What is your all time favorite album cover?

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  • analog97
    analog97 Posts: 328
    edited January 2011
    Mott the Hoople-Mott the Hoople

    This is the M.C. Escher cover. A fine piece of art. Can't post a pic. I have RT1 disease apparently.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    analog97 wrote:
    Mott the Hoople-Mott the Hoople

    This is the M.C. Escher cover. A fine piece of art. Can't post a pic. I have RT1 disease apparently.

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited January 2011
    Here's a few more,,, now,,, the Pink Fairies LP is from the early seventies.They are/were a British Group that promoted sex,drugs and rock n' roll.They would frequently play free concerts,and even set up outside the Isle of Wight concerts in the 70's and played outside for free.There sets always ended with a sometimes long version of Uncle Harry's Last Freakout.
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  • CTTE
    CTTE Posts: 183
    edited January 2011
    The original Thick as a Brick.

    Thick as a Brick 2.jpg



    Here's a site that has the full newspaper. You can read the whole thing by clicking on a page/section and it'll magnify it.

    http://www.orthogonal.com.au/music/taab/index.htm
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  • Gulfstrings
    Gulfstrings Posts: 313
    edited January 2011
    Savoy Brown's "Looking In" or how about New Riders' "Panama Red?"
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,730
    edited January 2011
    The "Playing Possum" Carly Simon cover that Shack posted: if I had a dime for every time I heard the phrase, "Dammm, she's hot !" in the 70's about that cover ....


    A simple cover that is among my favorites:


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    Sal Palooza
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited January 2011
    Gulfstrings wrote: »
    Savoy Brown's "Looking In" or how about New Riders' "Panama Red?"

    got one
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited January 2011
    Way too many great covers, many already mentioned.......a few that come to mind.

    Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
    Allman Bros. - Eat A Peach
    Fleetwood Mac - Mystery To Me
    Robert Palmer - Pressure Drop
    Grateful Dead - American Beauty
    Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
    Jeff Beck - Beck-Ola

    One that I don't own, but should get a copy just for the cover...
    The Buzz Kings - I Shave My ****
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  • gfong
    gfong Posts: 1,079
    edited January 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    One that I don't own, but should get a copy just for the cover...
    The Buzz Kings - I Shave My ****

    Ha Ha, I did a search and found it at Cd Baby, I ordered one! lol Also picked up Regina Spektor "Songs" Thanks for pointing out the other cd.

    Keeping thread on track, Not a bad cover of Regina.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited January 2011
    From my collection, here are a couple of "old school" for RT1 and George Grand.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    Damn, but Annette did grow up.... and out

    M-I-C... Them ain't no "C"....
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  • Timothy Smith
    Timothy Smith Posts: 764
    edited January 2011
    analog97 wrote: »
    Mott the Hoople-Mott the Hoople

    This is the M.C. Escher cover. A fine piece of art. Can't post a pic. I have RT1 disease apparently.

    The girl on the cover of "the Hoople" is Kari-Ann, the same girl on the cover of my favorite "Virginia Plain".

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  • Rev. Hayes
    Rev. Hayes Posts: 475
    edited January 2011
    Here's a few of my favorites...


    Al Green I'm still in love with you.jpg


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    Disraeli Gears.jpg


    nice n easy.jpg
    Sounds good to me...
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2011
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    and even though I was never really a big fan I loved this cover:
    Grateful_Dead-American_Beauty-Frontal.jpg
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  • Cosmic_American
    Cosmic_American Posts: 114
    edited February 2011
    Someone already mentioned Eat a Peach, but I've always loved the inside cover even more, very psychedelic

    Eat-a-Peach-Inside-Cover102.jpg
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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 935
    edited February 2011
    Easy one - Steely Dan AJA ... I have it hanging on the wall of my living room.

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  • Cosmic_American
    Cosmic_American Posts: 114
    edited February 2011
    I suppose this is my favorite

    onthebeach.jpg

    along with this

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  • raffi
    raffi Posts: 114
    edited February 2011
    Love the models on album covers, this one was one of my faves...
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  • On3s&amp;Z3r0s
    On3s&amp;Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited February 2011
    Martin Denny - Romantica... saw this one in person at my great uncle's house when I was 12. I had to spend half an hour looking at Frankie Yankovic album covers after I saw it to calm myself down. It's NSFW, unless you work in a tiki bar.

    http://www.bcounts.com/ja_albums/erotic_cover_art2/slides/Martin%20Denny%20-%20Romantica.html
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited February 2011
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2011
    Down on the Farm makes me sad...

    Although Lowell and the band had drifted far apart during Time Loves a Hero, his death during the production of "...Farm" ended my Little Feat era.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited February 2011
    King crimson-in the court of the crimson king (1969)
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  • AudioFilet
    AudioFilet Posts: 235
    edited February 2011
    If you want to see some phenomenal deathmetal-goth type album artwork, check out this young lady (about 20?) from Lithuania:

    http://natalieshau.carbonmade.com/

    She has done quite a bit of album art, but I don't know who for exactly (European bands, I guess)
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited February 2011
    What the hey,,, no 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy' ??

    My Southern Baptist parents would never allow it in the house but, when I played it, my Dad said "that's nice music, who is that" ?? :biggrin:
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  • whalebird
    whalebird Posts: 11
    edited February 2011
    Hugh Syme...Most Rush albums.
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  • raffi
    raffi Posts: 114
    edited February 2011
    raffi wrote: »
    Love the models on album covers, this one was one of my faves...

    Fixed...
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    HT rig: Panny 50" G20 plasma, Directv DVR, Insignia BRD/DVD/SACD/DVD-A, Denon AVR-890, Fronts: Polk Monitor 70's, Rears: Deftech Mythos Gems, Center: Polk CS1, Sub: Polk PSW-505
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  • starkiller
    starkiller Posts: 2,723
    edited February 2011
    Here's mine...even have a poster of it professionaly framed!

    Roger Dean---Osibisa
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  • Bassphil
    Bassphil Posts: 136
    edited February 2011
    Booker T and the MG's- McLemore Ave.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited February 2011
    starkiller wrote: »
    Here's mine...even have a poster of it professionaly framed!

    Roger Dean---Osibisa

    Roger Dean rules!!! He has some of the best album covers and logos ever.

    Greg
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2011
    My favorite.
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