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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 25 2005 at 18:52

Learning Flute [Amigo de Manticore y Memowakeman] (primo)[IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/2437702285_fbb450500d_o.jpg
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 25 2005 at 20:47
misplaced childhood has a nice use of colour on the album cover. Train of Thought is more colourful than a rainbow lol

but that can be ACTUALLY said for dark side of the moon, i dont know if it is beautiful, but it is a lovely album cover, tho the darkness with beams of light and hollow prism give me a feel of claustrophobia and madness (themes on the album), also represents floyds light shows of the time (something very important that hasnt been put onto dvd yet)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2005 at 15:26
"Music is a moral law - it gives wings to the mind, A soul to the universe, Flight to the imagination, A charm to sadness, A life to everything." - Plato
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2005 at 17:47
There is one album by the British Amon Düül that exists with two versions of the cover (at least the vinyl edition); the 2nd is the one we have, showing the band rehearsing through a fish-eye lense. But the first cover of the album (which I unfortunately can't find in the web) was a wonderfully surrealistic picture. I only saw it once on a 2nd-hand vinyl fair; it must be a real rarity. The CD version unfortunately uses the 2nd versiion of the cover.
The original version of the first album of the British Amon Düül, "Hawk Meets Penguin", exists in 2 versions of the cover too. The first version (which we have) shows a strange nightly scene on a cemetery. A penguin is standing on a grave, and beneath it is a mine with a burning fuse. At the other end of the grave there is another mine with a burning fuse, and a hawk is about to land on it. The album cover is in black and white and wonderfully surrealistic. The 2nd version of the cover, and the only one available now, shows a photo of the band.
I have no idea why these higly original covers where replaced by the boring ones that now are used.
Somehow the pic of "Hawk meets Penguin" does not appear here; if you want to see it go to this link: http://www.andygilham.com/amonduul2/ad2hawk.htm
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2005 at 18:50
Not sure is this my all time favorite, but close to it at least. I just love the colours here











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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2005 at 00:30

The forthcoming remaster of The Jewel:

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2005 at 21:12

because unlike most prog bands, Pink Floyd discovered that there can be much beauty in a simple album cover...i dont think DSOTM would have sold so many copys if it werent for that brillant album cover.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2005 at 22:57
here ya go, a few fron RUSH








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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2005 at 23:13
The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2005 at 06:26


Red Queen To Gryphon Three -- album cover

Best of 2006 that I've heard:
PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione
Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album)
Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific
2007:
Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo
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