Comments on: Van Halen: 1984 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/ Sleevage: The worlds best album cover design blog. Showcasing interesting album covers from the past and present. Updated daily with details on designers, artists and their studios. Sun, 13 May 2012 00:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ACEWalker http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-70845 ACEWalker Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:20:00 +0000 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/#comment-70845 Those chrome thingys' are actually from a condom factory...no joke. Those chrome thingys’ are actually from a condom factory…no joke.

]]> By: Thunderfoot http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-70160 Thunderfoot Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:57:00 +0000 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/#comment-70160 I'll give you the comments on the front cover as I agree except you lost me at the flash gordon part. As crappy as it may seem by today's standards, this was pretty cool stuff in '84. The Oberheim Eddie used was state-of -the-art and the sounds were still created manually as opposed to today's pre-sets. The "cliched" digital font was still pretty cool back then and the inner sleeve pic was, from an artistic point of view, pretty cool also. Remember, PCs weren't around yet so the general public had a limited imagination as to what digital was or could do. This album came out just when things started changing. In my opinion this was the greatest blend of cutting edge(for the time) technology and finger paint & glue. Electronic Drums, "digital" keyboards, 2" tape, balls hanging in your face rock and roll. I’ll give you the comments on the front cover as I agree except you lost me at the flash gordon part. As crappy as it may seem by today’s standards, this was pretty cool stuff in ’84. The Oberheim Eddie used was state-of -the-art and the sounds were still created manually as opposed to today’s pre-sets. The “cliched” digital font was still pretty cool back then and the inner sleeve pic was, from an artistic point of view, pretty cool also. Remember, PCs weren’t around yet so the general public had a limited imagination as to what digital was or could do. This album came out just when things started changing. In my opinion this was the greatest blend of cutting edge(for the time) technology and finger paint & glue. Electronic Drums, “digital” keyboards, 2″ tape, balls hanging in your face rock and roll.

]]> By: peter1984 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-69104 peter1984 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:31:59 +0000 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/#comment-69104 Those aren't tops of ash tray bins, those are the chrome cans of the stage show light fixtures from the 1984 tour. They are shown here unmounted and neatly placed in rows. Like this <a href="http://www.creativestagelighting.com/products/images/par/par64chrome.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.creativestagelighting.com/products/i...</a> Those aren't tops of ash tray bins, those are the chrome cans of the stage show light fixtures from the 1984 tour. They are shown here unmounted and neatly placed in rows. Like this http://www.creativestagelighting.com/products/i…

]]> By: peter1984 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-69070 peter1984 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:31:59 +0000 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/#comment-69070 Those aren't tops of ash tray bins, those are the chrome cans of the stage show light fixtures from the 1984 tour. They are shown here unmounted and neatly placed in rows. Like this <a href="http://www.creativestagelighting.com/products/images/par/par64chrome.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.creativestagelighting.com/products/i...</a> Those aren't tops of ash tray bins, those are the chrome cans of the stage show light fixtures from the 1984 tour. They are shown here unmounted and neatly placed in rows. Like this http://www.creativestagelighting.com/products/i…

]]> By: Rick http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-54599 Rick Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:53:03 +0000 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/#comment-54599 Heh, you said 'taint' Heh, you said ‘taint’

]]> By: spooky http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-2524 spooky Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:13:36 +0000 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/#comment-2524 Actually, according to David Lee Roth himself, that photo of those circular "ashtray bins" are really the backs of the huge lighting rigs that Van Halen used on their 1984 world tour. He spoke of them in a radio interview back in 1984 promoting the record. When a caller asked the question, "What the heck are those round things in the new Van Halen record?" Roth said, "It's called an album!" Well, it was funny at the time... Actually, according to David Lee Roth himself, that photo of those circular “ashtray bins” are really the backs of the huge lighting rigs that Van Halen used on their 1984 world tour.

He spoke of them in a radio interview back in 1984 promoting the record.

When a caller asked the question, “What the heck are those round things in the new Van Halen record?” Roth said, “It’s called an album!”

Well, it was funny at the time…

]]> By: Guy Moorhouse http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-2385 Guy Moorhouse Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:09:46 +0000 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/#comment-2385 You're well de gay. You’re well de gay.

]]> By: dan http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-2347 dan Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:31:19 +0000 http://sleevage.com/van-halen-1984/#comment-2347 michael anthony is hot. michael anthony is hot.

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