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Post by NoShear on Mar 11, 2024 15:11:16 GMT
Timothy Carey's "THE KILLING" character was culled during the work-in-progress for the cover of Sgt. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND before being obscured for the final product:
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 24, 2024 23:23:45 GMT
The Dreaming (1982) The album cover depicts a scene described in the lyrics to the song "Houdini". In the picture shown, Bush is acting as Harry Houdini's wife Bess, holding a key in her mouth, which she is about to pass on to him. The photograph is rendered in sepia, with just the gold key and Bush's eye make-up showing any colour. The man with her on the cover photograph was her bass player, engineer and then-partner Del Palmer. The scene refers to the story of Bess Houdini and her attempts to communicate with her deceased husband Harry with a code that only Harry and Bessie knew about, to be sure that the spirit medium was not a fraud. The code was: Rosabelle – answer – tell – pray – answer – look – tell – answer – answer – tell. The albums songs draw inspiration from a variety of sources, including old crime films ("There Goes a Tenner"), a documentary about the war in Vietnam ("Pull Out the Pin"), the plight of Indigenous Australians ("The Dreaming"), the life of Harry Houdini ("Houdini") and Stephen King's novel The Shining ("Get Out of My House").
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Post by NoShear on Apr 1, 2024 17:35:16 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? This is probably my all-time favorite, Supersnazz (1969), with cover art by Bob Zoell. Pete Townshend has a surplus of eggs should you not have had enough over the Easter weekend, I Love Melvin - Maud Kennedy's prayerful lyrics were originally intended for your yesterday:
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Post by NoShear on Apr 10, 2024 15:51:01 GMT
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Post by I Love Melvin on Apr 11, 2024 21:58:44 GMT
Once Connie Francis got out of pop/rock like "Lipstick on Your Collar" and "Stupid Cupid", she came out with a series of theme albums to appeal to mom and Dad. This was before computers and Photo Shop so images like this had to be done in the optical printer. From 1959: Annette tried the same gambit with Italianette and Hawaiiannette, both from 1960. Hawaiiannette featured the timeless classics "Pineapple Princess" and "Luau Cha Cha Cha", so I wouldn't consider it particularly culturally sensitive, but, as with Connie, it probably got her a wider audience. Before long she was part of the Beach Party franchise and her legacy became more tied to that genre rather than to what had preceded it. This is from a 1980's greatest hits album but it exemplifies the "sweetheart" image she kept her whole life, even when she had to get pouty with freewheeling Frankie in those beach movies.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Apr 20, 2024 23:49:40 GMT
After much due diligence, I am pleased to report my favorite Johnny Cash album has not been relegated to the scrap heap of life for being insensitive or exploitative of the native plight. The songs in this album address the harsh and unfair treatment of the indigenous peoples of North America by Europeans in the United States. It was considered controversial and was rejected by some radio stations and fans.
Facing censorship and an angry backlash, Cash decided to fight back. He paid for a full-page ad that appeared in the August 22, 1964 issue of Billboard magazine, calling some DJs and programmers "gutless" for not playing the Ira Hayes song, and asking why they were afraid to do so. He left the question unanswered.
Cash began a campaign to support the Ira Hayes song, buying and sending out more than 1,000 copies to radio stations across America. By September 19, the song had reached number 3 in Billboard. In 2010, the Western Writers of America chose "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time
Johnny Cash – Bitter Tears - Ballads Of The American Indian Photography By [Cover] – Bob Cato. Art director, designer, painter and photographer, born 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - died 19 March 1999 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 21, 2024 15:06:59 GMT
His faults aside (because who among us doesn't have them?), I'm firmly of the belief that Johnny Cash was an American hero. Most "best of" Cash albums contain "The Ballad of Ira Hayes", as should be. Some might say Johnny was ahead of his time with Ira Hayes, but I'd suggest that everyone else was behind.
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Post by intrepid37 on Apr 22, 2024 12:32:32 GMT
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