Your Favourite/Iconic Album Covers
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Topic: Your Favourite/Iconic Album Covers
Posted By: Black Russian
Subject: Your Favourite/Iconic Album Covers
Date Posted: 12-February-2010 at 11:30
What are your Favourite Album covers. Below are a few of mine, there are a few more just can't think of them at the moment...   ------------- "Legal downloads is killing Piracy" http://www.flickr.com/groups/th |
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Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 12-February-2010 at 12:25
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Nice thread Peter... Always Thought Hawkwind had brilliant album covers. "Space Ritual" folds out about all over the place and this one...
folds out into a "Chaos" shield on one side and a much bigger pic on the other side. Love the "Yes" Roger Dean covers as well.
------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Sister1
Date Posted: 12-February-2010 at 13:54
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Good thread. My Top Ten would be:
------------- Keep it Local, Keep it Near! |
Posted By: Joe Murphy
Date Posted: 12-February-2010 at 14:08
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love hunter - whitesnake
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Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 12-February-2010 at 14:41
'Getting To This' - Blodwyn Pig
 ------------- There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in |
Posted By: Esthalon
Date Posted: 12-February-2010 at 18:06
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Definitely "Dark Side of the Moon"....also Eliminator ZZ Top sticks in my head. You've got me thinking now......I have to say I do miss the artwork. A CD cover is just not the same. Nothing like a good Gatefold Sleeve. I also liked the cover of Róisín Dubh ...that was Jim Fitzpatrick wasn't it?
p.s. Good Topic ------------- Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for Breakfast! |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 12-February-2010 at 18:54
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Jim Fitzpatrick did a number of Thin Lizzy sleeves such as 2 of my favourite covers Johnny the Fox and the Jailbreak LP. Also for strangeness the Brain Salad Surgery by ELP. Sticky Fingers (original with the zip) - Rolling Stones (bY the way the cake on the cover of Let it Bleed was made by Delia Smith). Also almost any by Roger Dean. Covers dont have the same impact anymore in CD size. There is very little scope to do much thats different. ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 14-February-2010 at 21:34
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(post removed 16/2/10 to see if borders go back to normal) ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 15-February-2010 at 12:57
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Thats fascinating Martin. By the way still have the postcard in the original album sleeve. ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 15-February-2010 at 12:58
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IS this page displaying weird or is it just me? ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 15-February-2010 at 20:52
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Erm,mine too-think it was the way I posted the pics using Picasa??? Maybe I should delete them... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 15-February-2010 at 22:05
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Maybe its the space-time continuum in the sunny south east
------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 16-February-2010 at 09:26
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Yeh, Finno's right...I think Cool for July don't you think ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 16-February-2010 at 20:34
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Did it! Phew...thought KB was going to give out to me for doing that... Now to post all that trivia again... (but not just now...) ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 16-February-2010 at 21:15
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Posted By: Robbie63
Date Posted: 16-February-2010 at 21:33
I always loved this album cover. The first album I ever bought.
 ------------- Robbie 
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Posted By: RoundaboutToo!
Date Posted: 17-February-2010 at 01:03
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Finno, I have ELP's Brain Salad Surgery too (H.R. Giger?) he also designed the
creatures for the Alien movies & a Deborah Harry album? have to wikipedia that! Loved Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot too. Martin - I remember taking the Wish You Were Here postcard to France and posting it back to a mate. |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 17-February-2010 at 10:35
Good call CP re Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot. Very odd covers, but excellent!  ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 17-February-2010 at 11:55
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This is my favourite. Loved the way you could move the letters around when you took out the inside sleeve. Yeah, I know..............didn't take a lot to amuse me in those days. Also liked Presence and In Through the Out Door,with the brown bag cover. |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 18-February-2010 at 04:21
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 18-February-2010 at 20:16
Not forgetting Zep III with the rotating wheel in the front cover... The In through the out Door had a special inner sleeve too didn't it? You could 'paint' it with a wet brush... (very collectable) ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Rolo wrote:Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 19-February-2010 at 11:31
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Did Martin........and there were several different versions of the inside cover. Was the same photograph I think but from different angles or something. I'd forgotten abour the wheel in Zeppelin III. |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 19-February-2010 at 15:25
'Armed Forces' - Elvis Costello
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Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 21-February-2010 at 04:09
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By today's standards this is not impressive but in its day it was the first
cover that moved. 
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Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 21-February-2010 at 04:16
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In my opinion this is album cover, with related movie, that started the Pop
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Posted By: Blondie
Date Posted: 24-February-2010 at 21:24
Roisin Dubh was my favourite . My boyfriend at the time drew in for me and I still have it till this day ------------- Blondie I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ! |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 25-February-2010 at 20:37
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Alice Copers Schools Out had an album cover you could fold out into a school desk. Not forgetting Andy Warhols cover for the stones with the 'zippable' fly... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 25-February-2010 at 23:09
AHHHHH.....thats so sweet Joan  ------------- You are what you wanna be....age doesn't matter |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 27-February-2010 at 01:26
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Posted By: RoundaboutToo!
