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William Eggleston–Musician and Photographer. Some Record Covers.

May 17, 2025 rockdoc999 Leave a comment

I don’t normally write about record cover artists that I don’t collect. However, A friend has nagged me about William Eggleston’s covers and I felt I had to look into them.

Eggleston, born July 27th, 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee, was apparently an introverted child who his mother described as “a brilliant but strange boy”. He taught himself to play the piano and drawing. He was drawn to visual media and collected postcards and cut out pictures from magazines. Eggleston first became intrested in photography while at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and bought his first camera after a friend who recognised his fascination with visual imagery and his interest in mechanics suggested he buy a camera.

He turned to colour photography and in 1976 the Museum of Modern Art organised the first exhibion of Eggleston’s photographs–an exhibition that for the first time showed colour photographs. This seminal show was accompanied by the Catalogue Willim Eggleston’s Guide and showeed, for the first time, that colour photography could be raised to the level of art. Two of the photos in this book would turn up on record covers.

Eggleston has had many impressive exhibitions since.

Record covers

1. Eggleston‘s first record cover image was on Big Star’s album Radio City, released in 1974. The cover featured Eggleston’s 1973 photograph Red Ceiling. Alex Chilton (1950-2010) was a founder member of Big Star. Eggleston was a good friend of Chilton’s parents and Alex’s father championed Eggleston’s work. Alex knew him well and also admired his work, so it was natural to ask Eggleston for an image for Big Star‘s album, In addition Eggleston was later to play piano on Nature Boy, one of Big Star‘s songs on their third album.

2. Alex Chilton‘s 1979 album Like Flies on Sherbert features Eggleston’s Dolls on a. Cadillac photo from his Los Alamos series made between 1965 and 1974. Again, Chilton asked his friend for a suitable cover image.

3. Green on Red, from Tucson, Arizona, was a quartet made up of Dan Stuart, Jack Waterson, Chris Cacavas and Chuck Prophet. The band released their fourth long player Here. Come the Snakes in 1988 with Egglesgon’s Near the River at Greenville, Mississipi from 1975 on the cover.

4. Primal Scream went to Ardent Studio in Memphis to record Rocks and recorded their 1992 EP Dixie Narco there.Intgerestingly, Big Star had recorded Radio City at Ardent studio and Alex Chiltern’s mother had an art gallery in Memphis showinfg Eggleston’s photography. It seems likely that Primal Scream would have been exopsed to Eggleston’s work during that visit to Memphis and resulted in the band using four of Eggleston’s photos on record sleeves.

5. Another Big Star album came out in 1993 when the re-formed band made up of Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens and new recruits Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow from the Posies released Live at Missouri University. Once again Chilton turned to Eggleston for a cover image. The picture of a ceiling fan is reminicent of the Red Ceiling photo on the band’s Radio City cover. the photo is titled Washington D.C:, 1970.

6. The following year (1994) Primal Scream used a cropped version of Eggleston’s Troubled Waters on their 1994 Give Out But Don’t Give Up album. According to Primal Scream the image of a Confederate Flag was a reference to the fact that the band had been to the South to Memphis to record with legendary producer Tom Dowd.

7. Gimmer Nicholson moved in the same Memphis circles as Eggleston and recorded his Christopher Idyll album in 1968, produced by Terry Μanning, a photographer and friend of Eggleston. Eggleston had helped edit the photography on Mannings’s own 1970 album Home Sweet Home. Nicholson‘s Christopher Idyll was first released as a limited edition LP in 1981 and later as a CD in 1994.

8. The title of Jimmy Eat World‘s 2001 album Bleed American echoes the title of Eggleton’s photo, which is also from the Los Alamos series (1965-1974). The photo shows sports trophies on top of a cigarette vending machine supposed to rerpresent “the fragilityof success.”

9. The photo on thee cover of The Derek Trucks Band‘s Soul Serenade album is Eggleston’s Untitled (Near Minter City and Glendora, Mississippi) from 1970 and is the first to come from the William Eggleston Guide book.I haven’t been able to establish a direct connection between the band and Eggleston, but the fact that the band comes from the American South makes using a photo from a fellow southener (Eggleston) logical.

10. Chuck Prophet, as previously mentioned, was previously a member of Green on Red and was a confirmed Eggelston fan. His Age of Miracles album was released in 2004. The photo, from 1975, was of Eggleston’s friend Martha Hare spaced out on half a Qualude taken in Memphis. It would turn up again on Primal Scream‘s 2006 single Country Girl.

