I've followed the "worst CD artwork" thread for a while. It's fun, but relentlessly negative (by definition, of course). Who'd've dreamt it would get to 138 pages, and still going strong?
There is one cover I am really struck by every time I see it (I don't own it, btw). So much so that I feel compelled to say something. There is no thread for good cover art, so I've made this one. Perhaps this will only be a one post thread ???, but I find this cover so classy and modestly elegant that I want to formally make note of my appreciation.
I love album art. The "original jacket" reissues are a godsend, IMO. Industrial/commercial art may be the bete noir of a certain kind of purist, but I think many examples should be recognized as true fine art.
Anyway, if you've got a favorite, feel free to post.
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Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 16, 2016, 02:31:46 AM
I've followed the "worst CD artwork" thread for a while. It's fun, but relentlessly negative (by definition, of course). Who'd've dreamt it would get to 138 pages, and still going strong?
There is one cover I am really struck by every time I see it (I don't own it, btw). So much so that I feel compelled to say something. There is no thread for good cover art, so I've made this one. Perhaps this will only be a one post thread ???, but I find this cover so classy and modestly elegant that I want to formally make note of my appreciation.
I love album art. The "original jacket" reissues are a godsend, IMO. Industrial/commercial art may be the bete noir of a certain kind of purist, but I think many examples should be recognized as true fine art.
Anyway, if you've got a favorite, feel free to post.
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What do you call these, then? ;)
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,19.0.html
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23067.html
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 16, 2016, 02:31:46 AM
There is no thread for good cover art
Yes, there is:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,25348.msg933625.html#msg933625
My favorite hands down is this:
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/499/MI0003499652.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
Quote from: North Star on April 16, 2016, 06:01:14 AM
What do you call these, then? ;)
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,19.0.html
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23067.html
Quote from: Florestan on April 16, 2016, 06:07:20 AM
Yes, there is:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,25348.msg933625.html#msg933625
My favorite hands down is this:
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/499/MI0003499652.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
Whoops, my bad :-[ :-[
Hadn't seen either of these. The more robust of the two (14 pages) has been dead two years, about when I first joined.
I think this one is cute:
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The worst artwork thread is bit tiring to look at, maybe this one could be resuscitated for balance.
Here's one I liked recently:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61VYVQpztmL.jpg)
Striking cover image:
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I also like this one:
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The striking series of abstracts on the old David Atherton/London Sinfonietta Schoenberg LPs (which I don't think ever made it onto CD - great pity):
(http://classicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/SDD519.jpg)
(http://classicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/SDD520.jpg)
(http://classicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/SXLK6660.jpg)
Quote from: DaveF on March 25, 2018, 01:53:14 PM
The striking series of abstracts on the old David Atherton/London Sinfonietta Schoenberg LPs (which I don't think ever made it onto CD - great pity):
Some of them did, but the covers aren't as striking:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51SOOoBOsvL._SY355_.jpg) (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51X8mttrd5L._SY355_.jpg)
As for some favorite covers of mine, I really enjoyed this series (unfortunately out of print) on the Japanese King Records label:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/3177DJX9S7L.jpg) (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31YSMKHZPBL.jpg) (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/319BH5240DL.jpg) (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31NP1WCFQVL.jpg) (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31MTH4EBJDL.jpg)
Both fitting and elegant.
Many great covers haven't survived LP to CD transition. Another one is Neumann's Suphaphon Mahler cycle. I still have a few of these.
(https://img.cdandlp.com/2016/02/imgL/118015763.jpg) (https://img.discogs.com/EsPq05gKAMLFWh8g5ellyKsTK1Y=/fit-in/600x602/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6879619-1470581763-1813.jpeg.jpg)
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Quote from: Draško on March 25, 2018, 05:03:41 AM
The worst artwork thread is bit tiring to look at, maybe this one could be resuscitated for balance.
Here's one I liked recently:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61VYVQpztmL.jpg)
Good stuff.
And I think I noticed this cover posted elsewhere on the forum in recent times.
I totally love the set of Nørgård symphonies on Da Capo. The first one came out some years before the others.
(https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/195/MI0001195290.jpg?partner=allrovi.com) (https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0004/080/MI0004080191.jpg?partner=allrovi.com) (https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0004/069/MI0004069667.jpg?partner=allrovi.com) (https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/745/MI0003745521.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
Quote from: Mahlerian on March 25, 2018, 02:26:40 PM
Some of them did, but the covers aren't as striking:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51SOOoBOsvL._SY355_.jpg) (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51X8mttrd5L._SY355_.jpg)
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Yeah, bo-RING. I don't think the Verklärte Nacht/Chamber symphony disc was ever CD'd - both tremendously good performances. There was also another, IIRC, including
Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, which I couldn't find on a quick image search. Interestingly, the cover of the one LP I do still have (VN/Chamber symph) is identified as "Study in Colour" by Rayment Kirkby which, given that gentleman's credentials, would suggest it is a work of photography rather than painting.
I didn't know this thread was still alive :-\
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My high school math teacher once told me that a man should never be without at least one pair of red knee high socks. An advice I always heeded (and a true story). I was truly awful in math.
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My favorite recording, also.
Love Arcana--music and artwork. Classy label.
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