Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[Peter Power Pop]

Ah, you ARE brilliant Peter! ...

Thanks.

... What shall you call it? "The birth of 20th century music"?

I like that title.

By the way, I extracted the chicken wings using the Magic Wand tool in my graphics program. I'm letting you know this because I had a little nerdy chuckle when I noticed the "Edge" setting I used (in the Properties section at the bottom of the image):

[Ken B]

D'oh! I just figured what the white thing on the cover is. It's sheet music on a stand.

And the guy, I think he might be Boulez!

[Moonfish]

And the guy, I think he might be Boulez!

Ha! You won't fool us Ken! You cheated and read the cover!!!

[Peter Power Pop]

I saw this cover and thought "No, no, no, no, no":



Maybe the person who thought that up was thinking of something like this:



But it just doesn't work for Debussy and Ravel.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

I saw this cover and thought "No, no, no, no, no":



Maybe the person who thought that up was thinking of something like this:



But it just doesn't work for Debussy and Ravel.

And to make matters worst that's not even Debussy!

[Peter Power Pop]

And to make matters worst that's not even Debussy!

Eep!

Let's turn that cover upside down, and...



Egad! An interloper.

So who is that on the cover?

Time to investigate.

[North Star]

And to make matters worst that's not even Debussy!

Give the designer a break - there can't be that many photographs from that time of men with a beard standing upside down.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Give the designer a break - there can't be that many photographs from that time of men with a beard standing upside down.

[Peter Power Pop]

And to make matters worst that's not even Debussy!

Give the designer a break - there can't be that many photographs from that time of men with a beard standing upside down.

I'm now determined to find out who our mystery man is.

Here is the right way up*:



And now a search for the identity of Mr. Mystery.

(*What an indignity for a 19th-century musician, to be put upside down on an album cover.)

[Peter Power Pop]

Wow, the Internet's quick.

Our mystery man is Édouard Manet.

This is the photo that was used:



Thank you, Internet.

[North Star]

Our mystery man is Édouard Manet

No wonder I was certain I had seen the man & the photo before. I really should have recognized him.

[Christo]

And the portrait of 'Ravel', BTW, is actually Leslie Nielsen:

[Abuelo Igor]

Wow, the Internet's quick.

Our mystery man is Édouard Manet.

I'm curious: Did you just type "18th century man with a beard" or can you actually search the net for appearances of that particular picture?

It may be that I lack the appropriate tool, but I don't know what I could have done to find that mysterious guy.

[Christo]

I'm curious: Did you just type "18th century man with a beard" or can you actually search the net for appearances of that particular picture?

It may be that I lack the appropriate tool, but I don't know what I could have done to find that mysterious guy.

That's correct: Google has the 'images search' function: one can upload an image and look for similar ones in Google (by clicking the camera icon to the right).

[North Star]

I'm curious: Did you just type "18th century man with a beard" or can you actually search the net for appearances of that particular picture?

It may be that I lack the appropriate tool, but I don't know what I could have done to find that mysterious guy.

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/images/searchbyimage.html

[Peter Power Pop]

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/images/searchbyimage.html

The Google Chrome browser also has a mighty helpful function: If you right-click on any image in a web page, you can select "Search Google for this image". It'll then see if it can find a match*.


(*Especially if you're looking for pictures of matches.)

[Peter Power Pop]

And the portrait of 'Ravel', BTW, is actually Leslie Nielsen:
 

Let me have another look...



You're right. That is Leslie Nielsen.

[North Star]

Let me have another look...



You're right. That is Leslie Nielsen.

Surely you've realized what possibilities this cover has for you, Peter? Endless combinations of Paavos, Yo-Yos & others await! 

[Peter Power Pop]

And the portrait of 'Ravel', BTW, is actually Leslie Nielsen:
 

Let me have another look...



You're right. That is Leslie Nielsen.

Considering the people involved, I think it's only fair that we update the text on the cover:

[North Star]

One might be forgotten to think that it should be this Nielsen.