Ever bought a CD for the cover alone?
Iain Prolapsing Piles Hotchkies
Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
some. I bought one yesterday.
The CD is by a band called "Cradle of Filth". The CD is
called "Dusk..... And Her Embrace".
The track listing is:
1. Humana Inspired to Nightmare
2. Heaven Torn Asunder
3. Funeral In Carpathia
4. A Gothic Romance (Red Roses For The Devil's Whore)
5. Nocturnal Supremacy '96
6. Malice Through The Looking Glass
(not a very original title, it must be said)
7. Dusk And Her Embrace
8. The Graveyard By Moonlight
9. Beauty Slept in Sodom
10. Haunted Shores
I think that should give you a fairly good idea of
what lies within. Needless to say the music (after one
listening) is fairly standard black/death metal stuff.
Three vocalists: one who sounds as though he's screaming
at the top of his lungs two streets away, another who
seems to be burping a lot (some kind of gastrointestinal
problem, I'd wager), and a woman who intones in a gothic
fashion here and there. Can't really recommend it for
the music but the titles (band/CD/songs) just made me
laugh so... I had to buy it.
Just thought I'd share. Take care.
KRC. Sumner
Iain "Prolapsing Piles" Hotchkies (ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
: some. I bought one yesterday.
No I always make sure they give me the CD when I buy ( and remember,
allways keep the receipt :-) )otherwise what's the point?
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On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Iain Prolapsing Piles Hotchkies wrote:
> Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
> some. I bought one yesterday.
Yep. "Jesus Points the Bone at You" by Christian Death. Irresistable.
Crap (apart from the last track which is a laugh) but irresistable.
> The CD is by a band called "Cradle of Filth". The CD is
> called "Dusk..... And Her Embrace".
I see your point! From what you said, I'd have bought the thing too (if
it was under a fiver...)
How much did you pay for your CD cover?
Simon Jones
I once bought the infamous Blind Faith LP for the cover alone...
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Iain "Prolapsing Piles" Hotchkies <ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<19961121....@hotch.demon.co.uk>...
> Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
> some. I bought one yesterday.
>
> The CD is by a band called "Cradle of Filth". The CD is
> called "Dusk..... And Her Embrace".
>
Nils Weinander
Iain Prolapsing Piles Hotchkies wrote:
>
Yup, Kansas: Point of Know Return.
Great cover, w. a ship sailing off the edge of the world
in the light of a black sun.
Crappy record, but what the hell, I got my sig quote
from it.
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Alex Shterenberg
Just a comment.... Dani is the one who does all the male vox. Also if you ever
wanna see a better cover then check out that their previous miniCD
"Vempire...".
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In article <01bbd7d1$7b49ee40$31fd...@maev51.dial.pipex.com>, Simon
Jones <simon...@dial.pipex.com> writes
>I once bought the infamous Blind Faith LP for the cover alone...
>
course).
Once, on a summer camp, a friend of mine, of a certain age, bought a
book with a voluptuous semi-clad blonde on the cover. it was called
"Recipe for Love" or something similar and he had planned to read it out
to us all after lights out. You can guess what he found when he read
it.
Came in useful for dinner parties when he grew up though.
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Dom
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ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk (Iain "Prolapsing Piles" Hotchkies) writes:
>Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
>some. I bought one yesterday.
"What were once vices are now habits" by the Doobie Brothers, which
turned out to be not bad.
And also "Just for the crack" by Peter Welsh, who was the unwitting
star of a documentary about the coastguard and was in the nick for
cannabis smuggling by the time I bought his record. I can understand
why he was looking for alternative sources of income.
--
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Jyoti
"Alan J. Packer" <Al...@alpaca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Once, on a summer camp, a friend of mine, of a certain age, bought a
>book with a voluptuous semi-clad blonde on the cover. it was called
>"Recipe for Love" or something similar and he had planned to read it out
>to us all after lights out. You can guess what he found when he read
>it.
Yellow stains?
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In article <19961121....@hotch.demon.co.uk>, "Iain \"Prolapsing
Piles\" Hotchkies" <ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk> writes
>Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone?
Yes.
"Comatose-non-reaction" by Danielle Dax.
If you've seen the cover, you'll know why ;)
> I have. Not many but
>some. I bought one yesterday.
>
>The CD is by a band called "Cradle of Filth". The CD is
>called "Dusk..... And Her Embrace".
>
I got sent this the other day. *Without* the cover, so it had no
redeeming features whatsoever.
Apart from giving me a brief giggle before the headache set in
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Dara O'Kearney
ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk (Iain "Prolapsing Piles" Hotchkies) writes:
>Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
>some. I bought one yesterday.
