Good Album SLEEVES

[daveydave7]

Dunno if this has been done before if so sorry, just redesigned my rear lounge and put up some album sleeves in frames that I like, they are not necessarily the greatest sleeves in terms of artistic design but they are records that mean something to me. Actually I do think they have artistic design anyway all are actual 12" LP Sleeves and not CD Covers which just don't have the same appeal, there is one 7" one for Getting Away With It by Electronic a single that I thought then and now to be superb and again means something to me. I sold my vinyl in 2011 and 2012 and kept some records back purely for this one other I could do with getting again is "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye anyway I was wondering which sleeves others might use ?

[Rollin]

[daveydave7]

Rollin said:

I remember some of the scorpions sleeves from school days in the 70s I think

So far the ones I have up are:

Beatles Sgt Peppers
Beatles Abbey Rd
Rolling Stones Let It BLeed
Deep Purple Burn
Dark Side Of The Moon - Floyd
Diamonds Are Forever OST
Linda Ronstadt Heart Like A Wheel
There is also a Hammer Dracula LP which I remember my father buying in the 70s and listening to it with the lights down - quite scary actually

Obviously a pretty "odd" selection but the albums represent music that I liked at the time and still do I would also have Rainbow Rising or the first Rainbow LP up there if I still had them and might swap Burn for Fireball or In Rock

[Zod]

Rollin said:

Guessing that's irony, given that sleeve always comes up in Worst Album Cover lists.

[Champhill]

IIRC the first release of Virgin Killers by Scorpions got banned/removed from record shops. Animal Magnetism was somewhat "ambiguous" as well.

All, including Lovedrive, excellent German metal of that era

[alfan]

Nice thread ,sorry cant load images at the moment Technical Ecstasy Black Sabbath ,never heard it would buy just for cover ,also Roger Dean Yes album covers

[kiteless]

[Seeker UK]

Anything on the ECM label. Not just an album cover but good art in their own right.

[Meteor Madness]

The 'Nasty Rockabilly' compilation LPs (all 16 of 'em) have some interesting sleeves. Not sure I'd want them hung up on the wall in my lounge though.

[daveydave7]

I'm not sure Cochise would be a good one to use.
Actually just thought of Parallel Lines by Blondie Another one that I liked a lot was Zeppelin 4 Rainbow Rising is another

[Seeker UK]

Meteor Madness said:

The 'Nasty Rockabilly' compilation LPs (all 16 of 'em) have some interesting sleeves. Not sure I'd want them hung up on the wall in my lounge though.

Quite.

Word of warning folks - all sleeves are NSFW.

[Chalky White]

[S47]

[dave stew]

It's like punk rock never happened!

[daveydave7]

AH Well I did have Never Mind The bks but sold that for around £18 last year The Stranglers were good but not in the same league and I never cared for the clash, the rest of any punk stuff tended to be 45's anyway I bought

[anonymous-user]

Chalky White said:

That's a great cover 'in the flesh', ELP Brain Salad Surgery'

[StevieBee]

Always thought this rather good:



I first came across it when I was a teenager!

[miniman]

I bet you did.

[Seeker UK]

[MitchT]

StevieBee said:

Always thought this rather good:



I first came across it when I was a teenager!

Unfortunate, if accurate, turn of phrase there