Album Covers That Feature Celebrities Who Weren't Actually In The Band

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― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:10 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:11 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre800/e837/e83762q3334.jpg

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005NT4J.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:18 (twenty-two years ago)

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Bob wasn't in the band at that point.

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:19 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

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― willem (willem), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:23 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f540/f54072k52jo.jpg

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought that the person on the cover of that Auteurs album was merely Luke Haines in Valentino guise. Also, the Smiths to thread.

― Schwingung (Damian), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:44 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.all-reviews.com/images/music/fold-your-hands.jpg

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:47 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/entertainment/0111/album.gallery/sgt.pepper.jpg

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I believe John, Paul, George and Ringo were in the band... :-)

― willem (willem), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

That's William Campbell, surely!

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:00 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Does it say anywhere featuring just celebrities who weren't in the band? Thought not. As you were...

(x-post)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:04 (twenty-two years ago)

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― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.oz.net/~moz/images/thumbs/cstar.htm

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:06 (twenty-two years ago)

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― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

haha, yeah i guess the smiths wins this.

― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c517/c51765m7486.jpg

― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:09 (twenty-two years ago)

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JFK...

― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

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― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.thisispunkrock.btinternet.co.uk/ps/uk/4/notsens1.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:20 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00009PUQ8.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:25 (twenty-two years ago)

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― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Umm, arent Lou Reed and John Cale on that album?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 11:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Not an album, but a boxset:
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf800/f876/f87651qfmrt.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf000/f050/f05060axdrb.jpg

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

There's probably tons of punk albums with politicians on the covers, and tons of rockabilly albums with Bettie Page on the cover etc, and nazicrap with Hitler, Goebbels, Göring or whoever on the cover, and so forth...

Anyhoo:

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http://charles-bronson.hp.infoseek.co.jp/image/jacketCHARLESBRONSON.gif
Not sure if this one counts, since it's a tribute to the guy:
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre900/e956/e95666f7ncd.jpg

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)

― yetimike (McGonigal), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Umm, arent Lou Reed and John Cale on that album?

There's a picture of Andy Warhol in between them that I'd never noticed until just now.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre000/e058/e05826w0nxs.jpg

Virtually every movie soundtrack album ever made to thread.

― Vic Funk, Tuesday, 16 December 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops. I didn't notice Milli Vanilli were already in there.

Anyway, Andrew Ridgeley and Paul Rutherford to thread too

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

The Smiths own this thread, by the way, but there are far too many examples to cite here without making my computer wheeze and cry.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I believe John, Paul, George and Ringo were in the band... :-)

According to certain infamous rumours, McCartney was neither in the band nor in the picture at that time ;)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Umm, arent Lou Reed and John Cale on that album?

There's a picture of Andy Warhol in between them that I'd never noticed until just now.

In which case...

http://www.lemanszone.dk/vu/plader/wlwh.gif

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

According to certain infamous rumours, McCartney was neither in the band nor in the picture at that time ;)

Like I say...

That's William Campbell, surely!

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

didn't MillVill actually sing on "All or Nothing"?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Who is the celebrity on the Roxy Music cover? I thought they tended to use ordinary models. But then I don't recognize several of these people... Would it be so uncool to identify them?

― kdjfe, Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

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― rainman (rainman), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Jerry Hall is on the Roxy cover.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Also(the one's I instantly recognized):
Billy Name(Warhol superstar):WL/WH
Edie Sedgewick(ditto):Dramarama
Tuesday Weld(actress):Matthew Sweet

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

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Chi-Chi Rodriguez

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

didn't MillVill actually sing on "All or Nothing"?

That would be ironic if true, because that's the song Blood Sweat and Tears successfully sued them for ripping off "Spinning Wheel."

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

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That's Richard Kern filmstar, Lung Leg.....not in Sonic Yoof.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://firewater.starmelt.com/images/album-cross.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

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For good reason.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 16 January 2004 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.musicaobscura.com/obscura_images/inner_feat/2035.jpg

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Friday, 16 January 2004 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

The girl in the Television Personalities cover is Twiggy of course! How could you fail to recognise the Twigster?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Saturday, 17 January 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

more Twiggy!

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― tod (tod), Saturday, 17 January 2004 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

on the wall there:

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― tod (tod), Saturday, 17 January 2004 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't have the cover to hand but if you look very closely at the cover of "Earthspan" by the Incredible String Band you'll find a photo of L. Ron Hubbard (their main man at the time)........ actually I doubt you'd be able to make it out at all on the CD version.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Saturday, 17 January 2004 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Album covers? I can't even remember either of my parents' birthdays! They're always like "Dont worry about it!"

― Le Coq (DarrenK), Saturday, 17 January 2004 14:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Picture of the Beatles apparently embedded in the tree sideways.

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― mzui, Saturday, 17 January 2004 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn thats big, sorry folks!

― mzui, Saturday, 17 January 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

it's still hard to see, though?

― tod (tod), Saturday, 17 January 2004 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

i supposes this is what you're supposed to look for:

http://www.expectingrain.com/dok/who/images/JWHbeatles.jpg

― tod (tod), Saturday, 17 January 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

oh what a stack of crap that is!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 17 January 2004 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

i never heard of this before. all i see is something vaguely resembling a bearded face.

― tod (tod), Saturday, 17 January 2004 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)

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That's Winona right??

― Leee Majors (Leee), Sunday, 18 January 2004 06:20 (twenty-two years ago)

No, it's Liza Minelli.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 January 2004 06:36 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

quien tiene algo de Billy Squire?