Yes. David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs". Ended up buying all his other LPs for
the music.
Then, years later, I bought a second copy of Tin Machine II to send to an
American friend who was all freaked out about the censored US cover and
wanted the non-censored version only. So you could say I bought that only
for the cover too.
Slan libh,
Dara.
DnA Dvorkin
Yes, and it's almost always been a mistake.
I mean, I bought the LA Guns' _Hollywood Vampires_ on the basis of the
cover and title back in my babygoth days, and, um, well ... I also bought
an album with a semi-cool cover and a song called "The Vampire's Embrace"
or something like that by a band calling itself Colorhaus, which I thought
was a pretty obvious but fairly clever rip-off name. Uh-uh; it was just
shitty Top-40-ish pop-dance music. And then there are all the death metal
bands with albums that rilly, rilly look like they ought to be Goth, but
--
These days I have a pretty strict music-buying policy: unless either I've
heard at least three songs by the group and liked them, or three of my
friends (whose taste I trust) enthusiastically recommend the album, I
don't buy it no matter how cool it looks. I wish I had the money to do
otherwise, because I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of good stuff, but
that's the way it has to be. And let's face it, some of the best bands
out there have really lousy covers -- but it doesn't harm their music any.
--
Daniel Dvorkin
Dom Robinson
In article <19961121....@hotch.demon.co.uk>
ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk (Iain "Prolapsing Piles" Hotchkies) writes:
>Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
>some. I bought one yesterday.
>
>called "Dusk..... And Her Embrace".
What does the cover look like?
TTFN,
Dom
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In article <19961121....@hotch.demon.co.uk>
ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk "Iain "Prolapsing Piles" Hotchkies" writes:
~ Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
~ some. I bought one yesterday.
Actually, the CD that has just been done with something of mine on
does have a very nice cover, but I'm not going to say how to get
hold of it because tbh the mastering quality is so appalling I am
finding it hard to resist the urge to prevent its release...
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In article <84873528...@scathe.demon.co.uk>
Pete Scathe <pe...@scathe.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <19961121....@hotch.demon.co.uk>, "Iain \"Prolapsing
>Piles\" Hotchkies" <ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>
>"Comatose-non-reaction" by Danielle Dax.
>
>If you've seen the cover, you'll know why ;)
If someone's going to name an album in this thread, please tell us what the
cover looks like for those of us who haven't seen it.
Canticle
I bought Black Aria (Danzig) for precisely that reason...I didn't even
know what the title of the CD was because it was covered over by
packaging, but the image on the front made me want to buy the CD.
And believe it or not I don't regret it. Scary, huh?
Jeff-boy, who with many other punkling goths he knows misses The Misfits
and Samhain.
'I want your skull, I need your skull...'
Däch
On Thu, 21 Nov 1996 14:24:54 +0100 A.D., ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk (Iain
"Prolapsing Piles" Hotchkies) quoth thusly:
>Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
>some. I bought one yesterday.
Yeah. Angel Child. A comp CD from Sweden that has this adorable little
gothgirl sitting on a pile of skulls. She looks kinda like Lydia from
the Beetlejuice cartoon, only much better dressed, and older. The
music on it is also top-notch, like Merry Thoughts, Dark Side Cowboys,
and Garden of Delight, but even if the music sucked, i probly would
still have bought it for the cover.
Däch, who promises to have a sig soon.
Charles Peyton Taylor
I don't think I really have the spare cash to buy a CD for
the cover alone, and if I did, I'd spend it elsewhere.
Lately, for example, I've been taken with the concept of doing
"nifty" little things. A week ago, I'd been eating at a resturant
I frequent, and because of the winter rush, the resturant was
filled with people, and I had to sit at the counter instead of
getting a table. I overheard the waitresses talking about how
they had tried to get some chocolates for the group during their
breaks, but they'd always been cut short. So after I'd finished
eating I went over to See's (candy store chain) and bought six
chocolates (one for each waitress,) took them back to
the resturant and quickly dissapeared.
Now isn't that cooler than buying a CD that is probably mediocre
crap?
Peyton,
who was kinda dissapointed that all the waitresses were married,
but he knew that before he did it.
C h a r l e s P e y t o n T a y l o r cta...@nps.navy.mil
The opinions and views expressed are my own and do not reflect those of
the Naval PostGraduate School
"Dreams are like water, colorless, and dangerous"
http://vislab-www.nps.navy.mil/%7ectaylor/
Paul Squires
On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Charles Peyton Taylor wrote:
> I don't think I really have the spare cash to buy a CD for
> the cover alone, and if I did, I'd spend it elsewhere.
