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"GREATEST HITS" old album artwork

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DRSMITH666

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Dec 16, 2001, 5:29:24 AM12/16/01
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I remember when I was a kid getting the "GREATEST HITS" LP (Black Sabbath), and
there was this WICKED cover that depicted a bunch of skeletons over-running a
town and killing all of the villagers. Can anybody tell me the name of this
painting that was used??

(PS: As a side note, it's kind of funny - The vinyl LP itself was very heavy -
it weighted about TWICE the weight of a regular LP. When I'd put it on the
turntable, it would drop down with a THUD! Talk about a "heavy" album...he
he..)

Jarkko Aaltonen

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Dec 16, 2001, 8:55:24 AM12/16/01
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DRSMITH666 wrote:

> I remember when I was a kid getting the "GREATEST HITS" LP (Black Sabbath), and
> there was this WICKED cover that depicted a bunch of skeletons over-running a
> town and killing all of the villagers. Can anybody tell me the name of this
> painting that was used??


It is an excerpt from "El triunfo de la muerte" by Pieter Brueghel

http://museoprado.mcu.es/prado/html/muerte.html

j.

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"Basically we're just a blues band.
Only faster and louder." - Lemmy

DRSMITH666

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Dec 27, 2001, 2:12:11 AM12/27/01
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>It is an excerpt from "El triunfo de la muerte" by Pieter Brueghel
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>http://museoprado.mcu.es/prado/html/muerte.html
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Thanks for the great info! - That painting was done all the way in the 1500's,
that's incredible. How did you know this anyway?

"You made me master of the world where you exist,
The soul I took from you was not even missed..." - Black Sabbath

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