it's behind you!
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
The Hendrix remasters from 1993:
http://eil.com/Gallery/430960b.jpg
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
maybe doesn't count as a reissue but the us version of unhalfbricking is kind of meh
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NAcitkN4sKs/UAwjnhDLA-I/AAAAAAAAAvk/7nPwsTHLSCc/s320/unhalfbricking2.jpg
also had no idea that the band's moondog matinee cover i've known all these years wasn't the original version
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Moondog_Matinee%2C_The_Band%2C_original_cover.jpg
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
^the original
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
I can beat that BT Express one! Chooooo choooooo....
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QddBt9C-vsY/TbqCxOxzbjI/AAAAAAAAAbA/RXB6l8icGyg/s1600/al.jpg
http://ecover.to/Download/996215/Al_Green-Back_Up_Train-Inside.JPG
― scott seward, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Impulse seriously fucked up the cover art on their first run of CDs (ca. 1987, iirc):http://www.beejazzy.net/images/Spaceman_john-coltrane-a-love-supreme.jpghttp://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/f476312d9b9b5a3d64e059da85086768/4516881.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
"also had no idea that the band's moondog matinee cover i've known all these years wasn't the original version"
the one you know and love is original. this poster sleeve wrapped around the album. thus, first pressings had two covers.
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20140830/121424189762.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
ah, learn something new everyday!
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
they were very easy to misplace. which is why you don't see them much. i've had dozens of early pressing copies of that record in my store and only once or twice did i get one with that sleeve.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
yeah that is a perennial dollar bin record, never saw that poster sleeve
― sleeve, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
the reissue of endless summer is almost the reverse of this phenomenon
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Fendlessr.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Fennesz_Endless_Summer_Cover_Art.jpg/220px-Fennesz_Endless_Summer_Cover_Art.jpg
the slightly garish cover reflects its origins as a turn of the century glitch album, the touch reissue turns it into something more sombre and dull
― disconnected externalized and unrecognizable signifying structure (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
i bought this copy of underwater moonlight last year just because i'd never seen it and really liked the cover. 1986 reissue. turns out it sounds amazing! as good as i've ever heard it.
http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/TheSoftBoys_UnderwaterMoonlight.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
who the hell is Al Greene
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
he changed it to Green.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
but I can see how you might be confused with all the context clues provided
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
God those early columbia jazz cds are the worst.Hated those mca cds with the check pattern on the backLoved the grey minimalist felt 2fers, was really bummed out when i got a different version in the mail (just has the cover of ignite the seven cannons)
― brimstead, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
lol thx was just wondering if they actually spelled his name wrong on his own album
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
and then they were like oh shit let's rush out this shitty alternative sleeve
Motown was pretty awful with their first CDs :(it looks like the inner sleeve, but no, that was the cover)http://cdn.head-fi.org/3/31/3124328a_vbattach14962.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
They're overselling it. "Hmmm...Marvin Gaye...What's Going On...jeez, I dunno. Wait, hold on, what does this say? 'Music That Makes Memories'! SOLD!"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
inferior reissue cover + bonus border!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61LGb-PatML.jpg
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
to be fair to Bell Records, they might not have had the art for the original album at that time. i think al green put that album out himself originally? but still, what the hell is that cover? really bad whatever it is.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
the border thing and extra writing can really drive you nuts. it's always ugly. a sticker on the cd will do...
And that's the US cover; in Japan and Europe, this was the cover:http://ring.cdandlp.com/geminicricket/photo_grande/115120857.jpg
xxp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
http://eil.com/images/main/Kevin-Ayers-Joy-Of-A-Toy--Sho-257711.jpg
― nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
^worth it for the ayers photo in the gatefold imho
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Rock_bottom-cover_smaller.jpg
though i almost prefer it to the original
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
dying @ the Mingus photobomb
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:46 (nine years ago) link
The Robert Wyatt reissue was the same artist both times right? I like both covers.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
Somehow I didn't mind as much the Atlantic reissue series with the grey deluxe paper sleeves, because you still had the original cover art on the inner sleeve
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
I was always kind of fond of this (I think) alternate cover for Money Jungle
http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/57cfc4d627158a0a004892def6d95c7f/1626066.jpg
where the original was a very boring B&W photo
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:52 (nine years ago) link
xposts: yeah, alfreda benge who also appears on rock bottom and has done most of wyatt's covers. i really like their homespun quality and think it totally suits wyatt's aesthetic.
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
http://eil.com/images/main/Blind-Faith-Blind-Faith-360737.jpg
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/404/MI0002404799.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
This one is kind of interesting because the original cover with the girl was restored on the original CD edition back in the 80s, but when the album was remastered the original cover appeared only on the now-OOP deluxe edition while the band photo cover appeared on the more common single-disc edition (which doesn't include the OG art at all in it's package).
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
Somebody used the Japan/European sleeve of Agharta as a major influence on their artwork for one panel of an ABC Warriors story in 2000AD I remember noting at the time.