>
> Lately, for example, I've been taken with the concept of doing
> "nifty" little things. A week ago, I'd been eating at a resturant
> I frequent, and because of the winter rush, the resturant was
> filled with people, and I had to sit at the counter instead of
> getting a table. I overheard the waitresses talking about how
> they had tried to get some chocolates for the group during their
> breaks, but they'd always been cut short. So after I'd finished
> eating I went over to See's (candy store chain) and bought six
> chocolates (one for each waitress,) took them back to
> the resturant and quickly dissapeared.
>
> Now isn't that cooler than buying a CD that is probably mediocre
> crap?
Mmmm, that's very sweet. Perhaps we should change the thread to
"Ever bought a waitress for the cover alone?"
;)
Paul
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Pete Scathe
In article <848877...@festive.demon.co.uk>, Dom Robinson
<McC...@festive.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <84873528...@scathe.demon.co.uk>
> Pete Scathe <pe...@scathe.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>In article <19961121....@hotch.demon.co.uk>, "Iain \"Prolapsing
>>Piles\" Hotchkies" <ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk> writes
>>
>>
>>"Comatose-non-reaction" by Danielle Dax.
>>
>>If you've seen the cover, you'll know why ;)
>
>If someone's going to name an album in this thread, please tell us what the
>cover looks like for those of us who haven't seen it.
>
provocative or exploitative picture- it's a still from an art-type film-
but it certainly persuaded me to buy it.
L.M. Tombs
In article <57atok$k...@nps.navy.mil>,
Cta...@nps.navy.mil (Charles Peyton Taylor) wrote:
>I don't think I really have the spare cash to buy a CD for
>the cover alone, and if I did, I'd spend it elsewhere.
I was very tempted to buy 'Do You Like My Tight Sweater' by Moloko when I saw
the cover (lots of cute cartoony things) but decided it'd be a bad idea.
Then, I heard the first 30 seconds of it at a friends house and bought the CD
the next day. It seems that my initial instincts were correct becuase it's a
damn fine record.
Fountainhead
**** Wendy said....
Dooby dooby doo
All you need is love, love
Or, failing that, alcohol
----- The Fountainhead - law5...@leeds.ac.uk -----
david hansen
[I'm not snipping the crossposts because I want an answer first]
On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Nils Weinander wrote:
> Yup, Kansas: Point of Know Return.
>
> Great cover, w. a ship sailing off the edge of the world
> in the light of a black sun.
Might you have a scan of this, or know where I could find one?
I love that type of stuff.
> Crappy record, but what the hell, I got my sig quote
> from it.
Farmguy
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when I see how you're dressed -B. Dylan
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BROWNE
Charles Peyton Taylor wrote:
>
> I don't think I really have the spare cash to buy a CD for
> the cover alone, and if I did, I'd spend it elsewhere.
>
> "nifty" little things. A week ago, I'd been eating at a resturant
> I frequent, and because of the winter rush, the resturant was
> filled with people, and I had to sit at the counter instead of
> getting a table. I overheard the waitresses talking about how
> they had tried to get some chocolates for the group during their
> breaks, but they'd always been cut short. So after I'd finished
> eating I went over to See's (candy store chain) and bought six
> chocolates (one for each waitress,) took them back to
> the resturant and quickly dissapeared.
>
> Now isn't that cooler than buying a CD that is probably mediocre
> crap?
>
> who was kinda dissapointed that all the waitresses were married,
> but he knew that before he did it.
> C h a r l e s P e y t o n T a y l o r cta...@nps.navy.mil
> The opinions and views expressed are my own and do not reflect those of
> the Naval PostGraduate School
>
> "Dreams are like water, colorless, and dangerous"
>
> http://vislab-www.nps.navy.mil/%7ectaylor/
I would probably buy a Take That CD just so I could film burning it !
SPB Wales.
Iain L M Hotchkies
I remember another CD I bought unheard.
"As The Flowers Wither" by My Dying Bride.
Had never heard of the band or the music at the time.
The cover wasn't up to much but I loved the titles.
No accounting for taste.
Scott Corr (UG4)
> I would probably buy a Take That CD just so I could film burning it !
> SPB Wales.
No way man ... the That kicked ass ... they were a true rock and roll
band. Every day I pray that they get back together :-)
Scott
Tim Stainthorpe
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Paul Squires
Worth checking out in "Your local second-hand record shop or charity
store" is the album "Instant Replay" by Dan Hartman. A mate bought this
for the music but we later realised something about the 'artist'-drawn
cover: it features a big control panel, flashing lights and all that
gubbins, and a hand about to press some buttons for, supposedly, an
instant replay.
