FabSwingers.com forum: Album Cover

By *irtydevil666 OP Man
over a year ago

bristol

Do you have a favourite album cover....I will go for The Clash London Calling....

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By *ida8780Couple
over a year ago

any town

Duran Duran Rio

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By *gent CoulsonMan
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

10cc deceptive bends

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dookie

Green Day.

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By *ancer36Woman
over a year ago

Stirling

Fleetwood Mac- Rumours x

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

Jimi Hendrix

Electric Ladyland

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Beatles Abbey Road

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By *razzyhorseMan
over a year ago

cambridge

Anything designed by Ivo Watts Russell on 4ad

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By *arriedandlooking1928Man
over a year ago

Kilmarnock

"Do you have a favourite album cover....I will go for The Clash London Calling...."

My favourite too probably followed by The Clash album cover.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any Iron Maiden covers, but if I had to pick one probably The Book of Souls

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jethro Tull's "Thick as a brick" album cover. It's very funny and takes 10 times longer to read than it does to listen to the album.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Brainsalad surgery...elp...proto alien design ...and any Roger Dean floating islands yes type landscape

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By *andyMinx_tvTV/TS
over a year ago

Leeds

Aladdin Sane. Iconic photograph.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Huey Lewis and the news ~ sports

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Santana (Legacy Edition) Santana.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A lot of the "Yes" album covers were pretty good. I believe they were designed by a guy called Roger Dean ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do you have a favourite album cover....I will go for The Clash London Calling...."

I absolutely love the Clash. But with a graphic design degree the album cover is all kinds of wrong to me. It’s just a photo with wording in terribly chosen colours

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By *lorious hole bs16Man
over a year ago

Bristol

Transformer ..Lou Reed and Sticky Fingers ..Stones .

Both Andy Warhol influenced...

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Thin Lizzy- Chinatown

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do you have a favourite album cover....I will go for The Clash London Calling....

I absolutely love the Clash. But with a graphic design degree the album cover is all kinds of wrong to me. It’s just a photo with wording in terribly chosen colours"

The type and colours are a tribute to Elvis' first album which used exactly the same ones.

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By *inky_CarpenterMan
over a year ago

Portsmouth

Nirvana- Nevermind

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Meatloaf, Bat out of hell.

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By *razzyhorseMan
over a year ago

cambridge

"Do you have a favourite album cover....I will go for The Clash London Calling....

I absolutely love the Clash. But with a graphic design degree the album cover is all kinds of wrong to me. It’s just a photo with wording in terribly chosen colours

The type and colours are a tribute to Elvis' first album which used exactly the same ones."

And includes the greatest picture in rock n roll history courtesy of Penny Smith

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kate Bush..The Kick in Side.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Iron Maiden “Killers” & “Fear of the Dark”

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By *heLaserGuyMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Surprised darkside of the moon hasn't made an appearance

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prodigy - Fat of the Land

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whitesnake Lovehunter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jeff wayne's war of the worlds

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

The White Album.

Less is more.

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By *herry OnatopWoman
over a year ago

Just over there

There's so many album artwork I love I could decorate my whole house in them!

ELO Out of blue

Gorillaz Demon Days

Queen News of the World

Endless list....

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By *oward1978Man
over a year ago

Rotherham

I could easily list a hundred album covers that I love but the one that immediately jumps out for me is Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan. It's got an effortless cool about it that encapsulates the artist, the music within and a moment in time perfectly. And being rock's first double album meant you also got the full folded out image as well which only adds to the magnificence.

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By *ed VoluptaWoman
over a year ago

Wirral.

Soooo many, but these are some that spring to mind.

Octoberon - Barclay James Harvest

Asia - Asia

Never For Ever - Kate Bush

And of course:

News of the World - Queen

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Any Iron Maiden covers, but if I had to pick one probably The Book of Souls"

Eddie's got a lot to answer for

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Well I've got about 100 vinyl albums, so it's hard to pick just 1. Some good ones mentioned above, but a shout out for Stormbringer - Deep Purple

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blackout

Lovedrive both by The Scorpions are Iconic

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Blackout

Lovedrive both by The Scorpions are Iconic"

Ahhh shurrup, or I'll scratch yer eyeballs out and stick chewing gum on yer face

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By *igmaMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

Now 27

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Now 27"

Only gazumped by Now 18

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

"Blackout

Lovedrive both by The Scorpions are Iconic"

In the same vein...

