I remember when Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door was covered in a paper bag.
I remember the Beatles White Album record sleeve had no writing on it whatsoever.
I remember one artist managed to capture the SF- Oakland Bay Bridge from Downtown SF, with a WB logo (the former Warner Brothers icon) on a freeway guide along I-80. If someone remembers that particular one, please state who's album cover that was from if you can.
Then there was Derek and the Dominos Layla Album that was a double LP set with an opening Album Sleeve that had photos of the band in between the two sleeves.
Then Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes had an inner sleeve with a photo of Tom Petty smoking a cigarette. That one was before the anti tobacco campaign that disallowed that kind of stuff as in the seventies and eighties it was considered politically correct and ego boosting to brag about being a smoker, as now its a no no as we have seen ads for tobacco vanish over time.
Then I remember the Doobies the Captain And Me cover of a partially built freeway someplace in CA with the band all posing in front of it.
Any others out there that some old timers like me who remember certain LP covers?
Quote from: roadman65 on May 17, 2022, 12:21:20 PM
I remember when Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door was covered in a paper bag.
I remember the Beatles White Album record sleeve had no writing on it whatsoever.
I remember one artist managed to capture the SF- Oakland Bay Bridge from Downtown SF, with a WB logo (the former Warner Brothers icon) on a freeway guide along I-80. If someone remembers that particular one, please state who's album cover that was from if you can.
Then there was Derek and the Dominos Layla Album that was a double LP set with an opening Album Sleeve that had photos of the band in between the two sleeves.
Then Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes had an inner sleeve with a photo of Tom Petty smoking a cigarette. That one was before the anti tobacco campaign that disallowed that kind of stuff as in the seventies and eighties it was considered politically correct and ego boosting to brag about being a smoker, as now its a no no as we have seen ads for tobacco vanish over time.
Then I remember the Doobies the Captain And Me cover of a partially built freeway someplace in CA with the band all posing in front of it.
Any others out there that some old timers like me who remember certain LP covers?
You talking about this?
(https://i.imgur.com/UI1aS1E.png)
Doobie Brothers had What a Fool Believes, which is my FAVORITE song of all time.
I sadly do not have the LP version of, but the CD I have.
Yes I remember the road albums from certain bands. But not the one you stated.
Bryce
As a native of their namesake city, I can recall every Chicago album that ever came out with their many colorful takes on each one. Although the Roman numerals were not included on the front cover, they had unique sets that have stood the test of time.
Also, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is another album that falls under the same category, as is The Beatles' Abbey Road.
Quote from: snowc on May 17, 2022, 12:47:55 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on May 17, 2022, 12:21:20 PM
I remember when Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door was covered in a paper bag.
I remember the Beatles White Album record sleeve had no writing on it whatsoever.
I remember one artist managed to capture the SF- Oakland Bay Bridge from Downtown SF, with a WB logo (the former Warner Brothers icon) on a freeway guide along I-80. If someone remembers that particular one, please state who's album cover that was from if you can.
Then there was Derek and the Dominos Layla Album that was a double LP set with an opening Album Sleeve that had photos of the band in between the two sleeves.
Then Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes had an inner sleeve with a photo of Tom Petty smoking a cigarette. That one was before the anti tobacco campaign that disallowed that kind of stuff as in the seventies and eighties it was considered politically correct and ego boosting to brag about being a smoker, as now its a no no as we have seen ads for tobacco vanish over time.
Then I remember the Doobies the Captain And Me cover of a partially built freeway someplace in CA with the band all posing in front of it.
Any others out there that some old timers like me who remember certain LP covers?
You talking about this?
(https://i.imgur.com/UI1aS1E.png)
Doobie Brothers had What a Fool Believes, which is my FAVORITE song of all time.
I sadly do not have the LP version of, but the CD I have.
Yes I remember the road albums from certain bands. But not the one you stated.
Bryce
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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91b6NKJZFZL._SL1425_.jpg
Quote from: roadman65 on May 17, 2022, 01:13:45 PM
Quote from: snowc on May 17, 2022, 12:47:55 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on May 17, 2022, 12:21:20 PM
I remember when Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door was covered in a paper bag.
I remember the Beatles White Album record sleeve had no writing on it whatsoever.
I remember one artist managed to capture the SF- Oakland Bay Bridge from Downtown SF, with a WB logo (the former Warner Brothers icon) on a freeway guide along I-80. If someone remembers that particular one, please state who's album cover that was from if you can.
