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?"
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
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
― marcos, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
http://www.fromthearchives.com/ll/LL_Queen_ZE_f.jpghttp://www.dejkamusic.com/images/album/large/lydia_lunch/queen_of_siam.jpghttp://www.fromthearchives.com/ll/LL_Queen_UFO_f.jpghttp://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/2b7de9189ab8b03251a6f0a8af2a3293/2496205.jpg
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
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
― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
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.
― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
ah, that would make sense
― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
Sleeves don't get any more alternative
http://www.awesomeinternetsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Theo.jpg
― It's A Living! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
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.
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
http://www.thirdav.com/hd_discog/img/ldop.jpg http://www.littlelighthouse.net/blog/imgs/novamob.jpg
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
In the recent Complete Mono Recordings box, the "white woman out sailing" cover art was put back on Miles Ahead.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
how could they possibly miss the trick of putting Miles' head on an album called Miles Ahead
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-2187814-1268825578.jpeghttp://s.pixogs.com/image/R-4549575-1368078829-8136.jpeghttp://s.pixogs.com/image/R-6027744-1409220579-6268.jpeg
― everything, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G0egtZjppOs/UBdr4aMooXI/AAAAAAAABkM/d5yeGUvriS4/s1600/len+bright+combo.recto.jpghttp://i.ytimg.com/vi/XpKEhl9ohw0/0.jpghttp://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/674/MI0003674390.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― everything, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link
Which one of those is the godawful one? They all look pretty ugly to me.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 November 2014 07:15 (nine years ago) link
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
― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:16 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That would be "Miles Off"
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 November 2014 07:29 (nine years ago) link
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
― nickn, Thursday, 20 November 2014 08:16 (nine years ago) link
there are a few different shots for Wish You Were Here also, with the burning guy in different positions.
― akm, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
I prefer the white cover of Islands, which is not the original nor a version I ever owned.
We should make lol white people covers for other classic Miles records. Like you could do "Cookin'" with a very pompous, cartoonish french chef on the cover
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
In A Silent Way with a shushing librarian
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