The hand has 6 fingers.
The CD version unfortunately has finger #6 missing but the original vinyl
version (on CBS) is worth buying for the erroneous finger alone!
Ta,
Paul "What is this thing you humans call Banoffee?"
Paul Squires
On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Iain L M Hotchkies wrote:
> I remember another CD I bought unheard.
> "As The Flowers Wither" by My Dying Bride.
>
> Had never heard of the band or the music at the time.
> The cover wasn't up to much but I loved the titles.
What are the titles? Are they as good as the Dentists titles?
"I Had an Excellent Dream"
"Tony Bastable vs John Noakes"
and the best "Chainsaw the Horse"
The challenge is on!
Paul
Simon Greenwood
The Dentists? They still have a long way to go to beat Half Man Half
Biscuit -
"All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit"
"This Leaden Pall"
and how can we forget
"Fuckin' 'ell, it's Fred Titmus!"
.
Dom Robinson
In article <19961126....@hotch.demon.co.uk>
ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk (Iain L M Hotchkies) writes:
>I remember another CD I bought unheard.
>"As The Flowers Wither" by My Dying Bride.
>
>Had never heard of the band or the music at the time.
>The cover wasn't up to much but I loved the titles.
>
Well, post the titles here so the rest of us can join in the joke
Nils Weinander
david hansen wrote:
> > Yup, Kansas: Point of Know Return.
> >
> > Great cover, w. a ship sailing off the edge of the world
> > in the light of a black sun.
>
> Might you have a scan of this, or know where I could find one?
> I love that type of stuff.
I'm afraid I don't. If I ever get it scanned (thought has
crossed my mind) I'll mail the file.
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Janice Giavedoni
>>>>Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone?
In 197_sumthing, I bought "Double Diamond" by If. The cover had a bottle
of the ale [?] on it.... and I STILL love the album!
Janice
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In message <849144...@festive.demon.co.uk> Dom Robinson wrote:
> In article <19961126....@hotch.demon.co.uk>
> ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk (Iain L M Hotchkies) writes:
> >I remember another CD I bought unheard.
> >"As The Flowers Wither" by My Dying Bride.
> >
> >Had never heard of the band or the music at the time.
> >The cover wasn't up to much but I loved the titles.
> >
> >No accounting for taste.
>
> Well, post the titles here so the rest of us can join in the joke
Tracks (with sample lyrics):
1. Silent Dance
(instrumental)
2. Sear Me
"Incendere Suus
Damnare Suus Vita" (!)
3. The Forever People
4. The Bitterness and the Bereavement
5. Vast Choirs
"old age is a malady of which one dies"
[oh, really?]
6. The Return Of The Beautiful
7. Erotic Literature
"the fantastic weight of oceans
cathedrals of immense awe
the brilliance of erotic literature
enlightenment of the whore
marvel at the hanging gardens
the liars faint with greed
sorrow at the wailing wall
the mindless on their knees"
(hehehe - made me laugh, anyway)
Fox
In article <19961121....@hotch.demon.co.uk>, "Iain \"Prolapsing
Piles\" Hotchkies" <ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk> writes
The Millenium CD Single by FLA. The Dave McKean artwork caught my eye
and I had to get it. First FLA I ever bought.
Last too.
Fox
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Sian Evans - TRET/F96
: >Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone?
no.
but i bought my record of the mission- gods own medicine for the cover.
but then it only cost 25 cents sooo...
siani
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-|--|- (i think that you should all know that siani has been traumatised
by having to visit the dance music floor of HMV)
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Paul Squires <p...@soc.unl.ac.uk> wrote:
:On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Iain L M Hotchkies wrote:
:
:> I remember another CD I bought unheard.
:> "As The Flowers Wither" by My Dying Bride.
:>
:> Had never heard of the band or the music at the time.
:> The cover wasn't up to much but I loved the titles.
:What are the titles? Are they as good as the Dentists titles?
:"I Had an Excellent Dream"
:"Tony Bastable vs John Noakes"
:
:and the best "Chainsaw the Horse"
:
:The challenge is on!
:
:Paul
Nothing beats Half Man Half Bicsuit for song titles - "All I Want for
Christamas Is a Dulka Prague Away Kit", "99% of Gargoyles Look Like Bob
Todd" and "Rod Hull Is Alive - Why?" are amazing titles. Shame they
couldn't be matched by the quality of the songs really.
JOHN
G T Clark
W.J.G...@ncl.ac.uk writes:
>Paul Squires <p...@soc.unl.ac.uk> wrote:
>:The challenge is on!
