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Vintage Album Sleuth Hunts Down Locations of Covers

Wednesday 08.08.2012 , Posted by

Album cover sleuth Bob Egan is at it again with a whole new set of locations for the albums of your favorite musical artists… this time with a heavy Billy Joel influence. In our last post we mentioned that we were lucky enough to serendipitously run across Egan in a New York eatery, where we found out about his fascinating hobby of collecting not only the locations, but the exact angles that original album cover photographs were taken from. Many of his images feature his much loved Big Apple, but in a few of his latest examples he uses the wonders of Google maps and the internet as a whole to find his locations around the world through digital means. [Read more...]

Freaky Figures From Combined Album Covers

Friday 03.02.2012 , Posted by

Long before the sleeve faces meme hit the internet… in fact, before the internet was even around, Christian Marclay was making hilarious collages by combining vinyl record covers. His creative arrangements take famous musicians cover imagery, from Jim Morrison and the Beastie Boys to Michael Jackson and David Bowie, and combines them nearly seamlessly with other artists to form some pretty strange figures. [Read more...]

Super Hip Sun Drenched Retro Photography

Wednesday 04.06.2011 , Posted by

Recalling the sunny, fun filled counter culture days of the early 70′s, these inspired photographs by Neil Krug look like they could have been taken in Laurel Canyon while playing dress up with Joni Mitchell. Part of Krug’s recently released Pulp Art Book Volume One, the retro images featuring model Joni Harbeck (recently married to Krug) were made using Polaroid film far past it’s expiration date. The old film lends a washed out, grainy effect reminiscent of those nostalgic vinyl album covers begging for a new listen. The book is split up into 12 vignettes, highlighting subjects from the struggles of a housewife to spaghetti western flashbacks and a Bonny and Clyde revival.

Next up from Krug? He will soon be releasing a music video for artist White Heat’s track Children of the Light, featuring his oh so tasty style. Find the trailer for the video at the bottom of this post.

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The Sound of Awkward: Album Covers of Regret

Monday 01.24.2011 , Posted by


Just because you have musical talent does not mean that you are talented in all creative pursuits. These 21 album covers would make even the most loving mother embarrassed to buy their kids music.

Tirelessly digging through the wastelands of tastless album art, our friends over at Regrettable Music are daily unearthing gems such as the unlikely treasures that we share with you here. Collect the whole set at RegrettableMusic.com
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