11. Primal Scream seem to like Eggleston’s work as the band released two singles in 2006 with cover photos by him. Here’s the cover of Country Girl. The other was Dolls. (see No. 12)

12. David Berman, formed the Silver Jews in New York together with Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich from Pavement in 1989. Berman was living in Memphis when the band’s Tanglewood Numbers came out in 2005 and he felt that one of Eggleston’s photos from Memphis suited the album’s cover.

13. The second Primal Scream single from 2006 was Dolls with Eggleston’s Untitled, Memphis, 1972-73 photo on the cover. I’m not sure who the model was on this one.

14. It is unclear why Joanna Newsom decided to use a modified version of Eggleston’s Kenya, 1980 photo on the cover of her 2007 release Joanna Newsom and Ys Street Band E.P. The cover shows a rotated version of the original photo. Eggleston’s original has the branch sticking out from the left of the picture. The record’s title is supposed to be a play on Bruce Springsteen’s E. Street Band.

15. Spoon, a band from Austin, Texas, released their seventh album, Transference, in 2010 and selected Eggleston’s photo of his nephew from his Sumner, Mississippi, series. This photo was also included in the 1976 MoMa exhibition of Eggleston’s owork and included in the exhibition catalogue.

16. 2017 William Eggelston’s Music, his first release of his own musical improvisations with two tracks by well-known composers; Lerner & Loewe‘s On The Street Where You Live and Gilbert & Sullivan’s Tit Willow.

17. Eggleston‘s second full-length recording came out in 2023, when he was 84 years old! This album contained one of his own improvisations and five “standards”; Ol’ Man River, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Over the Rainbow, That’s Some Robert Burns and Onward Christian Soldiers (which occupies the whole of side two. The title, 512, comes from the flat where he recorded the album,

18. J. Spaceman (Jason Pierce) and John Coxon, part of Spiritualized, one of my favourite bands, released a double album entitled Music for William Eggleston’s Stranded in Canton on 18th October 2024. They first performed the musical score in a show at the Barbican Gallery in 2015 but the record wasn’t released until nearly ten years later. Stranded in Canton is Eggleston’s 1974 raw Memphis film shot in bars and on street corners and showing Eggleton’s friends carousing, playing music and firing pistols into the night sky.

The album cover shows stills from the film rather than separate photographs. I have the standard edition but there is a deluxe white vinyl version with extra photos and a booklet and a different cover image (see the lower picture.)

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A Summary of Record Cover Art by the Artist Known as Banksy.

May 13, 2025 rockdoc999 Leave a comment

I would advise anyone who wants to start collection any designer’s, illustrator’s or photographer’s record cover for simpliccity’s sake choose one with a maximum of, say, 200 covers to collect. That would rule out the likes of Alex Steinweiss (who has been estimated to have produced over 2,500 covers) or Anton Corbijn or even Rob Jones (I started collecting his covers but gave up), who designs many covers for Jack White’s Third Man Records.

I started collecting record covers by the artist known as Banksy–whoever he may be–in around 2005 not thinking there would be too many to find. So far my collection includes 180 items, admittedly with a few doubles, but I’m getting dangerously near the 200 cover limit!