>Nothing beats Half Man Half Bicsuit for song titles - "All I Want for
>Christamas Is a Dulka Prague Away Kit", "99% of Gargoyles Look Like Bob
>Todd" and "Rod Hull Is Alive - Why?" are amazing titles. Shame they
>couldn't be matched by the quality of the songs really.
Well, as you're asking, you could try looking at some Alice
Donut records. Album titles include 'Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror
in an Otherwise Meaningless Life', 'The Untidy Suicides of Your
Degenerate Children', 'Dry-Humping the Cash Cow' and 'Revenge fantasies
of the Impotent'. Some of the (frequently rather good) songs are
called things like 'She Loves You She Needs You It's Amazing How Much
Head Wounds Bleed', 'The Disgruntled Son Of An Ex-Postal Worker Reflects
On His Life While Getting Stoned In the Parking Lot Of A Winn Dixie
Listening To Metallica' (hardly need to hear the song with a title like
that), 'Tipper Gore','Sinead O'Connor On MTV', and many many more.
Having said this, my all-time favourite title is from the Test
Department album 'A Good Night Out'.
It's called: (deep breath)
Long Live British Democracy Which Flourishes And Is Constantly
Perfected Under The Immaculate Guidance Of The Great, Honourable,
Generous And Correct Margaret Hilda Thatcher. She Is The Blue Sky In The
Hearts Of All Nations, Our People Pay Homage And Bow In Deep Respect And
Gratitude To Her, The Milk Of Human Kindness.
And as far as I can remember, it's an instrumental.
G.
ZenDoobie
HMHB on tour now! Gloucester Guildhall here I come... yum!
"Simon Greenwood" <sim...@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote in article
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Däch
On Thu, 21 Nov 1996 14:24:54 +0100 A.D., ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk (Iain
"Prolapsing Piles" Hotchkies) quoth thusly:
>Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
>some. I bought one yesterday.
I bought one called "Angel Child", which is from Sweden. It's so, um,
cute, i just have to post the picture here. I hope it doesn't violate
any copyright laws to do so, but this picture really has to be shared.
Love & kisses,
Däch (Who just loves those cute little gothlings.)
Däch
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On Sat, 23 Nov 96 15:16:43 GMT, Dom Robinson
<McC...@festive.demon.co.uk> did enscribe the following:
>>The CD is by a band called "Cradle of Filth". The CD is
>>called "Dusk..... And Her Embrace"
>
I just got that. That is one bloody good album.
>What does the cover look like?
Pure black cover, with silver logo and album name. It's in a book-type
format.
Shadowfire
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In message <32a1d91d...@news.swan.ac.uk> Shadowfire wrote:
> >>called "Dusk..... And Her Embrace"
> >
> I just got that. That is one bloody good album.
Can anyone explain to me the "reason" for the vocalist
who shouts his way through the songs then? I mean there
is no way in the world that anyone can understand him.
You can only follow the lyrics by the rhythm of his
shouting (if you see what I mean).
What is the death/goth/black preoccupation with vocalists
who burp/shout?
Where did the idea come from that (even if there are
people in hell/transylvania/carpathia who sing) they do
so in this fashion?
Just interested.
PS I'm growing to like that CoF CD, and can't help laughing
everytime I hear that bloke shouting incomprehensibly.
Fox
Previously, Däch wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Nov 1996 14:24:54 +0100 A.D., ia...@hotch.demon.co.uk (Iain
>"Prolapsing Piles" Hotchkies) quoth thusly:
>
>>Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
>>some. I bought one yesterday.
>
>I bought one called "Angel Child", which is from Sweden. It's so, um,
>cute, i just have to post the picture here. I hope it doesn't violate
>any copyright laws to do so, but this picture really has to be shared.
It probably does and I dare say DC are about to sue the bejeezus out of
the record company as we speak.
Katherine
I was wondering if anyone owns a Bauhaus tribute album? The one I saw
had a hologram-type thing of Bela Lugosi leaning over his victim, then
up again with blood on his fangs etc. on the cover. Just wondered if
anyone has actually heard this CD?
Kath.
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tethys
D=E4ch wrote:
> >Ever bought a CD/LP for the cover alone? I have. Not many but
> >some. I bought one yesterday.
> =
> I bought one called "Angel Child", which is from Sweden. It's so, um,
> cute, i just have to post the picture here. I hope it doesn't violate
> any copyright laws to do so, but this picture really has to be shared.
I recently bought "The Gallery" by Dark Tranquility based on the
cover alone. It's one of the greatest wastes of musical talent I've
ever come across. The music is superb, but I just don't appreciate
growled vocals. The same applies to many other black/death metal
bands, but it's particulary acute here.
