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Roy - you should have keep them just to look at! Is the Captain Beyond album you're
talking about titled "Sufficiently Breathless"?
Jaci
Jaci,
Sufficiently Breathless was their follow up (second) album.
How about "Thick as a Brick"? Not necessarily art, but it was interesting to look at.
I mentioned it on page 2...it was definitely art!
How about "Thick as a Brick"? Not necessarily art, but it was interesting to look at.
"Sorry Rocket! This thread has been going so long that I guess I need to go back and read it from the start again.
Useless trivia: I played for a park district basketball team in the early 70's that we named "Thick as a Brick". We had shirts and everything...all of us were Tull fans.
We were all 16/17 years old (gym rats) and won the championship playing against the older guys, who were in their late teens and early 20's. I think I still have that shirt somewhere.
No need to apologize when we get to reminiscing Bill...Thick As A Brick WAS a work of Art! Resembling a newspaper and the story about the boy & the "affair", plus that dot-to-dot duck thing and the rabbit thing, what was that?! No, not the flying killer Monty Python rabbit,, it was some kind of mutant rabbit...dang wish I had the vinyl LP in hand! Art, I tell ya!
Rock On & Keep the Faith,
Rocket
Sorry Rocket! This thread has been going so long that I guess I need to go back and read it from the start again.
Useless trivia: I played for a park district basketball team in the early 70's that we named "Thick as a Brick". We had shirts and everything...all of us were Tull fans.
We were all 16/17 years old (gym rats) and won the championship playing against the older guys, who were in their late teens and early 20's. I think I still have that shirt somewhere.
"Bill S wrote:Useless trivia: I played for a park district basketball team in the early 70's that we named "Thick as a Brick". We had shirts and everything...all of us were Tull fans.
We were all 16/17 years old (gym rats) and won the championship playing against the older guys, who were in their late teens and early 20's. I think I still have that shirt somewhere.Sounds like a great t-shirt to wear to a show Bill. Hey, you're not coming to Shank Hall tonight to see Walter Trout, are you?
Roy
Yeah, I should dig that shirt outta storage. It's gold with black trim and black script lettering.
No, unfortunately I didn't make the Shank Hall show, nor tonight's show at HOB's. I had a good excuse for missing tonight's show though Roy...I was out on the golf course!
Axis: Bold As Love
I second Axis:Bold As Love. You notice something new on it everytime you look at it.
I also love Sgt Peppers & Revolver.
I've got a few,
Ace Bob Weir GD art always eye catching
Kiln House Fleetwood Mac
Back to Oakland Tower of Power Warner's paid Caltrans big bucks to actually place that sign on the Bay Bridge
Let It Bleed The Stones With the instuction on the inner sleeve....This record should be played loud.
Can't Buy A Thrill Steeley Dan This one speaks for itself.
Tommy The Who Like M.C. Escher
Buckingham Nicks An angelic young Stevie standing just enough behind Lindsay to hide her birthday suit.
Also how many of you steamed the cover of the Beatles, was it Revolver or Yesterday Today, to reveal the original UK version of the Fab Four in butchers coats covered in blood holding meat cleavers with chopped up baby dolls strewn around. Probably the most bizarre cover of all-time. Lennon must have had something to do with that one.
Think Green,
J Dawg
My all time favorite.
Danny
How could I forget Big Bambu by Cheech & Chong with the very useable giant Bambu rolling paper that came inside the cover. It cost a small fortune to fill that thing, but even Bob Marley would have been impressed.
Think Green, no not that green,
J Dawg
Gypsy....Gypsy
This was a great album I had forgotten about until this week. Good artwork on the cover too. I looked this up on Amazon and the CD is selling for $55.00, I wonder what my original album is worth?
Paul
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors - pre plane crash album art had the flames in the background.
gary wrote:king crimsons first
- In The Court Of The Crimson King - A must have in any record collection IMO.
how weird, - without reading this I just mentioned that album on the concept thread.... spoooookyy! Maybe not!
And as we are talking favourite album artwork, - it has to be for the vinyl age when you would sit there and study the album cover whilst listening!
Not read through this thread so apologies for duplication:
Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell, - Front unique artwork and the rear with the sight of Ellen (?) with what appeared to be lack of undies required much study as a teenager!
Status Quo "On the level" - lots of small tour photos to study in the gatefold!
Lynrd Skynrd, - "One more from the road" same as above!
AC/DC - "Dirt Deeds"and the simple Powerage album.
I always liked Chris Squires 1975 'Fish out of Water'. I suppose the album would also for the concept album thread too!
The fishbone grill effect which Chris was photographed behind was from a hotel lobby lift in Chicago I think he said.
The distorted main inner gatefold image of Chris playing an acoustic guitar in the drive of his home always had me thinking until I got the deluxe re-issue edition of the album that had some more photos in the package.
The distorted colour image of Chris was a photo taken from a reflection in the chrome Bumper/fender of a Rover saloon that was parked in his drive. Haha - tricks of the trade huh?
PS the album is still a landmark piece of music after all these years
Dave Bromberg's Reckless Abandon.
http://onepixeldesign.com/albums/Reckless_abandon.jpg
Not to mention it was a great record!
Mott The Hoople 1970, M. C. Escher's "Reptiles".
and for Don, always made me smile, "Trout Mask Replica". made me think about going fishing too. 
oops, Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride
Tres
need to add a comment about Hipgnosis who were behind many great album covers, - don't usually quote wiki-couldberightorwrong- pedia as a source but this entry is worth a quick read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipgnosis
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