Here’s my list as of May 2025. I make no claim that it is complwete. One can always find covers with minor details with Banksy art.
Artist–Title–Format–Label–Cat No. –Year Released
1. Mother Samosa[1]— The Fairground of Fear — Printers proof of cassette inlay — Mother Samosa — 1993
2. Mother Samosa* — Oh My God It’s Cheeky Clown — Printers proof of cassette inlay — Mother Samosa –1994
3. Revolucion X--Canciones electorales–Cassette — Not on label — 1997 (?)
4. One Cut — Cut Commander — 12” — Hombre Records — MEX 006 1998
5. Capoeira Twins — 4 x 3 / Truth Will Out — 12” promo — Blowpop Records — BLOWP 001 1999
6. One Cut — Hombre Mix — CD — Hombre Records — 666017004020 (CDX002) — 1999
7. Various Artists compilation — The Next XI — Sleazenation No 2, Sept 1999 — Wall of Sound — IMPRESS SN 01 — 1999
8. One Cut — Grand Theft Audio — Double LP — Hombre Records MEX 024 — 2000
9. One Cut — Grand Theft Audio Sampler — 12” promo — Hombre Records — MEX 025 — 2000
10. One Cut — Mr X / Rhythm Geometry — 12” — Hombre Records — MEX 029 — 2000
11. One Cut — Underground Terror Tactics — 12” — Hombre Records — MEX 016 — 2000
12. One Cut — Armour Plated, X-Rated — CD promo — Hombré Records — MEX 024cd — 2000
13. Monk & Canatella — Do Community Service — CD — Telstar Records — TDC 3112 — 2000
14. Various Artists — We Love You… So Love Us — LP — Wall of Sound AMOUR 1 — LP 2000
15. Various Artists — We Love You… So Love Us — CD — Wall of Sound — 72438491421 (AMOUR1CD) — 2000
16. Dynamic Duo / Nasty P — Skateboards — CD promo — Turntable Masochists — 2000
17. Dynamic Duo — Styles by the Dozen — 12” — Complex Broad — CB001 — 2000
18. Various Artists — Monkeys With Car Keys — CD — Natural Born Productions — 2000?
19. The Promise — Believer — Red vinyl LP — Deathwish — DW124 2022-07-15.
20. The Promise — Believer — Clear vinyl LP — Deathwish — DW124 2022-07-15
21. Various Artists — We Love You… So Love Us Too — CD — Wall of Sound — AMOUR 4 — CD — 2001
22. Various Artists–We Love You… So Love Us Too –12” promo–Wall of Sound — WLY 4 — 2001
23. Roots Manuva — Yellow Submarine — Single sided 12” — Ultimate Dilemma — UDR 050 — 2001
24. Various Artists — Peace Not War CD promo — The Big Issue 2001
25. The Promise — Believer — CD (US) — Indecision — IND53 — 2002
26. Skitz — Badmeaningood, Vol 1 — Gatefold double LP — Ultimate Dilemma — UDR LP 018 — 2002
27. Roots Manuva — Badmeaningood, Vol 2 — Gatefold double LP — Ultimate Dilemma — UDR LP 019 — 2002
28. DJ Frenzic & DJ Fearless — ATM Magazine — Magazine + CD — ATM ATM 54 — 2002
29. Blak Twang — Kik Off — Double LP — Bad Magic — MAGICLP5 — 2002
30. Blak Twang — Kik Off — 12” EP — Bad Magic — MAGICT023 — 2002
31. Blak Twang — Trixstar — 12” EP — Bad Magic — MAGICT024 — 2002
32. Blak Twang–Trixstar (Remix) – Feat Estelle (Joni Rewind Remix) –12” EP — Bad Magic — MAGICT024X — 2002
33. Blak Twang — So Rotton — 12” EP — Bad Magic — MAGICT25 2002
34. Röyksopp — Melody A.M. — Double LP promo -(dark green print – Wall of Sound — WALLLP027 Ltd 2002
35. Röyksopp — Melody A.M. — Double LP promo (light green print Wall of Sound — WALLLP027 Ltd — 2002
36. Various Artists — Seven Magazine presents the Soundtrack to the Sizzler Parties — Promo CD — Rizla / Wall of Sound — SEVENMAG004 2002
37. Blur — Think Tank — Gatefold double LP — Parlophone — 5829971 — 2003
38. Cave, Nick — Complete Lyrics 1978-2001 — Paperback book Penguin — 9,78014E+12 — 2003