UFO - faucet

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By *igmaMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Now 27

Only gazumped by Now 18

It’s a very close 2nd place IMHO

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd

Unmistakable and simple yet effective

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Parklife!

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By *edfred77Couple
over a year ago

warrington

A cpl of led zeppelin spring to mind.houses of the holy, in through the out door,led zep3&4

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

The Strokes - Is This It?

So simple yet so sexy. Makes me bite my bottom lip everytime.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

AC/DC have a couple of hard hitting ones...If You Want Blood and Highway to Hell.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"AC/DC have a couple of hard hitting ones...If You Want Blood and Highway to Hell."

Yeah, got both of those on vinyl

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd

Unmistakable and simple yet effective "

Animals, with the pig over Battersea Power Station is a good one, as is Wish You Were Here, with the man on fire

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd

Unmistakable and simple yet effective

Animals, with the pig over Battersea Power Station is a good one, as is Wish You Were Here, with the man on fire

All great classics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Strokes - Is This It?

So simple yet so sexy. Makes me bite my bottom lip everytime. "

Good call. Makes me want to bite a bottom !

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

Floyd..wish you were here

Oasis definitely maybe

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

I agree withe the Vaughan Oliver/4AD comment. Victorialand being my favourite. But I'd actually go for Never for Ever by Kate Bush. Its the one with the menagerie coming out from her skirt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any of the Smiths album or single covers. Even if Morrissey is a complete thundercunt, these days

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

There are loads from iconic poses or artwork to ones that you just notice something different each time you see it - think covers have lost their impact since the rise of compact discs and even more so now downloads and streaming are the major source, which personally I think is a real shame.

The album cover (front and back) along with the inner sleeve used to be as much part of the pleasure of a new album as the music - I used to spend ages devouring the covers, the sleeve notes and more- nowadays it's rare that I'll even look at the little booklet that comes with a CD

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love album art, Imagine Dragons — Evolve

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love album art, Imagine Dragons — Evolve

Corrected, imagine dragons- origins

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By *ljamMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires

Great album, great cover, great name.

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By *ainbowCheesecakeCouple
over a year ago

Northampton

Frank Turner - England keep my bones

The Horrible Crowes - Elsie

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By *ouis CyphreMan
over a year ago

The Midlands

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By *ouis CyphreMan
over a year ago

The Midlands

Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual

Check it out. The picture says it all....

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Black Crowes - Amorica

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

Probably be the Rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust by Bowie as one of the first albums I bought

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Iron maidens early album covers..

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By *ust ClareTV/TS
over a year ago

Settlewick!

Patti Smith - Horses

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By *eenawMan
over a year ago

anywhere and everywhere

Marillion:

Script for a jesters tear or fugazi

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By *ooo wet tight hornyWoman
over a year ago

lancashire

"Do you have a favourite album cover....I will go for The Clash London Calling...."

Top album...I have it..

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By *ust ClareTV/TS
over a year ago

Settlewick!

"Marillion:

Script for a jesters tear or fugazi "

Got Fugazi on picture disc

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Sgt peppers.. All that symbolism that was either true... Or not.

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By *ooo wet tight hornyWoman
over a year ago

lancashire

"Fleetwood Mac- Rumours x"

That's a good one...I have it and this album is always in the best selling top 10 albums of all times...well deserved too!! An album wrote from the band members going through heart break..

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By *eenawMan
over a year ago

anywhere and everywhere

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By *eenawMan
over a year ago

anywhere and everywhere

"Marillion:

Script for a jesters tear or fugazi

Got Fugazi on picture disc"

Me too

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By *ooo wet tight hornyWoman
over a year ago

lancashire

Joy Division....Unknown Pleasures..

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By *ust ClareTV/TS
over a year ago

Settlewick!

"Marillion:

Script for a jesters tear or fugazi

Got Fugazi on picture disc

Me too

Damn,I was going to try and flog it to you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tubeway Army - Replicas.

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By *eenawMan
over a year ago

anywhere and everywhere

"Marillion:

Script for a jesters tear or fugazi

Got Fugazi on picture disc

Me too

Damn,I was going to try and flog it to you

Lol, sorry about that!