Tet
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Jawed Ashraf
dvo...@minot.com (DnA Dvorkin) wrote:
>Yes, and it's almost always been a mistake.
>I mean, I bought the LA Guns' _Hollywood Vampires_ on the basis of the
>cover and title back in my babygoth days, and, um, well ... I also bought
>an album with a semi-cool cover and a song called "The Vampire's Embrace"
>or something like that by a band calling itself Colorhaus, which I thought
>was a pretty obvious but fairly clever rip-off name. Uh-uh; it was just
>shitty Top-40-ish pop-dance music. And then there are all the death metal
>bands with albums that rilly, rilly look like they ought to be Goth, but
>--
>These days I have a pretty strict music-buying policy: unless either I've
>heard at least three songs by the group and liked them, or three of my
>friends (whose taste I trust) enthusiastically recommend the album, I
>don't buy it no matter how cool it looks. I wish I had the money to do
>otherwise, because I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of good stuff, but
>that's the way it has to be. And let's face it, some of the best bands
>out there have really lousy covers -- but it doesn't harm their music any.
Interesting.
I bought Lisa Germano's Inconsiderate Bitch mini-album because I saw
the cover (a reproduction of a vaguely Bacon-like painting of a female
figure), and because it is on 4AD. I always remember this particular
instant purchase because I love her music so much. There have been
others, but I'd need to think about them.
What is interesting is that over the last few years my music buying
approach has gone the opposite way to yours. These days I buy lots of
discs because I read a good review or heard a good track or something
equally vague. I buy from HMV or Virgin (Oxford St in London!).
These shops have a good range so the obscure stuff is easy to find.
But the real bonus is that the shit I don't like I take back and swap
for something else. It's great. It's official policy of both stores.
For the enjoyment and freedom of music discovery that this affords I
happily pay the small premium these shops charge. I'm afraid that I'm
more interested in enjoying the music than saving the last £.
It also means there's very little in my fair-sized collection that I
consider junk. By junk I mean something I wouldn't buy again if it
was stolen.
Jawed
(-: Some kind of shark joke :-)
Mike Mooney
Actually, I understood the original poster's question *not* to refer to
CDs that you bought because the cover looked good, and with which you
were subsequently disappointed (phew), BUT...to CDs that you bought
*just* for the cover, i.e. you didn't really care too about the music -
you know, good music would be a bonus, but worth having for the cover
*alone*.
And, no, I haven't. I might have done with LPs though; the covers look
good on the wall, as Jools Holland pointed out in a recent interview...
Mike
DnA Dvorkin
> Interesting.
>
> I bought Lisa Germano's Inconsiderate Bitch mini-album because I saw
> the cover (a reproduction of a vaguely Bacon-like painting of a female
> figure), and because it is on 4AD. I always remember this particular
> instant purchase because I love her music so much. There have been
> others, but I'd need to think about them.
>
> What is interesting is that over the last few years my music buying
> approach has gone the opposite way to yours. These days I buy lots of
> discs because I read a good review or heard a good track or something
> equally vague. I buy from HMV or Virgin (Oxford St in London!).
> These shops have a good range so the obscure stuff is easy to find.
> But the real bonus is that the shit I don't like I take back and swap
> for something else. It's great. It's official policy of both stores.
Glad it's worked out for you. Most of the places I've bought music, I
think, I haven't been able to exchange like that (though I didn't know
that HMV had that policy, and I wish I had when I was in London.) And you
know, I'm not trying to sound like a cheapskate -- it's just that I have a
hell of a lot of good music already, and to me it's not worth spending a
whole bunch of money on the _chance_ that I'll discover something I like.
One change I have made over the last few years is that I'm not such a
completist -- instead of finding a band I fall in love with and trying to
buy every single thing they've ever recorded, I buy one or two albums and
then go on to try something else. The nice thing about this is that when
I do have some extra spending money, I know exactly what to go for -- I'll
go and buy another album by Rosetta Stone or one of my favorite new bands
and I know I won't be disappointed. But by far my biggest method for
trying out new stuff is borrowing it from friends.
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Lord of Wolves
I actually picked up the belgian imported version of Xtian Death's "Sex,
Drugs, and Jesus Christ" just for the cover image of Jesus shooting heroin.
It was so sacrelligious I *had* to own it!! ;)
And in fact I KNEW I wouldn't like the music, because I've never liked
Xtian Death. I was right. But I didn't care. I just wanted the cover. I
display the record, not play it.