39. Cave, Nick — Tutte le canzone 1978-2001 — Paperback book — Monalani 9,78014E+12 2003
40. Blur — Think Tank — CD promo + Petrolhead stamp – -Parlophone THINK 1 — 2003
41. Blur — Think Tank — Limited edition CD book — Parlophone.
43. Blur — Think Tank — CD promo + Petrolhead stamp — Parlophone — THINK 1 — 2003
44. Blur — Think Tank — CD promo – Petrolhead stamp Parlophone THINK 1 2003
45. Blur — Think Tank — CD promo — handprint stamp Parlophone THINK 1 –2003
46. Blur — Think Tank — CD promo – no Petrolhead stamp — Parlophone — THINK 1 —-2003
47. Blur — Out of Time — 7” single — Parlophone — 2003
48. Blur — Out of Time — DVD single– Parlophone DVDR6606 2003
49. Blur — Crazy Beat — 7” single — Parlophone — R6610 — 2003
50. Blur — Crazy Beat — CD — single — Parlophone — CDRS 6610 — 2003
51. Blur — Crazy Beat — DVD single — Parlophone DVDR 6610 — 2003 52. Blur–The Observer — CD promo — Observer — 2003
53. Blur–Crazy Bea– CD single promo–Parlophone–CDRJ 6610–2003
54. Blur–Good Song–7” single–Parlophone–R6619–2003
55. Various Artists–Off the Wall–10 Years of Wall of Sound–CD promo–Wall of Sound–7,24359E+11–2003
56. Various Artists — Off the Wall–10 Years of Wall of Sound — Gatefold triple LP — Wall of Sound — WALLP033 — 2003
57. Peanut Butter Wolf — Badmeaningood, Vol 3 — Gatefold double LP — Ultimate Dilemma — UDRLP 020 — 2003
58. Scratch Perverts — Badmeaningood, Vol 4 — Gatefold double LP — Ultimate Dilemma — 5,05047E+12 — 2003
59. Various Artists — We Love You… So Love Us Three — CD — Wall of Sound — AMOUR8CD — 2004
60. Various Artists — We Love You… So Love Us Three — CD — Wall of Sound — 2004
61. Various Artists — We Love You… So Love Us Three — Promo 12” — Wall of Sound — AMOUR171X — 2004
62. Fallout — What Is Past Is Prologue — CD — Longshot — LSCD30 — 2004 —
63. Product.01 — The Loud EP — 12” EP — Bow Wow — BOWWOW 0 –2004
64. Buckfunk 3000 — 2 Much Booty — 12” — Bow Wow — BOW WOW 2004
65. Girl Nobody — The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be — CD — Girl Nobody Music — HTA 16331 — 2004
66. Kefran & Guigoo–Kisde… Forme–12″–Kisde Recorrds–KISDE01–2004
67. Kefran & Guigoo–Kisde… Branche–12″–Kisde Recorrds–KISDE06–2004
68. Kefran & Guigoo–Kisse… Compose–12″–Kisde Recorrds–KISDE02–2004
70. Kefran & Guigoo–Kisde…Chire!–12″–Kisde Recorrds–KISDE CHIRE–2004
71. Kefran & Guigoo–Kisde… Fonce–12″–Kisde Recorrds–KISDE01–2004
72. Benjamin Zephaniah — Naked CD promo — One Little Indian –TPLP403CDP –2005
73. Bass Kittens — Rise of the Machines — 12” — Bow Wow — BOWWOW 0 — 2005
74. Speed Baby — Taken / Lurker — 12” — Bow Wow — BOWWOW — 2005
75. Frog Stupid — Love and Ambition Won’t Get You a Payrise — CD — Not on label — none — 2005
76. Kein Signal — Mit diesem Land ist Irgendetwas nicht in Ordnung… — CD — Not on label — none —2 005
77. Linchpin — Jesus Had Long Hair — CD — Sleeper — Sleeper CD2 — 2005
78. Antibazz vs. Deep Melange — Wonderful Life — CD — Double Dance Records — DD221130 — 2005
79. Citizen Keyne--Ungreat Britain –CD–DRB Records–DRB001–2005
80 Mother Samosa* –The Fairground of Fear –CD Digipak–Not on label–2006
81. Mother Samosa*–Oh My God It’s Cheeky Clown–CD Digipak–Not on label–2006
82. Dirty Funker–Let’s Get Dirty–Printer’s proof cover–irst pressing –Spirit Records–DF006–2006
83. Dirty Funker–Let’s Get Dirty–12” single-–First pressing–Spirit Records–DF006–2006
84. Dirty Funker–Let’s Get Dirty–12” single–Second pressing–Spirit Records–DF006–2006
85. Hoxton Whores–Im Not Your Friend–12”–Not on Label–None–2006
