Zappa Album Artwork
Cletus
thought i'd start this post about favorite Fz Album art, not just the
front insert, but the booklets and so forth. I love getting a new
album and looking for all the little CC clues in the art. Anyway, some
of my favorites are:
1-The Grand Wazoo: Great story inside, great cover, we even get band
member pics. (of course note that the little horse turns up in the art
of Ahead Of Their Time)
2-Lather: I don't know if its the original art that frank wanted for
the album but either way, its damn good. My biggest complaint is the
booklet is painful to read at times.
3-Burt Weeny: I'd just love to have a huge poster of this album cover
to hang in my living room.
4-CPIII: What more can you even say about this one? Everything about
it is great, by far the most complex of any Zappa album.
5-Uncle Meat: See #3
6-The Yellow Shark: Lovely booklet/cover/pictures. Its clear that near
the end, Frank put much more work into his album art/packages then he
had in previous years. The only problem is since its a box, if you
don't use a jewel case to hold the Cd, the box tends to get beaten up
very badly(same goes for CPIII and Lost Episodes)
Lewis Saul
Cletus wrote in message <36551539...@news1.newscene.com>...
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>1-The Grand Wazoo: Great story inside, great cover, we even get band
>member pics. (of course note that the little horse turns up in the art
>of Ahead Of Their Time)
>
and don't forget the yretsym nroh...
AOTT is one of Cal's very best, imo.
Lewis Saul
The Frank Zappa Musical Resource Institute
http://www.mypages.com/lsaul
ls...@azstarnet.com
"...only a maniac would attempt to play these things" -- FZ
Dan Watkins
> 6-The Yellow Shark: Lovely booklet/cover/pictures. Its clear that near
> the end, Frank put much more work into his album art/packages then he
> had in previous years. The only problem is since its a box, if you
> don't use a jewel case to hold the Cd, the box tends to get beaten up
> very badly(same goes for CPIII and Lost Episodes)
I agree. They need some sort of plastic case. I bet that the paper
sleeves for the discs in Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar can't be good for the
CDs.
-Dan
--
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Ray Muller
mass transit map. (Which joins into a NYC mass transit map) My first clue
that Calvin was somewhere nearby.
Ray Muller
RJMULLER2atMSNdotCOM
Cletus wrote in message <36551539...@news1.newscene.com>...
>Since there was a wonderful post about favorite Zappa moments, I
>thought i'd start this post about favorite Fz Album art, not just the
>front insert, but the booklets and so forth. I love getting a new
>album and looking for all the little CC clues in the art. Anyway, some
>of my favorites are:
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Jerry Hull
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>Cletus wrote in message <36551539...@news1.newscene.com>...
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>>1-The Grand Wazoo: Great story inside, great cover, we even get band
>>member pics. (of course note that the little horse turns up in the art
>>of Ahead Of Their Time)
>
>and don't forget the yretsym nroh...
>AOTT is one of Cal's very best, imo.
With all due respect to Cal's indisputable genius, one of my favorites remains
Weasels Ripped My Flesh.
--
Jer
"Our Father which art in heaven / Stay there
And we will stay on earth / Which is sometimes so pretty."
-- Jacques Prévert
GSDisplay
Sheik,). Anyone who wants to display an album cover, just give me a shout at
GSDisplays, we have really cool album cover frames, called LPArt. When time
allows, I plan to put a bunch of Zappa covers in the LPArt gallery at
www.LPArt.com
CHeers from Philadelphia, land of giant potholes.
gary
gsdi...@aol.com (Elegant Frames for Music Collectibles)
Eliot Rosewater
Jerry Hull <ZZZg...@stny.lrun.com> wrote in article
<36562fcd.2149484@news-server>...
> On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:12:11 -0800, "Lewis Saul" <ls...@azstarnet.com>
wrote:
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> >Cletus wrote in message <36551539...@news1.newscene.com>...
> >>
> >>1-The Grand Wazoo: Great story inside, great cover, we even get band
> >>member pics.
> >
> >and don't forget the yretsym nroh...
> >AOTT is one of Cal's very best, imo.
>
> With all due respect to Cal's indisputable genius, one of my favorites
remains
> Weasels Ripped My Flesh.
>
> --
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My fave is Just Another Band FLA followed by Cruising With Rueben ATJ