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February 24, 2008
Cover Styles of the Young and Naked - A Warning!
Naked children and album covers do not mix! Don't let it happen to your son or daughter.
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The real story of the naked kid on Nirvana Nevermind - [VH1.com]
Whatever happened to the naked kids on Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy - [dailymail.co.uk]
The real story behind the naked girl holding a spaceship on Blind Faith's self titled album - [bobseidemann.com, photographer].
Photographer Bob Seidemann was hired for the cover design of Eric Clapton's new band in 1969. He titled his striking image of innocence meets human achievement Blind Faith. The name stuck for the group. The album art was changed (to a band picture) for the US release, but album art censorship is nothing new.
Posted by Rico | Permalink | TrackBackFebruary 18, 2008
Clown are Scary, Even on LP Album Covers
There are two types of people in the world: those freaked out by clowns, and those who mock us. Perhaps by posting these old LP album covers I can begin to exercise the fears. So here they are - 4 freaky clown covers from the past. Their smiles are hiding all that big top evilness... and they're watching me... I just know they are.
source: LP Cover Lover
Posted by Rico | PermalinkFebruary 11, 2008
Beatles Album Covers Lego'd
Seven famous Beatles album covers recreated - Lego style.
See them all: Bootlego Beatles
Pink Floyd Box Set Interactive Promotion
A great interactive promotion for Pink Floyd's 14 cd box set. The packaging is demonstrated nicely. One by one, each disc rises out from the box, leading to a jukebox style browser of each album cover and sample track. You can flip the cover art around to see the art on the back and the track listings. Arrows appear to let you browse forward and back chronologically through each release of the box set. The iconic prism-separated light streams pulsate with each sample track.
The screenshots really don't capture the coolness. Check it out: Pink Floyd Box Set Promotion
Posted by Rico | PermalinkFebruary 07, 2008
Album Cover Art Downloader for Linux
Here's a program for Linux that adds album art to your music library. It searches Amazon, Yahoo! Images, Wal-Mart and Buy.com to find cover designs for your music collection. It can automatically make decisions or you can review the covers manually before accepting them.
There's a quickstart guide that shows how to get started. Here's a description from the developer's site:
All you have to do is point it at the root of your music directory and for each directory, the program will download a set of corresponding (well, best guess) album covers from the Internet, from which you can choose one that suits your fancy.
Source: Album Cover Art Downloader for Linux | via linux.com feature
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