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spacecraft 
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 Topic: Who read the album covers?
Posted: March 31 2006 at 19:20 |
Ok people, feeling a bit nostalgic here. Own up who use to read the album covers/sleeves and the gumph that was printed on them. My mate and i used to read them every time we put an album on (prog or not), and used to try and put ourselves in the scenario of which the album was made (hope this makes sense).
There must be people out there who know what i'm talking about. I kinda lost my way with cd's as the writing was too small to read, and the eyesight now is to bad to read.
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utas
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 19:49 |
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Definitely. In the mid 70's I discovered quite a few prog bands by reading album covers for info about instrumentation and track lengths. Somehow I managed to develop a sixth sense for what prog albums looked like, to the point where I bought some LPs solely on the basis of what the covers looked like.
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kidofthecentury
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 20:19 |
I do not usually read them, because I want them to stay as good as new forever  But sometimes I must... specially my signed-by-all-band-members Mar De Robles' MdR album... just too good...  Sometimes you get nice surprises reading them 
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 20:20 |
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I didn't read albums and sleeves...I STUDIED them every time I played the album.
CD's(the packaging,at least)just don't have that feel to them.
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Aaron
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 20:24 |
i always read the covers or the booklets when i first get the album
Aaron
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Prog-man
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 21:20 |
 utas wrote:
Definitely. In the mid 70's I discovered quite a few prog bands by reading album covers for info about instrumentation and track lengths. Somehow I managed to develop a sixth sense for what prog albums looked like, to the point where I bought some LPs solely on the basis of what the covers looked like. |
ME TOO! (BUT IN THE 80's). I DISCOVERED BANDS LIKE FOCUS, JETHRO, OR KANSAS THAT WAY!!!
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Evolver
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 21:51 |
Prog-man wrote:
utas wrote:
Definitely. In the mid 70's I discovered quite a few prog bands by reading album covers for info about instrumentation and track lengths. Somehow I managed to develop a sixth sense for what prog albums looked like, to the point where I bought some LPs solely on the basis of what the covers looked like. |
ME TOO! (BUT IN THE 80's). I DISCOVERED BANDS LIKE FOCUS, JETHRO, OR KANSAS THAT WAY!!! |
Same here. Every week I'd get my paycheck and go to the used record stores. Usually I could tell a prog band by their cover. Then disco came along and ruined that.
Some bands I discovered that way: Eloy, Finch, Magma, Godley & Creme, PFM.
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Rising Force
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 01:49 |
spacecraft wrote:
My mate and i used to read them every time we put an
album on (prog or not), and used to try and put ourselves in the
scenario of which the album was made (hope this makes sense). |
Explain what you mean here.
Edited by Rising Force
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Witchwoodhermit
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 04:08 |
In the good ol days, album covers were almost as important as the music. The covers were the art that represented the bands musical concept. To ignore the cover was a "sin", like walking in on movie a quarter the way through... well maybe I overspeak, but yes I read the covers-how could I not?
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Guzzman
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 04:14 |
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The art of covers was definetly ruined when CD's took the place of albums.
I think the only one's who appreciate that are people working for removal companies.
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Kid-A
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 05:37 |
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What's the problem with CD covers? They're slightly smaller, but still there
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mega
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 05:47 |
im new
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Dick Heath
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 06:45 |
Kid-A wrote:
What's the problem with CD covers? They're slightly
smaller, but still there |
However, print size is often unreadable
even with a magnifying glass especially when the background colour
doesn't provide enough contrats, e.g an American jazz rock Pink Floyd
compilaiton
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 07:00 |
Kid-A wrote:
What's the problem with CD covers? They're slightly smaller, but still there |
Record companies often just shrink the record cover straight to the CD cover, so it's too small to read on the CD. Check out Olias of Sunhillow where they just printed the outer cover of the booklet that was with the LP, so you got the first 2 and last 2 pages, and they were too small to read. Also, the writing on the Yes Remixes CD is printed in a silver colour on a sort of translucent paper, which you can only read if you hold it up to the light at a certain angle.
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Tony Fisher
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 07:52 |
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Read Thick as a Brick's cover.
Whoever wrote that cover has spent a lot of time on it and needs to get a life! If you've ever read a British local newspaper, it's hilarious.
The album sleeves are another reason I like vinyl better - I don't need a magnifying glass to read it.
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Frasse
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 08:16 |
Tony Fisher wrote:
Read Thick as a Brick's cover.
Whoever wrote that cover has spent a lot of time on it and needs to get a life! If you've ever read a British local newspaper, it's hilarious.
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It's Ian Andersson himself, along with band members Jeffrey Hammond and John Evan.
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 12:28 |
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I loved album covers, but I also love CD booklets,
when you pull off the cellophane they smell great!
and it' s a whole little book to curl up with!
P-C
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blui
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 13:07 |
Kid-A wrote:
What's the problem with CD covers? They're slightly smaller, but still there |
Small is exactly the problem. I am getting old and need reading glasses. For prog album cover, kind of missing a lot of details on a CD. They are there, but just too small to see them.
I have Palls The Sentinel on both LP and CD. I have a very hard time looking at the CD cover.
Age does take a toll. 
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mirco
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 14:09 |
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Size matters!!!!!
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Please forgive me for my crappy english!
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Chicapah
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Posted: April 03 2006 at 10:59 |
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Cover art was so important in the 60s and 70s that sometimes it was the difference maker in choosing between several albums to buy. I bet that's how a lot of folks ended up with "Fragile" in their record collection even though they had no idea who Yes was. Roger Dean just pulled them right in.
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