every record cover where a 60s or 70s artist goes 80s in a big way.

i feel like i see another one that i hadn't seen before every other day! so many! they didn't want anyone to think that they had ever owned a copy of Tapestry or had learned macrame in the past. i understand. i don't know where the line is between "going for it in a big way" and "desperation". but most people will do anything for money.

https://i.discogs.com/7t3VGQUkD99MmnZtBLR4KQw7eNfYT0Sx-QMeInOx5kc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExNzc1/MDktMTY0OTg2ODE2/OC04MDI4LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Mad_Love_%28Linda_Ronstadt_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Software_Grace_Slick.jpg

i love that software cover so much. i like the record too.

oh of course

https://i.discogs.com/jR5c7qm88veVMdAQ9_Ua_DmojuNuD7UVincXcwFu4kU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM5OTU1/NC0xNTgyNDU2NjU5/LTU0NDMuanBlZw.jpeg

nothing says robots like andy pratt.

https://i.discogs.com/kOpTHdmzlFztiGmSzqUI1VoIffZ-J5ItyS6JPajBgus/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:587/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQyODMw/MjUtMTQ5NTc4NzEy/MS05MTM3LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/i3DHAoPbb9U-ZZ-kil1SUBbktSsemk343chvdI0D5ic/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1ODUw/MTctMTMwNjIzMTY1/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

^^Really needed a tie-in episode of Miami Vice

https://i.discogs.com/i3DHAoPbb9U-ZZ-kil1SUBbktSsemk343chvdI0D5ic/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1ODUw/MTctMTMwNjIzMTY1/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

At least Charlie has the grace to look a little embarrassed.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Villagepeople_renaissance.jpg

hahaha nice one

https://i.ibb.co/T0VrNmq/Out-of-Order-album.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/jrtcS8Q/Bob-Dylan-Empire-Burlesque.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/419AtsNjF6L._AC_.jpg

love this album

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2735461ac946da7e79705e79d1f

https://i.discogs.com/9LdcAsmyPU9Ro9_gIKAjaHZhdtiCq7Q_WksF2BDJrwQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4OTcw/NTYxLTE2MjI1OTY0/MjAtODA5My5qcGVn.jpeg

https://images.genius.com/4b80d1b4a321be13d6b94897bed820e4.1000x1000x1.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/r4crKm4/Animals-Ark.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/tDDbm7T/Speaking-of-dreams.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyyehxVyN1dS1dhz85not_vtw39eXrC8fMiKjQzLxCuPY_dUAwgg80L9YMZ1W1hrtYahuTv4pq&usqp=CAc

TMI

https://i.discogs.com/0FqIp5ZzraZ3xxwmGKO8MP3Qk-nxT-PGXDNHYcFyieM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ3MDQ2/ODEtMTY4MDQ1ODM0/NS0xMjc2LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/Lk-NBcreG8WRx05_l7w3snaO1i_JodsAXRO5smWRjHQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:400/w:400/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIwMDk2/ODAtMTMyMzk2ODIx/MS5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/Xj0BBJ7TY-DNfxyb6H7SZcKNFTWIy1yKJXg_0SmiVzA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYxMzM2/OTUtMTQxMTkxNDA4/OC00MDI1LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/H0QVWwtxkWsBvw2t8Wra3XkIeOau8v0A6bEGW9IkCQA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2ODA1/NDgtMTIzNjUwMTEw/MS5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/Aha-EcPaVw1r5ungWezEAHGoTg1_NTh9dOrJfS4fxH4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzMDI3/OTE3LTE1NDY3MzQx/MDItOTk4NC5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/yJsE-ncjlv73kuq5Oxz9PSrwbMf9MZeO1x85mKv5RgY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTgzMjQy/MS0xNDM2MTc1ODk1/LTUxMDkuanBlZw.jpeg

Peter Noone:

https://i.postimg.cc/cJw20kcX/tremblers.jpg

(I remember this when it came out...may try to track it down.)

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Heart-Heart-album-cover-web-optimised-820.jpg

yessss

https://i.discogs.com/syCNBpy4otpZVfJd1FjLOB5tv1I7n0jUbtM2CkEEPjM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTcxMjc0/MjMtMTQ1Nzg1MjQy/MS03NDU3LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/_GFCE5R0iiefN4Ci-otc3SpntZ2DK4Zi02Ekp1cwU-s/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzNzk3/MDYtMTUwMDQ2MDMx/MS04ODI4LmpwZWc.jpeg

^^Also deserved a Miami Vice tie-in.

those are both great! lol loving these

https://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/105/cover_131163182019_r.jpg

A cover matching the content.

nice

the King Crimson ones don't really work imo, they coulda been 70s covers too

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61bRYzxIGPL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/oAr_MvaXyu2fQnRxaiKWp4QMQs0TOJy2pQAdSAyWJtE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:550/w:550/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MDI1/NTktMTM0NzQ3NjM1/NS04MTcxLmpwZWc.jpeg

they kicked Throwing Muses out of the studio while the Muses were making their debut, for THIS

https://i.discogs.com/p0CD8AYUZ1Wo4FeL8Xngxv2e8rHVfuGdLzE06IvauUE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2NDE1/MDgtMTUwNzU1MTIx/OC02NDc2LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91KckQ9b10L._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

Great pick

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/IggyPopParty.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71vqweeQBUL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/AVlD_9XOnZ2GbRcvKlKW6Sg8A_pFT0sWmYWpm3n7Lwc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:578/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMTU0/MjQtMTIwMDgzODQy/Mi5qcGVn.jpeg

https://waxvinylrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/05021207.jpg

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273dd621caf7254f8f32579c98b

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Wap7lDPhL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/GYfgWS9fESGRD9BhV6CxaJPhUbNKYKyNpD0EV-Pofgw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUwMDQ3/NjEtMTU5ODgzNTIw/My03NTAwLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/4XCNeY_vbRk5d5xWIRWE9IK00RVPf7cMV6ambIuGBfw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3MDUz/OTgtMTM3MDYyODA1/My04ODk0LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_865041-MLM40246738774_122019-O.webp

man, that Village People sleeve

https://i.discogs.com/48OiKsJLwexQnTNpPmnLp1J5ug3vv2eqH-tYcAHo_-E/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1OTY1/MTUtMTI0MTAxNTA5/MS5qcGVn.jpeg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Album_cover_I_Am_What_I_Am_by_Jerry_Lee_Lewis.jpg

Imagine the 80s Elvis album covers that never were

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/HaruomiHosonoSFX.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/ETZ-Z-xo_NPD_-rc7fYFU8W8-k9GNlTHsiHREt195sg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI3NjM5/NzEtMTI5OTk2Njk3/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

... Schmitt, that is (though even his mother wouldn't recognize him)

https://www.classicpopmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ksh8pfwyxav0kfowy1un.jpg

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2735753a5a5feb434432ad55265

https://i.discogs.com/1_0Ik37Mcj9A7FrekuG1jauRI6AXvsQZhzbXGOmnO0g/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:400/w:404/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUxNTMz/NzItMTM4NTkzNDQx/Ni03NTA5LmpwZWc.jpeg

I've seen some outtakes from a rejected Born In The USA cover photo shoot featuring the whole band. They're...bad.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91ALadZaKZL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

LOL

So many of these make the artists look like kids who raided the back of their mothers' closets and just pulled stuff out at random.

wonder what Roy Wood's mother thought of that sleeve

https://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/443/cover_634102272009.jpg

I KNEW there was a CSN cover like this, tyvm

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7125fAMngFL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

XP Covers

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273baaf9ca39a546781597b0d03

^^Went Platinum in '88!

https://i.discogs.com/qz7VPzCo_RWmWDPQFXmbuZTe6guePYqsJpWZdhIpHFk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1NjY5/OTMtMTY0OTc5OTM3/OC00MTE3LmpwZWc.jpeg

This is fun, but surely the greater challenge would be to find artists who didn't adapt their personal style or packaging at all in the 80s? Only one who leaps to mind is the fiddler from Kansas.

