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WEARING THEIR ART ON THE SLEEVES (2017): Finalists for best album cover at the VNZMAs
...artist might have had in mind, the art of the album cover is not dead and – with the slow... ...might have had in mind, the art of the album cover is not dead and – with the slow but... ...steady return of the vinyl record – an album cover can still speak visually for the music.... ...return of the vinyl record – an album cover can still speak visually for the music. And so... ...music awards those who conceive and create an album cover image. At this year's Vodafone New... ...awards those who conceive and create an album cover image. At this year's Vodafone New Zealand... ...Awards there are three finalists in the best album cover category and we present their work here... ...there are three finalists in the best album cover category and we present their work here . . ....
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/8136/wearing-their-art-on-the-sleeves-2017-finalists-for-best-album-cover-at-the-vnzmas/
ROBERT FREEMAN PHOTOGRAPHER: CREATING AN ICONIC ALBUM COVER (2018): Moody, unsmiling and With the Beatles
...Elsewhere wrote about the 1965 album Take A Heart by the British group the Sorrows,... ...by the British group the Sorrows, we noted the cover image and said you could probably pick the... ...a trickle-down of Robert Freeman's classic cover for With the Beatles which appeared in... ...faces were only half-lit. Since then Freeman's cover shot – as we suggested perhaps... ...his book The Beatles; A Private View that the cover shot “was the one taken soon after I met... ...they were into at the time . . . . this cover shot was really an extension of my black and... ...Freeman notes that the printing of the cover turned out much darker than he expected... ...And out of such a happy accident an iconic album cover was born. And much copied as the... ...out of such a happy accident an iconic album cover was born. And much copied as the following...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/8732/robert-freeman-photographer-creating-an-iconic-album-cover-2018-moody-unsmiling-and-with-the-beatles/
ROBERT FREEMAN PHOTOGRAPHER: CREATING ANOTHER ICONIC ALBUM COVER (2019): The rubbery result of a happy accident
...people will know the story behind the cover of the Beatles' 1965 album Rubber Soul, a... ...story behind the cover of the Beatles' 1965 album Rubber Soul, a distorted image which by chance... ...changing music at that time. This was the album which rescued the band from being hidebound by... ...The previous album Help! had hinted at new possibilities:... ...faux-soul (Drive My Car) and much more. An album like this required a new look on its cover and... ...An album like this required a new look on its cover and so Robert Freeman – who had most... ...them the visually striking With the Beatles cover – took a series of shots at Lennon's... ...Back in London Freeman set up an album-sized piece of cardboard on a chair to project... ...create the elongated faces. And there was the cover for Rubber Soul. “I liked the way we got... ...the way we got our faces to be longer on the album cover,” Harrison said for the Anthology.... ...faces to be longer on the album cover,” Harrison said for the Anthology.... ...were fully-fledged potheads.” It was the album, along with Revolver of the following year,... ...from a pop phenomenon into artists. Those albums were like Volume One and Volume Two said... ...Harrison later. And as with so many Beatle covers – notably With the Beatles, Revolver... ...Sgt Pepper – the Rubber Soul cover has been much imitated, parodied and... ...its entirety as Rubber Solo (in an appropriate cover, see below), Elsewhere here offers images of... .... . . . . . . . and Beatle bootlegs? . . this cover was invented by National Lampoon in a Beatles... ...issue, but subsequently became the cover of a bootleg collection of outtakes etc . .... ...and finally Matthew Bannister's revisit to the album as Rubber Solo...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/9157/robert-freeman-photographer-creating-another-iconic-album-cover-2019-the-rubbery-result-of-a-happy-accident/
KLAUS VOORMANN ARTIST: CREATING AN ICONIC ALBUM COVER (2017): Because it revolves around and around
...the UK. In '66 Lennon invited him to design a cover for their forthcoming Revolver album and he... ...design a cover for their forthcoming Revolver album and he did, picking up a Grammy for Best Album... ...picking up a Grammy for Best Album Cover Design. That is him on the far right peaking... ...and over the subsequent decades he played on albums by Lennon (and the Plastic Ono Band),... ...and dozens of others. He continued to design album covers and do other graphic arts, but it is to... ...dozens of others. He continued to design album covers and do other graphic arts, but it is to... ...we turn -- as we did with Robert Freeman's cover for With the Beatles -- because it is so...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8838/klaus-voormann-artist-creating-an-iconic-album-cover-2017-because-it-revolves-around-and-around/
