every record cover where a 60s or 70s artist goes 80s in a big way.

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i feel like i see another one that i hadn't seen before every other day! so many! they didn't want anyone to think that they had ever owned a copy of Tapestry or had learned macrame in the past. i understand. i don't know where the line is between "going for it in a big way" and "desperation". but most people will do anything for money.

https://i.discogs.com/7t3VGQUkD99MmnZtBLR4KQw7eNfYT0Sx-QMeInOx5kc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExNzc1/MDktMTY0OTg2ODE2/OC04MDI4LmpwZWc.jpeg

scott seward, Saturday, 27 January 2024 16:27 (one year ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Mad_Love_%28Linda_Ronstadt_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg

dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 16:29 (one year ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Software_Grace_Slick.jpg

cellaring potential (morrisp), Saturday, 27 January 2024 16:30 (one year ago)

i love that software cover so much. i like the record too.

scott seward, Saturday, 27 January 2024 16:38 (one year ago)

https://i.discogs.com/i3DHAoPbb9U-ZZ-kil1SUBbktSsemk343chvdI0D5ic/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1ODUw/MTctMTMwNjIzMTY1/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

^^Really needed a tie-in episode of Miami Vice

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 16:52 (one year ago)

https://i.discogs.com/i3DHAoPbb9U-ZZ-kil1SUBbktSsemk343chvdI0D5ic/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1ODUw/MTctMTMwNjIzMTY1/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 16:53 (one year ago)

At least Charlie has the grace to look a little embarrassed.

Dan Worsley, Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:03 (one year ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Villagepeople_renaissance.jpg

Zelda Zonk, Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:04 (one year ago)

hahaha nice one

dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:06 (one year ago)

https://i.ibb.co/T0VrNmq/Out-of-Order-album.jpg

never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:07 (one year ago)

https://i.ibb.co/jrtcS8Q/Bob-Dylan-Empire-Burlesque.jpg

never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:08 (one year ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/419AtsNjF6L._AC_.jpg

Born Under a Bad Sine (Talcum Mucker), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:13 (one year ago)

love this album

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2735461ac946da7e79705e79d1f

soref, Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:13 (one year ago)

https://i.discogs.com/9LdcAsmyPU9Ro9_gIKAjaHZhdtiCq7Q_WksF2BDJrwQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4OTcw/NTYxLTE2MjI1OTY0/MjAtODA5My5qcGVn.jpeg

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:15 (one year ago)

https://images.genius.com/4b80d1b4a321be13d6b94897bed820e4.1000x1000x1.jpg

soref, Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:15 (one year ago)

https://i.ibb.co/r4crKm4/Animals-Ark.jpg

never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:15 (one year ago)

https://i.ibb.co/tDDbm7T/Speaking-of-dreams.jpg

never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:21 (one year ago)

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyyehxVyN1dS1dhz85not_vtw39eXrC8fMiKjQzLxCuPY_dUAwgg80L9YMZ1W1hrtYahuTv4pq&usqp=CAc

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:30 (one year ago)

TMI

never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:32 (one year ago)

https://i.discogs.com/0FqIp5ZzraZ3xxwmGKO8MP3Qk-nxT-PGXDNHYcFyieM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ3MDQ2/ODEtMTY4MDQ1ODM0/NS0xMjc2LmpwZWc.jpeg

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:34 (one year ago)

https://i.discogs.com/Xj0BBJ7TY-DNfxyb6H7SZcKNFTWIy1yKJXg_0SmiVzA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYxMzM2/OTUtMTQxMTkxNDA4/OC00MDI1LmpwZWc.jpeg

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:40 (one year ago)

https://i.discogs.com/Aha-EcPaVw1r5ungWezEAHGoTg1_NTh9dOrJfS4fxH4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzMDI3/OTE3LTE1NDY3MzQx/MDItOTk4NC5qcGVn.jpeg

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:45 (one year ago)

Peter Noone:

https://i.postimg.cc/cJw20kcX/tremblers.jpg

(I remember this when it came out...may try to track it down.)

clemenza, Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:23 (one year ago)

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Heart-Heart-album-cover-web-optimised-820.jpg

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:32 (one year ago)

yessss

dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:35 (one year ago)

^^Also deserved a Miami Vice tie-in.