Roy Wood looks like he's auditioning for Sigue Sigue Sputnik.

Eric Clapton, 'August'
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71f4qyIYBvL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

I think these photos from Santana's 1980 album The Swing of Delight are worse:

https://i.discogs.com/m5FmoVe6kRhDYL22iudGnV6UDoI4xGbt8AIOAn6TIX8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2MzE0/NzItMTU3Njk1NDAz/MC0yMTQyLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/qu-Bo8NU2frWCvJKof6l_-UFIqEQHnTZsduPvoaADuM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:592/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2MzE0/NzItMTU3Njk1NDAz/MC04NDY4LmpwZWc.jpeg

lol excellent

I love the economy with which 'New Sensations' screams 80s - Lou Reed is wearing the same clothes he wore throughout the 70s and the only thing that says it's not a 70s album is that he's holding a joystick and maybe the TV also.

Halfway OTM… not to be wet blanket, but dome of these are just, y’know, standard ‘80s album covers, featuring artists who changed their hair a bit since the ‘60s.

not to be wet blanket, but some of these are just, y’know, standard ‘80s album covers, featuring artists who changed their hair a bit since the ‘60s

With the best (worst) of them, though, there's something in the eyes (Dan Fogelberg, Robin Gibb, the Who) that makes them look like job applicants who really, really need the job and can tell the hiring manager isn't convinced.

Yeah there’s a certain je ne sais quoi in the best, for sure

Of all the people who jumped on the '80s bandwagon, I'm surprised and disappointed to find out that Cher was one of them.

https://i.postimg.cc/tgFr2nz2/cher.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Starship-No-Protection.jpg

it's the typefaces and design choices as well xps

https://de.rarevinyl.com/cdn/shop/products/the-manhattan-transfer-extensions-uk-vinyl-lp-album-record-k50674-290203_1280x1353.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/jQgU3Cl4wEJLcmYWOC4VexdCp9OKYMmOM-XVZQQxbS8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxNDc3/MDUtMTUxOTcyNzEx/OS01ODE2LmpwZWc.jpeg

there's something in the eyes

speaking of which, what is going on with diana ross's eyes up above

xpost Wow.

wow I didn't even know that album existed (the byrds one)

what is going on with diana ross's eyes up above

The photographer dared to address her directly.

the portable phone (xpost)

I want to talk to the person who invented the "put the band photos as individual photos within the collage" approach, like on these Byrds and Moody Blues ones

https://i.discogs.com/lUkQJEXBbj1wRNEdSJNc0p_t08dPMLAgujImLViSkK8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0ODE5/NzQtMTQ5NDU4MzMx/OC0yODYwLmpwZWc.jpeg

I adore every one of these images

There's an uncanny disjunct between the slapdash party-in-1984 design and the Mansonesque photo on the Fahey cover.

https://i.discogs.com/fJVafIhjDzNTozBI7lD0ZkFsXwq0-vsH2DWZ0DXX6ek/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMTYw/NTAtMTQ4MDk4NTkx/OS04MjA5LmpwZWc.jpeg

If Ian Anderson walked any further into the light you'd be able to see he's still wearing his codpiece.

jethro tull started the decade with style.

https://i.discogs.com/SQ-EcLXPQau8vqu2UtD-cpM3AiXbk15EuWsns_u18Lw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2NjIz/OTItMTUwNzk3OTU0/OC05MzE5LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/JVA8tfx9slzYpmAkjRZ65-UBhTs3fyrZunzEstIl3wM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:596/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MDkw/MzQtMTQ4MDg3OTAw/Ny0yNDEwLmpwZWc.jpeg

the touring folk group dad look

https://www.rirocks.net/images/1987%20Jethro%20Tull%20pic%202.jpg

awesome thread idea!

https://i.discogs.com/4uk8VX8zl3KnhYy3PKCavBu1Gt0wbXe_sgYB5b8N5AM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxMzk1/MDctMTQwNDUwMjk4/NS01NTE2LmpwZWc.jpeg

and here's one from a decade prior:

https://i.discogs.com/8EXfaHHr-HTkxBRUS799n-J0Nky2szHh293VBxlQ29E/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEyMzU1/MTM3LTE1MzM1NzEx/NzItMzMxMy5qcGVn.jpeg

Genesis had 4 different (very 1981) color schemes for Abacab. Don't worry kids, they ALL include "No Reply at All."

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/f8/0e/10f80ef41141ef2604effd522d87662f.jpg

Bruce has nothing on his sideman when it comes to '80s chic.

https://i.discogs.com/T3E4NiQdUkhZRbqIjJq6pXIeatGJLUERQDgaSNUrWOM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1NjIw/NjYtMTY1MDY1NTgz/My02NDYzLmpwZWc.jpeg

Skinny tie alert.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Hearts_and_Bones.jpg

xxxp I’ve never heard of Renaissance, but that’s fantastic!

Looks like this is them today:

https://renaissancetouring.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20181117-230341-New-Renaissance-facebook-Avatar-1024x849.jpg

feel like the heart record is the most egregious

in any case these are all better than adding .com to the album title and everything else artists did in the 90s to put themselves on the ~information superhighway~

Re that Paul Simon cover, I haaaaate album covers where the image is distorted/grainy video. Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, any/all of 'em. I don't know why, it's just a visual choice that gives me hives and always has.

that little steven record cover got me so good I had to listen to it, like there's no way he can cash that check, and he doesn't at all, what bullshit you are so much not prince lil steven, but still brownie points for trying I still like little steven

lol I have not heard that one. I heard the one before it, in my peak Bruce phase, and it was OK. He's not much of a singer.

He's a terrible singer.

re: bruce

i have literally never seen anyone cram a hat into their back pocket like that. why wouldn't you just wear it on your head? guess it fits with him talking about 'the speedball'

i do wonder if that hat had an insignia on the front, tho -- doesn't seem like the proper shade of red for any teams i can think of

i like those forgotten 80s experiments by 70s proggers. tony banks made some of the best goth synth-pop to feature steve hillage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3kx3LLRt9I

but that cover...and the name of his fake band...

https://i.discogs.com/jDUFnRHg09GxiWVbtKrwX8YRnAkOJhjQI9au2bh5Vxg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3MjQ4/ODYtMTU2MzI1Nzk2/My05Mjc2LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/Y6grSJNGd0C11tXURneeEv-47zxzJ7I-oSFbHl3dLP8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:390/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMzNjIx/NTUtMTY0ODE2ODU1/MC02MDc2LmpwZWc.jpeg

And then later...

https://i.discogs.com/_HfTgG8Djb-Eo2MsknxN4ACAYBB0ilLaP4HIxT5lK_I/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxMjk2/ODYtMTY1Mzk3Mzk4/NC04MDU0LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Eat_Dog_(Joni_Mitchell_album)#/media/File%3AJoni_Dog.jpg

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273214dc0023652deca67bcacc7

Curious about other R&B/Soul covers fitting this thread's aesthetic. Looking at this era in Smokey Robinson, disappointed that he never busted out a Cosby sweater or Detective Tubbs suit.