Then there was Derek and the Dominos Layla Album that was a double LP set with an opening Album Sleeve that had photos of the band in between the two sleeves.
Then Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes had an inner sleeve with a photo of Tom Petty smoking a cigarette. That one was before the anti tobacco campaign that disallowed that kind of stuff as in the seventies and eighties it was considered politically correct and ego boosting to brag about being a smoker, as now its a no no as we have seen ads for tobacco vanish over time.
Then I remember the Doobies the Captain And Me cover of a partially built freeway someplace in CA with the band all posing in front of it.
Any others out there that some old timers like me who remember certain LP covers?
You talking about this?
(https://i.imgur.com/UI1aS1E.png)
Doobie Brothers had What a Fool Believes, which is my FAVORITE song of all time.
I sadly do not have the LP version of, but the CD I have.
Yes I remember the road albums from certain bands. But not the one you stated.
Bryce
ttps://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91b6NKJZFZL._SL1425_.jpg
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91b6NKJZFZL._SL1425_.jpg
Yes, yes, I remember this now!
I do certainly remember this bridge, and its similarly named to Southbound, a remastered album with a newer What A Fool Believes.
My first album was Thriller, which has a pretty iconic cover.
Quote from: Henry on May 17, 2022, 12:58:56 PM
As a native of their namesake city, I can recall every Chicago album that ever came out with their many colorful takes on each one. Although the Roman numerals were not included on the front cover, they had unique sets that have stood the test of time.
Also, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is another album that falls under the same category, as is The Beatles' Abbey Road.
Of course, the best Chicago album art is
XI where the logo identifies an old Chicago map.
Let's not forget the posters that came
Dark Side of the Moon. I also remember
Wish You Were Here coming in an opaque shrinkwrap with metal hands shaking hiding the actual cover art.
My favorite cover is ELO
Out of the Blue where a space shuttle enters an ELO-logo space station. I also loved the John Brown painting on the first Kansas album.
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 17, 2022, 01:36:30 PM
My first album was Thriller, which has a pretty iconic cover.
I know Elvis is alive and well in Kalamazoo.
But Michael is living in Indiana? So close to where he grew up? Who knew?
The first album cover I remember seeing everywhere was Journey's Escape.
Quote from: Rothman on May 17, 2022, 03:54:06 PM
The first album cover I remember seeing everywhere was Journey's Escape.
(https://i.imgur.com/qKWtiK3.jpg)
That's a forward-looking album cover for 1981. The title is leetcode (E5C4P3) and the emerging object is obviously a wireless mouse. GG Journey!
(Also, apparently
Rolling Stone's Dave Marsh gave the album a 1-star review because Journey is not Bruce Springsteen).
Quote from: GaryV on May 17, 2022, 02:40:02 PM
I know Elvis is alive and well in Kalamazoo.
Elvis was the same age as my grandma, and would be almost 90 now. Alive? Maybe. Well? Not so likely.
I knew someone who worked a record store and said she really hated the cover of The Who Sell Out because of the picture of Roger Daltrey sitting in a tub of Heinz baked beans.
Revolver - The Beatles
Drama - Yes
Quote from: 1995hoo on May 17, 2022, 04:54:10 PM
I knew someone who worked a record store and said she really hated the cover of The Who Sell Out because of the picture of Roger Daltrey sitting in a tub of Heinz baked beans.
She should see what Ann-Margret went through in Tommy.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on May 17, 2022, 04:58:56 PM
Drama - Yes
Yes has many memorable album covers, but Drama's jumps out at me too.
Some Average White Band (truth in advertising -- a band, white, and definitely average) album covers have the W in "White" outlining a woman's bare behind, with the middle of the W placed in her butt crack (http://www.ebay.com/itm/255428666191?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=255428666191&targetid=1262779894769&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=9008166&poi=&campaignid=14859008593&mkgroupid=130497710760&rlsatarget=pla-1262779894769&abcId=9300678&merchantid=421391459&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIg4WezL_n9wIVVfbjBx3qUgqtEAQYBCABEgK8ivD_BwE).
