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Thread poster: Alistair Gale
Alistair Gale
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I am a massive fan of beautiful and interesting album covers. Here are some of my favourites:

Pala by Friendly Fires

Pull the Pin by Stereophonics

Palookaville by Fatboy Slim

And a classic, Screamadelica by Primal Scream

I’d love to hear about some of your favourite covers, old or new


 
Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
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Another classic Sep 26, 2012

Go 2, by XTC.



 
Alison Sparks (X)
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Sergeant Pepper's Sep 26, 2012

without any doubt. What happy memories. Now you know what generation I belong to.

I also once had a copy of Deep Purple in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra and as I recall that had a great cover too.

What about the one from Pink Floyd with a black and white cow? The music wasn't great though.

And the cover on Rubber Soul, or the Stones "Sticky Fingers" - rather risqué at the time!

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without any doubt. What happy memories. Now you know what generation I belong to.

I also once had a copy of Deep Purple in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra and as I recall that had a great cover too.

What about the one from Pink Floyd with a black and white cow? The music wasn't great though.

And the cover on Rubber Soul, or the Stones "Sticky Fingers" - rather risqué at the time!

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Cilian O'Tuama
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Z Sep 26, 2012

[img] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Ship_Arriving_Too_Late_To_Save_A_Drowning_Witch.jpg [/img]



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Nikita Kobrin
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Otros Aires Sep 26, 2012

I like very much the covers of Spanish/Argentine Otros Aires, my fovourite of those bands which play Nuevo Tango.


Otros Aires, 2004


Otros Aires dos, 2007

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I like very much the covers of Spanish/Argentine Otros Aires, my fovourite of those bands which play Nuevo Tango.


Otros Aires, 2004


Otros Aires dos, 2007


Vivo en Otros Aires, 2008


Otros Aires tricota, 2010


If you have never heard them, try this as a starter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsPr_4CD1Us

Their covers designed by Nick Wadley: http://nickwadley.net

Nikita Kobrin

P.S. I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one among the Proz folks who are deeply into music...

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Robin Salmon (X)
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Hot Chocolate's Hottest Hits (1982) Sep 26, 2012

[img]https://picasaweb.google.com/105755801366350955742/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCOTH3t7bwa319wE#5792613417594023138[/img]

I like this one because I like Matltesers!


 
Robin Salmon (X)
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My last post - Hot Chocolate photo Sep 26, 2012

Anyone who can help me upload a photo (only showing off slightly, please) contact me (spent about an hour on it)! Also, it's "Maltesers", of course.

 
Nikita Kobrin
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Hipgnosis Sep 26, 2012

Jan Willem van Dormolen wrote:

Go 2, by XTC.


Alison Sparks wrote:

What about the one from Pink Floyd with a black and white cow?

Go 2 by XTC and Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd (the one with a cow) have been created by the British Hipgnosis art design group. They specialised in creating cover art for rock albums and you can see their works on the covers of such acts as T. Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and many others.

NK


 
Nikita Kobrin
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20 Hottest Hits Sep 26, 2012

Robin Salmon wrote:

Anyone who can help me upload a photo (only showing off slightly, please) contact me (spent about an hour on it)!


Here you are:



I would like to notice that it's called not Hot Chocolate's Hottest Hits but 20 Hottest Hits.

NK


 
Robin Salmon (X)
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Everything shortened in Australia! Sep 26, 2012

Here we "chuck a uey" (make a u-turn) if we have forgotten to bring "snags" (sausages) for the "barbie" (barbecue). The Australian version of the record only has 16 tracks. I'm surprised you didn't know that, Nikita



[quote]Nikita Kobrin wrote:


I would like to notice that it's called not Hot Chocolate's Hottest Hits but 20 Hottest Hits.

NK


 
Meta Arkadia
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Probably the most "valuable" cover Sep 27, 2012



 
Nikita Kobrin
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Indeed Sep 27, 2012

Robin Salmon wrote:

Here we "chuck a uey" (make a u-turn) if we have forgotten to bring "snags" (sausages) for the "barbie" (barbecue). The Australian version of the record only has 16 tracks. I'm surprised you didn't know that, Nikita

Oh, yes, Robin, I've forgotten that Aussies live on the other side of the globe and thus go heels over head...

NK


 
Nikita Kobrin
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Some other covers I like Sep 27, 2012


Joy Division - Closer (1980)


Herbie Mann - London Underground (1974)


Joy Division - Closer (1980)


Herbie Mann - London Underground (1974)


Joni Mitchell - Mingus (1979)


Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition (1971)


Average White Band - The Best of AWB (1981)


Pink Floyd - The Wall (1980)


Czeslaw Niemen - Człowiek jam niewdzięczny (1971)


Eric Clapton - Slowhand (1977)


Bob Marley - Rastaman Vibration (1976)


Nikita Kobrin
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Nikita Kobrin
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And one more... Sep 27, 2012


Jethro Tull - The Very Best of Jethro Tull (2001)

Nikita Kobrin


 
Meta Arkadia
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How relevant is cover art nowadays? Sep 27, 2012

In the days of the (vinyl) albums - LPs -, covers were an important marketing tool. I think it was much less so when CDs were introduced. And now, now we download music, and cover art doesn't seem to matter anymore. True or false? And will book covers go the same way? I'm not exactly a Luddite, but…

Cheers,

Hans


 
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