Great Album Covers

[bluefuzz]

Henry Cow Legend. Leg-end geddit ...? ;-)

 

[Timcognito]

 

[Tell]

This might have been posted before, but stil worth a repost!

 

[pseudoid]

But I can remember when ______________almost. LOL

Yeah, I thought so too..., until I remembered these from those Golden Years.

I hope this snapshot brings back happy memories!

 

[pseudoid]

For some reason it's almost impossible to Google up an image of this cover. Has the internet really become so prudish? Good album and good cover.

Apparently, Google's attempt to purge fake stuff is working per design.
She obviously has a wig on!

 

[Martin Takamine]

Firefall S/T, Nazareth Hair Of The Dog, Santana 3, The Cars Heartbeat City

 

[pseudoid]

Do you recall this one?

One unique aspect of the album was its packaging. The initial pressing of In Through the Out Door was sold with a brown paper bag covering the album sleeve. The bag had the album title and band name printed on it in a plain font. The idea behind this was to encourage fans to purchase the album based on its music rather than its packaging, as the band believed that their previous albums had been successful primarily due to their iconic album covers.

The original album featured an unusual gimmick: The outer sleeve was made to look like a plain brown paper bag, reminiscent of similarly packaged bootleg album sleeves with the title rubber-stamped on it, and the inner sleeve featured black and white line artwork which when wiped with a wet rag or sponge would activate an invisible ink and become permanently colored. There were also six different cover sleeve variants (A - F) featuring a different pair of photos for the front and back, and the external brown paper sleeve meant that it was impossible for record buyers to tell which sleeve they were getting. The corresponding letter was printed on the spine to indicate which cover variant it was, and this was sometimes exposed while the record was still sealed.

In addition to the music, the packaging of the album also became a collector's item, with many fans seeking out the initial pressing with the brown paper bag. The packaging added an element of mystery and intrigue to the album, encouraging fans to delve deeper into the music and appreciate it on its own merits.

LED ZEPPELIN In Through The Out Door w/Paper Bag Album Cover Gallery & 12" Vinyl LP Discography Information #vinylrecords

Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door w/Paper Bag, LP This page has quality photos of album covers, record label and detailed description.

vinyl-records.nl

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BTW: Not all of the 6 album 'sleeves' (A - F) were distributed in the US or the UK, as I recall. I had won all 6 different album covers sleeves thru a promotion.

 

[GD Fan]

Do you recall this one?
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BTW: Not all of the 6 album 'sleeves' (A - F) were distributed in the US or the UK, as I recall. I had won all 6 different album covers sleeves thru a promotion.

Sadly that was their one album totally worth forgetting.

Cool to have the original sleeve though.

 

[Martini]

Do you recall this one?
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BTW: Not all of the 6 album 'sleeves' (A - F) were distributed in the US or the UK, as I recall. I had won all 6 different album covers sleeves thru a promotion.

I do. I think my copy came that way, but I ripped the bag trying to put real album sleeve back into it, so trashed it.

 

[Martini]

Sadly that was their one album totally worth forgetting.

Cool to have the original sleeve though.

While not there best, I don't think it was the worst either. Some of Jimmy Page's guitar work on the album, seemed to foretell the coming "grunge" guitar sound.

 

[GD Fan]

While not there best, I don't think it was the worst either. Some of Jimmy Page's guitar work on the album, seemed to foretell the coming "grunge" guitar sound.

That's interesting, will definitely give it a fresh listen with that in mind (caveat being I am a lifelong hater of grunge music, but a lifelong lover of Jimmy Page's guitar work).

Out of curiosity, if Out Door isn't their worst to you which is? I left aside Coda for the obvious reason it was odds and ends and not really finished songs.

 

[pseudoid]

II

Sadly that was their one album totally worth forgetting.

Fact: The album [In Through the Out Door] was a huge commercial success; it went to No.#1 on the Billboard 200 in its second week on the American chart. It also went to No.#1 in the UK, Canada, and New Zealand...

 

[pavuol]

PETER MATTHEW BAUER - LIBERATION!
[SEEN Studio]

 

[Timcognito]

Was a huge fan of this album and disappointed after the acoustic guitar work left the band after. The cover was cool. "Oh the humanity"

 

[Killingbeans]

Frank Zappa - Over-nite Sensation:

 

[pseudoid]

If we haven't already [?], we should have posted this, before it got first dibs by Chang’e 6:

The iconic album cover, produced by Storm Thorgerson’s legendary design agency Hipgnosis, is a seminal reference point in pop culture and modern art. Unsurprisingly, it makes for a popular band t-shirt design and figures consistently and prominently on “best album cover” lists.

The original cover to Pink Floyd's landmark 1973 concept album, Dark Side of the Moon, recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the help of legendary engineer Alan Parsons. The album featured the most advanced studio techniques of the time.
This is one of the most recognized rock icons in history.

 

[pavuol]

Les Big Byrd - They Worshipped Cats

 

[sergeauckland]

Two I've liked, probably more than the music itself were both by Mark Wilkinson.

I suppose they appeal to my rare nihilistic thoughts.

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