Date Posted: 27-February-2010 at 18:45
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Ah Monarch, Great cover - I actually have that - well, a '72 release doubled
with another album, Prophets, Seers and Sages - must give it a spin |
Posted By: Stevie
Date Posted: 01-March-2010 at 01:50
| Ah Black Russian...definately Zepplin...also liked Trick of The Tail |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 01-March-2010 at 21:24
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Trick of the Tail is one of my favourites,too-where the policeman ends up stealing from the rich man,while at the same time holds up the thief. The cloud formation around the moon is actually a horse jumping over it...
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Posted By: DONDON
Date Posted: 05-March-2010 at 11:39
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Jonny the Fox, my favorite ------------- Grover from 73(old Grove) In the year of the bankers and developers When recession raged across the land there were many driven by the hopelessness to set sail for the Americas and Australia |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 05-March-2010 at 14:30
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Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 05-March-2010 at 22:16
The most famous cover of them all
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 07-March-2010 at 20:15
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Ah,the grandaddy of them all...with its cannibis plants (???) at the front,the yellow guitar which could spell P A U L and a ? ... and the supposed number 5 before the word Beatles,asking who could be the 5th... The list goes on... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 09-March-2010 at 03:32
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Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 09-March-2010 at 11:02
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Bend it bend it just a little bit Then take it easy..................... ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 14-March-2010 at 01:35
"Alpha" - Asia
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Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 18-March-2010 at 14:13
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This was a very clever LP cover
whose scale was lost when transferred to CD.  ------------- There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 19-March-2010 at 22:16
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x ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 19-March-2010 at 22:17
Great cover, great album and was a huge influence ------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 19-March-2010 at 23:02
I miss the vinyl days for so many reasons and this is just another one. Great cover!! Better stop now, before I remove myself to the RANT thread!
------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 20-March-2010 at 17:26
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 21-March-2010 at 11:24
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Very simple cover that,Frank and when you think about it,and very obvious too for an album called the Wall. Designed by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe who tried to capture that grafitti type scrawl you often see on blank walls where someone spray-cans their name or fave band on it. The band (on Waters' insistance) broke away from a 15 year collaboration with Hipgnosis for this cover,of which there are 8 different types from various worldwide releases. The album itself open up with a very faintly heard '...we came in' just before the music starts,and finishes some 90 minutes later with '...isn't this where',indicating a full cycle. The whole piece (just after this) ends with the sound of a Stuka dive bomber dropping a bomb somewhere,presumably on the Anzio Bridgehead where Roger Waters father was killed in WW II. Crank it up to 11 to hear this... ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 24-March-2010 at 01:53
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This was a great gatefold cover
in the shape of one of the first televisions.  ------------- There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 24-March-2010 at 09:09
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Ah Frank .The Wall ,,its my favourite album of all time ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 26-March-2010 at 00:05
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Recreating this album cover gave us
hours of endless pleasure in art class."In The Court Of The Crimson King". By King Crimson.  ------------- There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 28-March-2010 at 02:34
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Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 28-March-2010 at 18:27
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I suppose U2 got their inspiration from The Doorsalbum below
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Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 01-April-2010 at 00:31
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Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 15:32
"Rory Gallagher" - Rory Gallagher
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Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:05
 ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:06
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Green River  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:07
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Bayou Country  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:08
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Willy and the Poor Boys  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:09
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Cosmo's Factory  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:09
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Pendulum  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:11
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Eye of the Zombie  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:12
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Creedence's first album  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:21
 ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 03-April-2010 at 19:22
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This is the cover of a 1976 Fogerty album that was shelved at Fogerty's request. I have a bootleg copy and I think it's a super album.  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 08-April-2010 at 14:47
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Posted By: Chris Rooney
Date Posted: 08-April-2010 at 17:24
Foreigner did one like that Rolo, it was like a jukebox, called Foreigner, Records ------------- Lovely cushioned header, for Gerrard!!!! Oooooooooooh you beauty! What a hit son, what a hit!!!! |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 09-April-2010 at 02:35
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Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 09-April-2010 at 02:35