Roger Waters' "Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" album cover features a rear view of a naked woman on the road with her thumb out to hitch a ride. Sometimes her bare behind is censored, sometimes not. (https://www.google.com/search?q=pros+and+cons+of+hitchhiking&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&vet=1&fir=-d6ytF6ME_AHFM%252CvMD1D0KKt4y9yM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kTmFyMtv_qjUOaf8PEsJzty8urkIQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmmqqlwOf3AhXnq3IEHRfjAXIQ_h16BAhEEAE&biw=1242&bih=568&dpr=1.1#imgrc=-d6ytF6ME_AHFM)
Some I remember well:
Nirvana's Nevermind - naked baby looking at a $1 bill in a pool
Van Halen's 5150 - Atlas holding up a VH globe
Van Halen's Balance - Siamese twins on a balance beam
Pink Floyd's Division Bell - the 2 metal heads
Beatles' Abbey Road - another one with no words on it
Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell - the Gargoyle and motorcycle
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Californication - sunset pool
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Boston's Boston - First look of their iconic spaceship
Supertramp's Breakfast in America - The NY Skyline in the background with a waitress outside the plane window.
Pure Prairie League's Bustin Out - Cowboy/Gambler thrown out of a saloon door
Train's California 37 - Vintage Thunderbird on California Hwy 37
Chicago's X (10) - As a chocolate bar
Chicago's XI (11) - Vintage map of Chicago
Green Day's American Idiot - hand with a heart shaped grenade
ZZ Top's Eliminator - Their iconic car
Phil Collins' Face Value - First of his albums to show his face
Fleetwood Mac's Fleetwood Mac - The silhouette of Mick standing with a cane and John as a midget.
Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Eagles' Hotel California
Genesis' Invisible Touch
Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill
Metallica's Black album
John Mellencamp's Mr Happy Go Lucky - A circus act surrounding a seated John holding a baby clown.
REM's Out of Time
Peter Gabriel's Peter Gabriel III aka the Car
Aeorsmith's Get a Grip - The cow
Billy Joel's River of Dreams
Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
U2's the Best of 1990-2000 - Buffalos
The Who's Next
Depeche Mode's Violator - Painted Red Rose
REO Speedwagon's You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish
My older sisters had once Supertramp's "Crime of the Century" in 8 track cartridge, the illustration on the cover was stunning.
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9a/2b/b3/9a2bb332ed96cef6b9f55608aae49efe.jpg)
There was the Rolling Stones's "Sticky Fingers" album whose cover (LP version) featured a working zipper.
Inevitably Stamped by Supertramp had a set of tattooed boobs on it.
The LP cover I remember most from early childhood–besides Sgt Pepper, of course–is this one:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fwww.prog-sphere.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F09%2FJethro-Tull-Thick-As-A-Brick.jpg&hash=84fbf985a1fc66273411f988404b57c4c95cf766)
I think there were four covers released for "In Through The Out Door" and it was a crapshoot as to which one you'd get once you removed the paper bag.
I don't know if there was anything specific portrayed on Chicago's first two albums, but III was an American flag, V was woodgrain, VI was a dollar bill (and the first to show the members' faces on the cover), VII was a leather etching denoting historical events in the city, VIII was an embroidered patch, IX Greatest Hits was the band members painting the logo on a wall, X was a candy bar, XI was a map, XIII was a skyscraper, XIV was a fingerprint, and 16 was a computer chip.
The famous Lynyrd Skynyrd cover for "Street Survivors" showed the band walking through flames, but it got recalled after their plane crash.
"Some Girls" had a bunch of pictures of people who objected to being on the album cover, so the Stones had to put out later pressings with some of the pictures redacted.
"Who Are You" had a picture of Keith Moon sitting on a chair, upon which was written "not to be taken away." He died after that album was released.
"Presence" had a bunch of seemingly random photos with some sort of odd obelisk in each one.
Both the "Coverdale/Page" album and Rush's "Snakes & Arrows Live" set used road signs on their covers.
Some of my favorites...
Eagles: "Hotel California"
The Who: "Who's Next", "Face Dances"
Supertramp: "Crime of the Century" (mentioned above), "Even in the Quietest Moments", "Breakfast in America", "...Famous Last Words..."
