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zappaholic 
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 Posted: June 25 2010 at 20:18 |
 Slartibartfast wrote:
DamoXt7942 wrote:
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That is a pretty funny cover. The work they did for the Lamb was outstanding and gets my vote. No doubt those guys did some of the best album artwork. Does anyone know if they're still at it? I also find it amusing that they really did set the guy on fire for Wish You Were Here.
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Storm Thorgerson is still cranking them out, as far as I know. Don't know about Aubrey Powell.
Storm, with and without Hipgnosis, is one of the all-time great album cover artists.
/voted WYWH
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The Truth
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Posted: June 25 2010 at 23:34 |
Wish You Were Here because that guy is really on fire!
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 01:06 |
Dean wrote:
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"WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!"
-The Great Gig in the Sky
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richardh
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 03:17 |
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The Nice - Elegy (the ones with the red balls lined up across the desert sand)
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Kazuhiro
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 03:51 |
Various opinions have gathered.
Another favorite of me
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ten years after
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 05:02 |
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I hadn't realised that Hipgnosis did the Quatermass cover. This is one of the classic covers and raises them considerably in my estimation.
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ko
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 05:54 |
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Wish You Were Here is an iconic artwork in the history, no question.
Edited by ko - June 26 2010 at 05:57
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Dean
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 06:24 |
ten years after wrote:
I hadn't realised that Hipgnosis did the Quatermass cover. This is one of the classic covers and raises them considerably in my estimation. |
Quatermass is not a great cover simply because it doesn't work in a square format of a single album or CD inlay.
It only works as a gatefold, and for that it is magnificent:
Edited by Dean - June 26 2010 at 12:56
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What?
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 06:51 |
^ Wow! 
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The Monodrone
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 09:34 |
^ I love the Quartermass cover design; brilliant.
Out of these choices, I'll go with The Lamb... but my favorite Hipgnosis design is probably De-loused in the Comatorium (TMV).
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otto pankrock
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 09:40 |
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Argus. Beautiful, ominous...flying saucer...
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The Runaway
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 11:27 |
ten years after wrote:
I hadn't realised that Hipgnosis did the Quatermass cover. This is one of the classic covers and raises them considerably in my estimation. |
QFT
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