Tag Archives: Album Covers
COVER PAIRS COLLECTED [PART THREE]
Give the people what they want. Or as the wonderfully named Roman, Juvenal, put it: give ’em “bread and circuses”. Good advice for popularist leaders everywhere. A couple of requests arose from the last cover pairs post. So today we have doctors and naughty bits. * Three Dog Night “Hard Labour” [Dunhill/ABC 1974] National Health “National Health” [Esoteric […]
COVER PAIRS REDUX [PART TWO]
The first compilation of pairs of album covers from the early days of Vinyl Connection seemed to go down quite well. So here is a second batch. #8 PLEASE MISTER POSTMAN Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band “Strictly Personal” [Blue Thumb, 1968] Free “Live” [Island, 1971] For extra postal authenticity, the Free album actually has a […]
COVER PAIRS REDUX
It all started with an idea that it would be fun to display some album cover art on the walls at Vinyl Connection Headquarters. Having a couple of suitable frames lolling about in the music room, it was simply a matter of negotiating with Ms Connection over where they should hang. Either side of the ugly old wall furnace on […]
2016 — SOME ALBUM COVERS*
* ARRIVING AT VINYL CONNECTION THIS YEAR Continuing an end-of-year tradition by sharing ten album covers that made an impression. Electronic music, particularly that made on analogue instruments, remains a favourite genre at Vinyl Connection. There have been a few releases that have made an impression, particularly this fascinating archival release by Suzanne Ciani. The cover art, part […]
10 SPACIER ALBUM COVERS
Space: The Vinyl Frontier This is the second voyage of the starship Vinyl Connection, its mission to collect space-themed album covers for your extra-terrestrial enjoyment. (The first voyage was here) Most of these are curated. That is, I’ve used the Connection tractor-beam to draw in covers to make a (hopefully) pleasing and aesthetically interesting constellation of covers. The […]
FIELD TESTING THE THEORY
It is a funny thing, the vinyl hunter-gathering lifestyle. Although I have a number of tasty records in transit from exotic locations world-wide (all right, you got me; from the US and UK), the prospect of a record fair last Sunday was too good to miss. A leave pass negotiated, off I trotted, returning home a […]
12 MORE HANDY ALBUM COVERS
In the grand Vinyl Connection tradition of beating an idea to death, we present part two of the album-covers-adorned-with-hands series (Part One is here). Again, these were chosen for variety but hopefully with a pleasing flow and some sort of unity of vision. Like the seemingly endless ‘Car’ cover posts, this one could also go on […]
10 HANDY ALBUM COVERS
A corny title, certainly. Yet possibly better than the second choice: 10 DIGITALLY ENHANCED LP COVERS. But what variety! New Age electronica, a krautrock classic, fusion, prog, an ex-Beatle, stains, dirt, x-rays and soap. Enjoy the covers, share faves, wonder about the music… * THE ALBUMS Passport – Ataraxia [Atlantic, 1977] Bo Hansson – Lord of the […]
9 VINYL HUNTER GATHERER POSTCARDS FROM ENGLAND
In the midst of a busy schedule of family activities and social re-connections here in merry old England there has been little time for listening or writing, so no words this week. But the committed Vinyl Hunter Gatherer will find ways both direct and devious to slink off to Charity shops or “accidentally” stumble into music shops […]
8 CAR COVERS – FROM THE INSIDE
The last instalment (for the time being) on ‘car’ themed album covers. This one was inspired by Victim of the Fury‘s suggestion of the Minutemen album. Got me thinking, are there other sleeves with a view from inside the car? Here are the ones I found… * THE ALBUMS Béla Fleck – Drive [Rounder, 1987] […]
10 MORE MOTORISED ALBUM COVERS
Not a sedan in sight as we venture into more exotic internal combustion territory. I’m sure there are album covers out there with traction engines adorning them, but sadly I couldn’t find one. So we’ll have to settle for motorbikes, vans, semi-trailers, agricultural vehicles, a bus or two and, er, a tank. Happy motoring! * […]
10 AUTO ALBUM COVERS – READER’S CHOICE
There was a great response to the recent post of album covers featuring automobiles. Folk enthusiastically shared suggestions for covers that could have been included and nominated some personal favourites. So why not build another ‘Car Covers’ post? I’ve added a few more of my own favourites too. * * THE COVERS Delany and Bonnie – On […]
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