10 ALBUM COVER PARODIES: It looks familiar but . . .
...number of books dedicated to the art of the album cover, and at Elsewhere we've indulged... ...of books dedicated to the art of the album cover, and at Elsewhere we've indulged ourselves in... ...about 10 Shameful Record Covers I'm Proud to Own (four columns, see here) as... ...see here) as well as an article on 10 Good Albums in Bad Covers. You could fill a handsome... ...as an article on 10 Good Albums in Bad Covers. You could fill a handsome coffeetable book... ...parodies of Beatles covers alone (hmmm, that's an idea), especially... ...we'll just offer a couple of Beatles parody covers (right and below), and will sensibly ignore... ...on parodies -- or perhaps homages? -- of covers you should know. Here goes nothin' as they... ...And out of South Korea they came . . . the cover for Queen II was, like With the Beatles, one... ...looking at Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother cover must have have had a similar thought: what if... ...took it one step further with their cover for the 2004 album Humanure. It ain't pretty.... ...one step further with their cover for the 2004 album Humanure. It ain't pretty. Herb Alpert's... ...Alpert's famously sensual cover for Whipped Cream and Other Delights in '65... ...than this for a pizza shop. Okay, it's not an album cover, but it should be. The circulating story... ...artwork for When I'm 64) and The Little Red Album (Maoist chic). You don't have to look far to... ...because it has that virtue of any successful album cover. It is eye-catching. Back when he was a... ...of his new EP when David Bowie released the album Low. And so it was that the most commonly used... ...has inspired many a career and some of his album art was so distinctive -- think Alladin Sane,... ...Philly are a satirical rock band and on their album Metaphysical Graffiti they parodied Led Zepp's... ...though. It's their Smokin' Banana Peels album. And doubtless we'll be back at some other...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/6173/10-album-cover-parodies-it-looks-familiar-but/
ANGUS McBEAN PHOTOGRAPHER, THE FIRST ICONIC BEATLES ALBUM COVER (2019): A snapper making it snappy
...Iain Macmillan and others. Or that the cover shots for their first studio album (Please... ...Or that the cover shots for their first studio album (Please Please Me in '63) and their last... ...and not a lot more time was spent on the cover for their debut album by another Mac/Mc, Angus... ...time was spent on the cover for their debut album by another Mac/Mc, Angus McBean. He was in his... ...out a couple of hits, knocked off their debut album in a day and were widely expected to disappear... ...Ironically Cliff being someone whose album covers McBean had also shot. However the... ...Ironically Cliff being someone whose album covers McBean had also shot. However the backstory... ...McBean's famous cover is interesting. He wasn't the first choice of... ...on Abbey Road for more recording. The original album title was going to be Off the Beatle Track and... ...the following year used it as the title of his album of orchestrations of Beatle songs.) There was... ...McBean whom he had worked with on comedy album covers and the band went back to Manchester... ...McBean whom he had worked with on comedy album covers and the band went back to Manchester Square... ...their photo for intended use on the Get Back album, which never happened. The photo however... ...of the Beatles which appeared on their debut album . . . And which has been much copied and... ...have made a decent initial impact on a debut album. But . . . . . A McBean outtake . And now it's... .... Elsewhere has done a similar survey on the covers of With the Beatles, Revolver, Sgt Pepper and...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/9161/angus-mcbean-photographer-the-first-iconic-beatles-album-cover-2019-a-snapper-making-it-snappy/
IAIN MACMILLAN PHOTOGRAPHER, CREATING AN ICONIC ALBUM COVER (2019): Four for the road
...debated for weeks over what their final studio album should be called. Among the titles thrown... ...McCartney was the most keen but as the album wound to a close Harrison and Lennon sided... ...Iain Macmillan took that day became the cover for an album simply named after the street... ...took that day became the cover for an album simply named after the street outside EMI... ...rather than ended abruptly, that casually shot cover echoed that of their debut album Please Please... ...casually shot cover echoed that of their debut album Please Please Me (recorded in one day,... ...of just six and half years previous. For that cover the band -- which had a couple of hits but, as... ...them looking down at the camera. Abbey Road's cover was just as a perfunctory a session, if indeed... ...But as with so many of the Beatles covers – we think of With the Beatles, Help!... ...Plastic Ono Band’s Live Peace in Toronto album, Sometime in New York City, Ono’s book... ...sheepdog on the crossing to patch in for the cover the Paul is Live album. He died in 2006. And... ...to patch in for the cover the Paul is Live album. He died in 2006. And it is his simple yet... ...is his simple yet effective cover for the Abbey Road album he is remembered by.... ...cover for the Abbey Road album he is remembered by. He joins a long list of... ...for a friend who asked him to do an Abbey Road cover! Go on, commission a Beatle work from him....
