Worst looking CD/LP artwork

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AnotherSpin

#5320
June 20, 2025, 08:41:05 AM
Quote from: KevinP on June 20, 2025, 04:15:04 AM

Not so much bad as it is a head-scratcher.

Had the photograph been alone?

Were these musicians alone and then found each other?

And while they may not be alone, can I just point out the oddness of a cover with five people claiming to be an octet?

It instantly conjured up that peak propaganda moment in Russia — the grand parade of stick-mounted portraits of "heroic grandpas" who allegedly fought in the war.

steve ridgway

#5321
June 20, 2025, 08:13:41 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 20, 2025, 08:33:23 AMIt took a while to piece together in my mind, but I think the five people are the four composers of new works and the octet's conductor?

Truly baffling.

They have come to rescue Stravinsky from his lonely obscurity?  ::)

KevinP

#5322
June 20, 2025, 10:18:19 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 20, 2025, 08:33:23 AMIt took a while to piece together in my mind, but I think the five people are the four composers of new works and the octet's conductor?

Truly baffling.

I think you're right. I had considered they were the other composers, which would explain the Stravinsky photo, but I didn't consider the conductor so it didn't add up.

A good example of what one of my professors in grad school referred to as COIK-- Clear Only If Known.

Brian

#5323
June 24, 2025, 05:57:44 AM
These were released by the same label in the same year (1993)!!!

Kalevala

#5324
June 24, 2025, 06:14:35 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2025, 05:57:44 AMThese were released by the same label in the same year (1993)!!!


Oh, boy!  :o  ::)

K

pjme

#5325
June 24, 2025, 06:50:46 AM
Quote from: KevinP on June 20, 2025, 04:15:04 AM

Not so much bad as it is a head-scratcher. ???
This photograph simply says: we had no money for a (real) photographer, an art director, a graphic designer.  :o

pjme

#5326
June 24, 2025, 06:53:03 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2025, 05:57:44 AMThese were released by the same label in the same year (1993)!!!


wasn't Naxos in 1993 a cheap label? 

71 dB

#5327
June 24, 2025, 09:07:30 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2025, 05:57:44 AMThese were released by the same label in the same year (1993)!!!



I have the Brahms. It was my first Brahms CD in the early days of my journey into classical music (late 90s). I think it is a good release. Admittedly the cover art for these two releases look ridiculously similar. Maybe it is a mishap and they intended to use different paintings.
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71 dB

#5328
June 24, 2025, 09:16:55 AM
Quote from: pjme on June 24, 2025, 06:53:03 AMwasn't Naxos in 1993 a cheap label?
I believe by 1993 Naxos had begun to leave its "cheapo label" phase behind.
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#5329
June 27, 2025, 03:31:00 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2025, 05:57:44 AMThese were released by the same label in the same year (1993)!!!



Proof that Brahms is but a pale imitation of Mendelssohn.
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ritter

#5330
June 27, 2025, 04:32:21 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2025, 05:57:44 AMThese were released by the same label in the same year (1993)!!!


Well, the graphic designers at Sony really strained their brains to the limit with these two:





Someone said "This is the only surviving photograph of Webern", and the others believed him.
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71 dB

#5331
June 27, 2025, 07:29:39 AM
We have gone from "worst looking CD/LP artwork" to "graphic designers are lazy and lack creativity."

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#5332
June 30, 2025, 04:17:42 AM Last Edit: June 30, 2025, 04:19:14 AM by Peter Power Pop
Quote from: 71 dB on June 27, 2025, 07:29:39 AMWe have gone from "worst looking CD/LP artwork" to "graphic designers are lazy and lack creativity."

I'm inclined to think the two go hand-in-hand.

Wanderer

#5333
June 30, 2025, 04:52:05 AM
Quote from: ritter on June 27, 2025, 04:32:21 AMWell, the graphic designers at Sony really strained their brains to the limit with these two:


What, he moved!  :laugh:

Number Six

#5334
August 17, 2025, 04:28:34 PM
Quote from: 71 dB on June 24, 2025, 09:16:55 AMI believe by 1993 Naxos had begun to leave its "cheapo label" phase behind.

It took me some time to stop thinking of them in similar terms as the Laserlight label. (anyone remember that one?)

DavidW

#5335
August 17, 2025, 06:31:27 PM
Quote from: Number Six on August 17, 2025, 04:28:34 PMIt took me some time to stop thinking of them in similar terms as the Laserlight label. (anyone remember that one?)

I do! This is a keeper, my introduction to the piece and a great recording:

Number Six

#5336
August 17, 2025, 07:34:44 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 17, 2025, 06:31:27 PMI do! This is a keeper, my introduction to the piece and a great recording:



Nice! Netherlands PO sounds like a relatively legit outfit.
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