In a Benetton sweater:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Excellence#/media/File%3AThe_Art_of_Excellence.jpeg

https://i.ibb.co/NV9n9G5/What-s-Funk.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/MeLUEXoGlqjw0iTVewWTIOZ7hQAb_RpqPTcrA0TVQeQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwNDYz/MDgtMTU1Njk1Njcx/My00MjMzLmpwZWc.jpeg

ok I think Fripp knew what he was doing with that one though

yeah it's tongue in cheek but still

https://i.ibb.co/zn0thzz/Eddie-Rabbitt-Radio-Romance.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81PpzFOYcRL._SL1425_.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/SyG72WP/Angel-Eyes-Willie-Nelson-album.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/eq6qxH8NL2f41bZMSc6G6cj6NSP4AWqpPep1JOUnCdI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2NTcw/NzQtMTIzNTM5NDE4/MS5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/dbvYVNI7PCS--7f5WVIKq5t9GHyhUNA5I6oUimb8nYk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI2NzU0/MDgtMTUyMDAzODAx/NC01NzE4LmpwZWc.jpeg

lol fripp

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61tG8WT3+lL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

That Four Tops cover looks like a promo shot for a sitcom.

https://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/2079/cover_1026157112019_r.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/aQZ9DFTHMQLnf63MhxlU4Dc2L6FVmXkD5YJvDPVpT3g/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTU1MzU4/NDQtMTU4NTEwNjcw/OS0xMzc2LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/aINqTqOtWFO-W2Gwbj5cosUXzqN9Y3NvwSkDbCeiol0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM3MTE1/Ny0xNDEzNTg4MzIy/LTQwNzEuanBlZw.jpeg

Curious about other R&B/Soul covers fitting this thread's aesthetic. Looking at this era in Smokey Robinson, disappointed that he never busted out a Cosby sweater or Detective Tubbs suit.

Not a pop artist obviously, but Cecil Taylor's sweater on this album cover is one of my favorite things ever, and the multiple fonts are very late '80s (the album is from 1990):

https://i.discogs.com/Wqin7GKiaBQZHwimzYWyk9YcpiiveSO21la-l0rNNtQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEyMDQz/NTYtMTQxNjUyNjk2/NC0yMDAwLmpwZWc.jpeg

^^^ classic Huxtable vibe

Speaking of...

https://i.discogs.com/WzxpUJ7uKcUG9psoy4OsOg557CJL84Ze6qQpm4bpkKc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:566/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg5NzU2/NDgtMTQ3MjU4NTY2/NS00MjgzLmpwZWc.jpeg

Elton's ready for the New Wave

https://i.discogs.com/pLYGNah0EQz9uAqGi8BH1hRQ9dY5HP62gBikcCasp2k/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:595/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ5MDA2/MTQtMTQ1NTk3OTkx/Ny0zOTAzLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/U4M1Urw2ftY9P3-iCQjU82VWnyBVqIWU2hqDgnr_O9M/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQwNzMy/NjMtMTM1NDMzMjA5/Mi04NDk3LmpwZWc.jpeg

Another in the vein of the Cecil Taylor:

https://i.discogs.com/KEwPZxheu_8pQLbNiqFrN__2Wqh_VzdE5QOBWzydZz4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:591/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3OTU0/NTYtMTY2ODcwNDA0/OC01MzUxLmpwZWc.jpeg

The O’Jays look so comfortable.

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qZh6Wq9v8dM/WiE_htQ6o2I/AAAAAAAACNI/BxSLCRFWjsgMmCPMVD-s0YlDgUwKSxkSgCLcBGAs/s1600/folder.jpg

Another good '80s Elton look.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Blue_Eyes_-_Elton_John_alt._cover.jpg

This thread seems to cry out "Wishbone Ash."

https://i.postimg.cc/wT6f2cb4/ash.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/wT6f2cb4/ash.jpg

No idea what's going on there...anyway, Just Testing from 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Testing

John Hiatt even got Tony Visconti to produce:

https://i.imgur.com/J3vkgLe.jpg

I saw those, clemenza! also, lol

Lulu - 'Lulu' (1981)
https://i.discogs.com/0DHOUKBT2q7Jn1aT0Fane8DIr79eFoq_d_OqABfL_II/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxNzQ1/OTAtMTU3NTQwMTk5/NC0yOTE2LmpwZWc.jpeg

John Denver's got a few.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/John_Denver_One_World_album_cover.jpg

John Denver as Andy Warhol.

surely this qualifies ?

https://i.discogs.com/0rOw5CFwPfvW1VB_K4s7WkKzAvMyNYjxrlbvo5CgNsc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg2MDgy/NDEtMTQ2NTA0Mjgy/NS01MTc3LmpwZWc.jpeg

Bryan Ferry inventing the Eighties

https://i.discogs.com/Mc4baTuxPTGL3Q36UVHGudFq7ZVkTiwP43rmv9jOeVE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM5NjU4/OS0xMzQ3Nzk4MjYy/LTc4NzYuanBlZw.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/9OPMJ3De8znFr-s0zjDF1tsCZt7PAaehibkw8297Lsk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2MjI3/MTQtMTQ3NTcwNDAy/MS00NjE0LmpwZWc.jpeg

Thread delivers

Was gonna post that Ferry sleeve until I remembered he created it in....1977. Best sleeve on dullest solo album.

https://i.discogs.com/YTNssndP8O4YRr8Ys58rhZk9Mxq2UJcVdjBjt9Ol93I/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI2NDU2/MC0xNjE2ODI5Nzc0/LTkwNjcuanBlZw.jpeg

listened to the Dusty album today, it's pretty incredible. practically every song feels like a different producer's audition for what her 80s sound could be - new wave! electro! a Pirates deep cut! her voice is a great unifier for all this tbh.

got halfway through the Grace Slick one, which is a lot more sonically consistent... the lyrics are often kind of headache-inducing though. i tried to look up the ones for "All the Machines," but the Internet lyrics sites have all just filled it in with the lyrics to an entirely different song by Three Days Grace. this is exactly the kind of thing Grace was trying to warn us about!

https://ptpimg.me/si4fnj.jpg

https://ptpimg.me/6uco5g.jpg

why is Grace Slick untethered

why is Mickey Thomas

that grace slick outfit is tremendous

how come wearing two wildly different shoes never caught on, if I ever play in a band again I'm definitely stealing that

https://i.discogs.com/6Obq5kSIVPaV9lyoMdHpLn-cSI6ckvuqym_yfvzS4yY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:429/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MDc5/ODMzLTE1Njc0NTI4/MzYtNzU4Ny5qcGVn.jpeg

PANDA

SENSUAL FOLIVORE

https://www.treblezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/clinton-atomic-dog.jpg.webp

Ray Davies is here to sing you New Wave songs, you betcha.

https://i.discogs.com/ucSNzWOoUVX0qZp7u-7rUISE7a7zKzWeOk03iE5JDrc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ1Njg4/NDItMTM2ODY2MTU5/NC0xMjM5LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://themusicshopandmore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Book-J.-Geils-Band-Youre-Gettin-Even-While-Im-Gettin-Odd-1984-CD.jpg

The JA s/t is more, like, coming out the other side of the ‘80s… catching that stripped-down, “back to basics” early-‘90s vibe.

