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Topic: Help identifying album covers

Posted By: the-enid
Subject: Help identifying album covers
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 08:35

I've been trying to identify all albums on this well-known montage: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/91/fa/d2/91fad2672c93e7e574bcadd1c6047f7c.jpg" rel="nofollow - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/91/fa/d2/91fad2672c93e7e574bcadd1c6047f7c.jpg . I counted 59 references, 54 of which I easily identified, but I'm having problems with the following 5.

The first are what look like lights in in the top right corner, strung between The Turn of a Friendly Card and Voyage of the Acolyte.
The second is between Equinox and Thick as a Brick.
Third and fourth are on either side of the waterfall from Tales from Topographic Oceans
The Camel is unlike any on the Camel albums. It looks more like one of the camels on Caravanserai - but not exactly.

Any help?

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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 08:55

The third one is Synergy.

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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 09:29

The fourth one is from the back cover of Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy.

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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 10:34

Good Call.

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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 10:49

Interestingly, the jar being held by the lady from Supertramp - Breakfast In America is from an alternative cover of Gentle Giant - Octopus. My CD of Gentle Giant - Octopus has this cover, and it's different from the cover I usually see for this album.

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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 10:55

The second one is Marillion I think.

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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 10:56

She's holding a glass of orange juice. Confused

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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:02

JD wrote:

She's holding a glass of orange juice. Confused

In the montage, she's holding a jar containing an octopus, with "GENTLE GIANT" written on the lid.

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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:04

JD wrote:

She's holding a glass of orange juice. Confused

Not in this picture, she isn’t. She’s holding the Gentle Giant jarred octopus.... 🐙

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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:10

Ahhh, I was thinking he was talking about an alternate Supertramp cover. Got it.

Both my LP and CD have the Jar cover.

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Posted By: the-enid
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:12

Oh yes. Never noticed that teeny weeny kid back there on HOTH!

Posted By: the-enid
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:15

OK. Marillion's Grendel - a limited edition release apparently. Thanks for spotting it - never seen it before.

Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:19

I'd be surprised if the camel pic isn't from the back of a Camel lp....?

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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:35

the-enid wrote:

OK. Marillion's Grendel - a limited edition release apparently. Thanks for spotting it - never seen it before.

That's a tricky one as well since it's technically not an album cover. It's from a Video cover.

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Posted By: the-enid
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:36

Probably is, but not on any of the editions I have. My guess would be Rajaz, but not the CD I have.

Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:43

Isn't it a camel from Santana's Caravanserai album?

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Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:53

The Octopus in jar cover is the North American release cover, I have that one. I prefer the UK/Euro pressing. Though it is die-cut, which is nice.

Posted By: the-enid
Date Posted: March 28 2021 at 11:53

That's what I thought at first too, but on closer inspection none of the camels on Caravanserai are posed just like the one in the montage.

Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 00:35

I'm sure I've seen that camel already.

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Posted By: Mudpuppy64
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 07:45

octopus-4 wrote:

I'm sure I've seen that camel already.

Me too .

Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 08:32

Sorry, it's not Led Zep's HOTH. Too many differences.

1. HOTH has orange sky directly above the child's head. The other has rocks.

2. HOTH has only rocks to the right of the child. The other has some blue (water?) features and a hard-edged, yellow/black striped object which are not present in HOTH.

Close... but no cigar.

Posted By: Mudpuppy64
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 08:47

wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Sorry, it's not Led Zep's HOTH. Too many differences.

1. HOTH has orange sky directly above the child's head. The other has rocks.

2. HOTH has only rocks to the right of the child. The other has some blue (water?) features and a hard-edged, yellow/black striped object which are not present in HOTH.

Close... but no cigar.

you could say that of all the images on there then . Their not all exactly as on the album covers .

Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 08:51

wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Sorry, it's not Led Zep's HOTH. Too many differences.

1. HOTH has orange sky directly above the child's head. The other has rocks.

2. HOTH has only rocks to the right of the child. The other has some blue (water?) features and a hard-edged, yellow/black striped object which are not present in HOTH.

Close... but no cigar.

Ahhh...it's called cropping. The figure is from HOTH just as the other figures there are as well, none of them have the orange sky because...wait for it...it was CROPPED OUT.

Questions?

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Posted By: Mudpuppy64
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 08:57

JD wrote:

wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Sorry, it's not Led Zep's HOTH. Too many differences.

1. HOTH has orange sky directly above the child's head. The other has rocks.

2. HOTH has only rocks to the right of the child. The other has some blue (water?) features and a hard-edged, yellow/black striped object which are not present in HOTH.

Close... but no cigar.

