AndrewHill Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 I did not know that miles could play left-handed weird, seems like he really did both, or am I seeing something wrong (or did they mirror all those images...) Maybe he was ambidextrous. Quote
mikeweil Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 Mindless mirroring of images for covers is more common than one might like to believe! Quote
AndrewHill Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 With a line-up of Dave Burrell, William Parker and Sunny Murray, this is the best they can do with the cover art? When I first saw this CD, I almost made the mistake of thinking that it was some cheesy beach party album. Good thing I looked at twice and bought it because its actually really really good. Quote
Brownian Motion Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Posted June 15, 2007 This one is both inappropriate and ugly. Quote
JohnBlutarski Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 Pretty much anything in Fantasy's "Legends of Acid Jazz". Guy I agree with you. Quote
JohnBlutarski Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 I did not know that miles could play left-handed weird, seems like he really did both, or am I seeing something wrong (or did they mirror all those images...) In think they mirrorred the big one. JB Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) Jutta Hipp on L&R user posted image but the music is wonderful!!! keep boppin´ marcel Amazingly hideous. Too bad, especially 'cos some of the Lippman-produced CBS records had some really nice jackets! Edited June 15, 2007 by clifford_thornton Quote
BruceH Posted June 15, 2007 Report Posted June 15, 2007 And they say he spent time in a mental institution. Quote
Kalo Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 And they say he spent time in a mental institution. Powell or the artist? Quote
Kalo Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 Nothing new under the sun there, Shawn! Take any number of 70s or 80s reissue LP's of 50s (or even earlier) music and what will you see? Early 50s Baker-Mulligan quartets endorsed by a bearded, long-haired viking (guess who? :D), any number of swing or mainstream musicians that looked well past the visual sell-by date compared to the music that predated the cover pics by at least 30 years, etc. etc. There was a French RCA reissue series (the one with the red and white spine) that was particularly bad in this respect. Too bad in many cases they are clearly doing the musicians a big disservice as this kind of cover will not even reinforce their position as "elder statesmen of jazz" (which may have been their original intention - if any thinking went into the artwork at all). Picked up the "Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip" reissue of Anita O'Day's 1947 Signature recordings on the Bob Thiele reissue label the other day. My, that pic of her in that garish 70s garb sure is not all that flattering .... It's really odd why the reisue labels went to such great efforts to modernize covers for such a long time yet ended up with such clumsy results that are totally out of tune (literally...) with the musical contents ... There can really be no excuse for this abomination. Ugly, incongruous... and back to front! This is a pet peeve of mine. I mean, WTF, it isn't as if the album in question was obscure!! You could make a good case for this being the most famous jazz album of all time, and they can't be bothered to dig up the original cover? The corporate love for jazz boggles the mind. They couldn't even bother to dig up the original master tape for that one, as I recall. Fucking shameless. Quote
Kalo Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 In a word: Yikes! Lose the glasses and that would be a great cover for an album by the Rondo Hatton Memorial Orchestra. Quote
Chas Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 Someone tired of all those covers featuring preternaturally attractive fembots was shooting for a more natural beauty with this cover , but missed the mark and landed in uglyville . Quote
Kalo Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 Someone tired of all those covers featuring preternaturally attractive fembots was shooting for a more natural beauty with this cover , but missed the mark and landed in uglyville . Not really ugly. Just kind of plain... Quote
JSngry Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 Someone tired of all those covers featuring preternaturally attractive fembots was shooting for a more natural beauty with this cover , but missed the mark and landed in uglyville . Is that K.D. Lang? Quote
Kalo Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 Someone tired of all those covers featuring preternaturally attractive fembots was shooting for a more natural beauty with this cover , but missed the mark and landed in uglyville . Is that K.D. Lang? It's Patti Smith, in her dreams... Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 Yes, but Patti doesn't shave her pits... Quote
Kalo Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 Yes, but Patti doesn't shave her pits... Nothing wrong with that. Quote
slide_advantage_redoux Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 That one is downright disturbing! Talk about your jazz nightmares. Quote
Kalo Posted June 16, 2007 Report Posted June 16, 2007 That one is downright disturbing! Talk about your jazz nightmares. And only one of those five faces looks anything like Farmer. (The one in the middle if you're keeping score.) Quote
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