(it’s also just a great band photo)

Ray Davies is here to sing you New Wave songs, you betcha.

🖼

That Kinks cover looks like it's taken from the intro of a Saved By The Bell-style TV series.

Ray was so short of ideas in the 80s that it's basically a copy of the cover of the album that came before - except with the whole band and not just Ray himself.

Like the Ferry records this anticipated the Eighties, it's from 1978

https://i.discogs.com/vPmy-e-YWl7h6QFjX6ykMY-F8fsHeQi82CroFzhxrk8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY0MjY4/OS0xNTIwNzc3NzE4/LTE1ODcuanBlZw.jpeg

Boz Scaggs:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Boz_Scaggs_Hits.jpg

And that's new sleeve.

that's the

https://i.discogs.com/syCNBpy4otpZVfJd1FjLOB5tv1I7n0jUbtM2CkEEPjM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTcxMjc0/MjMtMTQ1Nzg1MjQy/MS03NDU3LmpwZWc.jpeg

1986, but it's more of 1990s screensaver look

The last two have actually been posted upthread, but it's hard to keep track.

https://i.discogs.com/eF42S4_1L52kBM1rOfyH8bNu0e986Mm-g2OKqPNFKTY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTkzNTM5/MS0xMTc0NjY1OTUz/LmpwZWc.jpeg

Scrolling this thread really feels like flipping through a record store bargain bin.

Art-rock bands are tricky, because their '70s album covers, Hipgnosis or otherwise, are weird to begin with. But this one feels very new-wavey.

https://i.postimg.cc/8kfVfbvx/giant.jpg

The gatefold of Flag by James Taylor (1979):

https://fsgprints.com/cdn/shop/products/18185326-2118165561941ea77604d61941ea77604e163709712761941ea776051.jpg?v=1637097375

James Taylor getting ready to design a personal computer

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61GTIqG74sL._UXNaN_FMjpg_QL85_.jpg

... what an abomination!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Ricochet_%28Bay_City_Rollers_album%29.jpg

Hope Jeff Lynne produced that Dave Edmunds record.

https://i.discogs.com/fNJe_EAt12F6QTxoxo29zuubCEGdJJsARF8Y5UFuYJ8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYxODM0/MS0xMTU5Mjc4MTIy/LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/fNJe_EAt12F6QTxoxo29zuubCEGdJJsARF8Y5UFuYJ8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYxODM0/MS0xMTU5Mjc4MTIy/LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51OxrzTIS+L._UXNaN_FMjpg_QL85_.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ZiSjZ9DhL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/C0NiWHfBGjr5-sk7SEiMjFBQuteNl9tDVUpyhL10o7A/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1NTc0/MjctMTI5MDM2NDA5/MC5qcGVn.jpeg

I think this move was absolutely necessary in that era. As a kid in the 80s every now and then I would check out the bargain albums at K-Mart and find 70s albums by acts like Hall & Oates or Rod Stewart etc. and the covers seemed grotesquely dated.

And when it comes to pop music, the tastes and opinions of children are paramount.

Hope Jeff Lynne produced that Dave Edmunds record.

Of course he did.

i bought Information when it came out. i kinda liked it. it was very 80s. the cover i used to stare at - speaking of the kinks - was that dave davies common people one. i don't know how 80s it was but it was weird. should have been an 80s donovan album cover.

And when it comes to pop music, the tastes and opinions of children are paramount.

i was just listening to bob welch's 1980 album which also has a pretty 80s cover as does his album from 1981 but this is probably his best 80s record cover.

for the record, i like pretty much everything bob welch ever did. i like his fleetwood mac stuff, the paris albums, and all his solo albums. he was in soul bands before all that and i would probably like them too. i've never had a copy of the Head West album he did in 1970. i have to go to canada and see if i can find one. it never came out here.

https://i.discogs.com/Pw9O-ESLA3IASCwG7z5xsRoAAZyWuoMz4cZh22iZnII/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:558/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMzk3/ODAtMTI3MTg3ODk2/NS5qcGVn.jpeg

at this point I'm kind of wondering what 60s/70s bands *didn't* do this - XTC comes to mind as a band that never actually embraced 80's aesthetics (though their debut was 1978 so not really a "70s band"). Popol Vuh also seemed to stick to their style outside of City Raga.

metal bands? Priest, Maiden, Sabbath, etc seem to have stuck to their original aesthetics mostly

https://i.discogs.com/1NTBABNMPgmTRUapQG-BrXPHg8rjWOhkwXOXJt6pmX8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExNjcy/MjUtMTM3MzEzNTc5/MC00MjkwLmpwZWc.jpeg

yea true and I'd imagine a lot of country artists as well, I guess I'm thinking more of those who tried to keep with the times musically but visually stayed on their own track

https://i.discogs.com/uhP_vfRxlnbOsR8-2PdDKCTs4JXrrr3c5giAYlyKKzI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:587/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQzMzM5/MjEtMTM2MjA0MzI2/NC02MTA4LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_Up_Your_Video#/media/File%3ABlowupyourvideo.jpg

ok Turbo is pretty 80s

> Bryan Ferry inventing the Eighties

one of my kids thought Ferry's In Your Mind was from the IndieSleeze era! He invented the mid 2000s too!

Yeah it looks like it could have been a DFA release or something

Judas Priest definitely embraced the late 80s. Iron Maiden stuck to their path, though.

https://mikeladano.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/scan_20170326-5.jpg

with hair like that you don't need to 'go 80s'

rob halford's grunge years were not as pretty...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51LpNU5qAWL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

Foghat - Tight Shoes

just in case you missed the 90s...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/34wAAOSwto5cxOSn/s-l1200.webp

but that's for a different thread...

UFO put out a 1990s cover in the 1980s

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Misdemeanor_albumcover.jpg

they're about to kick off a mean hacky sack sesh

xxp

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/JohnnyCashRainbow.jpg

xpost

FIGHT (like a brave)

https://i.discogs.com/kYngQpSJafppghbIN5GdkLKYot-sYd0nnkilC3YLIwQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM5ODQ2/NjItMTM1Mzg1Nzgx/Mi03OTM3LmpwZWc.jpeg

Popol Vuh also seemed to stick to their style outside of City Raga.

I dunno, this cover screams "80s New Age" at me quite loudly. I guess that's a different strand of 80s-ness though!

