Album Art
Mike Faul
the music within...some examples-
Born To Run-Bruce Springsteen
Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
Child Of The Novelty-Mahogany Rush
Caress Of Steel-Rush
Close To The Edge-Yes
Houses Of The Holy-Led Zeppelin
In Color-Cheap Trick
Argus -Wishbone Ash
Kent
I think most will agree that Herb Alpert's "Whipped Cream and Other
Delights" is big in this category! :)
(What about SCENTED album covers? Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds' "Fallin
in Love" was rose-scented!)
Kent
Lenny Smith
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Wasn't one of The Raspberries lps scented as well? (Then, of course,
there's albums that just plain stink... but that's another thread).
Lenny
david lincoln brooks
collective unconscious of every American "of a certain age". What is it
about that cover that makes it so singular and memorable?
DAVE B. in TX
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Lenny Smith
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> I think that HA & TJB album cover is indelibly emblazoned upon the
> collective unconscious of every American "of a certain age". What is
it
> about that cover that makes it so singular and memorable?
Well, I don't know about you, Dave, but it always makes me hungry! ; )
Lenny
Mister Charlie
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her very voluptuous breast is uncovered...the cream in her hair is sculpted
perfectly...she herself is very pretty and sexy.
Gee, I wonder what the attraction was??
david lincoln brooks
8mos pregnant when that shot was taken. Which might explain the fullness
of her breast.
Dave in TX
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Mike Faul
feelings on album cover art and instead we get an entire thread on Herb
Alpert's wife's breasts......sigh
Lenny Smith
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> Back in the days of vinyl,the album cover often set the mood or tone of
> the music within...some examples-
Wish You Were Here, as I recall, came originally in an opaque plastic wrap,
too, so you didn't see that cool Hipgnosis photo till you got it home and
unwrapped. I guess in that case, it was an artistic statement, unlike the
case of Roxy Music's "Country Life" lp, which came initially in clear
plastic, with that WONDERFUL cover photo... which got some folks up in arms
cuz it was too risque... so then it was marketed with that artwork, but
opaque plastic... and finally, in clear plastic, with nothing but a damn
picture of a shrubbery!!! (And don't even TRY to tell me it was a "bush").
Any others from the seventies that came in an opaque cover? I guess JA's
"Bark" lp would qualify (paper bag). (I know in the 60's, there was Two
Virgins in a bag, and likewise, in the 80's, Zep's "In Thru the Out
Door")...
Lenny
Mister Charlie
> Don't know whether to laugh or cry.....try to get input on people's
> feelings on album cover art and instead we get an entire thread on Herb
> Alpert's wife's breasts......sigh
Was THAT his wife? Hooty hoo Herbie!
And as to the discussion of album art, the 12 inch canvas that greeted each
browse and purchase was a wonderful thing to behold, now lost to the CD
world.
Flipping thru albums it still amazes me sometimes, the creativity...
>
Ed Cate
I had always heard that that Jerry Moss' wife. Everyday I learn something new.
Ed
david lincoln brooks
What about the album by Spirit which featured a topless young
red-headed Lolita holding that phallic toy airplane? I think it was also
sold with a cover-wrap.
Has that cover-- with the passage of time and liberalization of
public sexual mores-- ever been reinstated on CD, presented with or
without the cover wrap?
DAVE B in TX
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Brett A. Pasternack
>
> What about the album by Spirit which featured a topless young
> red-headed Lolita holding that phallic toy airplane? I think it was also
> sold with a cover-wrap.
That sounds like a description of the cover of the Blind Faith album.
Did you mix the two bands up, or is this something different?
CSABA HARANGOZO
> What about the album by Spirit which featured a topless young
> red-headed Lolita holding that phallic toy airplane? I think it was also
> sold with a cover-wrap.
> Has that cover-- with the passage of time and liberalization of
> public sexual mores-- ever been reinstated on CD, presented with or
> without the cover wrap?
A few early ( 70s ) LP covers by the band Scorpions were also
censored, changed, etc. Most notably "Virgin Killer".
Do a search on the net, and you'll find the details...
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Rdten1
red-headed Lolita holding that phallic toy airplane? I think it was also
sold with a cover-wrap.>>
Not to sound like a know it all, but it was the Blind Faith LP ...
