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