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71gKAvCZ0hL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_No_Angel_(album)#/media/File%3AGregg_Allman_Band_I_Am_No_Angel.jpg

Peter Gabriel avoided this aesthetic imo

https://i.discogs.com/2HDJjt_60GmNuHszFL2M--J3Bk_ng3pyaVoHuoLQoqM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTgyOTUz/Ni0xNTQxODU5MzU1/LTM1MDAuanBlZw.jpeg

Roger Dean? Sorry, I don't know her.

https://merchbar.imgix.net/albums/releases/18554857.jpeg

The cover for David Gilmour's About Face doesn't announce itself as "I'm in the 80s" but the video for "Blue Light" is pure uncut 80s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS61CyzFlxQ

https://i.imgur.com/FqwFB9Q.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/3CcKzgd.jpeg

at this point I'm kind of wondering what 60s/70s bands *didn't* do this

Scott Walker's Climate Of Hunter & Leonard Cohen's Various Positions or I'm Your Man don't really scream "It's the '80s!" to me.

https://i.discogs.com/yLsizzVA9vtrps48Yc-91dVvmvOOk8mp-0g0sP1s-tM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTcwMTA1/NS0xMjYwNjQ1Mzc0/LmpwZWc.jpeg

also one for the yawnsomely literal cover art thread #onethread

lol indeed

Omg the jack bruce one is so good

The Byrds as Yuppie Stockbrokers is killing me

This whole thread is great but I think my favourite is the Barclay James Harvest one, I'd struggle to name a less futuristic band.

"Blue Light" is one of the worst things recorded by a boomer.

Tell you what, there weren't many soul and R&B acts/artists who didn't dive headfirst into the 80s.

https://i.discogs.com/JdHq_mqWkpvaqiPGwYLuKPyYqyvFxPDP7rckKJpWQa0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:589/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1NTU4/MzctMTQzMTI0MDk5/OC0yOTQ5LmpwZWc.jpeg

soul/r&b groups traditionally good at pivoting to whatever was hip/happening at the time. which is why it was funnier when trad folk rock artists pretended to be down with robots.

yep

https://i.imgur.com/oiSeJYG.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/4Hw0sKuKPmyOoAeQUjD7I8knh9HBXFjeq6mai90B6Xs/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzNjI2/NzgtMTU5MjI4NDAy/MC0zNjQyLmpwZWc.jpeg

thank u Crosby, Stills & Nash for being allies

Isn't Donny doing more of a '50s rocker thing there? Unless he's imitating the Stray Cats, which would be very '80s.

I'd call it more of a George Michael/ Faith thing.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Blondie_-_The_Hunter.jpg

to be fair, they did help invent the 80s.

(xposts) Forgot about that--album came out in '89, so George Michael, definitely.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/Vangelis_See_You_Later.jpg

the boy got shirt

https://i.ibb.co/zRLdLzp/R-2213072-1378658741-4692.jpg

uh oh let's try again

https://i.ibb.co/zRLdLzp/R-2213072-1378658741-4692.jpg

Paul Anka as Robert Fripp in a Manet painting.

Bob Seger pretty much avoided this. The only thing 80s about his covers is the hairstyles on Like a Rock.

Another for the Windham Hill lookalike category

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/813Y02efaiL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

Robert Plant's best solo album too:

https://i.imgur.com/K4ECav3.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Somewhere_In_Afrika.jpg

Heart are not a typical case. they were sooooo 70s in the 70s. ren faire led zep folk rock riffs and then in the 80s they put out two awkward albums that nobody listened to and that nobody really listens to now and then they just blew the 80s UP with two albums that were beyond massive and that helped define 80s AOR/Pop/Rock/MTV.

when i think of other people who did that - who seemed on the ropes in the early 80s and then just ended up on the radio forever with their later 80s work - i think of...steve winwood? though his early 80s records had some hits. i mean i guess clapton too. behind the sun was the first real *eighties* clapton record that people actually listened to and wanted to hear.

i was a big fan of heart's 80s pop glam turn. steve and clapton i will curse till death for their beer bloat rock blockers.

Aerosmith!

Also Kiss

Maybe Cheap Trick, but I don't know how beloved those late 80s hits are these days.

(on the other hand you have someone like peter gabriel who was making 80s music in the 70s and who should have been an old prog fogey but who stayed relevant from his Genesis days until So - an album that also helped define 80s pop - and probably beyond. though i have never listened to anything past SO i don't think...)

The Moody Blues and Chicago came back big too

So is my textbook example of how to gracefully marry your personal quirks + contemporary sounds and production.

This isn't crazy but I think they were going for an Eddie and the Cruisers look

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/SteppenwolfParadox.jpg

gross

It's funny that Gabriel (as Alfred mentioned) avoided an 80s cover when his albums were far better suited for paranoia+technology cover art than most. (I guess Security fits as security-cam video.)

Well he didn't release much between 82-86, just the Birdy soundtrack.

well, there was this...

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/be3a4996f38b16554e50cb9c267877d8/1804154/peter-gabriel-jerry-goldsmith-out-out-gizmo-Cover-Art.jpg

the mogwai lies down on broadway

Shock the Mogwai

Oh Gizmo, Gizmo, because Gizmo

I've always liked that Manfred Mann cover.

Steve Cropper looks like he's joined Reef or Terrorvision

Hall and Oates also made the shift, by doing the awkward transitional records in the late 70s. George Harrison's arc would be closer to Heart.

Paul Simon, too.

Seeing Doctor Casino's name immediately made think of the Dog!

https://i.postimg.cc/zGVBVwF0/dog.jpg

Maybe they're trying for a Bow Wow Wow-type thing there.

... Bow Wow Wow meets the Residents.

Kenny should've done a Miami Vice cameo. (Produced by Robin Gibb.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_That_See_in_the_Dark#/media/File:Kenny_Rogers-Eyes_That_See.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_That_See_in_the_Dark#/media/File:Kenny_Rogers-Eyes_That_See.jpg

the little river band has a pretty good run from 76-90 that doesn't include anything that screams 80's to me

https://i.discogs.com/4utbrnDTMtXZTXfbWDtjAb3bctjzL8aNpSdNjaKKmnw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:450/w:453/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwOTIw/MTEtMTE5MTQyNzQ0/Ni5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/4uk8VX8zl3KnhYy3PKCavBu1Gt0wbXe_sgYB5b8N5AM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxMzk1/MDctMTQwNDUwMjk4/NS01NTE2LmpwZWc.jpeg

Ha!

to be fair, renaissance had a great 80s record cover in 1978!

https://i.discogs.com/yXv_TgHn6ik1O60oehMUm0k1ZjInYsAMmudc-S6cPu8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzMTYy/OTEtMTQyNjQzMTQz/Mi04Mzg4LmpwZWc.jpeg

Remembering some long ago bygone time when I bought some fancy CD storage system from a guy whose prior claim was playing with Annie Haslam.

this guy only put out one album in the sixties (backed by mighty baby iirc) before his synth-pop rebirth, but:

https://i.discogs.com/se-qz-YZstDQTX1BxbiOrNOdxrjnmfNFXHHMSrTWugM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyNDc2/ODgtMTY3NzI0NDE1/OC05MDk4LmpwZWc.jpeg

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet, though it's a touch nsfw

https://i.imgur.com/dJbCNtm.jpeg

Roger Waters very much stuck in the 70s there imo

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2734a8cb2b41e3e01aa0e10b036

xp I dunno it's tacky af which screams 80's to me, but his handwriting is pretty iconic I suppose

I was thinking more of the tits-and-bums sexism.

That's Gerald Scarfe's handwriting on the Pros and Cons cover.