― keko goyo, Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

http://discography.ifrance.com/discography/the%20margarets/the%20margarets-what%20kept%20you.jpg

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 14 April 2006 00:32 (nineteen years ago)

(Sorry about the excessive size - only image I could find. That's Rip Torn.)
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― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 14 April 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Saw the original photo on Wiki today and decided it was time for a revival:

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The original seven Mercury astronauts during training at NASA Langley Research Center. From left to right, back row they are Alan Shepard, Virgil "Gus" Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper; front row, Walter Schirra, Donald "Deke" Slayton, John Glenn and Scott Carpenter.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:43 (seventeen years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FSWTHR2YL._SS500_.jpg

Tom is sharing the cover with his then-girlfriend Rickie Lee Jones.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:47 (seventeen years ago)

Cool! "The Right Stuff" and shit!

― Savannah Smiles, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:50 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.collectable-records.ru/images/groups_2/grateful_dead/aox/back.jpg

Sorry for the small pic, but legend has it a young Courtney Love is somewhere in there.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:59 (seventeen years ago)

Back cover of Grateful Dead's Aoxomoxoa:

http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/graphics/aoxomoxoa2.jpg

Courtney Love claims to be the little 5-year old in front right. I can't remember if she has or hasn't been discredited.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:40 (seventeen years ago)

holy xpost!

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:41 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.feedmegoodtunes.com/images/FmGT_FZ_WOIIFTM.jpg

Hidden at the very least among those without a shred of celebrity at the very least is Lyndon Johnson and Jimi Hendrix

― SecondBassman, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 20:04 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

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― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 13:22 (fifteen years ago)

http://i39.tinypic.com/9srqs6.jpg

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http://i42.tinypic.com/35bbabr.jpg

― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 13:49 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.dance-lyrics.com/ama/midnight_marauders_b0000004za.jpg

― juaquin on sunshine (The Reverend), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 17:54 (fifteen years ago)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/MadDaddys.jpg

^ rumored to be poison ivy from the cramps

Zoot Horn Rollo counts as a celebrity, no?

^ new board descrip plz

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 19:05 (fifteen years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VZVMVNQPL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Brian Jones

― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 19:22 (fifteen years ago)

http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/2010/03/rolling-stones-why-man.html

― Ponies are horse children (Abbott), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 19:23 (fifteen years ago)

four months pass...

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― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 September 2010 16:52 (fifteen years ago)

I don't know who that is, but he looks like the famous Italo actor Bud Spencer:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9kQsF-ZPMJI/SwVJ-u4ldAI/AAAAAAAAABY/z4YePZK9ONo/s320/bud_spencer_new.jpg

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 08:21 (fifteen years ago)

He's Jorge Garcia, who played "Hurley" on Lost. And he doesn't really look at all like Bud Spencer.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 08:30 (fifteen years ago)

I guess not, but at least I got to post a pic of Bud Spencer, which is cool.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 08:33 (fifteen years ago)

that vampire weekend cover with the girl who's suing them atm (please please let her bankrupt the fuckers)

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 08:44 (fifteen years ago)

what? i thought you loved vampire weekend...

― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 09:00 (fifteen years ago)

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― Olde Executioner 8hundo (Eazy), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 04:25 (fifteen years ago)

^^Madonner

― Olde Executioner 8hundo (Eazy), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 04:26 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.sonyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sgt-pepper.jpg

― Bowf teemz play har, my man. (AlexPh), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 09:02 (fifteen years ago)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a102/jackobob/beatlebob.jpg

'clearer' john wesley harding. still hooey isnt it?

― piscesx, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 09:35 (fifteen years ago)

five years pass...

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― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 10 April 2016 00:52 (nine years ago)

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― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 10 April 2016 00:54 (nine years ago)

the Residents did this a lot

Beatles:

https://img.discogs.com/zzlWcAT5oxR7FH-lS8LaZTIuQoY=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-1189587-1211309867.jpeg.jpg

Dick Clark (and Hitler)

https://img.discogs.com/-XNQo49wOA83u8wiUDxFK7SoipU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-309197-1316359991.jpeg.jpg

Madonna, and Hitler again:

https://img.discogs.com/J9azPT7jD1J8V1oSzLXO-UjAfnU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-97404-1456079338-1661.jpeg.jpg

John Travolta and Barbra Streisand

https://img.discogs.com/lm5OsI4oncnqWJ5OBWixmRDropA=/fit-in/331x320/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-460828-1192191668.jpeg.jpg

― soref, Sunday, 10 April 2016 01:31 (nine years ago)

George Gershwin + James Brown (cover albums are maybe a bit different though?)

https://img.discogs.com/NxYQAFkZg6JfqUDBqR-7F7L7u-o=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-319114-1165325878.jpeg.jpg

― soref, Sunday, 10 April 2016 01:34 (nine years ago)

The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come to Expect
Which is a 1969 photograph of Tina Turner
http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/shadow%20art.jpg

― MarkoP, Sunday, 10 April 2016 03:37 (nine years ago)

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

Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti

― Hideous Lump, Monday, 11 April 2016 04:15 (nine years ago)

six years pass...

I was today years old when I learned that Delphine Seyrig is the woman on the cover of Zep II

https://i.etsystatic.com/5617357/r/il/4cf0b2/336400508/il_570xN.336400508.jpg

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 2 January 2023 18:53 (three years ago)

That connection was how the band wound up doing the rock concert scene in Jeanne Dielman.

― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 2 January 2023 19:08 (three years ago)

The Beatles on Their Satanic Majesties. And - some famously believe - the same month's John Wesley Harding.

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 2 January 2023 21:18 (three years ago)

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