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Steve Hitsman
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Waterloo, IL
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Posted 12 Nov 2007 7:07 am |
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The thread in the humor forum on worst album covers got me thinking about the best. Here's my all-time favorite:
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John Steele (deceased)
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 12 Nov 2007 9:44 am
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Here's mine:
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-John |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 12 Nov 2007 9:45 am
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2007 12:40 pm
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It don't get any better than this one.
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 12 Nov 2007 12:43 pm
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| I guess some qualify as both the best and the worst... the eye of the beholder. |
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Mike Winter
From:
Portland, OR
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Posted 12 Nov 2007 3:50 pm
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"A pink house seated in the sun of Overlook Mountain in West Saugerties, New York. Big Pink bore this music and these songs along its way. It's the first witness of this album that's been thought and composed right there inside its walls."
The songs that came from that nondescript pink house back in '67 & '68 have been a lasting influence on my musical life over the years. 
Last edited by Mike Winter on 13 Nov 2007 8:34 am; edited 1 time in total |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2007 8:40 pm
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 12 Nov 2007 9:50 pm
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Mike Winter,When I used to live in Upstate N.Y. I passed that house about a million times,I always slowed way down just to get the feel of the place. 
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 13 Nov 2007 10:28 am
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I don't have a picture of it but one of my favorite album covers of all time would have to go to Linda Ronstadt's "Silk Purse"..... It featured a picture of Linda in cutoffs (Daisy Mae outfit) and sort of resembeling Moonbeam McSwine in the old L'il Abner cartoon strip complete with pigs in the pen. I was in total love with her at that time as she was the hottest thing on the planet and looked so sexy in that cover. (front & back)..........JH in Va.
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 13 Nov 2007 10:40 am
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Ya mean this one?
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2007 10:01 pm
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 13 Nov 2007 10:10 pm
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How much more black can it be?
None more...none more black. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 14 Nov 2007 7:41 am
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Steve, thanks for posting that shot of her album.... That's the one! Ain't she sweet?
Britt, I'd forgotten about that one, it's a keeper too........JH in Va.
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 14 Nov 2007 7:59 am
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I like these:
There's Something about Fifties sofas.... |
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Gary C. Dygert
From:
Frankfort, NY, USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2007 11:06 am
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| Brint, that cover is yummy. Mine has drool stains all over it. |
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Cody Campbell
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 14 Nov 2007 8:34 pm
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this one came to mind right away.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 16 Nov 2007 2:28 am
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Mike, i believe that was the first round cover/sleeve lp from those days
edited : in the uk in was in a round tin
(i had it & dug it  )
yep, the cat that did those Zappa covers was darn good too
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 16 Nov 2007 5:09 am
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You're right CrowBear. As I recall that was really a good album too. It's been a long time since I heard it.
Here's another.
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rodger_mcbride
From:
Minnesota
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Posted 16 Nov 2007 8:31 am
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My favorite....
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Mark Lind-Hanson
From:
Menlo Park, California, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2007 10:49 am
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P Gleespen
From:
Toledo, OH USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2007 10:54 am
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It wasn't until years later that I realized this was a parody of an Elvis cover. Ah, the ignorance of youth!
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2007 12:39 pm
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keeping it steel-centric, there is this really cool cover for a lloyd green record called "cool steel man" where he's got his steel setup on some rocks in the middle of this river with hot chicks all around him. i could only find really small photoos and dont own the album (tho I'd love to for the cover alone)
This album cover reveals the glamorous rugged playboy like lifestyle of your average pedal steel guitar player. How could you NOT wanna play steel after seein this cover? I picture myself in that shot saying to Mr. Green..."hey Lloyd, lets run up on those rocks and make love to one of those babes!"....Lloyd says..."no son, lets Walk up on those rocks and make love to ALL of those babes" |
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Cody Campbell
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 16 Nov 2007 2:38 pm
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| I've got that album cover. (I found it in an antique store record bin without the disc inside). I do have the album on CD along with "Mr. Nashville Sound". I borrowed them from my band's steel player and copied them onto CD. They were my introduction to Lloyd several years ago and I've been hooked ever since. My "cool steel man" sleeve has something special on the back: Lloyd's signature! I went up and got his autograph after hearing him play for 3 hours straight at Russ Hicks fish fry. I brought the album along just in case he was there. I had no idea he would be playing that day. Boy, was I in for a treat! |
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