Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[AnotherSpin]

It doesn't look bad at all if you fix it if you ask me:

Yes, it looks better, if no one pays attention that Orthodox church domes has nothing to do with Bruckner. Can you fix the violin on Leonid Kogan's album?

P.S. I think I first heard Bruckner's 5th in this exact performance about 40 years ago on a Melodiya LP. Original cover from discogs:

[pjme]

Is this a CD?

I wish it was ....
Actually, Le roi David exists in three versions :
as a"drame biblique", a play (as performed in 1921 at the théâtre du Jorat/Mézières - Switzerland), with numerous spoken roles and music  (soprano, alto, tenor solo,  mixed chorus + small ensemble: 2 flutes (1 doubles piccolo), oboe (doubles English horn),2 clarinets (1 doubles bass clarinet?), bassoon, horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion, celesta, harmonium, piano, double bass (cello ad lib.).
as a Psaume symphonique -symphonic psalm (1923): idem version 1921  no spoken roles, condensed texts spoken by 1 reciter
as Psaume symphonique - idem, but re-orchestrated for large orchestra (+ organ and harp).

The "original" drama with music, has, afaik, never been recorded. The other versions have been recorded several times.

The 1921 aesthetics seem rather primitive unusual today....(think of Cecil B.De Milles Sign of the cross etc. + a good dose of Swiss Eurythmie/Dalcroze...)

[Peter Power Pop]

Executive decision. The whole series were like that.

I think this one is my favourite, mainly for the violin that's had the "warp" filter applied to it:

[71 dB]

Can you fix the violin on Leonid Kogan's album?

It is difficult to completely un-warp the violin, because I don't know the exact warping parameters, but here is my fixed cover art with 95 % un-warped violin:

[T. D.]

Maybe not outrageously ugly, but a weirdly unattractive cover.

[Peter Power Pop]

Maybe not outrageously ugly, but a weirdly unattractive cover.

Yeah, that's all sorts of "Nope".

[Peter Power Pop]

Maybe not outrageously ugly, but a weirdly unattractive cover.

Here's another one from the same guy:



[Jonas Kullhammar Quartet on Bandcamp]

[AnotherSpin]

It is difficult to completely un-warp the violin, because I don't know the exact warping parameters, but here is my fixed cover art with 95 % un-warped violin:

Most likely, this violin will never be returned... Surprisingly, the original envelopes of these Kogan concerts looked quite decent. Here, for example, is the envelope of the LP with Barsukov's concerto:

[Brian]

Maybe not outrageously ugly, but a weirdly unattractive cover.

I also enjoy the "Plays Loud" title. 

[Roasted Swan]

Honeggers 1921 oratorium isn't a biblical film from the sixties, nor a cheap musical flick for some American religious TV channel....

For the first performances in the Théâtre du Jorat, no six packs or soupy sunsets were chosen:


Mézières 1921 - quite fun aswell... biblical Smurfs and lots of old curtains:)

to the bolded - that made me chuckle!!

[71 dB]

I also enjoy the "Plays Loud" title. 

Yeah, it is very comical. Whether it is intentional or not I don't know.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Most likely, this violin will never be returned... Surprisingly, the original envelopes of these Kogan concerts looked quite decent. Here, for example, is the envelope of the LP with Barsukov's concerto:

Reminds me that I keep meaning to come up with a cheat sheet to have on me (or on my phone) for when I am a record store and come across old Melodiya records as I can't read Russian!  If I'm lucky, I'll at least recognize the composer or possibly the artist. 

At least some of it is in English--whew! 

[AnotherSpin]

Reminds me that I keep meaning to come up with a cheat sheet to have on me (or on my phone) for when I am a record store and come across old Melodiya records as I can't read Russian!  If I'm lucky, I'll at least recognize the composer or possibly the artist. 

At least some of it is in English--whew! 

You can use Google Translate on your smartphone. When you hover over Cyrillic text, it translates to the language of your choice.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

You can use Google Translate on your smartphone. When you hover over Cyrillic text, it translates to the language of your choice.

Oooh!  Thanks for the tip!  I have an older phone, but will see if I can use the app. 

PD

[KevinP]

How do you hover over on a smart phone?

[JBS]

How do you hover over on a smart phone?

Correction: use Google Lens (the camera icon in the Google app search bar).

[Madiel]

Maybe not outrageously ugly, but a weirdly unattractive cover.

Outrageously ugly is a description I'd be quite comfortable with.

What happened to his neck??

[DavidW]

I love how bad that looks, I could see taking the head and making that my avatar!

[Peter Power Pop]

I love how bad that looks, I could see taking the head and making that my avatar!

Here ya go:



If you don't like the cropping, here's the original to work from:

[DavidW]

Perfection!