Album Covers Drawn/Painted By The Performer Or Bandmember

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― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 09:54 (twenty years ago)

Stone Roses

― mentalist (mentalist), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:08 (twenty years ago)

http://www.suburbia.com.au/~snf/records/warner/sleeves/hug.gif

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:09 (twenty years ago)

http://www.beefheart.com/datharp/albums/official/pics/sbbcpcover.jpg

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:59 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f534/f53429fiwfn.jpg

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 11:06 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c388/c38860330ar.jpg

― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 11:20 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I8T8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― John Cocktolstoy, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 11:41 (twenty years ago)

"Who by Numbers"

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 11:44 (twenty years ago)

Pink Floyd - Relics (Nick Mason)
Syd Barrett - Barrett

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 11:47 (twenty years ago)

which is worse: the music or the artwork?
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c423/c42315t30mu.jpg

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 11:48 (twenty years ago)

http://www.balladtree.com/graphics/albumcovers/joni_clouds69.gif
http://www.waiting4louise.de/cover/Cover-JoniMitchell-LadiesOf.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:B-tvv5iKxdkJ:http://www.savoy-truffle.de/dylan/bilder/selfportrait-big.
http://www.missioncreep.com/tilt/images/footfoot.jpg (pretty sure)

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:06 (twenty years ago)

http://www.rejectedunknown.com/store/music/YipJumpMusicCDcover_small.JPG

― John Cocktolstoy, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:29 (twenty years ago)

http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac_ybac.jpg

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:55 (twenty years ago)

dEUS - worst case scenario

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 13:02 (twenty years ago)

medeski martin wood (billy martin)

― caspar (caspar), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 13:15 (twenty years ago)

Sun Ra - Other Planes of There (et al)

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 13:16 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I9KU.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 13:22 (twenty years ago)

― skowly (skowly), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 13:27 (twenty years ago)

i never knew that about the meat puppets' album!

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 13:29 (twenty years ago)

curt kirkwood painted most of the meat pups' covers. all three original meat pups were good visual artists.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 13:39 (twenty years ago)

Olivia Tremor Control's Black Foliage (though I assume that all of OTC's and Circulatory System's cover art was drawn by WC Hart).

― Alex Pittman (Alex Pittman), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 13:42 (twenty years ago)

thats awesome - those album covers are great.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 13:42 (twenty years ago)

― astroblaster (astroblaster), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 15:00 (twenty years ago)

http://home.tiscali.se/afghan/covers/massive_attack_cd_protection.jpg

― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003TAB.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 15:22 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.artistdirect.com/.../ d793/d79391s8x6f.jpg

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 15:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd700/d793/d79391s8x6f.jpg

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago)

several Robert Wyatt sleeves are paintings by his significant other, Alfrede Benge, if that counts

― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 15:57 (twenty years ago)

dismemberment plan - emergency & i

― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Every Primus album ever, by Les Claypool.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Although most of his are made using clay sculpture or computer animation.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 16:12 (twenty years ago)

Grace Slick, Manhole:

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago)

oh hell, I can't get the HTML right. the link is
http://children.ofthenight.org/albums/images/12273f.jpg

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Half of Robyn Hitchcock's stuff

― danh (danh), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 16:36 (twenty years ago)

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/40/77/187267-resized200.jpg
P "P" (Capitol Records) 1995
Artwork by Gibby Haynes

― Marshall Stax (Marshall Stax), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 16:47 (twenty years ago)

Entwistle did the cover for Who By Numbers..but I've never been able to post pix on this site...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 18:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.sentireascoltare.com/CriticaMusicale/ClassicAlbums/copertine/aphex-i-care.jpeg

― dysøn (dyson), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 18:52 (twenty years ago)

Negativland - Escape From Noise (Don Joyce)

― (Jon L), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 18:58 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c388/c38860330ar.jpg http://musicmoz.org/img/editors/liloth/roger.jpg http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/reviews/covers_300/1162.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 20:10 (twenty years ago)

http://mypage.direct.ca/j/jniven/coverhail.jpg http://mypage.direct.ca/j/jniven/covermelt.jpg http://mypage.direct.ca/j/jniven/coverlifeinonechord.jpg http://mypage.direct.ca/j/jniven/coversparklethatshines.jpg http://mypage.direct.ca/j/jniven/coverdowninsplendour.jpg

― Poppy (poppy), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 23:00 (twenty years ago)

Does this count?