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By *xciter7169Man
over a year ago

The Midlands

Who's Next

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By *indy SometimesTV/TS
over a year ago

BoxHill

Overnite Sensation by Frank Zappa

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Richard Hell and the void oids .

Blank Generation

The Ramones

Rocket to Russia

Eater

The Album

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By *ast FredyMan
over a year ago

southend on sea

Led zeppelin lll was an interesting cover

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Joy Division....Unknown Pleasures..

You beat me to it!

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By *arakiss12TV/TS
over a year ago

Bedford

Private Practice by Dr Feelgood.

It's creepy as hell.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A Script For A Jesters Tear, Fugazi, Misplaced Childhood & Clutching At Straws by Marillion. Amazing and beautiful art work.

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By *ausageNmashCouple
over a year ago

Andover

Ohio Players - Honey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Any of the Smiths album or single covers. Even if Morrissey is a complete thundercunt, these days "

And with that we will also say any Gene album covers or singles. Lol

There are so many examples of amazing album artwork.

Deloused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta

Sunset Mission - Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore

Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs - Bowie

Never, Never Land - U.N.K.L.E

The Disintegration Loops - William Basinski

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember wanking over a Three Degrees album when I was a teenager

The cover opened out and inside there was a pic of them in see through bodysuits

The mere suggested sight of a bit of tit & fanny was enough to get the hormones raging in those days

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I remember wanking over a Three Degrees album when I was a teenager

The cover opened out and inside there was a pic of them in see through bodysuits

The mere suggested sight of a bit of tit & fanny was enough to get the hormones raging in those days

I guess you could say I was a Three Degrees tribute act

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

Any of the 1970s Top of the pops compilation albums.

They were porn to an adolescent.

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By *eenawMan
over a year ago

anywhere and everywhere

"A Script For A Jesters Tear, Fugazi, Misplaced Childhood & Clutching At Straws by Marillion. Amazing and beautiful art work. "

Agreed! They were all brilliant covers

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I’ve always liked the Yes album covers. I saw an exhibition in Brighton once and the original paintings are like 10feet by 20feet - really huge.

An album cover I was always fascinated by as a younger person was one by Black Sabbath and it had devil like creatures on a bed.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"I’ve always liked the Yes album covers. I saw an exhibition in Brighton once and the original paintings are like 10feet by 20feet - really huge.

An album cover I was always fascinated by as a younger person was one by Black Sabbath and it had devil like creatures on a bed. "
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"I’ve always liked the Yes album covers. I saw an exhibition in Brighton once and the original paintings are like 10feet by 20feet - really huge.

An album cover I was always fascinated by as a younger person was one by Black Sabbath and it had devil like creatures on a bed. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. "

I've got that on vinyl, YOU BASTARD!

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By *ippcoupe2Couple
over a year ago

cahir/cashel

The Cars

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By *xciter7169Man
over a year ago

The Midlands

"I’ve always liked the Yes album covers. I saw an exhibition in Brighton once and the original paintings are like 10feet by 20feet - really huge.

An album cover I was always fascinated by as a younger person was one by Black Sabbath and it had devil like creatures on a bed. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. "
Always been a fan of Sabotage,the music and the album cover,Bill Ward in his wife's tights haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No appreciation for The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper..?

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By *ncemoreroundthesunCouple
over a year ago

on the move

Tool lateralus

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By *indy SometimesTV/TS
over a year ago

BoxHill

"I’ve always liked the Yes album covers. I saw an exhibition in Brighton once and the original paintings are like 10feet by 20feet - really huge.

An album cover I was always fascinated by as a younger person was one by Black Sabbath and it had devil like creatures on a bed. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. "

Sabbra Cadabbra, so have I. Plays well as long as I don’t get too much ‘Fluff’ on me stylus!

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By *lorious hole bs16Man
over a year ago

Bristol

The Velvet Underground and Nico by Andy Warhol

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By *ersey GirlCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

the holy bible - manic street preachers

a stunning jenny saville picture "strategy (south face/front face/north face)"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Beatles 'Oldies but goodies ' i have a rare original vinyl copy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Electric ladyland (the original version).

The Jimi Hendrix experience

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Maiden and Yes have been mentioned previously. I’ll also add Volbeat who have some great covers, plus the inside of the gatefold is illustrated as well.

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By *olden RatioWoman
over a year ago

Buckinghamshire

Lost Horizons by Lemon Jelly

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