Also I had a really naff glossy sleeve picture on the vinyl copy of The Zombies Odessey & Oracle I picked up in the early/mid 80s. Can't really remember what it looked like beyond it having a blue sleeve and a totally different picture
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
When the first CSN was reissued last, for some reason they photoshopped Dallas Taylor off the back cover. I can't find the new one online, but basically they clonestamped the window pattern over where he was behind the door.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
It was this thing that I had as an Odessey and Oracle coverhttp://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_zombies/odessey_and_oracle_f12/buy/sorry, forgetting how that works so hope the image shows.http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_zombies/odessey_and_oracle_f12/buy/ is the link if that didn't show
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
Steve Miller Band: Children of The Future, OG Sleeve:
http://thestrangebrew.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Steve-Miller-Band-Children-Of-The-Future.jpg
'70s Reissue:
http://eil.com/images/main/Steve-Miller-Band-Children-Of-The-F-357059.jpg
They did similar thing with Sailor, except going further as to re-title the album "Living In The USA" (after it's hit). I actually have both of those reissues in my vinyl stacks.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/615W4Jg-cQL.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gv6BQ9vpL.jpg
They did the same with the other The The reissues as well. Ugh.
― rising tones cross (anagram), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link
Let's give A-list rockers the same treatment as the jazz guys!
http://33.media.tumblr.com/170d4aa0e7fce5dca340695e616a8424/tumblr_nf9hv3gGPH1qch5i4o1_1280.jpghttp://31.media.tumblr.com/41ee15db0b86d04e53146dd6f30541f1/tumblr_nf9hv3gGPH1qch5i4o2_1280.jpg
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link
They did the same with the other The The reissues as well. Ugh
To be fair, the photos were on a cardboard sleeve, with the original artwork still on the front of the booklet of the CD. Unless that was just for the first run.
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 01:26 (nine years ago) link
Those Hendrix reissues were panned at the time. I think they messed with the track sequence too
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 01:32 (nine years ago) link
Oh man, I hate when record companies do this. This is what Wish You Were Here's cover is supposed to look like:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/WishYouWereHere-300.jpg
It is NOT supposed to look like this:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00213/96152609_wishyouewe_213602b.jpg
...or this:
http://www.clevescene.com/imager/cd-review-pink-floyd/b/original/2776388/bfe0/pink-1.jpg
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:46 (nine years ago) link
noooo... wasn't the third one the og outer sleeve!!
― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:50 (nine years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Wish-You-Were-Here/release/463597
― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:51 (nine years ago) link
I've posted this before:
http://i.imgur.com/hyxiurL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/URBG66Z.jpg
And by the way, Greg Kihn is so disappointed with the lost album title opportunity.
― pplains, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 03:53 (nine years ago) link
http://www.sidmashburn.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/W/1/W1004860.jpg
http://img.cdandlp.com/2014/06/imgL/116988118.jpeg
― Josefa, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 05:53 (nine years ago) link
They photoshopped the black guy out of the band?! Seriously?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 06:55 (nine years ago) link
Never knew about that original Wipers cover! When did the switch occur? Also I'm happy the moon & antarctica has been reverted to its original cover, that's an all time favorite. very affecting for some reason
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 09:08 (nine years ago) link
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20120311/251015311369.jpg
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, apparently because Lawrence disliked the headband he is wearing in the photo
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-44MVLv_SyAE/UL6XEtU1UII/AAAAAAAAA_0/pMpdXIlBP14/s1600/Folder.jpg
― soref, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 09:38 (nine years ago) link
he had issues with the title as well, in the discography section of that Felt coffee table book that was released the other year the album is referred to as 'The 17th Century'
― soref, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 09:41 (nine years ago) link
Get Up With It is like a farmer rise-and-shining next to a rooster
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
Jack Johnson with Jack Johnson
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
No, Hurting, I'm sorry, I can't do this.
http://i.imgur.com/TrxcTLC.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
band of gypsys cover with puppets of john peel and robert wyatt:
http://s2.photobucket.com/user/mckendrick/media/BandOfGypsysFront.jpg.html
― rushomancy, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
my favourite miles' record, the broth of the collie
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
I love those puppets but Billy Cox and Buddy Miles are not even two white people, let alone three
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 November 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
I remember liking the Blood and Fire reissue art at the time, but now it seems so pointless.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Congos.jpg http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/055/MI0002055222.jpg
http://bobmarleyconcerts.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/279.jpg http://www.ebreggae.com/reggae-images/front/Vinyl/132744/USED-ITEM-Keith-Hudson-Pick-A-Dub-ORIGINAL-PRESS.jpg
― wk, Thursday, 20 November 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link
wk hits the nail.
i love the b&f reissues ..
but hey, just put the proper cover art on them ..
(never seen the original pick a dub original before, ta !)
― mark e, Thursday, 20 November 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
that pick a dub reissue cover is another example of "more dated than the original" imo
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 November 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
I kind of like the Heart of the Congos cover though, honestly never knew it wasn't the original or gave it much thought, and the original is kind of a crappy photo.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 November 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
..and the original is kind of a crappy photo.
which epitomises the whole albums groove perfectly as opposed to a revised 90s art house re-jig.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 November 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I mean, those B&F covers are pretty great! They looked good at the time and still hold up pretty well, but in the long run they're going to end up looking really dated to a particular place and time that has nothing to do with the actual music. They probably helped sell a lot of CDs though.
I'm not sure if the red and green pick a dub cover is original. The little inset version on the b&f cover is the black and white version, so maybe that came first?
― wk, Thursday, 20 November 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
This isn't godawful and it's technically not even a reissue (it's just the Spanish version of the cover released at the same time as the rest of the world got the zipper cover). But anyone who hasn't seen it before should.
http://i.imgur.com/x2OQDhg.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 November 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
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.
mizzell, Wednesday, November 19, 2014
This got reissued again a couple of months ago with the original artwork. I picked it up straight away.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 21 November 2014 02:46 (nine years ago) link