Atlanta Rhythm Section: "Champaign Jam", "Quinella"
ELO: "Face the Music", "A New World Record", "Out of the Blue" (mentioned above), "Discovery", "Secret Messages"
Rush: "2112", "Hemispheres", "Permanent Waves", "Moving Pictures", "Signals"
Dire Straits: "Making Movies"
The Tubes: "The Completion Backward Principle", "Outside Inside"
Metallica: "Master of Puppets", "Metallica" (the Black Album)
Rainbow: "Down to Earth", "Straight Between the Eyes", "Bent Out of Shape"
Toto: "Toto", "Toto IV"
Steely Dan: Every album cover, especially "Can't Buy a Thrill" and "Katy Lied"
Many of the Genesis albums of the early to mid 1970's were very artsy.
Just some off the top of my head (many that I have). Of course, there are plenty of the iconic ones mentioned already.
Quote from: snowc on May 17, 2022, 01:33:23 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on May 17, 2022, 01:13:45 PM
Quote from: snowc on May 17, 2022, 12:47:55 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on May 17, 2022, 12:21:20 PM
I remember when Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door was covered in a paper bag.
I remember the Beatles White Album record sleeve had no writing on it whatsoever.
I remember one artist managed to capture the SF- Oakland Bay Bridge from Downtown SF, with a WB logo (the former Warner Brothers icon) on a freeway guide along I-80. If someone remembers that particular one, please state who's album cover that was from if you can.
Then there was Derek and the Dominos Layla Album that was a double LP set with an opening Album Sleeve that had photos of the band in between the two sleeves.
Then Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes had an inner sleeve with a photo of Tom Petty smoking a cigarette. That one was before the anti tobacco campaign that disallowed that kind of stuff as in the seventies and eighties it was considered politically correct and ego boosting to brag about being a smoker, as now its a no no as we have seen ads for tobacco vanish over time.
Then I remember the Doobies the Captain And Me cover of a partially built freeway someplace in CA with the band all posing in front of it.
Any others out there that some old timers like me who remember certain LP covers?
You talking about this?
(https://i.imgur.com/UI1aS1E.png)
Doobie Brothers had What a Fool Believes, which is my FAVORITE song of all time.
I sadly do not have the LP version of, but the CD I have.
Yes I remember the road albums from certain bands. But not the one you stated.
Bryce
ttps://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91b6NKJZFZL._SL1425_.jpg
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91b6NKJZFZL._SL1425_.jpg
Yes, yes, I remember this now!
I do certainly remember this bridge, and its similarly named to Southbound, a remastered album with a newer What A Fool Believes.
This bridge was the CA 14 bridge/overpass at the Newhall Pass interchange that was under construction when the 1971 San Fernando/Sylmar earthquake hit. The bridge partially collapsed when the earthquake hit. 23 years later, the same bridge collapsed when the Northridge earthquake hit.
Quote from: roadman65 on May 17, 2022, 12:21:20 PM
I remember one artist managed to capture the SF- Oakland Bay Bridge from Downtown SF, with a WB logo (the former Warner Brothers icon) on a freeway guide along I-80. If someone remembers that particular one, please state who's album cover that was from if you can.
Tower of Power Back to Oakland. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_Oakland)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Back_to_Oakland.jpg)
Quote from: Rothman on May 17, 2022, 05:01:59 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on May 17, 2022, 04:54:10 PM
I knew someone who worked a record store and said she really hated the cover of The Who Sell Out because of the picture of Roger Daltrey sitting in a tub of Heinz baked beans.
She should see what Ann-Margret went through in Tommy.
I'm sure she had seen that, but she didn't have the movie staring at her at the record store every day!
Ooh, I also have very early childhood memories of the Beatles' red album and Rubber Soul.
I remember thinking the artwork for Pink Floyd's "The Division Bell" was odd, seeing it frequently in restaurant jukeboxes (remember those?) as a kid.
The Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was the first album I really enjoyed, and it has a distinctive cover, with an old picture of a woman emerging from a star.
Quote from: hbelkins on May 17, 2022, 11:51:09 PMI don't know if there was anything specific portrayed on Chicago's first two albums, but III was an American flag, V was woodgrain, VI was a dollar bill (and the first to show the members' faces on the cover), VII was a leather etching denoting historical events in the city, VIII was an embroidered patch, IX Greatest Hits was the band members painting the logo on a wall, X was a candy bar, XI was a map, XIII was a skyscraper, XIV was a fingerprint, and 16 was a computer chip.
