09-04-2003, 06:58 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Album artwork and the designers behind them
I've been reading 2 books by Storm Thorgerson, "Eye of the Storm" and "Mind Over Mater: The Images of Pink Floyd"
Great books and beautiful layout of his artwork. Storm discusses and disects the making of his creations. Both books include alternate artwork for his clients and a colorful outlook on the record industry suits, who, try to annoy him in every way. "Eye of the Storm" is sadly out of print, but if you look in the right spots, you can easily obtain it. The other book, is readly available from any bookstore, make sure it's the most recent one, as it has info on the forth coming Pulse DVD layout and the recent issue of Dark Side of the Moon. Another book I recomend is, "Views" by Roger Dean. Roger is that guy who did all those fantasy album covers for Yes during the 70's. It too, is out of print, but can be easily found. I'm wishing that Hugh Syme would release a book of his own. Considered the 4th member of Rush, his album artwork is quite good and rivals Storms work. Anyone have any favorite album artwork and/or designers?
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09-07-2003, 08:12 PM | #3 (permalink) |
Loser
Location: With Jadzia
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I should have put a few of my favoite album covers on here.
The Ice-T Power album was a kick in the ass. Most of Kate Bush's albums had amazing art work. The Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon has been copied so many times it is forgotten how original it was. Last edited by redravin40; 09-18-2003 at 08:50 PM.. |
09-18-2003, 05:38 PM | #7 (permalink) |
Crazy
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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In the age of MP3, it makes me wonder if album designs and designers will be a thing of the past. None of the less, I realized Tool has some awesome packaging. I also like some the old Blue Note Records designs. It's a good thing they still use that very same design to this very day.
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09-18-2003, 08:36 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Location: right here of course
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just bought 10 LPs today for the bargain price of $10.50 or thereabouts and was admiring some of the album jackets when I was browsing the goodwill collection.
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09-19-2003, 06:17 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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Location: Home of the shrinking Kodak
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I'm not sure about this, but I believe Roger Dean also did the Uriah Heep covers.
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09-19-2003, 07:38 AM | #12 (permalink) |
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Location: Chicago
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Meatloaf - the Bat Out of Hell albums.
I forget the name of the guy who did them, but they have awesome artwork!
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09-20-2003, 12:03 AM | #14 (permalink) |
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Location: Mosptopia
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Say what you like, I've always liked the Asia album covers.
(Boston and Kansas had some cool ones too, I sometimes buy records that I have CDs of Just for the Huge album art)
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