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:44 (one year ago)

those are both great! lol loving these

dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:45 (one year ago)

https://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/105/cover_131163182019_r.jpg

A cover matching the content.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:47 (one year ago)

nice

the King Crimson ones don't really work imo, they coulda been 70s covers too

dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:48 (one year ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61bRYzxIGPL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

fourth world problems (Matt #2), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:49 (one year ago)

https://i.discogs.com/oAr_MvaXyu2fQnRxaiKWp4QMQs0TOJy2pQAdSAyWJtE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:550/w:550/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MDI1/NTktMTM0NzQ3NjM1/NS04MTcxLmpwZWc.jpeg

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:51 (one year ago)

they kicked Throwing Muses out of the studio while the Muses were making their debut, for THIS

https://i.discogs.com/p0CD8AYUZ1Wo4FeL8Xngxv2e8rHVfuGdLzE06IvauUE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2NDE1/MDgtMTUwNzU1MTIx/OC02NDc2LmpwZWc.jpeg

dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:51 (one year ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91KckQ9b10L._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

fourth world problems (Matt #2), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:52 (one year ago)

Great pick

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:52 (one year ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/IggyPopParty.jpg

Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:52 (one year ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71vqweeQBUL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

fourth world problems (Matt #2), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:57 (one year ago)

https://waxvinylrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/05021207.jpg

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:05 (one year ago)

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273dd621caf7254f8f32579c98b

mookieproof, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:15 (one year ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Wap7lDPhL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:20 (one year ago)

https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_865041-MLM40246738774_122019-O.webp

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:28 (one year ago)

Pretty cool one:

https://i.ibb.co/020qyV0/R-1754868-1392874781-4848.jpg

paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 22:19 (one year ago)

two months pass...

https://i.discogs.com/uZonmyJgPgIhvDw63vNbBrHFr9KPBILp9dOCR16_lwo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIwNDE2/NDAyLTE2MzI5NTYy/NjUtOTgyOC5qcGVn.jpeg

1977!

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 19 May 2024 18:46 (one year ago)

four months pass...

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bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Saturday, 12 October 2024 13:40 (nine months ago)

Have to repost this as the original image went dead
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music118/v4/25/55/3b/25553b78-2105-d817-e965-ccfaaf744444/00602577298110.rgb.jpg/1200x1200bf-60.jpg

PaulTMA, Saturday, 12 October 2024 14:27 (nine months ago)

excellent

calstars, Saturday, 12 October 2024 14:52 (nine months ago)

Say what you want about their 1980s jackets and haircuts and physiques, the Monkees were surprisingly progressive for their time.

This guy is a hero
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/monkees-michael-nesmith-vaporwave-714253/

calstars, Saturday, 12 October 2024 14:54 (nine months ago)

I need to listen to all the records here that I haven't yet. I've a major weakness for this as a concept.

you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 12 October 2024 15:43 (nine months ago)

one month passes...

That “Hell in a Bucket” video is yawsomely literal, a line by line visualization.

Theracane Gratifaction (bendy), Sunday, 24 November 2024 15:12 (eight months ago)

And what the hell is McLaughlin up to there, that some luthier shit?

Theracane Gratifaction (bendy), Sunday, 24 November 2024 15:13 (eight months ago)

#onethread

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Ry_Cooder%2C_Bop_till_You_Drop_%281979%29.png

1979

Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 1 December 2024 03:10 (eight months ago)

Steeleye Span - Back In Line, 1986

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Steeleye_Span_-_Back_in_Line.jpg

Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 December 2024 13:54 (seven months ago)

Richard Thompson - Across a Crowded Room

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/RT_Aacr.jpg

Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 December 2024 13:55 (seven months ago)

It's crowded alright

Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 December 2024 13:55 (seven months ago)

I give you Roy Wood's Starting Up from 1986, which has a vague Gary Numan vibe:
https://kane.fi/68443-large_default/wood-roy-starting-up-kansi-ex-levy-ex-kaytetty-cd.jpg

Apparently designed by the same man who did the cover art for Boys Don't Cry's "I Wanna Be a Cowboy".

Ashley Pomeroy, Wednesday, 4 December 2024 22:20 (seven months ago)

Steeleye Span - Back In Line, 1986

🖼


I like this one, kind of Windham Hill

The Whimsical Muse (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 4 December 2024 22:36 (seven months ago)

yeah I like it too, but it's certainly different from their 70s covers

Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 5 December 2024 09:45 (seven months ago)

‘You Can Never Look Back’: How ’70s Rockers Rebooted for the ’80s

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/arts/music/1970s-rock-1980s-pop-synths-mtv.html

scott seward, Thursday, 5 December 2024 20:23 (seven months ago)

https://archive.ph/BziVE

Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 5 December 2024 20:42 (seven months ago)

one month passes...

Got the headshots ready for the Absolutely Fabulous and Miami Vice auditions

Grape Fired At Czar From Crack Battery (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 January 2025 19:54 (six months ago)

Aww, I once had that album in my collection and still fondly remember that back cover. Stylist clearly wasn't fazed by monobrows.

sawdust lagoon, Tuesday, 14 January 2025 20:48 (six months ago)

I mentioned Renaissance on that Dino Wavo thread a long time ago. They seemed like one of the unlikeliest bands to try this.