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f647/f64731ko4a3.jpg

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 23:55 (twenty years ago)

http://66.40.252.146/frenz/albumpics/mn.gif
http://66.40.252.146/frenz/albumpics/ce.gif
http://66.40.252.146/frenz/albumpics/fr1.gif

― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 02:40 (twenty years ago)

Dianogah "Battle Champions" and I think the other albums too.

― hurtingboss, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 05:20 (twenty years ago)

You mean:
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B00004TDY8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 06:30 (twenty years ago)

Great story in Clive Davis' autobiography about being brought down to Dylan's station wagon to see the original of this:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000024W3.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 06:35 (twenty years ago)

Here you go, Joseph: http://children.ofthenight.org/albums/images/12273f.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 07:26 (twenty years ago)

http://ubl.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drc500/c515/c51503sqey5.jpg http://www.alliedchemical.com/blackops/discos/media/half5.gif http://www.bulletsofautumn.com/boredoms/bore021.gif

― myONga vON bONtee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:43 (twenty years ago)

http://www.fastnbulbous.com/prekop.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago)

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Lesse if I can do this korrectly ...

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:02 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000073W8.01._PE_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:05 (twenty years ago)

Flaming Lips' OH MY GAWD!!!

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:54 (twenty years ago)

new album by The Vacation. cover artwork by Ben Tegel, the lead singer.

― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 18:24 (twenty years ago)

The Fall's 'Hex Enduction Hour' (and other Fall releases).

Tall Dwarfs and Chris Knox to thread!
The Clean!
Einsturzende Neubauten!

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 23 September 2004 00:40 (twenty years ago)

(Jeez, guess I gotta post them myself if I wanna see 'em!)
http://www.dyingdays.net/Flaming_Lips/Flaming_Lips_Oh_My_Gawd!!!.jpg http://www.lyred.com/covers/the_fall_-_hex_enduction_hour.jpg http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/images/k/knox_chris/yes.gif http://www.musicmatic.de/E/Einstue1.jpg http://members.cox.net/nmhdd/cov-talldwarfs-skyabove.jpg http://www.splendidezine.com/reviews/jul-23-01/clean.gif

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 23 September 2004 04:20 (twenty years ago)

http://home.golden.net/~weboett/smparts.jpg http://www.maxwebster.ca/images/albums/hangover_25.jpg http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oth12/jaquettes/voivod_nothingface.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 25 September 2004 18:05 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005RH8O.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I90W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― nader (nader), Sunday, 26 September 2004 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Good thread, this...

http://www.an-irrational-domain.net/images/memo/memo94.jpg

(illustrated by drummer Big Paul Ferguson)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 26 September 2004 20:07 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c474/c474280fqb2.jpg http://www.waiting4louise.de/cover/Cover-Juncosa-Nature.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 30 September 2004 08:53 (twenty years ago)

― hmmm (hmmm), Thursday, 30 September 2004 10:50 (twenty years ago)

hmmmmmm

― hmmm (hmmm), Thursday, 30 September 2004 10:51 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000DSO.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002P2W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― faithhopeand (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 2 October 2004 15:23 (twenty years ago)

Special dead Beatle contributions!
http://www.christoftrepczyk.de/bilder/len08.jpg http://www.christoftrepczyk.de/bilder/har02.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 2 October 2004 15:45 (twenty years ago)

http://www.tangerinedream.org/mod/gallery/media/20.jpg
http://www.tangerinedream.org/mod/gallery/media/52.jpg
http://www.tangerinedream.org/mod/gallery/media/53.jpg
http://www.tangerinedream.org/mod/gallery/media/21.jpg

― Didoismus (Dada), Sunday, 3 October 2004 11:25 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004TCOL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

(as well as most ALL of the rest of 'em.)

