70s
O.k. I know the two-tone burning Zeppelin image is the Zep equivalent of the Stones’ tongue logo but when I think of Bonzo and co. album covers - I think of Richard Drews’ novelty rotating disc sleeve for Led Zeppelin III,
You’re probably like me in the fact you’d never heard of Yatha Sidhra let alone this album. But I’ve seen this around and finally got some good artwork to show it off.
Here’s a quick post. Mostly due to the limited information out there on this release. But I thought the simplicity and humor was quite interesting. I can just imagine this being a smart ass response from the designer as to what the cover should be and someone though they were serious.
This was submitted by a reader who was shocked we hadn’t already posted it. You could probably guess from the previous albums posted we probably not big “BS&T” fans, or even born when this came out, but that wont stop us from posting it.
As lame as this makes me sound, I don’t think I could name a Frank Zappa song to save my life. When I saw this cover I initially thought it was for Blink 182 or a similar band. But this lack of knowledge won’t spot me from talking about this iconic album cover and one […]
My knowledge of Joe Jacksons music doesn’t go further than having “Is she really going out with him” in my 80’s mix. Which shows how much I know, as the song was released in 1979.
I was lucky enough to find the original banned version on vinyl a few years ago, of course I had no idea there was a banned version or why it had been. Luckily for me the record store owner was more than happy to give a brief run down on the facts, and without […]
I showed my lack of music knowledge (or is that age) when I posted Justice’s † album. Little did I know it was ‘inspired’ from another classic Hipgnosis cover, T.Rex’s Electric Warrior.
Looking at this cover it doesn’t feel like its 36 years old. It feels as fresh today as it must have been back in […]
What makes this cover for XTC’s Go 2 interesting is that it was from Hipgnosis, the same UK design group that brought us some of the most original and memorable covers for bands like Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Black Sabbath.
Hipgnosis’s trademark story like imagery is replaced by copy poking fun at […]
As the debut album for Joy Division it must have been a big decision to go sans text. It’s fortunate Peter Saville had the support of label manager Tony Wilson, featured in 24 Hour Party People, which allowed such great ideas to go ahead. It paid off, it’s minimalist yet still visually interesting. The cover […]
