Favorite Vinyl Album Art

[bluesblaster]

Originally Posted by NorCal Dog

i remember buying Alice Cooper's Schools Out back in the 70's, open it up & there was a pair of ladies panties on the album. tossed the panties & listened to the album. my mom found the panties & flipped

hahaha

also,, who in here actually rolled one up using Cheech & Chongs Big Bambu ?

ahhh,, the good ol days

true story..... I was at a charlie daniels/marshall tucker show in west virginia, just a small local armory. We were down on the floor in front of the stage and someone taps me on the shoulder from behind. I turn around to see the biggest doob I've ever seen in my life, the guy shouts " take a hit and pass it on " well he didnt have to twist my arm. Im pretty certain he may have used that big rolling paper from the C&C album. It wasnt a bunch of little ones glued together, it was big with no seams, maybe half an oz. of herb in there.

[mellowinman]

Originally Posted by repoman

Lets remember where the Clash got there inspiration from: (that's Elvis's first album, 'case you were wondering)

That Clash cover is one of the greatest moments in rock and roll. It isn't just "inspired" by the Elvis cover; it's a sick, twisted warp on the Elvis cover, and based on the context of the music contained within, a stroke of genius.

"London Calling" is probably the very best punk album ever done, and it's not even truly punk. It's reggae, it's rock and roll, it's ska, it's well, punk. All in one record, and executed perfectly by a band that wasn't TRYING to sound punk; they were seriously just guys who sounded like that, trying their best to play the music they were inspired to play.

I just can't say enough good things about that album, whether it's the cover art, lyrics, production, or anything else.

[stratovani]

[96tbird]

Originally Posted by mellowinman

That Clash cover is one of the greatest moments in rock and roll. It isn't just "inspired" by the Elvis cover; it's a sick, twisted warp on the Elvis cover, and based on the context of the music contained within, a stroke of genius.

"London Calling" is probably the very best punk album ever done, and it's not even truly punk. It's reggae, it's rock and roll, it's ska, it's well, punk. All in one record, and executed perfectly by a band that wasn't TRYING to sound punk; they were seriously just guys who sounded like that, trying their best to play the music they were inspired to play.

I just can't say enough good things about that album, whether it's the cover art, lyrics, production, or anything else.

I cant agree with your assessment. The Clash, Pistols, etc. defined punk music. I doubt they invented the term. They were just making protest rock n'roll if you asked them. Of course they weren't trying to sound punk. They were trying to sound like anything but like the status quo and/or, as Strummer said, "hippy" music. One could just as easily say that new punk isn't really punk because it isn't 1976 anymore.

I am a huge fan since the seventies and to say the Clash don't fall into the Punk category is to say you never listened to the early albums. They just grew musically over time, influenced by the other type if music that was big with punks: reggae. I agree with you on two points: brilliant cover and brilliant songs.

OT, it's great to see all this great art, many I've never seen. Another I always liked is Rush: Moving Pictures. I Lean toward the photographic based cover art. Something about the photographer having to conceive, assemble the components and manipulate them. Especially difficult if other humans need to be bent to their will. Sometimes they just need be in the right place at the right time: Simonon smashing his bass. An illustrator manipulates ink and paint to their will and don't have to deal with as much of a hassle to get it done.

[mellowinman]

Originally Posted by 96tbird

I cant agree with your assessment. The Clash, Pistols, etc. defined punk music. I doubt they invented the term. They were just making protest rock n'roll if you asked them. Of course they weren't trying to sound punk. They were trying to sound like anything but like the status quo and/or, as Strummer said, "hippy" music. One could just as easily say that new punk isn't really punk because it isn't 1976 anymore.

I am a huge fan since the seventies and to say the Clash don't fall into the Punk category is to say you never listened to the early albums. They just grew musically over time, influenced by the other type if music that was big with punks: reggae. I agree with you on two points: brilliant cover and brilliant songs.

OT, it's great to see all this great art, many I've never seen. Another I always liked is Rush: Moving Pictures. I Lean toward the photographic based cover art. Something about the photographer having to conceive, assemble the components and manipulate them. Especially difficult if other humans need to be bent to their will. Sometimes they just need be in the right place at the right time: Simonon smashing his bass. An illustrator manipulates ink and paint to their will and don't have to deal with as much of a hassle to get it done.

I didn't say the Clash didn't fall into the punk category. I said "London Calling" didn't fall into the punk category, for the most part.

I think the Clash's debut album is one of the big three defining albums of the genre, the other two being The Ramones and Never Mind the Bollocks.

But "London Calling" is miles beyond any of that.

It's funny how much I love the Clash, and yet how much I love Hippie Music.

And by the way, I most certainly do say new punk isn't punk. At best, it's neo-punk, but it's really not punk at all. For my money, it's fake punk. The genre already died out, a long time ago.

[96tbird]

Ah I see, so we agree after all. I figure Clash is punk therefore London Calling is still punk. Evolved. The raw power is still there.

I also agree that neo punk is about 30 plus years too late. Joe rolls in his grave when he hears kids say they're punk I bet. EMI won after all, sorry Mr. Rotten.

[llldino]

I've always liked Washing Machine by Sonic Youth. Great story to go with the art too.



I believe Thurston and the gang found a polaroid of these two fellows while at the '95 Lollapalooza festival, MTV spent years looking for the fans to no avail. They said "**** it, were using it" and slapped it on their new LP. Classic Sonic Youth.

[Munjibunga]

[john_martin_sai]

[drummer5359]

I'm a huge Jeff Beck fan as well as a bit of a gear-head. (Jeff Beck is well known for building hot rods in his spare time.) So, my favorite has to be the cover for his album "Guitar Shop".

[Richland123]

Originally Posted by drummer5359

I'm a huge Jeff Beck fan as well as a bit of a gear-head. (Jeff Beck is well known for building hot rods in his spare time.) So, my favorite has to be the cover for his album "Guitar Shop".

Then, you might dig this album cover

[drummer5359]

I remember that!

[Richland123]

Originally Posted by NorCal Dog

i remember buying Alice Cooper's Schools Out back in the 70's, open it up & there was a pair of ladies panties on the album. tossed the panties & listened to the album. my mom found the panties & flipped

I still have the Alice Cooper School's Out album I bought when I was 15 years old and it still has the panties in it. The album jacket also opened up to make a school desk.

Here are a few more cool album covers.

[mellowinman]

Wow, Starcastle.

Gary Strater was one impressive bass player.

[Agent57]

And pretty much all the Iron Maiden covers.

[stratovani]

I'm surprised we haven't seen any Rush album covers by now! Here you go!

[ksandvik]

Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy. First LP I ever bought, btw. There's also an interesting story or two behind doing this cover. Me thinks this album is the best of the best rock albums ever done, especially looking at the versatility behind each song, Zep doing James Brown and so on...

[Spectrum]

[fraublugher]

[NorCal Dog]

Originally Posted by Richland123

I still have the Alice Cooper School's Out album I bought when I was 15 years old and it still has the panties in it. The album jacket also opened up to make a school desk.

would love it if you could post a photo