Let me fill out the rest of the cover history from the beginning to present:
I--The retroactive name for "The Chicago Transit Authority", because that was the band's original name until the public transit firm of the same name threatened legal action; uses a blue shingle with gold outline and lettering
II--A blurred field of white
IV--The logo raised over a cream-colored field
XII--The retroactive name for Hot Streets, and five of the band's members are on it
XV--Various pictures of the word "Chicago" in different fonts
XVII--Possibly a bedding set with the wrinkled sheet, also the first to include the number on it (albeit in Arabic)
XVIII--Mosaic logo on a crinkly blue background
XIX--An abstract painting
XX--Greatest Hits (1982-1989), nothing special about it
XXI--The word "TWENTY" superimposed vertically on the number 1
XXII--The retroactive name for Night & Day (Big Band), with a martini glass, a trumpet, a guitar and a drum
XXIII--A field of red velvet
XXIV--Same as the previous one, but the red is now blue
XXV--A wreath on the front door, since this was a Christmas album; also the second album to have the full Arabic numbered version on it
XXVI--A semi truck speeding past a billboard proclaiming their live performance, and includes the number "26"
XXVII--The second greatest hits compilation (The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning), with gardening tools, a hose and a shrub in the shape of the logo
XXVIII--All pixels, with the logo raised over the rest
XXVIX--The retroactive name for Love Songs, with roses and a chocolate box
XXX--A marble/stone plaque, and the first to actually feature the Roman numeral
XXXI--The third greatest hits compilation (The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition), with a stamped red dot on an RSVP envelope
XXXII--The retroactive name for Stone of Sisyphus, and features such stone rolled by a man
XXXIII--The retroactive name for O Christmas Tree, featuring a candy cane
XXXIV--Live in '75, with a sun and clouds
XXXV--A microphone and a map of Nashville
XXXVI--Now, with a swirling black-and-white checkerboard
XXXVII--Chicago Christmas, with a green-and-white stripe wrapped gift and a red bow
"Black Sabbath Vol. 4" had a good cover art bit with the person portrayed wearing a fringe leather jacket. Alice Cooper's "School's Out" had a beat up school desk top. Cheech & Chong's "Big Bambu" album had the largest rolling paper of all time included. Plenty of others mentioned here are real classics I grew up with and loved. What a shame we do not have album covers everywhere like we used to.
Rick
Bostons Don't Look Back had a paper inner sleeve with a drawing of the Band's iconic Guitar Spaceship in engineer form showing the plans to build it.
I thought that was cool. In fact Tom Scholtz from Boston is an MIT grad.
As a keyboard player, I was annoyed by Tom Scholz's "No Synthesizers!" brag on the Boston albums. Then I found out he played the organ solos on "Hitching a Ride", "Foreplay" and so on. "Hitching a Ride" is a mellow 70s ballad until the keyboard solo barges in like the Kool-Aid guy channeling Keith Emerson. It's hilarious and awesome.
So: a lot of his respect for his work (except Third Stage; but disappointing 1980s rock albums were not just Boston's problem)
Quote from: kurumi on May 19, 2022, 11:36:19 AM
As a keyboard player, I was annoyed by Tom Scholz's "No Synthesizers!" brag on the Boston albums. Then I found out he played the organ solos on "Hitching a Ride", "Foreplay" and so on. "Hitching a Ride" is a mellow 70s ballad until the keyboard solo barges in like the Kool-Aid guy channeling Keith Emerson. It's hilarious and awesome.
So: a lot of his respect for his work (except Third Stage; but disappointing 1980s rock albums were not just Boston's problem)
Queen used to print 'No Synthesizers!' on their albums (or in the liner notes) The reason is that Brian May was especially proud of the electric guitar sound on their debut album–and then a music critic praised the synthesizer on that album, which was actually the guitar. Eventually, several albums later, they removed the 'No Synthesizers!' and did indeed begin using some synth in their arrangements.
Smell the Glove - Spinal Tap
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 17, 2022, 01:36:30 PM
My first album was Thriller, which has a pretty iconic cover.
Kansas City's Tech N9ne parodied Jackson's album cover for his own album,
Killer.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220519/652443543d7fbad13687b17884b4d4d9.jpg)
moto g(7) optimo (XT1952DL)
Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here with the man on fire.
Then the Wall by Floyd had no writing on it, just a white brick wall. Another thing was the label didn't list the time span of each track, which was odd as most albums would list the time on the label.