Modern Times indeed!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Modern_Times_%28Jefferson_Starship%29.jpg

(Jefferson) (Airplane) (Starship) have an awe-inspiring instinct for the worst conceivable taste in any domain. They never miss.

haha as with the Waters cover above there's a definite air of "what's wrong with being sexy?" about this one

matttkkkk otm... I find it v endearing, tho I guess it helps if you have a soft spot for the whole enterprise!

they're so uncool that it enters the realm of "dgaf"-flex

I had that Roger Waters album on cassette and it had a black bar over the girl's ass, which I still think improves the layout.

https://i.discogs.com/0IQx_Oz9YSoylV70AKIUBXxr4heImB3LMzd4k9meRXE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:588/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0MjI3/NjUtMTI4MzIzMTM5/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

technically 1992, but I it still feels 80s to me
https://i.imgur.com/Lq69aRc.jpeg

oh sandypaws

best 21st century indie rock cover art by a 60s artist in the 80s goes to the back cover of john fogerty's eye of the zombie album from 1986.

https://i.discogs.com/xabXDdlHWkdGhnabkk2FV2QBcRyD3X2By-RPf480GBw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyNzE1/OTMtMTQxMzMyMjEx/My03MTM4LmpwZWc.jpeg

not to be too off-topic...

if i were a chillwaver i would just steal it outright for my cassette release.

just don't ask me about the front cover of that album...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_Power_%28album%29#/media/File:ELO_BalanceOfPower.PNG

https://i.discogs.com/P8lw5Mld1mALL8ycYL93CWJZ6dp1fvPU-pa5PCKDH9w/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:595/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTgwMTA0/MjgtMTQ4NzE3ODk2/NC0xMDYzLmpwZWc.jpeg

I think he's allowed. Quite a makeover
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music126/v4/b5/02/53/b50253d5-7f86-c588-df75-442cc3b27816/887830017268.png/1200x1200bf-60.jpg

holy shit @ that Sandy Bull cover!

dang this thread is like heaven
i especially liked the Juice Newton

similarly
https://e.snmc.io/i/1200/s/4d116d9be4f80ac9c625003beaa697d9/2611727

Bert making a token effort here but ultimately you'd have to call it a fail

https://www.bertjansch.com/images/c/b/1/3/f/cb13f6c1dc92efcc090ba673eb6e228594edb2f8.jpg

I guess Neil Young's Trans is too obvious (or too self-aware).

Already posted as nothing is too blatant for this thread

Ah, missed it. It does seem a different--not a desperate attempt to keep up, not silly in a way the artist seems oblivious to.

Speaking of which

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71N8-WR7gAL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/ToQgvpD0TUWl2G9ecWEFHwlt0zJ7QJp3IWp-L1p-Odk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM2NDk5/MjYtMTU3MTE0ODE5/NS05MzAzLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Rjyu_4HzI

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/412f25bcd9f89f9a281952e3a138c6e0/1430727/willie-nelson-angel-eyes-Cover-Art.jpg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/81af05e558ccdbaeedcfab264e1e1cb2/9391538/joe-ely-hi-res-Cover-Art.jpg

Once this runs out of steam we def have to do "every record cover where a 70s or 80s artist goes 90s in a big way".

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/743559e38d9bfa229350203e99d6ae66/7606010/john-fahey-let-go-Cover-Art.jpg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/1187c80dba83458522a36cb64dab0995/1351712/al-stewart-russians-and-americans-Cover-Art.jpg

https://aikenpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/OR_360x360.jpg
^^Fahey vibe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoiled_Girl#/media/File:Spoiled_Girl.jpg

"Every record cover where a 50s/60s artist goes 70s in a big way" is an alternative option too!

Every record cover where a 2010s artist goes 2020s in a big way

https://i.discogs.com/QXp8zRgyQDt_2poNFxuZnF4qpamVwWm2HH8BST-H8hA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk4MjIw/ODItMTY2NTkxMTMy/Mi02NjExLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/dbBNOQNWCnVqqfZpx26xid3fVf0MzLdWiKMIDgg5NPI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1Nzk2/MDctMTI5MjA3MTU1/NS5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/gKogHSbKVSgNIaXpsO64ZyW0ElsT3QP4wEv1_h13f8w/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyODE1/NDEtMTQyMzI2MDAw/NC0zMjA5LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/n09TS5tVKM5AYBLNu266b0k-PI9kWj8o_ZfYWHjXRaA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3MTAw/NzEtMTU2MDc2OTYz/MS02MjczLmpwZWc.jpeg

Styx went all in on the 80s thing. Like you could have just put a robot on your album cover--you didn't have to do a concept album about a guy posing as a robot or something.

it is amazing how many of these records I have never heard, or heard of

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Cher_-_I_Paralyze.png

That Grace Slick record has some interesting lyrics:

"It's wrong for an Arab to drink liquor,
But he's a real man if he has two wives
It's wrong for a western man to marry two women,
But he's a real man if he can drink all night

In Greece, take your wine glass and smash it on the floor
They say "Ha ha! How happy you are!"
But here if you break your glass and behave bizzare,
They're gonna kick you right out of that bar"

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/b1/76/90b176030146e2ded15f3cfabcef382a.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/CxSMV_XG6ae_N21-Q8GSOAAXO5FEpBXHNyxIRj100v0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:588/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg4NzEz/NTAtMTQ3MDUwMjkx/OS04MzQ5LmpwZWc.jpeg

punk as fukk

https://i.discogs.com/p76vwyH3DxyQQB3u9yV3YZapDDtOgzK-WShRJmLzEiU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE5NTMz/MjAtMTI1NDg1ODgz/My5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/FjJp12liQXaWOIxbl3Ju42Ha1mrSS9EFlIxNrBRhbSE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:589/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYyMzA2/ODctMTQxODc4NTc0/OC0yOTYxLmpwZWc.jpeg

In Milsap's defense, he's blind.

you can take your pick for this single.

https://i.discogs.com/3TBJNYPONwH-j0aZLsJ97H30_OoFZBBpfEu7SbE3al4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxOTMx/NTQzLTE2NDM0MDMw/NjEtNDQ5Ny5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/JiSTgWV0CxFwWhJZ2tHgqKvlHIewC_AQ4Ua79TKvrJM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1NDI5/NjctMTUzMDI4MzQ2/Ni04ODU5LmpwZWc.jpeg

How have you all gone 332 posts without this abomination?

https://i.imgur.com/RB5wwB8.png

boy that Eric Carmen cover is uh something

https://i.discogs.com/mC1D6s_Kk06SgSeK_HcadVpjOqKqhT9iFP3OvKdj800/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:473/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEyMDE5/MTAwLTE1MjY3Mzgx/NTAtOTI5Ny5qcGVn.jpeg

that Bowie is def that late-80s/early-90s major label college rock aesthetic of like Crowded House and World Party and Jellyfish

dang that Eric Carmen one is GROSS

xxpost Bowie was doing 80s covers in the 70s. Never Let Me Down is a prophecy of '90s alt-rock covers.

also whiney otm -- it totally looks like World Party!!

telling my kids this is frank zappa

https://i.imgur.com/DIx421b.png

xxpost yeah, it was a little ahead of the curve but still counts as late 80s & early 90s imo

Bowie with that 90's "wow crazy man wild" wide-eyed expression, yes lol

Special Guest Star: Ronald Isley as Tubbs' Dad

https://i.discogs.com/JYJ1Z4r0ulBVn4s1r1MJrMTjVX6ShA4M7_1ESIY23OU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:594/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0OTQz/MDMzLTE2NjY3MTk4/NTQtNDE0MC5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/zaIiy5SEI82gZKx6uXJ6mEhZ093PecwzAvY43mX7uAg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyNjAx/MzMtMTI5NDkyNDY2/NS5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/zjxBCVQ9QOl8s7Oct5m_ipY_1k1faGNF4CZZ-sdGMwg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:494/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3NTk3/NTktMTMxMTg4NTQ5/OS5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/LSyCyELe_usSwxIIr3pD_Un77ZWa6EoRZH40mzjHgu0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:597/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMzODYx/OTgtMTQ1MjYzNzk0/My05NDk2LmpwZWc.jpeg

FYI Whiney, Mike Haggerty, who designed the album cover for Never Let Me Down also did Jellyfish's "Bellybutton" and "Spilt Milk" covers.

