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raggy 
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Joined: April 08 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 85 |
 Topic: Best Artwork on Prog sleevePosted: April 12 2004 at 11:02 |
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Is Roger Dean the ultimate prog artist? I know I was sometimes caught out as a kid, accidentally buying the odd duff LP on the grounds that "any album that looks like this must be good", ( ie Osibissa.) Which cover art most compliments (or contradicts) its musical contents? Do you lament the passing of the 12" format, when you really got some art for your money? I used to christen each new LP by skinning-up a good 'un on the sleeve whilst listening to it! Try getting your king skins to stay put on a slippy CD cover,...very messy. My faves (off the top of my head) include; "Pentateuch of the Cosmogony", Dave Greenslade.(artwork by Patrick Woodroffe, makes Dean's work on Yessongs look like the the scrawlings of a 2 yr old!) "Relayer." (Roger on top form.) Rameses "Space Hymes", (also Dean. This band is overlooked on these pages. Not really my taste but may appeal to some prog fans leaning towards the Hippy/space thing. Then again, I'm a GonG freak and I'm still not keen. Oddly enough this band named amongst its members a young Lol Creame and Kevin Godley!!) 12" cover folds out to 24" by 36". "Space Ritual"-Hawkwind, but like the above mentioned cover it folds out to 6 times its size, so you really need the original vinyl. any more suggestions/comments? |
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: April 12 2004 at 14:07 |
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Roger Dean is my favorite cover artist. A signed ABWH poster hangs framed on the wall of my office. He is the MAN. Check out Ed Unitsky, he did the cover of the Tangent CD and some Flower Kings stuff. I also like Gieger, "Brain Salad Surgery" has to be one of the most copied covers of all time. If you search around, I believe we've covered the topic and a few members have posted some of their work. Edited by danbo |
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lucas
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Posted: April 12 2004 at 14:26 |
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MARK WILKINSON is THE drawer (See my avatar). Marillion... but also Maiden, Judas Priest, Hawkwind, Asia logo, magazine covers, a tribute to Robert Wyatt...
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Gaston
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Posted: April 12 2004 at 15:37 |
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Not sure, but it looks like you are talking about paintings or canvas art, not image art so I would say Dean. But if you are not just talking about paintings I would say that the brilliance of Storm Thorgerson's designs for Pink Floyd such as the Division bell and Animals are top notch. Speaking of Roger Dean and Storm Thorgerson, here's a slight connection: http://www.rogerdean.com/logos/images/03-PsygnosisOwl_jpg.jp g |
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It's the same guy. Great minds think alike. |
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benny bouncer
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Posted: April 12 2004 at 16:06 |
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ELP - Brain salad surgery......by geiger i believe!
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raggy
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Posted: April 12 2004 at 16:23 |
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I do in fact mean any cover, not just the Dean(esque). Animals is and always has been one of my all time favourites! Also I find that some albums sound like they should come from a dark cover (like Animals, You (GonG)) and some from a light one,(Selling England, Angels Egg) |
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Peter
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Posted: April 12 2004 at 16:40 |
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Crimson's Lizard, As mentioned on the earlier version of this thread, the cover art for Anthony Phillips' THE GEESE AND THE GHOST and WISE AFTER THE EVENT (Peter Giles?) is beautiful, and breathtakingly-detailed. I also like the Paul Whitehead Genesis jackets, especially Nursery Cryme, with the faux "crackling" from "age," decaying fly in the corner, etc.
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: April 12 2004 at 17:01 |
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I liked the Hemispheres, Farewell, Permanent Waves,....... Covers. Excellent. Hugh Syme? Awesome. Which Rush cover is the best? Yes, ELP, on and on and on.... i always though Marillion's covers where better than the music... |
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: April 12 2004 at 17:12 |
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Lucifer`s Friend`s first album with the two shady guys standing in a pool of blood in an alley way. Disturbing.
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Joren
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 04:59 |
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(my favourite sleeves are Tales From Topographic Oceans, In The Court Of The Crimson King and some sleeves from Captain Beefheart) Edited by Joren |
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 12:26 |
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Some of my favorites are Tarkus (ELP) Close to the Edge (something about that all green album cover I find fascinating) Larks' Tongues in Aspic (KC) In the Wake of Poseidon (KC) Relayer (Yes) Meddle (Pink Floyd) there are many more that I cannot think of at the moment.
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lucas
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 12:32 |
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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diddy
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 13:14 |
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Travis Smith is the Man...he has not many prog covers but he made the one for Opeth's Damnation. But one of his best work is his cover for Blackwater Park, also by Opeth:
He also worked for Zero Hour, a Prog MetalGroup:
and this one is inside of a Katatonia Booklet, I love it:
more on this page: http://www.seempieces.com/ Edited by diddy |
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Joren
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 13:23 |
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Is this my problem? I don't see the covers! Edited by Joren |
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arqwave
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 13:41 |
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pink floyd's covers from Storm Thorgerson are amazing, also the covers from marillion in the hogarth era are very nice, Dream Theater's falling into infinity (good cover for a regular album), also from Thorgenson, Rush covers from the last 15 years, very artistic, simple and consciece, also porcupine tree's covers are amazing... Speaking about Roger Dean, he is amazing.
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lucas
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 15:42 |
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Velvetclown
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Posted: April 13 2004 at 17:25 |
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Greenslade " Bedside Manners Are Extra " By Dean.
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Joren
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Posted: April 14 2004 at 05:44 |
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Thanks! I like the artwork for the Wickerman and Live At Donnington, but I still prefer The 'original' Eddies from Derek Riggs!!!
But we're not talking about prog anymore! Edited by Joren |
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Peter
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Posted: April 14 2004 at 09:36 |
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Joren wrote: "But we're not talking about prog anymore." Not talking about PROG?! Achtung! Raus! Raus! Schnell, schnell! Es ist verboten! Gott im himmel! (No offense, Diddy. I remember some of my German course, but I bet that the above is full of errors....) Edited by Peter Rideout |
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Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Rosalie
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Joined: December 21 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1 |
Posted: December 21 2005 at 01:16 |
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 Hello! I there is Rosalie.
Who by the way you saw the cover new album the Tangent??? www.thetangent.org |
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Gaston wrote:
plus Roger Dean's work. 
There's lots of great album art out there, but on the CD it is squeezed into too small a format to do it justice!
(joke) 
. Pure kitsch. But I'm curious what Iron Maiden sleeve he drew... Could you tell me?