Orren
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ch1...@torside.shef.ac.uk
yeah, I have back in to late 70's-early 80's when The Stranglers and The
Jam were my fav. bands, i saw the cover of "The Hangman's Beautiful
Daughter" by the Incredible Strings Band. The title in its self was
pretty intriguing, but the cover made it a must buy. Its a picture of a
family and friends all dressed in weird medieval clothes in a wood. dont
know why but its just very atmospheric and the quality of the photo is
just great. I certainly frame it and put it on my wall
Ian Davey
ch1...@torside.shef.ac.uk wrote:
>Jam were my fav. bands, i saw the cover of "The Hangman's Beautiful
>Daughter" by the Incredible Strings Band. The title in its self was
>pretty intriguing [...]
Sounds like it was derived from Angela Carter's short story, "The
Executioner's Beautiful Daughter", which is excellent BTW.
ian.
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> .i saw the cover of "The Hangman's Beautiful
> >Daughter" by the Incredible Strings Band. The title in its self was
> >pretty intriguing [...]
>
> Sounds like it was derived from Angela Carter's short story, "The
> Executioner's Beautiful Daughter", which is excellent BTW.
mmm, not sure. I *think* its the other way round as the ISB album is a
1967 release. Very before its time, as its kinda acid influenced folkie
world music: lots of indian, african and arabic instruments used. The
lyrics are really great "a very cellular song" is 11 mins long and
includes a section about life as an ameoba..cool
Arto Jalkanen
In article <32A2CF...@ml.com>, tethys <tet...@ml.com> wrote:
>I recently bought "The Gallery" by Dark Tranquility based on the
>cover alone. It's one of the greatest wastes of musical talent I've
>ever come across. The music is superb, but I just don't appreciate
>growled vocals. The same applies to many other black/death metal
>bands, but it's particulary acute here.
The Gallery is a very good album indeed. And what comes to growling,
you'll probably get used to it. I did. At first I hated the growling
vocals, but as quality metal nowadays tends to have growling vocals
I had to get used to it. The key is that it's only part of the music,
an instrument, not "vocals".
I don't hate growling anymore, actually I think it suites many
songs very well.
And a new Dark Tranquillity Mini CD is out now, and a full length
album (title was Mind's Eye, I think) coming in January - February,
I think? Sounded a bit "thrashier" than Gallery.
Mike Slocombe
In article <orrenm-ya0234800...@news.primenet.com>, Lord
of Wolves <orr...@darkling.com> writes
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No offence mate, but what exactly does 'The Lord of Wolves' *do* to earn
his moniker?
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Ian Davey
If that is the case then they probably are sourced from the same fairy
tale, Angela Carter often rewrites them and as far as I'm aware, she
wasn't ever influenced by folkie acid jazz. The story was collected in
'74, but I'm not sure when it was written or when it first appeared, I
don't have the book here in front of me. It is a very dark fairy tale
about incest, the title expresses it almost perfectly.
Andrew Gambier
In article <5867uq$n...@news.devon-cc.gov.uk>, Ian Davey
<10062...@compuserve.com> writes
>ch1...@torside.shef.ac.uk wrote:
>
>>Jam were my fav. bands, i saw the cover of "The Hangman's Beautiful
>>Daughter" by the Incredible Strings Band. The title in its self was
>>pretty intriguing [...]
>
>Sounds like it was derived from Angela Carter's short story, "The
>Executioner's Beautiful Daughter", which is excellent BTW.
>
>
>
The record itself dates back to the 1960s and therefore (I'm guessing)
predates Angela Carter's work. I thought the story of the Hangman's
Beautiful Daughter was a folk myth, although I don't know the exact
story. Perhaps it's in Brewer's. There was a band called the Hangman's
Beautiful Daughters in the 80s... recorded on the Dreamworld label, the
same label that brought us the TV Personalities. There's also a superb
poem by Gillian Allnutt that's worth seeking out.
As for the record itself (and this may shock people who know the other
stuff I generally listen to) it's fantastic and should be in everyone's
collection for the music as well.
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No, but a band that has awesome covers as well as awesome music on their
CD's is BLIND GUARDIAN!!!
Richard G. Kinney
ch1...@torside.shef.ac.uk wrote:
: yeah, I have back in to late 70's-early 80's when The Stranglers and The
: Jam were my fav. bands, i saw the cover of "The Hangman's Beautiful
: Daughter" by the Incredible Strings Band. The title in its self was
Rumor has it ISB is one of David Tibet of Current 93's fave bands.
-"Waxy"
Lord of Wolves
In article <fHKBsbA3...@urban75.demon.co.uk>, Mike Slocombe
<mi...@urban75.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> No offence mate, but what exactly does 'The Lord of Wolves' *do* to earn
> his moniker?