Ahhh...it's called cropping. The figure is from HOTH just as the other figures there are as well, none of them have the orange sky because...wait for it...it was CROPPED OUT.

Questions?

That Camel is doing my head in though lol

Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 09:00

About the camel, I was thinking to the rear cover of Klaus Schulze's Dune, but I don't have the vynil here. I'm not sure.

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Posted By: Mudpuppy64
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 09:15

octopus-4 wrote:

About the camel, I was thinking to the rear cover of Klaus Schulze's Dune, but I don't have the vynil here. I'm not sure.

https://www.klaus-schulze.com/disco/1791duc.htm

Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 09:17

JD wrote:

wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Sorry, it's not Led Zep's HOTH. Too many differences.

1. HOTH has orange sky directly above the child's head. The other has rocks.

2. HOTH has only rocks to the right of the child. The other has some blue (water?) features and a hard-edged, yellow/black striped object which are not present in HOTH.

Close... but no cigar.

Ahhh...it's called cropping. The figure is from HOTH just as the other figures there are as well, none of them have the orange sky because...wait for it...it was CROPPED OUT.

Questions?

I agree, it's just the figure without the orange background.

Posted By: the-enid
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 09:19

wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Sorry, it's not Led Zep's HOTH. Too many differences.

Yeah, they're just elements from various album covers in a montage - not the whole cover.

Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 09:19

Mudpuppy64 wrote:

octopus-4 wrote:

About the camel, I was thinking to the rear cover of Klaus Schulze's Dune, but I don't have the vynil here. I'm not sure.

https://www.klaus-schulze.com/disco/1791duc.htm

I've never seen that rear cover. My copy had the lyrics of the B side on it and a picture similar to the front page, where I think to remember the camel.

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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 09:32

Mudpuppy64 wrote:

JD wrote:

wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Sorry, it's not Led Zep's HOTH. Too many differences.

1. HOTH has orange sky directly above the child's head. The other has rocks.

2. HOTH has only rocks to the right of the child. The other has some blue (water?) features and a hard-edged, yellow/black striped object which are not present in HOTH.

Close... but no cigar.

Ahhh...it's called cropping. The figure is from HOTH just as the other figures there are as well, none of them have the orange sky because...wait for it...it was CROPPED OUT.

Questions?

That Camel is doing my head in though lol

Mine too. Camel and Santana were my immediate thoughts but when I checked my LP's I realized it didn't match any. I thought of Teru's Symphonia - Do Androids Dream of Electric Camel, but nope. Of course, seeing that the Robot Head was from a Video Slip cover and not an album It could be from any band any media and maybe anywhere on or in the packaging. Dying to see who figures that and the bubbles first.

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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 09:38

As far as I know there is no camel on the Dune lp by Schulze.....none of the listings show one.

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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 10:18

dr wu23 wrote:

As far as I know there is no camel on the Dune lp by Schulze.....none of the listings show one.

Right. A joke of my memory. There's a photo of Klaus between his keyboards and the same picture of the front cover plus the lyrics

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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 10:34

The 'bubbles' are unusual also...thought it might be Clearlight- Forever Blowing Bubbles but they are not the same.

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Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: March 29 2021 at 13:13

Anyone think they were referring to the planet Hoth from Star Wars for a second? I'll admit it.

Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 30 2021 at 02:37

Awesoreno wrote:

Anyone think they were referring to the planet Hoth from Star Wars for a second? I'll admit it.

Posted By: the-enid
Date Posted: March 30 2021 at 02:59

That Camel is doing my head in though lol

Apparently its from the cover of an unofficial live release Unevensongs (1977) - here: http://www.ferhiga.com/camel/shows/1977unevensongs.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.ferhiga.com/camel/shows/1977unevensongs.htm and here: https://www.discogs.com/Camel-Unevensongs-London-1977/release/14952255" rel="nofollow - https://www.discogs.com/Camel-Unevensongs-London-1977/release/14952255 . That was some wild-camel chase!

Posted By: Mudpuppy64
Date Posted: March 30 2021 at 07:38

the-enid wrote:

That Camel is doing my head in though lol

Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 30 2021 at 07:43

Mudpuppy64 wrote:

the-enid wrote:

That Camel is doing my head in though lol

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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 30 2021 at 07:55

SEE...I was right !

Not from an official album.

Not sure who made up the collage but...B@stard!

That makes the bubbles an even bigger challenge.

I'm on the edge of my seat.

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Posted By: the-enid
Date Posted: March 30 2021 at 08:57

JD wrote:

That makes the bubbles an even bigger challenge.

I'm on the edge of my seat.

Better hold on tight then, god knows where those bubbles are from! Or are they lights? Or UFOs maybe? Or maybe just a filler!