86. Banksy / DJ Danger Mouse–Paris–CD-rom–First pressing–Not on label–9362-44138–2006
87. Mr. Bird–Know Your Rodents–CD–FreqyentSoundz–FZCD04–2007
88. Final Prayer–Right Here, Right Now–LP & CD–IC Records–2006
89. Banksy / DJ Danger Mouse–Paris CD–Second pressing–Not on label–BANKSY 001–2006
90. DJ /Rupture vs. Filastine–Shotgun Wedding–Volume Six–CD–Violent Turd–turd 19–2007
91. Trent (UK Vineyard Worship)–Unfailing Love–CD Vineyard Records–VRUKCD05–2006
92. SL-27–SL-27–7” EP–Mashnote Records–Ma005–2007
93. Talib Kweli & Madlip–Liberation–Orange vinyl–12” LP–Blacksmith–90266316018–2007
94. Me&You–Floating Heavy Edits–12” EP–Not on label–REBTUZ 027–2007
95. One Bad Son–Orange City–CD–Versailles Records–6,8924E+11–2007
96. The Well Wishers–How I Won The War–CD–Not On Label – –None–2007
97. DJ Danger Mouse–From Man to Mouse–Double LP–DMZ–DMZ-002–2007
98. Dirty Funker–Future (white/pink)–12”–Spirit Records–DF007–2008
99. Dirty Funker –Future (white/red)–12” Spirit Records–DF007–2008
100. Dirty Funker–Future (white/orange)–12”–Spirit Records–DF007–2008
101. Dirty Funker–Future (brown)–12”–Spirit Records–DF007–2008
102. Dirty Funker–Future (grey)–12”–Spirit Records–DF007–200
103. Dirty Funker–Future –CD promo–Spirit Records–DF007–2008
104. Banksy–The Banksy Years–12” LP–Not on label–BANKSY001–2008
105. Queen & Cuntry–Don’t Stop Me Now–12”–Not on label–QAC 1–2008
106. Kate Bush / Ashley Beedle–Running up That Hill (Remix)–12”–Not on label–RUTH 001–2008
107. Miami Vices–Sin Da Da Da / Anarchy 2008–12”–Not on label–MVEP2–2008
108. Henchman / Majistate & Nicol –Street Art–12”–Bow Wow –BOW WOW–2008
109 Warrior Soul--Destroy the War Machine–CD–Acetate Records–ATE7038–2008
110. Various Artists--Songs Across Walls Of Separation–CD–Kyrkelig Kulturverksted–FXCD336–2008
111. Le Pakkt–Vestige d’un art–CD/Digital–Not on label–None–2008 112. Citizen Keyne–Ungreat Britain–CD–DRB Records–DRB 001–2008
113. Sky Architects–Sky Architects–CD–Not On Label–skycd001–2008
114. Stylus Rex–Cops on Coke–12” single–Bow Wow –BOW WOW–2008
115. Danger Mouse–Keep It Real / Laugh Now–7” (cover only)–Spirit Records–PC1 2008
116. Danger Mouse–Keep It Real / Laugh Now–12”–(Gold)–Spirit Records–PC2–2008
117. Danger Mouse–Keep It Real / Laugh Now–12” (Silver)–Spirit Records–PC2–2008
118. Danger Mouse–Keep It Real / Laugh Now–12” (Green) –pirit Records–PC2 –2008
119. Danger Mouse–Keep It Real / Laugh Now–12” (Brown)–Spirit Records PC2 2008
120. Danger Mouse–Keep It Real / Laugh Now–12” Test pressing–Spirit Records–PC2–2008
121. Dirty Funker–Flat Beat–12”–Spirit Records-DF 08 2009
122. Rosie Thomas--All the Way from Michigan Not Mars–Ltd white vinyl LP & DVD–Factory 25–FTF-006–2009
123. Carsten Daerr Trio--Wide Angle–CD–Traumton Records–TRAUMTON4537–2010
124. Cat and Sock–Cat and Sock–CD–Powertool Records–PT096–2010
125. The Lonely Kids Club–When the Time Comes–CD & Digital–Not on label–none–2011
126. Timothy Carroll–For Bread & Circuses–Digipak CD–Not on label–TLC6291–2011
127. Kid Barbados–Sundays –Promo CD–Not on label None 2011
128. Kid Barbados–Sundays–Digipak CD–Not on label–None –2011
129. Anathema–The Feeding Of The 5 Knuckles Shuffle–CD–Love of Life–L.O.L.1–2011
130. Young Haitti–Graffiti CD-r–Mixtapes–211499–2011
131. Recliner–Fake Love Songs–CD–Not olabel–7,00261E+11–2011
132. Desy Balmer–Beyond Belfast Digital– None None 2012
133. Rayko & Get Down Edits–Old Skool–Promo–12” EP–Glenview–GVR1201–2012
