in particular the late Rick Griffin, considered by many to be the finest rock artist of our time. Rick's Grateful Dead "Aoxomoxoa" cover is a great example of his late '60s psychedelic period...

For more on Griffin, check out:

http://www.myraltis.co.uk/rickgriffin/

Other great artists to come out of this scene were Wes Wilson, Alton Kelly, Stanley Mouse, Victor Moscoso, Bill Ogden & Wilfred Satty. Roger Dean is an obvious favorite around here, as well as Storm Thorgerson...wonderful artists!

As for modern prog covers, I like the work of Thomas Ewerhard (Spock's Beard) & Lasse Hoile (Porcupine Tree)

I enjoy designing covers for my home studio projects...

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Posted: April 19 2006 at 04:22

Love those Italian prog covers !

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Posted: April 19 2006 at 01:07

progadicto wrote:

I really love these Pink Floyd covers... Check it out!!

----a little bit too big too quote------

Yes, this one's a classic. I actually bought a poster of this picture 2 months ago. It's the same size as the picture on this link. Pretty awesome for my new place in a couple of months!

Focus on the music... Focus!

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 19:56

I really love these Pink Floyd covers... Check it out!!

... E N E L B U N K E R...

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 17:25

I'm not sure if I want to know how they came up with this.

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 17:22

Meddler wrote:

Man Made God wrote:

Meddler wrote:

Amazing. Just listen to the music and look at the art.

----cut----

Big post, but how else can you see art?

But I don't recognize that first cover. Which one is it?

Just as Gomurisu said, it's called f#a# (infinity) by Godspeed You Black Emperor!. Come on... go get the album..

Ah, GYBE!
Have to get into that band one of these days. Heard something by them a couple of months ago, and it didn't really thrill me or something...
Nice cover, I have to admit that!

Focus on the music... Focus!

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 16:49

Man Made God wrote:

Meddler wrote:

Amazing. Just listen to the music and look at the art.

----cut----

Big post, but how else can you see art?

But I don't recognize that first cover. Which one is it?

Just as Gomurisu said, it's called f#a# (infinity) by Godspeed You Black Emperor!. Come on... go get the album..

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 16:17

Meddler wrote:

Amazing. Just listen to the music and look at the art.

$http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_includes/thumbnail.aspFileName=C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\progarchives.com\progressive_rock_discography_covers\1566\cover_4531151632005.jpg&Size=150$

Oh, it looks like I'm not the only one who loves the cover of f#a#oo. It's so... Dark.

There we have a great album cover! ...Or not.

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 16:09

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 16:04

Man Made God wrote:

R o V e R wrote:

Ok, the music is brilliant.. But covers like those. What's so special about that? I'm sure they had pencils 'back in the days' and people who could handle them right...?

Maybe there's a really interesting story behind covers like these, but I don't get it.

i dont know the story

this is my logic

okay 'Close To the Edge',

the title track is vast subject to any artist, to paint particular scenario,

what we have here, is plain green gradation, bottam is green then towards the top it merged into black, like "close to the edge" it is simple,

like a cut section of a river

and that track is very very GREEN

2112

remember the "Overture"

thats it

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 15:44

Meddler wrote:

Amazing. Just listen to the music and look at the art.

----cut----

Big post, but how else can you see art?

But I don't recognize that first cover. Which one is it?

Focus on the music... Focus!

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 15:41

R o V e R wrote:

Focus on the music... Focus!

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 15:28

Meddler

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Posted: April 18 2006 at 14:48

Amazing. Just listen to the music and look at the art.

$http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_includes/thumbnail.aspFileName=C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\progarchives.com\progressive_rock_discography_covers\1566\cover_4531151632005.jpg&Size=150$

Big post, but how else can you see art?