>
I actually have an explanation of my moniker on my web page...
Oh, and no offense taken! :)
Orren
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> As for the record itself (and this may shock people who know the other
> stuff I generally listen to) it's fantastic and should be in everyone's
> collection for the music as well.
Couldn't agree more. I reckon its one of the great "lost" albums of the
60's. ISB were really big at the time:they played Woodstock, but now
they've become an obscure footnote. Apparently though, at one time Plant
and Page were so enamoured by ISB that they seriously thought of moving
Led Zepplin that way. I guess there's echoes of ISB in things like The
Battle for Evermore..Certainly the last album they did together was
strongly influenced by Williamson and Heron...
Visigoth
Jade Mungnimitr wrote:
>
> No, but a band that has awesome covers as well as awesome music on their
> CD's is BLIND GUARDIAN!!!
They're a kinda of prog/power-metal type of thing, right?
Mentally Yours,
V I S I G O T H
Storm
Lord of Wolves (orr...@darkling.com) wrote:
: I actually picked up the belgian imported version of Xtian Death's "Sex,
: Drugs, and Jesus Christ" just for the cover image of Jesus shooting heroin.
: It was so sacrelligious I *had* to own it!! ;)
: And in fact I KNEW I wouldn't like the music, because I've never liked
: Xtian Death. I was right. But I didn't care. I just wanted the cover. I
: display the record, not play it.
Should have bought the t-shirt. Then you could be interrogated by
Christians on trains, as I was last Friday, whilst wearing it.. :-)
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On 9 Dec 1996, Storm wrote:
> Should have bought the t-shirt. Then you could be interrogated by
> Christians on trains, as I was last Friday, whilst wearing it.. :-)
Oh, shit, that's really easy to do. Just wear a little silver
pentagram.like I do. I get acosted at work at school, on public
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Hugh Davies
In article <58fn01$7...@ar.ar.com.au>, st...@ar.ar.com.au (Storm) writes:
>Lord of Wolves (orr...@darkling.com) wrote:
>: I actually picked up the belgian imported version of Xtian Death's "Sex,
>: Drugs, and Jesus Christ" just for the cover image of Jesus shooting heroin.
>: It was so sacrelligious I *had* to own it!! ;)
>
>: And in fact I KNEW I wouldn't like the music, because I've never liked
>: Xtian Death. I was right. But I didn't care. I just wanted the cover. I
>: display the record, not play it.
>
>Christians on trains, as I was last Friday, whilst wearing it.. :-)
Would anyone like to buy a "Fuck the Skull of Jesus" T shirt?
The design won a contest on alt.tasteless a few years ago, and I've
been lookign for a few people to buy one, so I can get a minimum order
together. I can provide a GIF if anyone wants to know what it looks
like, but it's basically a wind-dried corpse on a crucifix with a demon
having skull sex with it and a caption saying "Fuck the skull of {graphic}
Jesus".
Regards,
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In article <58sbev$m...@axalotl.demon.co.uk>
hu...@axalotl.demon.co.uk "Hugh Davies" writes:
> Would anyone like to buy a "Fuck the Skull of Jesus" T shirt?
I might. How much?
> The design won a contest on alt.tasteless a few years ago, and I've
> been lookign for a few people to buy one, so I can get a minimum order
> together. I can provide a GIF if anyone wants to know what it looks
> like, but it's basically a wind-dried corpse on a crucifix with a demon
> having skull sex with it and a caption saying "Fuck the skull of {graphic}
> Jesus".
A GIF would be appreciated.
BTW, my favourite t-shirt design was very simple: white with red
letters, ISTR, saying:
FUCK DANCING
LET'S FUCK
I didn't buy it, alas.
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I used to try some CD's by the cover, until some rap or metal bands
copied the gothic imaging.
Now I pay more attention to the label.
Should 'Darius' by Girls Under Glass or 'Closer' by Joy Division be
ultimate crap, I'd keep the records for the covers.
Nicolas (the slow pulse boy)
Iain L M Hotchkies
In message <32BF1D...@InfoRoute.cgs.fr> Nicolas Huet wrote:
> Should 'Darius' by Girls Under Glass or 'Closer' by Joy Division be
> ultimate crap, I'd keep the records for the covers.
Good call. Just had a 'closer' look at the 'Closer' cover! Nice pic.
No source credited. Just says 'photograph by Bernard Pierre Wolff'
but it looks like a line drawing of some antiquity (could just be
the effect, I guess). Is there an original somewhere? More work in a
similar vein?