134.. Blur–Think Tank (remasttered)–2LP–Parlophone–THINKLPX1–2012
135. Blur–Think Tank–2CD box set–Parlophone THINKX1 2012
136. Mitch Benn And the Distractions–Breaking Strings–CD–Laughing Stock–LSM01–2012
137. Dexzy Balmer–Beyond Belfast–Digital–Nice & Nasty–NONO100–2012
138. Embalming Theatre / Tersanjung 13–Mommy Died – Mummified / Hellnose–7” split EP test pressing–Rotten to the Core–RTTC–2013
139 Saverria Margiola–Stellae Minima–7” single–HR.002–2013
140. Monique DiMattina –In New Orleans:–Nola’s Ark CD –azzhead –HEAD170–2013
141. Machine Gun Kelly–Black Flag–CD–Bad Boy Entertainment–EST19xx–2013
142. Blanco And The Jacka–Misfits–CD–Guerrilla Entertainment–none–2013
143. Angry Brigade–Ten Years Of Anger–CD Emergency Records None–2013
144. Junichi Masuda–Pokémon–12” test pressing–Moonshake Records–Moonshake 005–2015
145. Boys in Blue–Funk tha Police–12”–Not on Label–BIB001–2015
146. Agathocles / Haggus–Don’t Forget to Eat Your Lunch and Make Some Trouble /Minecore Provocateur–Split 7-inch–Fuck Your Life Records–FYL #22–2015
147. Minraud–Vox Populi–CD–Hidden Stone Records–None–2016
148. Warrior Soul –Destroy the War Machine–Ltd edn 12” LP–Night of the Vinyl Dead–NVD229–2016
149. Hot 8 Brass Band–The Life and Times of–CD–True Thoughts–TRUCD262–2016
150. Destrellados–La lucha continùa–CD–Rock CD–RCDR1116–2016
151. TV-Age–The Player EP–12” EP–Not on label–2016
152. Saga & Thelonious Martin–Molotov–12” LP–Coalmine–CM066–2016
153. Pogoverdächtig & Kopfkran— Deutschpunk Sampler Vol. 2–CD –Puko Musik–None–2016
154. Pogoverdächtig & Kopfkrank–Deutschpunk Sampler Vol. 5 CD Puko Musik None 2017
155. Downers–Uptown–CD–The Temptation Department–Te.mpt 011–2017
156. Диагноз-27–Беспредельный террор –CD–Discomfort–DSCMFRT 01–2016
157. Barney McAll /TQX–Global Intimacy–Digipak CD–Not on Label — 2018
158. The Climate Change Project–Season’s Greetings–CD–Not on Label–RFD80M–2020
158a. The Climate Change Project–Season’s Greetings–Autographed CD–Not on Label–RFD80M–2020
159. Stormzy–Heavy Is the Head–Ltd 2LP picture discs–Merky Records–1,90295E–2020
160. Stormzy–Heavy Is the Head–2LP (black vinyl)–Merky Records–1,90295E+11–2020
161. Boys in Blue–Strawberry Donut /Thick as Thieves–12-inch single–Not on Label–None–2020
162. Black Note Graffiti--Fall & Rise Volume III–12” LP & CD–BNG–V1274689B–2020
163. Scenius–Enough Fears–CD–Self released–None–2020
164. The Promise–Believer–Purple vinyl LP–Deathwish DW124 2022
165. The Promise–Believer–CD (Europe)–GSR Music–GSR035 –022
166. The Promise–Believer–green/blue vinyl LP–Deathwish–DW124–2022
167. Talib Kweli & Madlip–Liberation–White vinyl 12” LP–Blacksmith 90266316018–2022
168. Flat Earth–High on Lies–Ltd edn LP –SE002–2022
169. Ekrement Beton / Assel Terror–Rattendisco–Ltd yellow vinyl LP+CD–Anarchy of Sound Records–AoS 007b 2022
170. Ekrement Beton / Assel Terror–Rattendisco Ltd purple vinyl LP+CD–Anarchy of Sound Records–AoS 007b–2022
171. Ekrement Beton / Assel Terror–Rattendisco–Ltd yellow splatter vinyl LP+CD–Anarchy of Sound Records–AoS 007b–2022
172. Danger Mouse –From Man to Mouse–2LP– 2022
173. Hans Otto Thomashoff –Versuchung des Bösen–CD–cc-live–SE002–2022
174. Paddelnohekanu –20 Years–Cassette–Entre Anonicos–KP-016-M6–2023
175. Blur–Think Tank–Reissue–2LP–Parlophone–THINKLPX1 (5099962484817)–2023
176. The New York Folk Music Hall of Fame–Eternal Bridges: Songs of Peace, Hope & Freedom–CD–NYFMHoF–8,88296E–2023
177. Fist2Fist–Hold the Gun–CD EP–Not on label–none–year?

