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Alela Diane and Headless Heroes / The Silence of Love
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The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion, The Incredible String Band:

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Hmmf! I know the Incredible String Band (even have one or two of their rekkids) but this album/cover I've not seen before.
Now I wonder which was ripped off by umm, I mean, "inspired" which? I suspect I know :(

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Hmmf! I know the Incredible String Band (even have one or two of their rekkids) but this album/cover I've not seen before.
Now I wonder which was ripped off by umm, I mean, "inspired" which? I suspect I know :(

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Rick Griffin and "The Fool" are a million miles from each other.

The Fool famously painted the side of the Apple boutique for the Beatles:

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Like many other poster artists in San Francisco in the sixties, Rick Griffin would collaborate with other local artists, in this case Victor Moscosco:
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I second Björk's Homogenic. Dazzling. Someone beat me to it. Post is also an excellent cover:


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Bauhaus — Burning From the Inside

The Church — Seance

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The Cure — Seventeen Seconds


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The Church — Remote Luxury (double EP)

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Jane Siberry. It seems I like intentionally blurred artwork.

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New Order's best cover (Power, Corruption, & Lies):

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It's supposed to be a building but it looks like a toe.

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Would be better without the text at the bottom. Can't find a clearer photo, unfortunately.

The next one is too basic but it's notable for objectifying the male body rather than the female, which is pretty rare for that time period. It also has some energy to it even though the design is intentionally low-rent. Even the band's name is basic. Some good tunes on the record, too:

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The following covers are on the corny side but I sort of like them anyway:

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Siouxsie & The Banshees (rips off Klimpt)
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A bad case of overacting, especially the guitarist. His expression is even more overacted on the back cover, while Morrison's is humorously poetic. Still, for the time period, it's fairly creative.

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Terrible record but great cover. The inside also has a good pic of her in a sort of cascade of poses.

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Unintentionally humorous and yet a great cover. I think that's Mr. Rumbold's sister on the right.

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The old, 'selling classical music with sex' ploy. I don't know about anyone else, but I always want a good beaver shot with my Holst.

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I like to think of it as a value-added proposition. This happens to be a phenomenal production. I bought this one for the repertoire, but the cover didn't drive me away:


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