I KNEW IT

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Jerry_Lee_Lewis_LP_Elektra_6E-184.gif

Tom Paxton is an i got my own album to do embedded in Sharper Image eighties.

Seeing Doctor Casino's name immediately made think of the Dog!

aww, i'm touched!

thread really delivers btw... i've NEVER seen a bunch of these before

let's skate!

https://i.discogs.com/8wX9_Y8vtpCKcsRlOUbyo3yEBVKysCe-OjjmIvZF-SM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTU1OTc4/MDUtMTY0NDc5NDY1/OS05MzI2LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/9uxu6rr5czkphUujtx-WRBKABH5J9nCaynA_j9KKLLo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2Nzky/ODktMTU5NjU2MDI3/OC02MzQ0LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2733c990ef3013d275672246776

https://i.discogs.com/xwVoIRqMlbac1JbdvwSUKFRQ1FHhjUYe9HuWQPtJCIo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:591/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4OTU4/ODEtMTQ4NTUzOTA3/Ny0zNDczLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/Ebw6f8_gDSwG6BMgcjKyMVkLnoDImjNEQT1F9MzjCJk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1NDk3/MjYtMTMxNTcwNjM0/Ny5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/uP7KiKtVDMxzCkBWqUSsyY4Mt7YdmF3a0HFdHuGmNNw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE5OTU2/ODEtMTI1NzcxODAx/Ny5qcGVn.jpeg

https://www.whosampled.com/static/images/media/track_images_200/lr235_2010129_114137298567.jpg

rainbow bent out of shape and difficult to cure

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61QaQkM9+HL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81CkIOutIDL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51bJeLTZNyL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

Supposedly that Difficult To Cure cover was originally done as a pitch for Sabbath's Never Say Die!,

I think Metallica sought out Fleming Rasmussen based on his work on one of those rainbow albums

Never Day Die is such a great cover

50s/early 60s artist goes late 60s

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ft2.genius.com%2Funsafe%2F600x600%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fimages.genius.com%2F3db08cc10f82f8635a21ddd89fde194c.1000x1000x1.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=1a58987428029c2073da34c868f798bc021f2882d9ab54a54776d99c8242ca62&ipo=images

dear god

hearing that title to the tune of the Free song

Everybody Hirt Now

"50s/early 60s artist goes late 60s"

potentially viable thread, imo!

best 21st century indie rock cover art by a 60s artist in the 80s goes to the back cover of john fogerty's eye of the zombie album from 1986.

Albert Szukalski's Last Supper!

https://i.discogs.com/3_c_kOXMDGyK0cOXAtUJIS9iI2MBeasRjV9bl-OdUFQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:568/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI5NTU2/MTEtMTUwNTA1ODAx/MS0xOTA4LmpwZWc.jpeg

haha that's straight 80's schlager stuff

New Romantic Joan, 1989:

https://i.postimg.cc/0y2GcqQF/joan.jpg

Getting laborious to search this thread, because you have to scan all the images.

https://i.discogs.com/awPBsrYoMC-oKrbZlxdJp_odwCqCrGn6BDlDmmRyTzg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTgyNzAx/NjgtMTU2NzcxMDYx/Ny04NjE3LmpwZWc.jpeg

LeDon: Ben ouais

https://images1.vinted.net/t/01_00f83_inyQqXGZdthCcvJGsjfCcbMS/f800/1601617689.jpeg?s=3e2d862ce5c4d623ca348d91b048d97c01724031

Speaking of which

https://i.discogs.com/NxE84OXepR8NqONKUX-Cx2abdbtySR9v770PuEpzsCM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ5OTAz/ODUtMTM4MTUyMDcz/Ny0xMjE5LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/Q4xn5h0PHjeQbhzF9DItG_AHLefkThSbLzn_HBVRVeM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQzMjQy/MDktMTUwMDc2ODcz/MS0zNjgxLmpwZWc.jpeg

lol amazing

I was thinking of posting that Stephen Stills cover, but it feels a bit more like late 70s sci-fi lite (see Boston, Journey, ELO)

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/John-Martyn-Grace-and-Danger-album-cover-820.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/F0e7eTUeu--rc0S8VnicDQY_MCNMURzvOPDPePOGSeU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUzNzIx/Ni0xNDE2OTMzMDky/LTkyNDkuanBlZw.jpeg

Southside Johnny also wondering what's wrong with being sexy

https://i.discogs.com/XPNr_OWRvLGoxhha_zgeNfpGiA8KVlM3u0HkzTSLaAY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:381/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYzMjA1/OTUtMTQxNjQwNDEx/NS0yMzc5LmpwZWc.jpeg

Albion Band looks lie something on Bureau B records

It's definitely more Asmus Tietchens than Ashley Hutchings.

Innersleeve of Jimmy Buffett's Last Mango In Paris

https://www.buffettworld.com/images/aa_lastmango_inner2.jpg

https://www.buffettworld.com/images/aa_lastmango_back.jpg

that album title is an all timer

Kansas predicting KMFDM's aesthetic a month before their debut
https://i.imgur.com/5BJU0o8.jpeg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/b3619585d0034415ba72a333f2fac0e2/4827641/kenny-loggins-vox-humana-Cover-Art.jpg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/cc88c4a6a340f30f5f9b815a5d3223e7/1244480/michael-mcdonald-no-lookin-back-Cover-Art.jpg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/111d543e68fa6b1ee63630796f84da6b/4084765/justin-hayward-moving-mountains-Cover-Art.jpg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/3e22b3262b7e1932e6d95070b5450a18/1665221/little-river-band-playing-to-win-Cover-Art.jpg

LRB = Little River Band

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/7a9eec39c03f5a39cad5bb61000be4c3/2314778/the-guess-who-now-and-not-then-Cover-Art.jpg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/10b9d1e1c2020484454f7e2deb1d5b4a/2512793/the-pretty-things-cross-talk-Cover-Art.jpg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/b726e03081a3ef9201eeae548a99b254/8525253/spirit-the-thirteenth-dream-Cover-Art.jpg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/7e7ca0ef11694bb858c0e5fd2354adf2/1339915/bonnie-raitt-nine-lives-Cover-Art.jpg

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/73bf1100fd95b7d7cce2b99bb75f9314/1836882/dan-fogelberg-windows-and-walls-Cover-Art.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/SzK-ymnW-riVXA8HCmydkhqZMCKBZ_RfdlyfJwob3gc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1ODM1/OTctMTY2ODM3ODc3/OS02OTM1LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/fI9dKrzsCJoqNn0vPiJYpD2s66ydeDsDFYzBRLZhnoo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:590/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg2Mjk2/MzUtMTYzNTUwMTMy/MC04MjU5LmpwZWc.jpeg

i feel like both those mclagan ones could be 70s in a stiff records way.

and damn that dan fogelberg cover is bleak! it must be CD-era, i've never seen it on vinyl. looks like a bob mould cover.