Quote from: kphoger on May 19, 2022, 12:04:44 PM
Quote from: kurumi on May 19, 2022, 11:36:19 AM
As a keyboard player, I was annoyed by Tom Scholz's "No Synthesizers!" brag on the Boston albums. Then I found out he played the organ solos on "Hitching a Ride", "Foreplay" and so on. "Hitching a Ride" is a mellow 70s ballad until the keyboard solo barges in like the Kool-Aid guy channeling Keith Emerson. It's hilarious and awesome.
So: a lot of his respect for his work (except Third Stage; but disappointing 1980s rock albums were not just Boston's problem)
Queen used to print 'No Synthesizers!' on their albums (or in the liner notes) The reason is that Brian May was especially proud of the electric guitar sound on their debut album–and then a music critic praised the synthesizer on that album, which was actually the guitar. Eventually, several albums later, they removed the 'No Synthesizers!' and did indeed begin using some synth in their arrangements.
Hot Space (1982) was written on a bass synth, had hardly has any guitar in it, to show how far they became.
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on May 24, 2022, 06:21:31 AM
Hot Space (1982) was written on a bass synth, had hardly has any guitar in it, to show how far they became.
Mid-to-late '80s Queen was a bit reminiscent of that era's Rush. They went away from the guitar-driven rock that propelled them to stardom and embraced the keyboards.
Innuendo was closer to the classic Queen sound than several of its immediate predecessors, similar to Rush's
Presto. Makes one wonder where the sound might have gone had Freddie Mercury not died. I believe I've read that he already knew he was terminally ill when
Innuendo was recorded. BTW, the title track sounded like it could have come right off
Physical Graffiti so it was fitting that Plant sang "Innuendo" during the Mercury tribute concert.
Just thought of one. My father had this one. Interesting to look at.
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass--"Whipped Cream and Other Delights"
https://youtu.be/gRGOm071sE0
Quote from: plain on May 19, 2022, 03:49:45 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 17, 2022, 01:36:30 PM
My first album was Thriller, which has a pretty iconic cover.
Kansas City's Tech N9ne parodied Jackson's album cover for his own album, Killer.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220519/652443543d7fbad13687b17884b4d4d9.jpg)
moto g(7) optimo (XT1952DL)
That reminds me of "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of Nirvana cover.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.farofeiros.com.br%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2FWeird-Al-Smells-Like-Nirvana.jpg&hash=69ab0085ccf2e90328926f71130f6b51ac7151e1)
Quote from: amroad17 on June 13, 2022, 01:35:15 AM
Just thought of one. My father had this one. Interesting to look at.
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass--"Whipped Cream and Other Delights"
https://youtu.be/gRGOm071sE0
An interesting aside for that cover, the model (Delores Erickson, now 86) was 3 months pregnant with her son Brett when she posed for that cover photo in 1965.
Mike
Quote from: kurumi on May 19, 2022, 11:36:19 AM
As a keyboard player, I was annoyed by Tom Scholz's "No Synthesizers!" brag on the Boston albums. Then I found out he played the organ solos on "Hitching a Ride", "Foreplay" and so on. "Hitching a Ride" is a mellow 70s ballad until the keyboard solo barges in like the Kool-Aid guy channeling Keith Emerson. It's hilarious and awesome.
So: a lot of his respect for his work (except Third Stage; but disappointing 1980s rock albums were not just Boston's problem)
Third stage was a REAL let-down except for COUNTDOWN-LAUNCH-COOL the ENGINES!
I prefer Don't Look Back to the first album. That said the first album was recorded better. Tom had had more time to micro engineer the first one. Don't Look Back lacks depth of sound.
The remasters really removed some of the character from the originals. There was a tape stretch on the original "BOSTON" albums, cassettes, and even the early CD's. Every time I listen to the remaster, it is more obvious to me than a needle skip that it is missing.
Not necessarily an album cover, but a record label...and a question:
When Motown Records was in it's heyday in the 60s, they used a section of a old Rand McNally regional road map that used the single color all-blue legend.
By the late-70's/early 80's, Motown's familiar RMcN map was replaced with a generic "copy" of the old map, showing randomly-numbered routes and roads.
Question: Did Motown have a falling out with RMcN sometime in the late 70's/early 80's to cause the label change? Or was it just getting too expensive to continue using the real map?
The Clash-"London Calling"
http://vinyldistractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1546-scaled.jpg
I remember a couple from the '80s and '90s that were modified from their original cover.