1981 = year of 70s dino rockers w modren/wavo comeback LPs

Glam conspiracist (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 14 January 2025 22:15 (six months ago)

Wow this sends me waaay back. I reviewed records throughout the decade in question, handled many of these as promo copies, wrote about a significant number. My professional life (such as it was) flashes before my eyes. Thanks for the memories!

mom jeans VS yacht rock (m coleman), Thursday, 16 January 2025 15:16 (six months ago)

https://i.discogs.com/6s1QHBXyQ6nKxh5oLtiDlvPJ0wVDrlg5JwvTakpN_RI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4ODA1/ODItMTI0OTc2Nzg3/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

Triumvirat: Russian Roulette, 1980

Okay, heteros are cutting edge this year, too. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 16 January 2025 15:25 (six months ago)

not to mention their follow-up, in which Camp looks like Dennis Reynolds!

https://i.discogs.com/4uk8VX8zl3KnhYy3PKCavBu1Gt0wbXe_sgYB5b8N5AM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxMzk1/MDctMTQwNDUwMjk4/NS01NTE2LmpwZWc.jpeg

I really love this band, I've seen a hundred photos of them, if I flipped through this or the back cover of Camera I'd have no clue who it was

frogbs, Thursday, 16 January 2025 15:25 (six months ago)

https://static.becododisco.com.br/product/picture/6104577205d1f015f558fe52/66363956389357039977665c/original-vinil-peter-frampton-the-art-of-control-usa.jpg

Peter Frampton: The Art of Control, 1982

Okay, heteros are cutting edge this year, too. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 16 January 2025 15:28 (six months ago)

these are both great

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 16 January 2025 17:20 (six months ago)

This thread is grrrreat! And it's sent me looking for some stuff I've never heard - and don't expect to have much replay value lol.

"Banks Statement" wtf?

That Ian Anderson album way upthread is phenomenal and sounds just like the sleeve.

completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 16 January 2025 17:45 (six months ago)

Wow, never seen that Frampton cover before --- that's a gem.

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 16 January 2025 17:57 (six months ago)

I feel like i'm impossibly late to Mccartney II

ok (D-40), Thursday, 16 January 2025 17:59 (six months ago)

its like a robert palmer album except way weirder

ok (D-40), Thursday, 16 January 2025 17:59 (six months ago)

Peter Frampton: The Art of Control, 1982

I like this whole subcategory of "cover photos where the musician is looking at themselves on TV"

braunschweiger winter (Eazy), Thursday, 16 January 2025 18:04 (six months ago)

(cf., New Sensations)

braunschweiger winter (Eazy), Thursday, 16 January 2025 18:04 (six months ago)

The Frampton is an inner sleeve... the actual cover is posted upthread.

Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 16 January 2025 18:11 (six months ago)

omg

sleeve, Thursday, 16 January 2025 18:25 (six months ago)

@D-40: join us! mccartney ii is sick

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 16 January 2025 18:45 (six months ago)

Why did Peter Frampton put a picture of Stewart Copeland on the back cover?

Hideous Lump, Thursday, 16 January 2025 20:54 (six months ago)

https://pienemmatpurot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/steve_hillage_green.jpg

Just by the look of it, I always assumed this was an 80s album but in fact predates the decade by a couple of years.

jvc, Thursday, 16 January 2025 22:41 (six months ago)

...well, I guess Hillage's 80s began already in 1977!

https://kane.fi/174392-large_default/hillage-steve-lp-motivation-radio-kansi-ex-levy-ex-kaeytetty-lp.jpg

jvc, Thursday, 16 January 2025 22:49 (six months ago)

two months pass...

it took BOC until 1985, but then they REALLY went for it

https://i.discogs.com/Ost_35aFcEnkcJOmp8YPNjSlTyz9Wym3rSCEyiZeBiI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY1OTE4/My0xMjMxNTExOTcy/LmpwZWc.jpeg

Hedwig and the Angry Ents (sleeve), Sunday, 30 March 2025 18:59 (four months ago)

60s or 70s artist goes Electric Light Orchestra in a big way

Hideous Lump, Sunday, 30 March 2025 20:43 (four months ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kenny_Rogers-Eyes_That_See.jpg#/media/File:Kenny_Rogers-Eyes_That_See.jpg

the way out of (Eazy), Sunday, 30 March 2025 21:01 (four months ago)

whoops, that was

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CQpSiE3xSw

the way out of (Eazy), Sunday, 30 March 2025 21:02 (four months ago)

one month passes...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61-PBcIgQkL.jpg

From Chocolate Chip to Jello Pudding Pops

(Issac Hayes: U-Turn)

Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 16 May 2025 16:05 (two months ago)

One of my favorite Cecil Taylor album covers is in a very similar vein:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/6184CAD+ogL.jpg

Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Friday, 16 May 2025 16:35 (two months ago)

two months pass...

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