Post Your Favourite Record Sleeves!
 

This thread is for all those who love old-fashioned records and their - very often - great sleeves. :)

Let's concentrate on the good old days - i.e. from the 50s till the end of the 70s.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lin%27_Man.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...enage_Head.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...sideinside.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Wolf_Album.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lbum_cover.jpg


As Monty Python say: take it away, Genghis! :nod:

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PS: You could also post pictures of your own records - e.g. if you have rare signed copies, or records that have never been released on Compact Disc! :)

Sums up the album perfectly

http://www.vinylrevinyl.com/wp-conte...kindofblue.jpg

I also love this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ter_Layter.jpg

and this

http://www.progarchives.com/progress...3982572009.jpg

and finally this!

http://www.vasiliska.com/uploads/pos...oyer_large.jpg

My favourite KISS sleeve:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...over_cover.jpg

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One of the first records i bought was Black Sabbath Greatest Hits.

The painting is called The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel in 1562.

The artwork both fascinated and horrified me as an early teen. The painting depicts skeletons raping amd murdering a small medieval village.

The top image blows up so you can see the gruesome goings on.

I love the sleeve Prince, but I'm not a huge fan of the record.

Speaking of Prince, what an album cover! This how you set out a statement of intent! If anyone was shocked by what they got on this album, then they should've paid a bit of attention to the photo!

http://dj.polishedsolid.com/wp-conte...irty-mind.jpeg

Impressive painting!

Speaking of Black Sabbath - this Hipgnosis artwork has a morbid touch...I can't tell you why, but it always makes me feel uneasy...:behindsofa:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...er-Say-Die.jpg

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Bahngin' tunes......:dance:

Nice Y's Mr Rogers.....:lol:

Any one of Iron Maiden's sleeves-but this is class.

I love this sleeve (and the record as well, of course!).

http://image.lyricspond.com/image/h/...e/cd-cover.jpg

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With a potentially great design for the Wicker Man single, they come up with this. WTF?

Should've been burned......

There is another version with Eddie as the Wicker Man, it's miles better than that.


Sometimes, dead is better

:fear: :bolt:

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Best one has to be Somewhere In Time, so many hidden references thrown in there, but I do love this one, and the album itself


Sometimes, dead is better

Great record sleeves are so easy to design!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

But sometimes you need a talented painter...

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart..._whateverf.jpg

...or a hot-looking (possibly underage) chick! :biggrin:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AueQ-18BEA...over+photo.jpg

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I love Motorhead and their mascot Snaggletooth, which is the main centrepiece of most of their covers.

Here's Mrs MTDS' favourite, we have it framed front and back in our living room.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ymUjRnwq_Q...s400/cover.jpg

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Great thread...

These immediately spring to mind:

:Wumpscut: - Evoke (Limited Box)

http://www.skullline.de/catalog/images/WumpscutBox.jpg

Maniac Soundtrack

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...cket_Front.jpg

KMFDM - UAIOE

http://www.musicobsession.com/Pictur...mfdm415067.jpg

Most of my vinyl is still at my Mum's, so even though I pretty much know what I have, I can't recall all the covers. I only have a small collection (about 30 or so).

That's alright, as there are quite a few lads today who don't even know what a record looks like!

Here's one of my personal favourites:

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sl...120688_350.jpg

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PS: The Maniac soundtrack looks great! :thumb:

For any Dead Can Dance fans here... some light shed on the mysterious cover of their Spleen & Ideal LP...

http://covers.a-go.in/min/dead_can_d..._and_ideal.jpg

The pic below was posted in a DCD forum....

The photo shows a old dock warehouse located in Salford on what used to be a very busy part of the Manchester Ship Canal. Most buildings were levelled in the 70/80's this photo is about 1982. You might know this area as Salford Quays now

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9069/scan0001bz.jpg

Can you tell whose feet you see in this lovely car - without using a search engine like Google (or Wikipedia)? :smokin:

http://whereseric.com/sites/default/...%20clapton.jpg

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I know this, I won't spoil it for everyone though. This was a question in a music quiz I used to do in my local pub, getting this right won me and my team 8 pints each and future wins resulting in me being banned from entering as it wasn't fair on everyone else!
P.S I named my oldest son after this chap :)


Sometimes, dead is better

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yYtcs1nU4_...nakeFront.jpeg
http://visionrockcr.com/wp-content/u...unter-1979.jpg

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http://www.highfidelity.net/catalog/...fee74d4be81ff9

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The cover for the Queen album 'News of the World' used to really freak me out as a kid.

http://www.progarchives.com/progress...3112272009.jpg

Understandable! :nod:

Some great Black Sabbath covers:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ebut_album.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ath_Vol._4.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...al-Ecstasy.jpg

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Derek and Clive come again
 

:happy: (think we've still got this)

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/N/neil_holef.jpg

Don't the feet belong to a Travelling Wilbury ?

Remember seeing it featured in Classic Rock mag years ago.

Canned Heat - Historical Figures and Ancient Heads
It's one of their finest albums!

http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4009910489024.jpg

Copperhead - Copperhead

http://www.floatingworldrecords.co.u...images/928.jpg

Eloy - Eloy

http://img3.imagebanana.com/img/ql48...yEloyFront.jpg

Frumpy - All Will Be Changed

http://www.technodisco.net/img/track...be-changed.jpg

Grand Funk Railroad - Survival

http://www.grandfunkrailroad.com/ima...erSurvival.jpg

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dead kennedys
 

In God We Trust, Inc.

I don't know about good album covers, but here's a selection of some truly awful ones for your amusement....

http://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/heino.jpghttp://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/celebration.jpg

Both of those leave me speechless. I can't think of anything witty to say, they speak for themselves.

http://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/letmetouch.jpghttp://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/dove.jpg

Good grief, those old men want to touch him. That doesn't sound good. And who gives somebody a dove for a present?

http://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/louvin.jpghttp://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/cuntrychurch.jpg

Those dang Louvin Bros knows that Satan is real - because they've gone to hell! Should've stuck it out in the Country Church lads.

http://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/karatist.jpghttp://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/gaydogs.jpg

Yay! Kung Fu Preachers and....gay dogs? WTF?

And, finally, this one. I'm lost for words....

http://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/richardandwillie.jpg

Some nice (for different reasons!) covers after Daemonia's shock. ;)

http://image.lyricspond.com/image/a/...s/cd-cover.jpg

http://991.com/newGallery/Alice-Coop...ler-526679.jpg

http://cd-online.ch/images/covers/zztop_eliminatorf.jpg

http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4009910469828.jpg

http://www.covershut.com/covers/Tito...over-21455.jpg

http://images.wax.fm/ted_nugent_if_y...273348736.jpeg

http://991.com/newGallery/The-Sweet-...t-C-461469.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...hine_cover.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3nNkcQ1t7h...RIC+-FRONT.jpg

http://www.apecat.com/v1/imgweb/disco/d/df8520.jpg

Greetings!

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http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1993680-1266094259.jpeg
http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1942292-1291304156.jpeg
http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1547589-1227529978.jpeg
http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2650905-1294989982.jpeg

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