Bizzarre Classical LP/CD Covers

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Mirror Image

February 28, 2016, 05:43:44 PM
Pretty self-explantory: I'll start with this one:

XB-70 Valkyrie

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February 28, 2016, 10:31:02 PM
One of hte worst offenders has to be the Richter WTC on RCA. Lots of blood and and what-have-you all over the place. WTF? I love the performance, but it has to be one of the worst covers ever.
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Mirror Image

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February 29, 2016, 06:44:32 AM Last Edit: February 29, 2016, 12:16:20 PM by Mirror Image
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on February 28, 2016, 10:31:02 PM
One of hte worst offenders has to be the Richter WTC on RCA. Lots of blood and and what-have-you all over the place. WTF? I love the performance, but it has to be one of the worst covers ever.

Well worst isn't exactly what I had in mind for this thread since a bad CD/LP cover thread already exists, but, yes, Richter surrounded by blood doesn't strike me as a pleasing visual experience. :)

Abuelo Igor

#3
February 29, 2016, 08:30:29 AM
Do a couple or tiny red splotches qualify as "lots of blood"? And the rest of the bodily fluids hinted at are maybe in the eye of the beholder...

L'enfant, c'est moi.

Sergeant Rock

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February 29, 2016, 08:47:04 AM



Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
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Mirror Image

#5
February 29, 2016, 09:10:46 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 29, 2016, 08:47:04 AM



Sarge

I love the facial expression there: "Don't come near me! I will cut you!" :D

ritter

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February 29, 2016, 12:58:07 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 29, 2016, 08:47:04 AM



Sarge
The picture is bizarre (and even more so cut up into pieces as on this cover)..but yet, there's an explanation: I read somewhere (can't for the life of me locate the source now  :-[ ) that Enescu was mimicking some famous actor's impersonation of Oedipus...

kishnevi

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February 29, 2016, 06:32:28 PM
Quote from: ritter on February 29, 2016, 12:58:07 PM
The picture is bizarre (and even more so cut up into pieces as on this cover)..but yet, there's an explanation: I read somewhere (can't for the life of me locate the source now  :-[ ) that Enescu was mimicking some famous actor's impersonation of Oedipus...

I remember the cover and the explanation from our own bad cover art thread.

mc ukrneal

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February 29, 2016, 07:07:30 PM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on February 29, 2016, 08:30:29 AM
Do a couple or tiny red splotches qualify as "lots of blood"? And the rest of the bodily fluids hinted at are maybe in the eye of the beholder...


I don't mind the cover. I always thought the red color was wax that was used to seal envelopes.
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ritter

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March 01, 2016, 03:02:02 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 29, 2016, 06:32:28 PM
I remember the cover and the explanation from our own bad cover art thread.
Indeed..sometimes things are much closer than you thought. Voilà  :)

HIPster

#10
March 01, 2016, 05:25:09 PM
Surprise! It's Gombert!


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Wise words from Que:

Never waste a good reason for a purchase....  ;)

JCBuckley

#11
March 02, 2016, 02:53:48 AM
Some of Bartoli's covers are awful (what the hell were they thinking with Sacrificium???), but this thing really takes some beating:

aukhawk

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March 02, 2016, 05:15:43 AM
Two that seem quite bizarre to me ...




pjme

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March 02, 2016, 05:42:02 AM Last Edit: March 02, 2016, 05:48:44 AM by pjme
Quote from: JCBuckley on March 02, 2016, 02:53:48 AM
Some of Bartoli's covers are awful (what the hell were they thinking with Sacrificium???), but this thing really takes some beating:

Check out Erwin Olaf's website:

http://www.erwinolaf.com/

He is...special...




Erwin himself



A (non provocative) photo ...but the rest....Be rather careful.



P.

Luke

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March 05, 2016, 04:11:07 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 29, 2016, 06:32:28 PM
I remember the cover and the explanation from our own bad cover art thread.

Yes, that was from me. The explanation is in Noel Malcolm's biography.
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