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“The bottom line is, respect each other, and love each other. It’s a bit idealistic, but it’s all that there is.” - Terry Hall

#RIPTerryHall ❤ #LoveMusicHateRacism

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“The bottom line is, respect each other, and love each other. It’s a bit idealistic, but it’s all that there is.” - Terry Hall

#RIPTerryHall ❤ #LoveMusicHateRacism

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“The bottom line is, respect each other, and love each other. It’s a bit idealistic, but it’s all that there is.” - Terry Hall

#RIPTerryHall ❤ #LoveMusicHateRacism

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“The bottom line is, respect each other, and love each other. It’s a bit idealistic, but it’s all that there is.” - Terry Hall

#RIPTerryHall ❤ #LoveMusicHateRacism

Curtain has fallen,
Now you're on your own,
I won't return,
Forever you will wait.

You're wondering now,
What to do, now you know this is the end.

Devastating news about Terry Hall. The joy The Specials' music has given over the years is immeasurable.

Thank you Terry ❤
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#RIP #TerryHall #TheSpecials #2tone #LoveMusicHateRacism

The Art of Album Covers

Left: The head of Medusa; probably a copy of Rondanini Medusa, which in turn is probably a Roman copy of a 5~4 BCE classical work from ancient Greece.

Right: Used (recolored) for the cover of Killing Joke's "Pandemonium" (Butterfly Records, 1994).

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The Art of Album Covers

Left: Gordon Parks, "Drinking Fountains, Mobile, Alabama" (1956)

Right: Used (slightly cropped, black and white) for the cover of Common's "Like Water for Chocolate" (MCA, 2000).

Gordon Parks was prominent in U.S. photography, both photojournalism and fashion, from the 1940s to the 1970s. Read about his work here: https://jackshainman.com/uploads/8400084/1608318614888/Parks_Press_Kit-compressed.pdf

#TheArtofAlbumCovers #LoveMusicHateRacism #Common #MusicTrivia #GordonParks

The Art of Album Covers

Left: Ambrosius Bosschaert d. J. - Middelburg 1609–1645 Utrecht «Stillleben mit Früchten auf Zinnteller; Römer, Melone und Grashüpfer» (Still life with fruit on a pewter plate; rummer glass, melon and grasshoppers)

Right: Used (slightly cropped) for the cover of Einstürzende Neubauten's "Tabula Rasa" (Mute, 1993).

"Tabula rasa" is a Latin phrase that means "blank slate", or "blank mind".

#TheArtofAlbumCovers #LoveMusicHateRacism #Einstürzende Neubauten #MusicTrivia

The Art of Album Covers

I am becoming addicted to whatever that white rabbit puts in the hookah!

Background essay on the image used for Rip Rig + Panic's "GOD" (1981).

Read about it here: https://medium.com/@romanalanwrites/death-and-god-leopard-and-baboon-and-god-by-rip-rig-panic-43aac89ca473

#TheArtofAlbumCovers #LoveMusicHateRacism #RipRigAndPanic #MusicTrivia

The Art of Album Covers

Left: Photo by John Dominis (LIFE 1966) "Leopard and Baboon".

Right: Used (without the leopard, which lost its spot) for the cover of Rip Rig + Panic's "God" (Virgin Records, 1981).

The backstory is that the leopard was captured and released near baboons so the encounters could be photographed. (https://www.life.com/animals/the-leopard-and-the-baboon-anatomy-of-a-classic-staged-life-photo/)

#TheArtofAlbumCovers #LoveMusicHateRacism #RipRigAndPanic #MusicTrivia

No one is born racist
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Kids at Grove School, Handsworth, 1967.
Photo Eric Wadsworth
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#NoOneIsBornRacist #lovemusichateracism

The Art of Album Covers

Did you see that white rabbit? Followed it again and wrote an essay about an album cover I like, 1975's "Diamond Head" from Phil Manzanera. (This is becoming a rabbit habit!)

Read about it here: https://medium.com/@romanalanwrites/seein-the-west-city-of-los-angeles-and-diamond-head-1a12b6309057

#TheArtofAlbumCovers #LoveMusicHateRacism #RoxyMusic #MusicTrivia

The Art of Album Covers

Union Pacific Railroad Company 1950s promotional postcard , 'Seein' The West By "Streamliner" ' (https://www.flickr.com/photos/old_things/28963868560/in/photostream/).

Used, with some interesting changes, for the cover of Phil Manzanera's "Diamond Head" (Island Records, 1975).

The image is UP's "City of Los Angeles" (EMD E9A No. 961), passing through Echo Canyon in Utah.

#TheArtofAlbumCovers #LoveMusicHateRacism #RoxyMusic #MusicTrivia

No one is born racist.
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Boys outside The Cavern Club, Liverpool, 1964.
Photo Astrid Kirchherr
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#LoveMusicHateRacism #NoOneIsBornRacist #CavernClub #liverpool #merseybeat

The Art of Album Covers
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Photo of the B52s that once hand colored, was used on their self titled debut album, released 1979.
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Taken by photographer George DuBose on 12th December 1977 in NYC
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#TheArtofAlbumCovers #B52s #lovemusichateracism #52girls

The Art of Album Covers

The white rabbit! Followed it down a hole and wrote a essay about an album cover that fascinates me: 2001's "Darker Than Blue: Soul from Jamdown 1973-1980".

Read about it here: https://medium.com/@romanalanwrites/definitive-gaze-reggae-festival-and-darker-than-blue-soul-from-jamdown-1973-1980-57166065f02

#TheArtofAlbumCovers #LoveMusicHateRacism #reggae #MusicTrivia

The Art of Album Covers

Brixton, London, 1974: "Reggae festival" photo by Chris Steele-Perkins (https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/chris-steele-perkins/)

Used by Blood and Fire / PK Records for "Darker Than Blue - Soul from Jamdown 1973-1980" (2001)

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@Yourwullie

Wow! Keep them coming!

The original images and how they were used is fascinating!

Thank you for the ones you've put up so far.

#TheArtofAlbumCovers #lovemusichateracism #musictrivia

The Art of Album Covers
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Our Lily / Arum Lily, 1937.
By Stefan Lorant
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Used by Cocteau Twins on Lullabies, released 1982
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#TheArtofAlbumCovers #lovemusichateracism #cocteautwins #musictrivia

The Art of Album Covers
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Cuban Actress, Rose Lemoine pictured in the late 1800s.
Her image was also used in Dear Dead Days: A Family Album, by Charles Addams, 1959.
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Used by Siouxsie and the Banshees on Hong Kong Garden, released 1978
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#TheArtofAlbumCovers #lovemusichateracism #albumart