It’s from 1984

XP Troublemaker was a '79 release, so yeah...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/DiamondJackAndTheQueenOfPain.jpg

Really surprised that Fogelberg cover is from 1984. He was really prescient — that looks like something that would have been sold exclusively at Starbucks in the late 90s.

speaking of 1984

cant believe i forgot about this release

https://www.discogs.com/master/58058-Rick-Wakeman-1984/image/SW1hZ2U6NDYzOTEwOQ==

arse.

https://i.discogs.com/nnLSJdsKpbE97T52pv1Aj9cKoQUrH_fsGn8iZHLuzRk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:368/w:350/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2Mzg2/MjItMTI5NTQ3MzMw/Mi5qcGVn.jpeg

Undercurrent by Bill Evans and Jim Hall always freaks me out for it's 4AD/hauntology vibe. How many 1962 albums, jazz or otherwise, had *no* text on the cover. Even Vaughn Oliver woulda stuck some Bodoni on there in 1985.

The closest thing I could find to James Last going full 80s:
https://i.discogs.com/bb8WOI7iJXCM_UjT0JrNPAMK97jAMAhhUOUxTxkRvzQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2Njk0/NTAtMTI5OTYyMTYz/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

Very Jazz cup

they did stick text on there on the 80s reissue, not too far off from bodoni lol

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Bill_Evans_and_Jim_Hall-Undercurrent_%28album_cover%29.jpg

With that typography, I imagine there's a dollar bill on a fish hook dangling just above the water.

The closest thing I could find to James Last going full 80s:
🖼

He Is The Vice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVLrI3bXHsc

coincidentally enough when i listened to the beach boys song "spirit of america", youtube recommended me this video when i was done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkaZSzmCWF4

that picture of robert fripp in the thumbnail, is he trying to ape the cover of "court of the crimson king"?

I could have sworn we had a thread back in the day about prog rockers going New Wave but I can’t find it now

There was this one: 1981 = year of 70s dino rockers w modren/wavo comeback LPs but that was all I could find that was relevant on the first three pages of a search of "Gaskin", a name I reckon would surely come up in this context and not many others.

xp late 70s new wave classic rock

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omg that Kenny Loggins cover -- thank you for the genuine lol
what a terrible painting

LL, please enjoy the terrible music video as well.

omfg i am dead -- that's too much
kenny loggins' 80s feels like having the flu

we did think it was the end of the world back then too. kenny was one of the signs.

man that 1981 thread is nostalgia just for how old it is let alone the subject matter. me and chuck and geir and bimble and the gang. papa wheelie. 14 years feels like a pretty long time.

xpost to Tim F, yes, that’s the one I was thinking of.

All I could think of when watching Loggins in the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od3cNTl40VI

Whoa, I didn't even know the Monchichi's had more than one theme song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq2_BKd2RYI

LL, please enjoy the terrible music video🕸 as well.

"Vox Humana" and Lindsey's "Go Insane" and Roger Hodgson's "Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)" all take up the same spot in my memory.

LL, please enjoy the terrible music video as well.

― peace, man, Friday, February 2, 2024 11:17 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Sounds like Dirty Projectors

Real "Fish Heads" vibe from that video

https://i.discogs.com/ViMBJbsXnd3goBVKXYWBeU5ds24F_XsKZ1GIhBmRSro/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3MDQy/NDktMTM5MDU4MTg4/Mi00MjYwLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GxcAAOSwDx9hT3AY/s-l1200.webp

noooo

Imagine the 80s Elvis album covers that never were

Say what you want about their 1980s jackets and haircuts and physiques, the Monkees were surprisingly progressive for their time.

i had TOTALLY forgotten about this. i don't know how i forgot. i must have blocked out the sight of Miami Bobby. man oh man talk about a time capsule. who needs the 60s?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Bs4xhDyxw

also pulled this out of a box of records the other day. thought of you all...

https://i.discogs.com/lUkQJEXBbj1wRNEdSJNc0p_t08dPMLAgujImLViSkK8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0ODE5/NzQtMTQ5NDU4MzMx/OC0yODYwLmpwZWc.jpeg

Pretty cool one:

https://i.ibb.co/020qyV0/R-1754868-1392874781-4848.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/uZonmyJgPgIhvDw63vNbBrHFr9KPBILp9dOCR16_lwo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIwNDE2/NDAyLTE2MzI5NTYy/NjUtOTgyOC5qcGVn.jpeg

1977!

Mentioned above:

I’m excited to announce that I finally own the masters to my 1989 album “Bowling in Paris.” I know many of you have been asking why it was taken down, but I’m happy to share that it’s now back on all streaming platforms. The album features incredible guest artists like Phil… pic.twitter.com/l84r45dJYl

— Stephen Bishop (@BishSongs) October 12, 2024

Have to repost this as the original image went dead
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music118/v4/25/55/3b/25553b78-2105-d817-e965-ccfaaf744444/00602577298110.rgb.jpg/1200x1200bf-60.jpg

excellent

Say what you want about their 1980s jackets and haircuts and physiques, the Monkees were surprisingly progressive for their time.

I need to listen to all the records here that I haven't yet. I've a major weakness for this as a concept.

https://i.discogs.com/ulYP1Qnw9bhztw2IH3esCKwq3Omz7CLmahzpfJ-KSXI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4OTg1/MDItMTQ3MjA1NzQx/NC0zODE4LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/Krp-zhhPjHnIHMK_Uw1tt4dUOkGrokCgv5pi5ui7vRg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4OTg1/MDItMTQ3MjA1NzQx/Ny01OTUyLmpwZWc.jpeg

That “Hell in a Bucket” video is yawsomely literal, a line by line visualization.

And what the hell is McLaughlin up to there, that some luthier shit?

#onethread

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Ry_Cooder%2C_Bop_till_You_Drop_%281979%29.png

1979

Steeleye Span - Back In Line, 1986

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Steeleye_Span_-_Back_in_Line.jpg

Richard Thompson - Across a Crowded Room

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/RT_Aacr.jpg

It's crowded alright

I give you Roy Wood's Starting Up from 1986, which has a vague Gary Numan vibe:
https://kane.fi/68443-large_default/wood-roy-starting-up-kansi-ex-levy-ex-kaytetty-cd.jpg

Apparently designed by the same man who did the cover art for Boys Don't Cry's "I Wanna Be a Cowboy".

Steeleye Span - Back In Line, 1986

🖼

yeah I like it too, but it's certainly different from their 70s covers

‘You Can Never Look Back’: How ’70s Rockers Rebooted for the ’80s

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/arts/music/1970s-rock-1980s-pop-synths-mtv.html

https://archive.ph/BziVE