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Rolling Cover Connections 2024

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/The_Rolling_Stones_-_Goats_Head_Soup.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Scorpions_-_Rock_Believer.png

Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
Scorpions - Rock Believer

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 05:49 (two years ago)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71xJORLy2vL._SX522_.jpg https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/d7/e8/00a1e8d7.jpg

Schubert Impromptus by Lambert Orkis (1990)
Schubert Impromptus by Ronald Brautigam (2023)

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Monday, 22 January 2024 07:57 (two years ago)

two months pass...
one month passes...

Not quite a cover connection, but a few of Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine promo/booklet pics have been discovered to reference the back cover of a 1974 Raffaella Carrà album:

https://i.imgur.com/DfPxpUc_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand
https://i.imgur.com/yzKfhTn_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand

― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Sunday, 5 May 2024 00:32 (two years ago)

(credit: Twitter user @dieforyous)

― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Sunday, 5 May 2024 00:38 (two years ago)

two weeks pass...

Sleater-Kinney, All Hands on the Bad One, 2000:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Sleater-kinney_all_hands_on_the_bad_one.jpg

Idles, Joy as an Act of Resistance, 2018:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Idles-Joy_as_an_Act_of_Resistance.jpg

― anatol_merklich, Monday, 20 May 2024 21:26 (two years ago)

six months pass...

https://i.imgur.com/KCZvXWk.jpeg

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 3 December 2024 23:42 (one year ago)

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More like "Sharkin' with Winnie" by the looks of it.

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 14 February 2025 05:48 (one year ago)

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0263608868_10.jpg https://www.turntablelab.com/cdn/shop/files/macmiller-balloonism_1000x1000.jpg

Dim Binge - Canty / Mac Miller - Baloonerism

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 14 February 2025 05:52 (one year ago)

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Just for the record:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/The_Rolling_Stones_-_Sticky_Fingers.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Lorde_-_Virgin.png

― hypothetical rogue notary (morrisp), Wednesday, 7 May 2025 19:01 (one year ago)

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Jenny Hval, Iris Silver Mist (2025):

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Iris_Silver_Mist_-_Jenny_Hval.png

Perfume Genius, Glory (2025):

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Glory_Perfume_Genius_album_cover.jpg

― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 12 June 2025 15:28 (one year ago)

of Montreal, Cherry Peel (1997):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Cherry_Peel_%28Front_Cover%29.png

Blossoms, Ribbon Around the Bomb (2022):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Blossoms_-_Ribbon_Around_the_Bomb.png

― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 12 June 2025 16:05 (one year ago)

https://i.imgur.com/sscaqfk.jpeg

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 25 June 2025 21:56 (one year ago)

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Oh good work

― anatol_merklich, Friday, 15 August 2025 21:36 (one year ago)

A bit more pedestrian, but:

Doves, The Last Broadcast (2002):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Doves_Last_Broadcast.jpg

M. Ward, Migration Stories (2020):
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5e908221ac9e490008f40861/1:1/w_320,c_limit/Migration%20Stories_M.%20Ward.jpg

― anatol_merklich, Friday, 22 August 2025 18:11 (one year ago)

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71e1DBAzgpL._SL1425_.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0pyznNWMAIhY88?format=png&name=medium

― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Friday, 12 September 2025 16:18 (one year ago)

one month passes...

https://spindizzyrecords.com/cdn/shop/files/LANY_-_Soft_-_2025.jpg https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1108008651_10.jpg

LANY - Soft

Jerskin Fendrix - Once Upon A Time... In Shropshire

Both released Oct. 10, 2025.

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 16 October 2025 02:35 (one year ago)

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two weeks pass...

https://bsky.app/profile/tmhwrd.bsky.social/post/3m7pef6y7ek22

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 11 December 2025 12:38 (ten months ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Propaganda_-_A_Secret_Wish.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/The_Cure_-_Faith.jpg

Neither the Propaganda nor The Cure's coldwave classiq is a big toe.

― bendy, Tuesday, 16 December 2025 18:39 (ten months ago)

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Madness, The Rise and Fall (1982):

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Madnesstheriseandfall.jpg

The Last Dinner Party, From the Pyre (2025):

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Fromthepyre.jpg

― anatol_merklich, Friday, 2 January 2026 09:40 (ten months ago)

https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-YOGYCFuvXGOwJzZH-ncTT5Q-t500x500.jpg https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/695d4af300b2fe963c1cb6e5/1:1/w_320,c_limit/Debit%20Desaceleradas%20cover%20art%20.jpeg

Loui$ - Pink Footpath & Debit - Desaceleradas

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 10 January 2026 06:56 (nine months ago)

i want a whole thread of "Album cover art featuring film perforations/sproket holes"

― budo jeru, Wednesday, 14 January 2026 19:46 (nine months ago)

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https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1164905077_16.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1ljsxgqEsL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 19 June 2026 02:19 (four months ago)

https://www.byte.fm/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ArabStrap_TotallyFine_410.jpg

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 19 June 2026 02:20 (four months ago)

four months pass...

Trend alert

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2731826ebf3d171e17a23f59502 https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1108008651_16.jpg https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2738d778398be51399568ec7528

LANY - Soft
Jerskin Fendrix - Once Upon A Time... In Shropshire
Sophia Stel - the greatest album of all time

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 21 October 2026 04:48 (one week ago)


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