Octopus album cover
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Topic: Octopus album cover
Posted By: HeirToRuin
Subject: Octopus album cover
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 15:19
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What's the deal with the alternative album cover for Octopus? My
icon displays what I have, but many of the pictures online show an
octopus in a jar.
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Posted By: Zoso
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 16:09
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The octopus in a jar one is cool I think, but yours is most certianly better. Roger Dean painted that, didn't he?
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 16:11
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Dean = Uk release Jar = US release. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 16:33
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I, for one, like the jar one better.
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 17:29
UK's Octopus is one of my favorite cover of all time 
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Posted By: Zoso
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 17:57
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The UK one is badass, but the Jar one is still great.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 19:50
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Personally i like the US cover better. I never found the appeal to the UK one. I'm not saying its bad cause its really not. Dean has a nice cover there, but it just doesn't "grab me" so to speak. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 20:13
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I bought mine in the US and I have the Dean cover; I don't really see what all the fuss is about I like both covers evenly.
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Posted By: HeirToRuin
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 22:00
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Well that explains it. Now...I just found online the sheet music for Knots. So...I'm going to try to record it. Fun times for me ahead. Go vocal fugue! ------------- ARTEMIA - http://www.reverbnation.com/artemiamusic" rel="nofollow - http://www.reverbnation.com/artemiamusic L.i.E. - http://www.reverbnati |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 17:12
| To everyone that has the Jar US version.. Does your aldum jacket also have the cut outs that make the top the actual shape of a jar? I always wondered if they ever issued plain square jackets for this cover. |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: April 24 2006 at 18:45
| ^Probably not, I suppose. |
Posted By: int_2375
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 01:17
| I'm surprised you have the UK cover being that you are from the US. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 01:30
I agree with you there, the Dean album cover makes you think the album is going to sound completely different than what it really is, and the US release gives you an incentive on the quirkiness that's within the album. ------------- 
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Man With Hat wrote:Posted By: 33rpm
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 19:00
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The reason to purchase the Vertigo import version in the US is that it sounded better! ------------- Vinyl just sounds better!! |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 03:53
| It's a matter of taste, but I love the Dean cover. Great colours, especially, and not everybody knows that GG called the album "Octopus", because there are eight pieces on them (oct-opus). |
Posted By: saarepiiga
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 13:33
Sounds really cool. Where did you find this? I've always wondered how they can manage to sing THAT!  ------------- Music, all I hear is MUSIC |