ghost of miles Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Forwarded by my wife during a slow moment at work... Worstalbumcovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Thanks. This collection has been popular on many music forums a few months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Amazing that one of those covers is for an LP that spawned a huge top 40 hit, Still The One. What the hell were the members of Orleans thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Thanks. This collection has been popular on many music forums a few months ago. Hope I didn't double-post it here, Claude... I did a search first and couldn't turn it up. (Unless somebody posted it in the "silly jazz covers" thread--I confess I didn't want to flip through all 58 pages, or however long that one was. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 I don't know if it was posted here, GOM. I've seen it multiple times. But I browse too many message boards ... Here is the original page, from october last year: http://www.cenedella.com/stone/archives/000302.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 As long as we're (sorta) talking 'bout Orleans, isn't one of shania's hits a dead ringer for "Still the One"? Or does Mutt own the copyright on both of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 (edited) Those covers need captions! Except maybe this one: Priceless. Now, what about worst jazz album covers? I nominate this one: The Penguin Guide refers to the original cover of Paul Bley's Touching as having "one of the most unpleasant covers in the history of recorded music." Who can find this? (Unrelated side note: When will Dusty Groove ever stop referring to albums as "bits"? Maybe they need a taste of Ben Wallace: ) Edited February 24, 2004 by Late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 What's wrong with that? Hmmm, I wonder if perhaps Cook & Morton got their copy mixed up with a 70's porn stars Sings the Blues and You Do Too compilation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Dan Barrett needs to speak up for himself.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 One of the famous covers by Dutch artist Marte Roling! Some of her covers were discussed in this thread http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6378 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Burke Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 One of the famous covers by Dutch artist Marte Roling! Some of her covers were discussed in this thread http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6378 Yeah, I like those. Especially the Marion Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 here you are then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 I think they're referring to the UK Fontana version of "Touching," which has a silhouette of a woman's hand grasping the word "Touching" on a white background. It's actually kinda nice, I think. The Roling is preferable, however. Anybody ever seen the alternate UK jacket to the "Juba-Lee," retitled "The Visitor"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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clifford_thornton Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Yup, that's the one I have at home. Classy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 (edited) I still don't get it. "One of the most unpleasant covers in the history of recorded music." I thought it would be a picture of a vivisected monkey or something. Or maybe the inside of Nixon's left nostril. The covers that Couw's posted are tame I tell ya! Edit: Ah, they're referring to the Arista/Freedom pressing cover. Couw? Edited February 24, 2004 by Late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 I was never too keen on this one. I guess it was supposed to represent Bud's debilitating mental state, but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 now THAT looks like a vivisected monkey! yech! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Edit: Ah, they're referring to the Arista/Freedom pressing cover. Couw? AFAIK that's the one with the Marte Roling artwerk. Clifford? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 The Arista-Freedom is the "Copenhagen and Haarlem" twofer, which like most of their packages, has a shitty excuse for a cover. But that's not, 'original,' then, is it? I guess someone at Penguin doesn't dig Marte or the graphic design talents at Fontana. I don't know; I never trust CD guides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 I never trust CD guides. Never? Well, I hear you. I was just curious, as Cook & Morton's statement had me conjuring up all sorts of perverse and demented covers. Maybe as a practical joke, someone slipped Bley's LP into a Loni Anderson Sings Wagner jacket. That might be unpleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 Loni Anderson Sings Wagner you'll have to post that one yourself. I'm too lazy to search... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejo Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 (edited) I just picked this one up last weekend. Great music but what were those LP cover designers thinking? Ranks up there with Chick Corea’s smurf-themed Friends album. Edited February 25, 2004 by alejo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 It's amazing how many folks think that A-Fs are the original issues. This appears to be most often perpetuated by Penguin, AMG et al. Very unfortunate, the amount of misinformation out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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