Albums that get reissued in godawful alternative sleeves..

http://pinkfloydarchives.com/Discog/UK/LP/Comp/Relics/Rel5/FC.jpg

it must be said that mfp put out some cracking records amongst all the dross

there are lots of different versions of the first orchestral manoeuvres in the dark album

http://homepage2.nifty.com/truefaith/tosq/petersaville/largeimages/1980-02-did2d.jpg http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/o/orchestralmanoeuvresinthedark-orchestralmanoeuvresinthedark.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark_album_cover.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y5hoiIe0L._SY300_.jpg

I think that was a thing were some versions had a more elaborate design where the little slats were actually hole cut into the outer sleeve, showing the different coloured inner sleeve below, and some were more basic, cheaper versions?

Spacemen 3 to thread:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Spacemen_3_Playing_with_Fire_Original_Cover.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/Spacemen_3_-_Playing_With_Fire.jpg

http://www.amoeba.com/sized-images/max/500/500/uploads/albums/covers/other//Spacemen3_TakingDrugs_A-1.JPG http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/426/MI0002426432.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/Ashra_New_Age_of_Earth.jpg http://www.ashra.com/covers/1761ne1.jpg

I much prefer the Wish You Were Here four-color robot hands cover to the hollywood backlot dork in a suit on fire cover.

http://www.prog-sphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Tangerine-Dream-Atem.jpg http://pixhst.com/avaxhome/f3/1d/000a1df3_medium.jpeg
http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/3-17-14-1/218527.JPG http://pixhst.com/avaxhome/2007-09-07/Tangerine_Dream_U_Zeit_Q_Front.jpg

Sorry about sizes there, anyway Jive Records did a whole series of these identikit reissues in - when else - the 1980s.

http://recordandolosmejores12.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/mjthriller.jpg

I like stuff like the reissue of Thriller with a different photo from the same photoshoot as the orginal

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410R95Z19BL.jpg

oh god i remember those

http://www.philcollins-fr.com/Genesis/albums/01revelation.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51u3dBAVmwL._SY300_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rtw8D2CIL.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UzueY1acL._SY300_.jpg http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2011-07/1309727351_gen.jpg

The Ash Ra Tempel cover posted upthread IS the original cover, this was covered in another thread there are actually three covers for 'New Age of Earth', and the most famous one (the Virgin release) was the last be issued.

WAs that Christine Perfect reissue with the fake xerox sleeve an attempt to make her seem contemporary in post-punk late 70s or something?

http://oneofuscannotbewrong.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/manwhosoldthworld.jpg http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/B/bowief.jpg http://www.bowie-collection.de/pix64_79/Bowie,%20David%20-%20The%20Man%20Who%20Sold%20the%20World%20-%20Mercury%206338%20041%20%28D-or%29.jpg http://62.90.138.233/blogim/pimpmyblog/images/3413293_35.jpg

I didn't realise until recently that The Man Who Sold The World had a totally different cover all over the rest of the world - the dodgy cartoon one. ebay prices for an original UK dress cover are silly btw

the orange one is the german version, the b&w ziggy one is the reissue

I have always preferred the black and white Ziggy one anyway. Did not know about the cartoon cover! Would be cool if the rest of the world had cartoon covers for all of the albums. Would like to see Low.

Yeah the Christine Perfect encapsulates the major label approach to repackaging something- Christine in the Hippy/Huey Newton Poster chair is passe, but if we posterize the photo with blobs of color, we can make it look like a Wharhol commission... very now! And while we're at it, lets rub some Letraset on the thing, but I'm running short on "C" so I'll take some from another sheet. Ready for 1982, to be put on display near to the Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks solo records.

The Hendrix ones are really weird, because it's not like his reputation has slipped, and the Axis and Ladyland covers were iconic.

From Huey Newton to

http://i.imgur.com/eWGRjqI.jpg

Those Hendrix reissues were panned at the time. I think they messed with the track sequence too

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They didn't mess with the sequence on Axis or Ladyland, but I think AYE might've been futzed with to reflect the UK running order. It also had a slew of bonus tracks.

almost of of the Felt CD reissues had their cover altered in some way

when all their albums were first properly reissued on cd in the 90s lawrence decided they should all have "generic" covers:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/257/MI0000257067.jpg

What was the actual story re: the puppets on "Band of Gypsies"?

A lot of "oh, John Peel / friends of Brian objected" but nobody seems to know.

the original 1986 version of Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death by Felt looked like this. the picture was cropped for the 2003 CD reissue

the image had been cropped much earlier than than on every reissue of the album. only the first vinyl pressing had the original cover. it seems lawrence regretted the photo almost instantly.

