most creative album covers

[bluelake07]

Can you dig it?

 

[rush2112guy]

This is a classic!

 

[Jailtime]

Hendrix-Axis Bold as Love
Rush-A Farewell to Kings
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon

i'm too lazy to get pics.

 

[ManFromPorlock]

The Moody Blues "Long Distance Voyager" has a Victorian engraving by an unknown artist that spreads across the front and rear covers and is one of the best things I have ever seen. There must be a dozen or more individuals drawn in detail and every one of them is a marvellous portrait... and the whole scene works, as well.

 

[asoundhound]

How About This One?

What about Jethro Tull "Living in the Past"?

Mine is beat up, but i think this is the coolest album cover i've ever seen.

It has a front and back cover like a hard-back book.

There are two records, 20 pages, and 58 photos.

 

[asoundhound]

Here's a couple more contenders.

Chicago 8 (included iron on transfer).

Grand Funk "Shinin' On" with 3D poster and glasses.

 

[arrow 68]

Dusty Springfield- Look Of Love.
Jose Feliciano- Feliciano.
The Love Unlimited Orchestra- White Gold
Vince Guaraldi Trio- Cast Your Fate To The Wind

All originals in nice shape. The Guaraldi is black vinyl. Man, the pickens have been very slim lately.

 

[Johnny Salam]

200 Motels/Live In New York 1971

Here's a couple. And don't forget Weasels Ripped My Flesh and The Man From Utopia.

 

[cornhulio]

Two Live Crew of course

 

[Zeromancer]

 

[junkaudio]

italien rock band campo di marte i bought for 1 $ IN 1980

 

[Njord Noatun]

Here's Another "Great Album Cover List"...

... for you to enjoy.

 

[vinylisfinal]

steppenwolf-monster

 

[vinylisfinal]

jethro tull-stand up

 

[Speakerbox]

Parliament - Motor Booty Affair

 

[vinyldisc]

a bit too smooth jazz for my taste, but these folks often have
maxfield parrishish type art, which is fairly kewl.

I have always been partial to good photography work, so I tend to favor
simple layout...

Not sure wtf is going on here.

Also, as mentioned elsewwwhere, R Crumb covers are usually good
for a grin, or three.

 

[cornhulio]

Doobie Brothers - TOULOUSE STREET

I'm not going to post it because it has partial nudity on the inside foldout. The band and their girlfriends (or some french ladies) scantily clad and taking a break from all the hard work.

 

[howie123]

I'll submit Elton John's "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" as being pretty creative. I just found a stack of '70's LP's (60 or so) in the attic I had forgotten I even had and this one caught my eye. I even found a few 1960's mono Beatles Capitol LP's from my childhood (example below) but alas, they're in very poor shape. The '70's stuff is in great shape.

 

[Speakerbox]

 

[ponderbear]

Faces- Ooh La La

You get the effect by pushing down on the cover, the guy yaks like a puppet. And the eyes change color. Now that is a creative cover.