IanB
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Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 10:07
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Another Lotus lover. Cool. The cd looks really shit compared with the vinyl so people will be wondering what we are on about!
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Squid Tempest
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Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 10:16
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Some great stuff there. Also...
Dr Alimantado - King's Bread
Peter Tosh - Legalise It
Culture - International Herb
Mikey Dread - Dread At The Controls
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Robot Emperor
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Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 10:24
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Moon Cat wrote: Also Judas Priest, "Sad Wings of Destiny"? Pre-propa-metal-but-still-pretty-metal-actually-it is quite pretty-metal-metal.
Perhaps the propa-propa-metal-yes-it-is metal-at-last-2-million-years-evolution-reached-its-fruition-metal.
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mercian
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Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 10:50
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One that I can remember but can`t remember the artist was a cartoon one of lads & lasses but as chickens and cockerels. I dont think it was Dr Alimantado`s Best dressed chicken, but somthing like it. It was in a freinds collection so the name escapes me. Any ideas?
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Squid Tempest
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Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 10:54
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mercian wrote: One that I can remember but can`t remember the artist was a cartoon one of lads & lasses but as chickens and cockerels. I dont think it was Dr Alimantado`s Best dressed chicken, but somthing like it. It was in a freinds collection so the name escapes me. Any ideas?
Not Best Dressed Chicken - that had the good doctor walking down the street with his trousers held up with a safety pin, if memory serves!
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Squid Tempest
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Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 14:27
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How could I forget?
Trout Mask Replica
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Fatalist
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Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 14:34
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Most of my faves mentioned, though Hawkwind's Warrior fold-out shield cover still unleashes the inner Michael Moorcock in me.
I was very intrigued by the Scorps' Animal Magnetism sleeve as a callow youth: http://hardrockheavymetal.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/scorpions-animal-magnetism-1980.jpg Just what is this all about, eh? (unfortunately, I can't find a pic of the back cover, which is even weirder)
The original sleeve to Virgin Killer has to be one of the most unpleasant ever.
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Monganaut
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Edited May 24, 2011, 15:10
Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 15:04
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Do you think Spinal Tap got the idea for 'Smell The Glove' from that ;)
I still have a soft spot for Sabbath's slightly creepy 'Mob Rules' cover (ahem, I quite like the album to, even though Ozzy ain't around).
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ag8zgR1xHs8/THqHyDSLuxI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/JRnmJ7mldOc/s1600/ROCKPARATUSOIDOS81_mob_rules%5B1%5D.jpg
Moving onto a slightly different tangent, think the most unpleasant/repellant sleeve I ever saw was the original photo cover of Big Blacks - Headache EP.
Mind you, the band Carcass could throw up some stomach churning covers. As could a few others around the 'grindcore' scene.
I was amazed they got away with them being sold in store (well Big Black's was pulled).
If your not to squeamish...
Big Black original cover shot
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8WtlaktD6NY/TCAtTpOguhI/AAAAAAAAACw/OnieHr2bKLw/s1600/headache13.jpg
Carcass - reek of putrification
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p61z2enroU4/SZzM7AfpYHI/AAAAAAAACZI/0pZswFZNxHU/s1600-h/carcass.jpg
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Squid Tempest
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Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 15:06
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They must be bad - our work PC is blocking them!
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Monganaut
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Edited May 24, 2011, 15:18
Re: Favourite Record Sleeve?
May 24, 2011, 15:18
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Yeah, i was questioning wether I should post the links tbh, they are all over the web should you wish to search them out, but I don't think you'd be looking at them very fondly.
There was a bunch of metal heads I used to know that would actively search out the most unpleasant covers they could find, almost like a contest of grossness. I always found them a bit, shall we say 'odd'.
Mind you, I knew a bunch of TG/Industrial/Power Electronic/neo-folk freaks that did the same......I kept my distance.
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