While trying to learn who to use HTML I slapped together some of my personal
favorite covers ... anyone with a couple of minutes (or bored) is welcome to
check them out at:
http://www.geocities.com/rdten3/book.htm
Scott RDT...@aol.com
Ed Cate
jacket was of the gatefold variety, and the part that opened was more like a
frame. On the inside cover was the photo of the lead singer, who was a very
attractive blond lady. Once the frame cover was opened, it showed the rest of
the picture, which was that of the singer(topless)breast-feeding a baby lion
cub.
Ed
Pat Wong
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| Back in the days of vinyl,the album cover often set the mood or tone
of
| the music within...some examples-
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I had requested the album STORM AT SUNUP by Gino Vannelli, which, as
I'm sure most of you recall, featured a picture of Gino standing stripped
to the waist, hairy as a grizzly bear. In the background of what
appeared to be a shadowy boudoir, a comely female sat on the edge of a
bed in some racy lingerie, re-applying lipstick, I think. The message
was obvious: the two were putting their clothes back on after a tryst of
some sort-- licit or illicit, who could tell? In the Seventies, the
line blurred considerably.
As I happily unwrapped the coveted album (which featured great jazzy,
lush numbers with lyrics no more than PG-13 rated) , my mother seized it,
studied the cover at length, and, with furrowed brow asked me, "Are you
sure this is the sort of thing a nice young boy should be listening to?"
I still laugh over that moment. Mom would have had heart failure
had I requested the other albums in this thread!
DAVE in TX.
P.S. Thanks for the correction-- it WAS Blind Faith, of course.
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Ray Double
><< What about the album by Spirit which featured a topless young
>
>http://www.geocities.com/rdten3/book.htm
>
>
>Scott RDT...@aol.com
Scott, a nice site. I'd forgotten about many of those covers. I
always liked the Aqulung cover. Don't forget about Santana's Abraxsis
(not sure about that spelling).
Sitting here in my little office I have the cover for the soundtrack
to "2001 a space odyssey" up on the wall. A nice picture of the Pan
Am clipper leaving the space station (which didn't happen in the
movie, it only "penetrated" the space station).
Ray
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a surrealistic painting depicting a laser beam shooting up a staircase into
the "lips" of of an orchid which looks very much like human labia?
Something by Yes, King Crimson or Genesis perhaps? Refresh my memory,
pls.
Dave in TX
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david lincoln brooks
what artist/album WAS that??
DAVE in TX
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Todd Lucas
>about that spelling).
Actually, I'm trying to forget. If that isn't the most godawful, ugly
album cover in history, I don't know what is.
Todd
Greg Ioannou
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Agreed -- but their Caravanserai is one of those albums I bought the first
time I saw it because the cover was so perfect.
Greg
CSABA HARANGOZO
> What was the album cover from the "English Art Rock" period which featured
> a surrealistic painting depicting a laser beam shooting up a staircase into
> the "lips" of of an orchid which looks very much like human labia?
> Something by Yes, King Crimson or Genesis perhaps? Refresh my memory,
> pls.
I think you have "Technical Ecstasy" by Black Sabbath in mind.
Rdten1
LOL
<<Don't forget about Santana's Abraxsis>>
"Abaxsis" is one of those covers you either love or hate ... Personally it
didn't do much for me, though I really like the album.
Bet you get comments on including it ...
Scott
Mike
cover on the back of the album jacket. (The jacket itself was a gate sleeve
jacket, i.e., you opened it up like a book.) They named one side of the
album "Mother" and cover art for this was on the front of the album jacket.
They named the other side of the album "Bow to the King" and cover art for
this was on the back of the album jacket. On the album itself, there was no
side 1/side 2 or side A/side B, the sticker has "Mother" on one side (with
the drawing of a pie) and "Bow to the King" on the other (with the drawing
of boxing gloves). On the edge of the album jacket the album title is
listed as "Mother/Bow to the King".
Does anyone know of any other album which featured two titles?
Mike
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> Back in the days of vinyl,the album cover often set the mood or tone of
> the music within...some examples-
> Born To Run-Bruce Springsteen
> Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
> Child Of The Novelty-Mahogany Rush
> Caress Of Steel-Rush
> Close To The Edge-Yes
> Houses Of The Holy-Led Zeppelin
> In Color-Cheap Trick
> Argus -Wishbone Ash
>
>
LRossi3940
In Rock - DEEP PURPLE
III - LED ZEPPELIN
Hemispheres - RUSH
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - GENESIS
Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
Rising - RAINBOW
any Yes album
Peace
JGMcLean0
Heh. It looks kind of like Hugh Hefner threw up on it. Of course,
impressionable pre-teens in the early '70s had to take what they could get. . .