What was the actual story re: the puppets on "Band of Gypsies"?

The reminds me of a real fucking head-scratcher:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QHpzAqam3RQ/UZVcXiDv-DI/AAAAAAAAAOU/t8caBg_w_zc/s1600/albert-ayler-in-greenwich-vill-459355.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y42KD5AFL.jpg

Somehow, the latter issue (1998) looks more embarrassingly dated than the original (1968) issue.

It's so easy to spot late 90s design style.

mentioned this one on the dub reggae thread a while back
http://inwallspeakers1.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/king-tubby-meets-rockers-uptown.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61aDsmCPhML.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pPTXuUr%2BL._SY300_.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JT5SDVTNL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61PleQeqDZL._SY300_.jpg

i was pretty excited when rvng announced they would reissue Harald Grosskopf's Synthesist.
For some reason they took one of the best covers ever and made it boring.
https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4h6shLhoN1qz6g9ko1_cover.png
http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a0558333555_2.jpg

Possibly not "godawful", but..

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-2823685-1386148619-5088.jpeg

Yes, he's called David Bowie, but what is he?

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-2476469-1352155565-5683.jpeg

Oh, he's a man of words, and a man of music...

I always liked the Augustus Pablo cover, the way he's so intently playing the melodica and that woman is like "what is that beguiling instrument?"

oh god dude i had to turn the cover inside out i hated it so much. there is this photo of a SUPER stoned pablo sitting at the keyboards or mixing desk or something that is now the cover of that album for me. i'm trying to find it on the web but i can't, maybe i'll scan it

http://www.fromthearchives.com/ll/LL_Queen_ZE_f.jpg
http://www.dejkamusic.com/images/album/large/lydia_lunch/queen_of_siam.jpg
http://www.fromthearchives.com/ll/LL_Queen_UFO_f.jpg
http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/2b7de9189ab8b03251a6f0a8af2a3293/2496205.jpg

i don't know the chronology here but...

http://strawberrybricks.com/system/files/imagecache/cover_medium/covers/the_faust_tapes.jpg http://www.faust-pages.com/images/covers/tapes.gif http://www.faust-pages.com/images/covers/tapes3.jpg

that last one is the same cover that my copy of munich & elsewhere has (but without the added text) so it always looks like a very lazy re-do to me.

also there is this one: http://www.soundfinder.jp/img/products/102080/1301670000/4d971248-c878-4895-91b2-2a42cbb7dc63/535598.jpg

Basically, when the first version was issued, the Brigit Riley sleeve was a cheap option.

By the time the album was reissued, the 'option' had lased and Brigit Riley was now an expensive artist and they couldn't afford it anymore.

ah, that would make sense

Sleeves don't get any more alternative

http://www.awesomeinternetsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Theo.jpg

http://www.beefheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mirrorman_edsel_front.jpg

the one thing in its favour: hell of a lot easier to get the vinyl out compared to the original die cut version.

http://www.thirdav.com/hd_discog/img/ldop.jpg http://www.littlelighthouse.net/blog/imgs/novamob.jpg

In the recent Complete Mono Recordings box, the "white woman out sailing" cover art was put back on Miles Ahead.

how could they possibly miss the trick of putting Miles' head on an album called Miles Ahead

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-2187814-1268825578.jpeg
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-4549575-1368078829-8136.jpeg
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-6027744-1409220579-6268.jpeg

The original Miles Ahead yacht sleeve would have totally worked if you opened out the gatefold and Miles was racing off into the distance on a jet ski

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G0egtZjppOs/UBdr4aMooXI/AAAAAAAABkM/d5yeGUvriS4/s1600/len+bright+combo.recto.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XpKEhl9ohw0/0.jpg
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/674/MI0003674390.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Which one of those is the godawful one? They all look pretty ugly to me.

The original Miles Ahead yacht sleeve would have totally worked if you opened out the gatefold and Miles was racing off into the distance on a jet ski

― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:16 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That would be "Miles Off"

Not sure which is earlier, or if it's a different countries thing, but I had the white one and never saw the space one until many years later.

http://i.imgur.com/QddZude.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_O0wk-qJQm6U/TLNg6IIrV0I/AAAAAAAAC7Y/wZ7yV0cUfFg/king_crimson-islands-front-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800

there are a few different shots for Wish You Were Here also, with the burning guy in different positions.