1970s BN Rainbow cover LPs vs. Japanese King LPs

[JSngry]

A slice of the top (but of what? A Jailhose on Lonely Avenue?):

[JSngry]

Trapped & blocked in (an unavoidable consequence):

[JSngry]

A downward spiral into oblivion (with just enough light for those who care to see it happening):

[JSngry]

The midnight sun (in the desert):

[JSngry]

Self explanatory (and more than a little haunting):

[JSngry]

It was all a blur when you were:

[JSngry]

3:

[JSngry]

Self-explanatory (in Capuchin Swing-esque green:

[JSngry]

Again, self-explanatory (and note that not even the animals have faces anymore):

[JSngry]

This lament is not that disimiar to that of the also deceased Tom Cat, is it?

[JSngry]

Well, yeah. You've spun your wheels into the anonymity of:

and they never stop spinning, do they...

[JSngry]

One key left. Just one.

[JSngry]

They creep by night, behind closed blinds:

[JSngry]

USED to be live...

[JSngry]

But this is weirder than all of 'em!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

The car covers live!

(But the car's abandoned now...):

In sincere (?) imitation of "Don't mess with Mr T"

MG

[JSngry]

Could be...

[brownie]

Cover photo by Jurgen Reisch

[brownie]

[Dmitry]

I'd dig these covers on ECM albums, but they just don't do it for me as far as feeling the music that's on the Lps they house. My personal opinion, of course.

Not to diss the photos themselvs, of course. Come to think of it, we don't know if they were taken specifically for the purpose of these covers, of were pulled by an art director from portfolios in a photo agency or a gallery someplace. At least I don't know.

As art work goes some of these covers would look quite in place in a classy lounge in Chelsea. Apple Martini, anyone?

[andybleaden]

Trapped & blocked in (an unavoidable consequence):

Weird stuff is when you scroll this one up and down the stripes seem to grow and shrink....heavy man!

Try it and see

(the jackie mclean one)

[ASNL77]

Up for this topic. I have most of the King pressings of these titles and they have cost me quite a lot of money. There is no question that they sound better than the American pressings. Could anybody post a list of the Rainbow titles, please? It seems to me that quite a lot of them were not reissued by King. Does that mean that some of these titles are only available on LP in this Rainbow series?

Edited May 25, 2008 by ASNL77

[porcy62]

I haven't got any list of Rainbow, though I own several of them, but this thread reminds me that I'd have like some of this stuff reissued in the recent 45 rpm series, instead of the most common big stuff, easier to find in one of the several reissues.

[ASNL77]

I haven't got any list of Rainbow, though I own several of them, but this thread reminds me that I'd have like some of this stuff reissued in the recent 45 rpm series, instead of the most common big stuff, easier to find in one of the several reissues.

Exactly Porcy! It is exactly what I think. The 45 RPM series is brilliant but so many of these titles have been reissued by King, Classic records etc etc...Why is it that these titles do not get the attention they deserve? A lot of them are cracking sessions!

BTW, I have found a list on the following website! Great site!

http://www.jazzdisco.org/bluenote/lt-cat/

Edited May 25, 2008 by ASNL77

[sidewinder]

But when this stuff started coming out, starting with the twofers with the brown paper bag look, it was bloomin' wonderful! I mean, you just didn't care which versions you got! As soon as I saw one I bought it (a slight exaggeration - there were a few I didn't want). We had no idea in the late '70s that there were all these gems that had never been issued.

That was completely my feeling at the time as well. Bl**dy motherlode !