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Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 09-April-2010 at 02:36
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Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 09-April-2010 at 02:56
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Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 10-April-2010 at 22:24
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Rolling Stone's Top 100 album covers. Here's 1-50. [ 1 - 50 ] http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view?list_id=12793&show=50&start=50 - 51 - 100 http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view?list_id=12793&show=50&start=50 -
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http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_beatles/sgt__peppers_lonely_hearts_club_band/"> |  The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sex_pistols/never_mind_the_bollocks_heres_the_sex_pistols_f9/"> |  Sex PistolsNever Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (1977) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_beatles/the_beatles__white_album__f13/"> |  The BeatlesThe Beatles [White Album] (1968) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_rolling_stones/sticky_fingers/"> |  The Rolling StonesSticky Fingers (1971) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_rolling_stones/exile_on_main_st_/"> |  The Rolling StonesExile on Main St. (1972) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/eagles/hotel_california/"> |  EaglesHotel California (1976) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/blind_faith/blind_faith/"> |  Blind FaithBlind Faith (1969) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/grateful_dead/aoxomoxoa/"> |  Grateful DeadAoxomoxoa (1969) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/big_brother_and_the_holding_company/cheap_thrills/"> |  Big Brother & the Holding CompanyCheap Thrills (1968) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_velvet_underground/the_velvet_underground_and_nico/"> |  The Velvet UndergroundThe Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joni_mitchell/hejira/"> |  Joni MitchellHejira (1976) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ry_cooder/into_the_purple_valley/"> |  Ry CooderInto the Purple Valley (1972) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/santana/abraxas/"> |  SantanaAbraxas (1970) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_cars/candy_o/"> |  The CarsCandy-O (1979) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/yes/relayer/"> |  YesRelayer (1974) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/new_order/power__corruption_and_lies_f4/"> |  New OrderPower, Corruption & Lies (1983) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/deborah_harry/kookoo/"> |  Deborah HarryKooKoo (1981) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/little_feat/sailin_shoes/"> |  Little FeatSailin' Shoes (1972) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/janes_addiction/nothings_shocking/"> |  Jane's AddictionNothing's Shocking (1988) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/carly_simon/playing_possum/"> |  Carly SimonPlaying Possum (1975) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/small_faces/ogdens_nut_gone_flake/"> |  Small FacesOgdens' Nut Gone Flake (1968) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joe_jackson/look_sharp_/"> |  Joe JacksonLook Sharp! (1979) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bruce_springsteen/born_to_run/"> |  Bruce SpringsteenBorn to Run (1975) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/its_a_beautiful_day/its_a_beautiful_day/"> |  It's a Beautiful DayIt's a Beautiful Day (1969) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/beastie_boys/licensed_to_ill/"> |  Beastie BoysLicensed to Ill (1986) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/patti_smith/horses/"> |  Patti SmithHorses (1975) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/john_lennon_and_yoko_ono/live_peace_in_toronto_1969/"> |  John Lennon & Yoko OnoLive Peace in Toronto 1969 (1969) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bow_wow_wow/see_jungle__see_jungle__go_join_your_gang_yeah__city_all_over__go_ape_crazy_/"> |  Bow Wow WowSee Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy! (1981) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_doors/strange_days/"> |  The DoorsStrange Days (1967) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/frank_zappa/weasels_ripped_my_flesh/"> |  Frank ZappaWeasels Ripped My Flesh (1970) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/faces/ooh_la_la/"> |  FacesOoh La La (1973) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_who/tommy/"> |  The WhoTommy (1969) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/supertramp/breakfast_in_america/"> |  SupertrampBreakfast in America (1979) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/grace_jones/slave_to_the_rhythm/"> |  Grace JonesSlave to the Rhythm (1985) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pink_floyd/the_dark_side_of_the_moon/"> |  Pink FloydThe Dark Side of the Moon (1973) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/led_zeppelin/led_zeppelin/"> |  Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin (1969) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/t__rex/the_slider/"> |  T. RexThe Slider (1972) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/peter_gabriel/peter_gabriel_f22/"> |  Peter GabrielPeter Gabriel (1980) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_clash/london_calling/"> |  The ClashLondon Calling (1979) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/elvis_presley/elvis_presley/"> |  Elvis PresleyElvis Presley (1956) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pink_floyd/wish_you_were_here/"> |  Pink FloydWish You Were Here (1975) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/u2/war/"> |  U2War (1983) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/talking_heads/fear_of_music/"> |  Talking HeadsFear of Music (1979) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bob_marley/catch_a_fire__original_zippo_cover_/"> |  Bob MarleyCatch a Fire [original Zippo cover] (1973) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/public_image_ltd_/metal_box/"> |  Public Image Ltd.Metal Box (1979) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/roxy_music/country_life/"> |  Roxy MusicCountry Life (1974) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bob_dylan/bringing_it_all_back_home/"> |  Bob DylanBringing It All Back Home (1965) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/david_bowie/aladdin_sane/"> |  David BowieAladdin Sane (1973) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/captain_beefheart/doc_at_the_radar_station/"> |  Captain BeefheartDoc at the Radar Station (1980) |
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/led_zeppelin/houses_of_the_holy/"> |  Led ZeppelinHouses of the Holy (1973) |
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May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride.
Biker Pat
Grove 1972-1975