I know you would like to see pictures of each release but there just isn’t time to add them. If I have missed any important releases, please feel free to cotact me in the Comments and I’ll try to add them.

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New Album Covers by Klaus Voormann.

June 9, 2024 rockdoc999 Leave a comment

Klaus Voormann will be 86 on April 29th, 2024, but he hasn’t retired from record cover design. My current list of Voormann covers has just reached its centenary — 100 covers listed! The list includes magazine and book covers in addition to the 90-odd record covers he has designed.

The latest two to turn up are Wolfgang Bernreuther’s Still a Fool, a CD or a limited edtion double LP, released on 21st April 2023.

And, as mentioned in my recent post on Voormann’s early covers, the latest Manfred Mann greatest hits package called Hits From the Sixties, was released in April 2024. Thanks to Stefan Thull, a Voormann collector, I was able to get a signed copy to add to my collection.

Klaus drew this portrait of Manfred Mann in 1966 — as written on the piano keys while he was a member of Manfred Mann. He also designed the cover for the Manfred’s 1966 album As Is.

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Andy Warhol by Sir Peter Blake. Post Dedicated to Daniel Brant.

March 8, 2017 rockdoc999 Leave a comment

As readers of this blog will know, I collect both Andy Warhol‘s and, not by any coincidence, Peter Blake‘s record cover art.. I would list these great Pop Artists as the equals–Warhol as an exponent of American Pop Art and Blake curiously English.

Andy Warhol died on 22nd February 1987, just 30 years ago. Art lovers, it seems, love and hate him in almost in equal measures. However, Warhol‘s art still causes excitement and discussion. Peter Blake‘s art continues to evolve, now in his 85th year.

In 2009 Sir Peter Blake produced a 355 x 355 mm (14 x 14 in) print of Andy Warhol in an edition of 25, complete with diamond dust. A new, larger (510 x 510 mm) edition 0f 75 was produced in 2016.

Warhol by Blake — Sir Peter Blake’s 2009/2016 print “Andy Warhol”.

This would make a great addition to both my collections! I’m going to start saving up tomorrow.

I dedicate this post to the memory of Daniel Brant of the A and D Gallery, who died on 19th January 2017 and who gave me many insights into Andy Warhol‘s art and gave me the opportunity to meet Sir Peter Blake at the opening of the Gallery’s show Peter Blake‘s “I Love London” in 2010. I suppose it is also an homage to Andy Warhol and Peter Blake, too.

Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Record cover art

Record Cover Art by Cindy Sherman and Jeff Koons.

November 29, 2016 rockdoc999 1 Comment

Cindy Sherman and Jeff Koons are two contemporary artists working in totally different media. Cindy Sherman (born 19th January 1954) is a photographer who specialises in self portraits in which she disguises herself in costume and in various situations. She is considered a conceptual artist.

CINDY SHERMAN

I have thus far managed to find six record, video and cassette covers with cover art by Cindy Sherman.The earliest recording I have found that has one of her photographs on its cover was for the television production “Two Moon July” which featured the music of Laurie Anderson, David Byrne (with whom Cindy Sherman had a relationship from 1991 to 2005), Philip Glass and others. The programme was released on VHS in 1986 and on Laserdisk the following year with Cindy‘s photograph of the Empire State Building on the cover.

two-moon-july — The cover of the “Two Moon July” Laserdisk.

In 1988, one of her self portraits was used as the cover art for a cassette of visual artists talking. The cassette was released as Tellus Magazine #21 entitled “Tellus #21: Audio by Visual Artists“. Tellus was a bi-monthly cassette magazine that was founded in New York in 1983.

tellus-audio — Cindy Sherman’s self portrait on the cover of the cassette magazine Tellus from 1988.

Sherman was involved with the female band Babes in Toyland in the 1980s and even appeared in one of their videos. Her photographs appeared on the covers of two of the group’s records “Fontanelle” (1992) and “Painkillers” (1993).

Babes in Toyland’s 1992 LP “Fontanelle” and 12″ “Painkillers” with cover photos by Cindy Sherman.

The punk band Cloudburst released two singles. The first, released in France in 1999 was a purple vinyl, three-track 7″ EP entitled “Love-Lies-Bleeding” and had a Cindy Sherman painting as its cover art.

The latest cover i have been able to find is a five-track, single sided, yellow vinyl 12″ EP called “No More Crazy Women” by tenor saxophonist Arthur Doyle. I’ll be returning to Arthur Doyle in my list of Jeff Koon‘s cover art.

JEFF KOONS

There only seem to be three record or CD covers with Jeff Koons’ art. Or that is all I have hitherto been able to find.

Eli and Edye Broad have built up a magnificent collection of American postwar art which is housed at The Broad at 221 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles and is open to visitors. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of 100 works from the Broad Collection from 7th October 2001 until 6th January 2002. The exhibition was called “Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collection“. In conjunction with the exhibition a CD was released called “John Cage to David Byrne: Four Decades of Contemporary Music“. The exhibition later transferred to The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC (16th March-3rd June 2002).