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 3 October 2004 14:44 (twenty years ago)

ihttps://www.freakemporium.com/images/fe_03571.jpg
ihttps://www.freakemporium.com/images/fe_02696.jpg
ihttps://www.freakemporium.com/images/fe_02121.jpg ihttps://www.freakemporium.com/images/fe_02666.jpg

― Didoismus (Dada), Monday, 4 October 2004 12:06 (twenty years ago)

Aaaaaaaargggghh, none of those worked!

― Didoismus (Dada), Monday, 4 October 2004 12:12 (twenty years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/6667/RUDIPENI.GIF http://www.majicat.com/image_Folder/teaser.jpg http://www.music-sites.net/images/reviews/195.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 4 October 2004 15:30 (twenty years ago)

http://music.sky-sea.net/recomend/blast/images/blast_b.jpg
http://www.a-s-charmed.de/bilder/fanartikel/musik/so_tonight_that_i_might_see.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Sunday, 10 October 2004 07:53 (twenty years ago)

Grant Hart did the majority of the artwork/photos for the Husker Du album covers...

― Sir Kingfish Beavis D'Azzmonch (Kingfish), Sunday, 10 October 2004 09:37 (twenty years ago)

i was trying to post the covers, but i'm a fucking idiot! [deep breath]. anyways, tobin sprout creates all his own album covers which are actually very nice. specifically his first 'carnival boy' and later 'moonflower plastic' are cool.

― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Sunday, 10 October 2004 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Fancy and Patchwork -- Bobbie Gentry

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:37 (twenty years ago)

Vic Chesnutt -- Little

― el maury, Monday, 11 October 2004 03:06 (twenty years ago)

Nice ones!
http://www.geocities.com/odetobobbiegentry/disc/images/f.jpg http://www.mikewolf.net/albums/images/8008f.jpg http://store.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd100/d159/d15980pgeh5.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 11 October 2004 17:56 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg100/g121/g12129rouct.jpg

― frankE (frankE), Monday, 11 October 2004 18:22 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf100/f127/f12766wbhar.jpg

-- and lots of other NWW

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 11 October 2004 18:59 (twenty years ago)

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 11 October 2004 21:29 (twenty years ago)

Myonga, glad you posted Fancy. I have it but I don't know how to post jpegs. I've also got Patchwork, but it's not as cool.

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Monday, 11 October 2004 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Stone Roses.

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:59 (twenty years ago)

Coil's 'Moons Milk' set, as well as others.

Some Throbbing Gristle

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 11 October 2004 23:42 (twenty years ago)

Lots of Peter Brotzmann covers are drawn or sculpted by himself, including http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre400/e411/e41134snkw1.jpg

― a banana (alanbanana), Monday, 11 October 2004 23:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.sa-wa-ro.com/RainyDay-Pages/images-RainyDay/rd-rd-f.jpg

[Rainy Day Compilation]

Kenra Smith did the cover.

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 02:27 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000068PQ0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000006OH6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― reo, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 02:54 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00020W0ME.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I0ZX.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― reo, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 03:09 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

ihttp://rateyourmusic.com/album_images2/9672.jpg

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 14:08 (eighteen years ago)

pretty much all of superchunk's albums covers were done by one of the members...

― mts (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

Mick Turner does all the Dirty Three ones.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

http://rateyourmusic.com/album_images2/s167367.jpg

― autovac (autovac), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 19:48 (eighteen years ago)

http://eil.com/newGallery/The-Cure-Lovesong-2253.jpg

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.zero.co.nz/music/images/Barrett,%20Syd%20-%20Barrett.jpg

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 22:08 (eighteen years ago)

(Right, there it is: the one I attempted to revive the thread with)

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 22:10 (eighteen years ago)

Plush - More You Becomes You

http://www.dragcity.com/catalog/records/dc70.jpg

― badg (badg), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 23:51 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000002UCR/ref=dp_image_0/103-3211428-2817435?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music

And all their other covers.

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:15 (eighteen years ago)

ihttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000002UCR/ref=dp_image_0/103-3211428-2817435?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 06:14 (eighteen years ago)

DAMMIT

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 06:15 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/images/image/13740.warmer-corners.gif

― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 06:18 (eighteen years ago)

aggi pastel to thread.

― koogy wonderland (koogs), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 08:04 (eighteen years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg100/g137/g13708ps8he.jpg

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drh300/h340/h34027xh6xm.jpg

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

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