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987)
The original cover was based on a painting by Robert Williams called "Appetite for Destruction". It showed a robot rapist, a semi-nude woman, and a metal "avenger" (per Wikipedia). It was replaced by the more familiar cross with the band members as skulls.
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1986)
The original cover featured a busty woman in a wet t-shirt that said "Slippery When Wet". (Subtle it was not.) The replacement cover was a wet garbage bag with "Slippery When Wet" traced in the water. The cover was replaced before release.
Poison - Open Up and Say...Ahh! (1988)
The original cover had a model dressed as a demon with a long, pointed red tongue. This was replaced by a mostly black cover with a strip showing only the demon's eyes. (Original versions of this album also had a misprint in the track listing, misspelling "thorn" as "thron" for "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".
Black Crowes - Amorica (1994)
The original cover featured the pelvic area of a woman clad in an American-flag styled thong bikini with pubic hair showing at the top. if you think this is more 70s style grooming than 90s style, you're right - it was taken from a 70s cover of Hustler magazine. This cover was replaced for big box retailers with a black cover showing only the triangle of the bikini - no skin, no string, and definitely no pubic hair.
Album covers that opened up were more useful than those that were just 2 pieces of cardboard. The best ones had the inner paper glued down completely so that there was a channel in the middle. Many had the paper sticking up in the middle. As I recall, my copy of Electric Ladyland had the best channel. Admittedly, this feature had very little to do with the actual music on the included vinyl, but perhaps allowed for the increased enjoyment thereof...
Given that I am quite a big GN'R fan, I can picture the album covers quite easily.
Appetite for Destruction: A cross with the skulls of the band members on it
GN'R Lies: A tabloid-style thing
Use Your Illusion I/II: A art thingy with a person on the side, I is orange, II is blue
Chinese Democracy: A Chinese bike
The Beatles' "Yesterday and Today" cover which featured pieces of butchered dolls strewn around the band members. At the time it was very controversial and it was quickly replaced with a different image of the band - some even pressed onto existing "butcher" album sleeves, where you could peel the replacement image away to see the original cover.
If you haven't heard of this album, it was a US release that consisted of a mix of songs from the UK releases of Revolver, Rubber Soul, and some non-album singles.
Of course there is the nearly nude album of a guy blowing a French horn into a woman's ass by Wasnatch called Front to Back.
NSFW image.
https://imgur.com/mLFTRkf
Queen-"News of the World"
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jcU3avQjWyc/Td2ZVAy30bI/AAAAAAAABi4/XWDtEM5r-kw/s1600/Queen+-+News+of+the+World.JPG
Quote from: amroad17 on September 05, 2022, 05:10:43 AM
Queen-"News of the World"
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jcU3avQjWyc/Td2ZVAy30bI/AAAAAAAABi4/XWDtEM5r-kw/s1600/Queen+-+News+of+the+World.JPG
Speaking of Queen, the cover to their album "The Miracle" always weirded me out a bit ...
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71X9RN0Y47L._SL1078_.jpg)
Reminds me of a GSV stitching error...
Quote from: dlsterner on September 05, 2022, 06:57:54 PM
Quote from: amroad17 on September 05, 2022, 05:10:43 AM
Queen-"News of the World"
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jcU3avQjWyc/Td2ZVAy30bI/AAAAAAAABi4/XWDtEM5r-kw/s1600/Queen+-+News+of+the+World.JPG
Speaking of Queen, the cover to their album "The Miracle" always weirded me out a bit ...
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71X9RN0Y47L._SL1078_.jpg)
Freddie is the only one of the members that has two eyes shown on the cover. John, Roger, and Brian all have only one eye shown.
Dream Theater's Systematic Chaos has a fictional freeway interchange that sort of reminds me of 580/980/24 in Oakland. Artwork by Hugh Syme, who did dozens of other album covers, including several for Rush:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Dream_Theater_-_Systematic_Chaos.jpg)
"what is this, a freeway for ants?"
Quote from: kurumi on September 15, 2022, 11:43:46 PM
Dream Theater's Systematic Chaos has a fictional freeway interchange that sort of reminds me of 580/980/24 in Oakland. Artwork by Hugh Syme, who did dozens of other album covers, including several for Rush:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Dream_Theater_-_Systematic_Chaos.jpg)
"what is this, a freeway for ants?"
Reminds me of the music video for Subdivisions, which turned 40 this year (and this month too).