The CD was a compilation of 13 tracks by artists from David Bowie (“Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide“) to John Cage (“Atlas Eclipticalis”) via The Velvet Underground (“Femme Fatale”), Dizzy Gillespie (“Be Bop”) and Klaus Schulze (“Floating”).

koons-cd-fr — The “John Cage to David Byrne: Four Decades of Contemporary Music” CD cover with a detail of Jasper Johns’ “Flag” and Jeff Koons’ “Rabbit”.

The CD booklet also contains pictures of other artworks from the Broad Collection, including Andy Warhol‘s “Elvis” (1963), Jean-Michel Basquiat‘s “Horn Players” (1983), Sharon Lockhart‘s “Untitled” (1996) and Stephan Balkenhol‘s “Large Woman with Green Pants” (1996). The rear inlay shows Roy Lichtenstein‘s “I… I’m Sorry” (1965-1966).

The second release with Jeff Koons‘ art is another Arthur Doyle record. This time another single-sided, two track 12″ single with cover that shows Koons‘ print “Donkey 1999” from 1999 produced in an edition of 99 copies. The cover, once again, has two corners cut off.

live-at-the-alterknit — Arthur Doyle Trio’s “Live at the Alterknit” cover.

And the third Jeff Koons cover is the best known. Lady Gaga‘s “ArtPop” from 2013. For this cover Koons acted as photographer.

I will keep looking out for more covers with art by Sherman and Koons and will probably update this post sometime in the future.

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Bootleg alnums

The Rolling Stones’ “Emotional Tattoo” bootleg album with Warhol art.

November 30, 2014 rockdoc999 4 Comments

Warhol’s record covers

Although Andy Warhol designed or illustrated over sixty record covers during his life, his reputation as a cover designer is mainly based on his two best-known sleeve designs: the “banana” cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico and the zip cover for The Rolling Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” album. Of course, Warhol also designed The Stones’ “Love You Live” cover and a greatest hits cover that Mick Jagger apparently rejected and which seems to have be lost. When it comes to bootleg albums The Stones are second only to The Velvet Underground when it comes to the number that use Andy Warhol’s art.

There are at least four Stones bootlegs that use Warhol’s art. These are “Emotional Tattoo”, “Live at Laxington”, “Mick Jagger in Japan” and the box set “El Mocambo 1977 +”. The first three of these all use one of Warhol’s Mick Jagger portraits originally sold in 1975 in a folio of ten silkscreens signed by both Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger. I had the opportunity to buy one of these sets at that time but turned them down as I thought the prints were ugly! A miss as gross as Patricia Caulfield’s refusal to accept two sets of Warhol’s “Flowers” as compensation for him using her photo as the basis for the paintings/prints . She demanded money instead!

Emotional Tattoo

This bootleg was originally released in Germany in December 1983 and included tracks recorded during sessions in 1981 and 1982 for the albums “Emotional Rescue” and “Tattoo You”. The cover was rather poorly printed with Warhol’s portrait of Mick Jagger on the front and a picture of ET on the reverse. Guy Minnebach tells me that ET was chosen for the cover as from an abbreviation of the record’s title and the fact that the film was very popular at the time the record came out.

The original 1985 front cover with the unsigned portrait.

The 1983 release was originally on black vinyl but sometime later copies appeared on orange vinyl housed in a cover identical to the black vinyl release and with the same catalogue number ID 1266.

Late in 2013, or perhaps early in 2014, a new version of the album appeared. Copies on green vinyl appeared on Ebay first from Portugal. This new pressing is a numbered edition of 350 and has the catalogue number RST-ST 01. The cover printing is of much better quality and the front cover portrait of Mick Jagger is now signed by Andy Warhol. ET has been banished from the rear and all ten of Warhol’s portraits of Jagger are pictured. There are also copies on black vinyl also in a numbered edition of 350 with an identical cover to the green vinyl issue. There is no indication on the cover as to which vinyl colour is included.

The front cover of the 2013 album. Note the improved colouring and Warhol's signature at the bottom. — The front cover of the 2013 album. Note the improved colouring and Warhol’s signature at the bottom.

The rear of the 2013 re-issue album. Cleaner and better designed than the original.

It is possible that there are two editions of 350 copies each; one each for the green and black vinyl releases. I have not been able to ascertain whether there are, in fact, 700 albums in the new series or only a single series of 350. As I write this (December 2014) copies of these new pressings have been selling for around €200 each for both the green and black vinyl versions, but prices seem to be coming down. Copies of the 1983 issue have been priced at $300-500, which, in my opinion, is ridiculous.

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