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Post by NoShear on Dec 13, 2023 21:43:54 GMT
A big part of any new album release was getting to hold it in your hands and check out the cover art and liner notes. It was never the same with CD's. Any favorites? Happy Holidays, I Love Melvin:
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Post by I Love Melvin on Dec 13, 2023 22:39:11 GMT
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Post by I Love Melvin on Dec 15, 2023 13:46:38 GMT
This one's a classic. Love the holly bow tie. The Chairman managed to keep his swingin' image intact even on a Christmas album. One of the best ever; it sounds like it was recorded yesterday and the Belafonte singers help put it in a class by itself. And another one which gets pulled out every year. Don't let the simple cover or the basic organ and choir accompaniment fool you; Marian Williams could blow the roof off any place you'd care to name. The Beatles used to release a Christmas single to fan club members and they've been collected and reissued in a number of formats over the years, mostly of questionable legality. I love this version directly copying the cover of The Beach Boys Christmas album.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Dec 29, 2023 20:42:09 GMT
REO Speedwagon's You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)
In 2005, Pitchfork listed it in their list of top 50 worst album covers of all time. What say you?
"Time for Me to Fly" and "Roll with the Changes" are on this album, both of which became signature songs for the group. On this album, I like best "The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot".
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Post by I Love Melvin on Dec 29, 2023 22:42:40 GMT
REO Speedwagon's You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)
In 2005, Pitchfork listed it in their list of top 50 worst album covers of all time. What say you?
I should probably be wary of going against such a damning rating, but I kind of like it; it's whimsical in a Frank Zappa kind of way and it's not necessarily a bad thing to be so literal when you're selling an image. I say thumbs up.
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Post by intrepid37 on Dec 30, 2023 1:54:37 GMT
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Post by BunnyWhit on Dec 30, 2023 1:57:34 GMT
REO Speedwagon's You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)
In 2005, Pitchfork listed it in their list of top 50 worst album covers of all time. What say you?
I should probably be wary of going against such a damning rating, but I kind of like it; it's whimsical in a Frank Zappa kind of way and it's not necessarily a bad thing to be so literal when you're selling an image. I say thumbs up. Ok, I Love Melvin....that makes TWO of us!
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Dec 30, 2023 17:31:08 GMT
REO Speedwagon's You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)
In 2005, Pitchfork listed it in their list of top 50 worst album covers of all time. What say you?
"Time for Me to Fly" and "Roll with the Changes" are on this album, both of which became signature songs for the group. On this album, I like best "The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot".
I say it sinks just like it looks.
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Post by NoShear on Jan 5, 2024 16:59:34 GMT
Thanks to Allhallowsday, I've been listening to the following 1967 release of late, I Love Melvin: The front cover suggests two options were offered and, undecided, i mpulse! went with both hipsters.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Jan 16, 2024 2:41:08 GMT
I'm a big fan of the Johnny Cash American Recordings. The first and fourth albums are the strongest, in my opinion.
American Recordings (1994). The first of six Cash albums produced by Rick Ruben at American Recordings. Cash takes Loudon Wainwright III's "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" and Tom Waits' "Down There by the Train" to new emotional levels. The songs were recorded either at Cash's home or in Rubin's living room, with the exception of "Tennessee Stud" and "The Man Who Couldn't Cry", which were recorded live at the Viper Room in LA. The photo was taken at Werribee, Australia while Cash was vacationing there. It is my favorite of the American Recordings album covers.
American II: Unchained (1996). On this album of covers, Cash is backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Other contributors are Marty Stewart, Flea, Lindsey Buckingham, and Mick Fleetwood. Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" is awesome. Completely revised from the 1955 single release on Sun Records (Cash's final release for the label), Cash's rock-a-billy tune "Mean Eyed Cat" is a treat.
American III: Solitary Man (2000). Illness changed and weakened Cash's voice, and it's audible on this album. Back again are Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, along with Sheryl Crow, Merle Haggard, June and John Carter Cash.
American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002). This is Cash's final non-posthumous studio album. Cash is again joined by stalwarts of the industry: Don Henley, Nick Cave, and Fiona Apple among them. Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor reworked "Hurt" for Cash. It is stellar. Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" is very good, and Sting's "I Hung My Head" is superior to Sting's own. "We'll Meet Again", Vera Lynn's popular WWII era song is also a stand out here.
American V: A Hundred Highways (2006). Posthumously released, this was Cash's first No. 1 album since 1969's live album Johnny Cash at San Quentin. "Like the 309" was the last song Cash wrote.
American VI: Ain't No Grave (2010). The tracks on this album were recorded in the same session as American V. You can hear the end in Cash's voice, but this is still a strong album, sad and hopeful at the same time. In particular, the first track, "Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold This Body Down)" and the last "Aloha Oe", are moving.
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Post by NoShear on Jan 25, 2024 19:27:56 GMT
A big part of any new album release was getting to hold it in your hands and check out the cover art and liner notes. It was never the same with CD's. Any favorites? So, I Love Melvin, did Norma Shearer 'model' for the following cover:
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Post by I Love Melvin on Jan 25, 2024 19:50:56 GMT
A big part of any new album release was getting to hold it in your hands and check out the cover art and liner notes. It was never the same with CD's. Any favorites? So, I Love Melvin, did Norma Shearer 'model' for the following cover: I think you see Norma Shearer everywhere all the time, that's what I think. But good on you for making the connection.
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Post by I Love Melvin on Jan 25, 2024 20:01:39 GMT
Here's some missed opportunities for Norma.
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Post by NoShear on Jan 25, 2024 20:05:35 GMT
So, I Love Melvin, did Norma Shearer 'model' for the following cover: I think you see Norma Shearer everywhere all the time, that's what I think. But good on you for making the connection. Laughing: You're right, I Love Melvin, but I'm not too far gone that I didn't think I was pushing her a bit more today - even for me!!
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 25, 2024 20:08:07 GMT
I think you see Norma Shearer everywhere all the time, that's what I think. But good on you for making the connection. While we are on the subject of this lovely (fellow Canadian) lady... Does anyone recall a story of her sitting poolside at The Beverly Hills Hotel with some/one/all/many of The New York Dolls? Am I imagining this? I have no idea where my Anita Loos autobiography is at the moment but I could swear she mentioned it in Kiss Hollywood Good-by (1974). Insert fabulous LP cover here to stay on-thread:
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