Favorite Cover Art
 

I'm sure a thread like this has been done before. The days of 12" LPs were the best times for recordings. The cover art was large and often quite beautiful. CDs can't compare. Some people today, all they want are the mp3s and screw everything else. Can't blame them, I guess, since the CD covers are too small to see and the lyrics and other print is too small to read. Here's a very small sampling of the the vinyl I've owned over the years whose artwork really stood out for me. Feel free to post yours.

http://www.progarchives.com/progress...0113172009.jpg
Anthony Phillips - The Geese & the Ghost

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-3dbgtIsj-...ry+Frontal.jpg
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory

http://img.maniadb.com/images/album/180/180726_1_f.jpg
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards

http://www.thedorkreport.com/wp-cont...zard_front.jpg
King Crimson - Lizard

http://jeffeaston.com/Music/Images/A...mallChange.jpg
Tom Waits - Small Change

http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/e/edd...ers_series.jpg
Eddie Cochran anthology

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/...l5L_SS500_.jpg
Tar Babies - Respect Your Nightmares

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7238/7...5b52ecc8_z.jpg
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart...hip_BlowsF.jpg
Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire

http://eil.com/images/main/John+Colt...ORD-459418.jpg
John Coltrane - Stellar Regions

http://streetrockrecords.files.wordp.../live-1971.jpg
Miles Davis - Live-Evil

http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/n/nei...he_past(1).jpg
Neil Young - Journey Through the Past

http://24.media.tumblr.com/a858d805e...o8zlo1_500.jpg
Brian Eno - Another Green World

I've always liked Robert Crumb's album cover artwork. Here's a sampling of his work over the years...

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9d00f5f6.jpg

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps78192bdb.jpg

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...psc22cdcb5.jpg

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps64d5122e.jpg

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps44faab08.jpg

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...psaf6542ca.jpg

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps940105df.jpg

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9af8c37e.jpg

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...psc6a3499c.jpg

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps67760738.jpg

You have to show it. That's one of the conditions of posting on this thread.

I have most of those Crumbs. The Louie Bluie I have is a DVD documentary. Here's a couple of others I've played the hell out of over the years:

http://eil.com/images/main/Various-B...ORD-548613.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7...20/patton2.jpg

my fav album cover:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EEKBUfFvL.jpg

I had that Big Black too. I like anything Steve Albini gets involved with like when he produced that Japanese band--Ruins. Great s-hit.

http://www.progarchives.com/progress...19102011_r.JPG
Tangerine Dream - The Endless Season

http://rarerecordcollector.files.wor...aqua-front.jpg
Edgar Froese - Aqua

http://eil.com/images/main/Brian+Eno...ORD-367551.jpg
Cluster & Eno - Old Land

http://www.prog-sphere.com/wp-conten...hallus-Dei.jpg
Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nAAFGHsGtf...241143613.jpeg
Ugly Americans - The Dream Turns sour

http://wosound.com/images/cult-yr1.jpg
Culturcide - Year One

http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/b13205e7207...47/1288082.jpg
Throbbing Gristle- Heathen Earth