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    Posted: May 12 2018 at 09:10
Interesting read about compensation for the famous album cover.
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Many thanks - a curious story about a truly iconic album cover!
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True to his narcissist nature, Anderson thinks the cover is himself.
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$1500 in 1971 is like $9291 today, not a bad fee.
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Thanks for posting this! That was a great read. I have a passion for album covers and that's one of the first ones I connected with. Unfortunately the story doesn't surprise me a bit.
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Nice write up. Thank you for sharing.

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Great album cover. All that's missing is snot running down his nose. 
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