JGM
JGMcLean0
>On the edge of the album jacket the album title is
>listed as "Mother/Bow to the King".
>
>Does anyone know of any other album which featured two titles?
The Doors' Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe jumped immediately to my mind, but
AMG has no such listing, just Morrison Hotel, so I guess that was the
"official" name of the album. But to me it always had two titles.
I seem to vaguely recall other albums that didn't use the "Side 1/Side 2" or
"A/B" designations. Was there one that had "black side" and "white side"?
JGM
JGMcLean0
>Don't forget about Santana's Abraxsis
>(not sure about that spelling).
Abraxas (not that it matters). That was one of those covers from the
Everything But the Kitchen Sink school of acid-influenced art. Often the band
tapped the most artistically-inclined hanger-on to do the album covers (I think
this trend started with Klaus Voorman's cover for Revolver -- still one of the
ugliest covers on a great album, I think). I guess the idea of these covers
was to give you a lot to look at while listening to the album (when was the
last time you listened to an album while studying the cover art? Probably
about the first time you bought a CD). Another example that comes to mind is
the inside cover of the Allmans' Eat A Peach.
JGM
Ed Cate
>last time you listened to an album while studying the cover art?
I recall, vividly, buying Jethro Tull's "Thick As A Brick" album, placing the
record on the turntable, and then sitting down to read some of the articles in
that 'newspaper' cover(the original full version). By the time that the first
side was over, I was still so engrossed in the articles to even notice.
Ed
Todd Lucas
I don't get the infatuation with these either.
Todd
LRossi3940
>I don't get the infatuation with these either.
Kinda sets the mood for the music. Is it breath-taking art ? No. The cover art
went hand in hand with the music.
Peace
Todd Lucas
Ah yes, that must be why I don't get it.
Todd
Greg Ioannou
> >any Yes album
>
> I don't get the infatuation with these either.
Funny. I put Roger Dean's covers, especially the Yes ones, in a category by
themselves. Little else has ever come close -- perhaps a few of the more
imaginative Hypgnosis efforts.
Greg
mga707
> << What about the album by Spirit which featured a topless young
> red-headed Lolita holding that phallic toy airplane? I think it was also
> sold with a cover-wrap.>>
>
> Not to sound like a know it all, but it was the Blind Faith LP ...
Correct. And, while arguably phallic, it was NOT a "toy airplane",
but rather a hood ornament from a '50s automobile...
mga707
> Mike wrote:
>
> >On the edge of the album jacket the album title is
> >listed as "Mother/Bow to the King".
> >
> >Does anyone know of any other album which featured two titles?
>
> The Doors' Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe jumped immediately to my mind, but
> AMG has no such listing, just Morrison Hotel, so I guess that was the
> "official" name of the album. But to me it always had two titles.
As did the first Jackson Browne LP. Officailly just titled "Jackson
Browne", it is probably better known as "Saturate Before Using".
Mister Charlie
always gave me the inclination for a cold shower or a warm friend.
:)
LRossi3940
Could be.
Peace
LRossi3940
>> I don't get the infatuation with these either.
> Funny. I put Roger Dean's covers, especially the Yes ones, in a category by
themselves. Little else has ever come close -- perhaps a few of the more
imaginative Hypgnosis efforts.
Roger Dean's work just sets the mood for the music. Especially his work with
Yes. The covers for Uriah Heep's Demons & Wizards and Magician's Birthday lps
were also fantastic IMO.
Peace
Will C
Badger" and the first work I remember seeing by him was the 1st LP by
Gun in 1969. Devilish.
Rdten1
but rather a hood ornament from a '50s automobile...
Actually I read an article where it wasn't a hood ornament (though it certainly
looks like one).
As I recall from the same article, the young model was paid with a horse.
Scott RDT...@aol.com
Lenny Smith
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> I don't get the infatuation with these either.
I'm not all that crazy about the Roger Dean stuff myself, although I guess I
can understand why fantasy art fans dig it--I prefer the Frazetta covers
that Dust used (btw, am I correct in thinking Dean did Uriah Heep's
"Magician's Birthday"?)...
Lenny
Lenny Smith
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> Actually, I didn't much care for the music but the Ohio Players covers
> always gave me the inclination for a cold shower or a warm friend.
Ah yes, now that was a CLASSIC series of album covers!
Lenny
Will C
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