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/9109/iain-macmillan-photographer-creating-an-iconic-album-cover-2019-four-for-the-road/
THE ART OF THE ALBUM COVER: CD or not CD?
...it home, sitting in the bus pouring over the cover photo and liner notes, scanning them for... ...for clues. The covers of subsequent Beatle albums also had that effect on another generation,... ...The covers of subsequent Beatle albums also had that... ...on another generation, and their covers were emblematic of the era: their debut album... ...covers were emblematic of the era: their debut album Please Please Me of '63 was shot quickly in... ...Peter Blake was assembling the elaborate cover for Sgt. Pepper's which came in a gatefold... ...came in a gatefold sleeve. The golden age of album cover art and design was the late... ...The golden age of album cover art and design was the late Sixties/early... ...striking painting by Barry Godber) and concept albums (Rick Wakeman, the sometime keyboard player... ...Yes launching a concept-album career with The Six Wives of Henry VIII in... ...Heep, Juicy Lucy, Gentle Giant) presented many albums in covers which opened out. The gatefold... ...Lucy, Gentle Giant) presented many albums in covers which opened out. The gatefold sleeve became... ...Designers played with the possibilites of album covers: Jethro Tull's Stand Up ('69) had pop... ...played with the possibilites of album covers: Jethro Tull's Stand Up ('69) had pop up... ...Nut Gone Flake ('68) which came in a round cover with foldouts and replicated a tobacco tin... ...as a glass of Scotch on the rocks. There were covers like school desks etched with graffiti (Alice... ...Dollar Babies, '73) and Genesis' concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway ('74) came in a... ...booklet of lyrics. In New Zealand some covers by international artists were reprinted in... ...the small market. Farmyard's self-titled debut album of the early Seventies came in a plastic bag,... ...Hanlon's Garden Fresh, The Rumour's concept album Land of New Vigour and Zeal among them). As...
Tagged with: andy warhol | essay on design | loretta lux | picasso | salvador dali | vinyl hayride |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/3805/the-art-of-the-album-cover-cd-or-not-cd/
THE BEATLES. LET IT BE COVER, COPIED AND PARODIED (2019): Can you dig it, dig it . . .
...that after their quickly knocked-off debut album Please Please Me (and its cover taking even... ...debut album Please Please Me (and its cover taking even less time), the Beatles' album... ...time), the Beatles' album covers were considered and became iconic. All... ...iconic. All except those for their movies. The cover for A Hard Day's Night was just a montage of... ...box, book of photos) than on the actual cover itself. Yet oddly enough the Let It Be cover... ...and Abbey Road, we here look at the original cover and its trickle-down into popular culture. And...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/9199/the-beatles-let-it-be-cover-copied-and-parodied-2019-can-you-dig-it-dig-it/
THE BEATLES' SGT PEPPER'S COVER (2017): An image for all seasons
...weeks of the release of Beatles' album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 50 years... ...Hearts Club Band 50 years ago, its front cover image -- photographed and constructed by Peter... ...to grab onto it for the Mothers of Invention album We're Only In It For The Money. Zappa asked... ...others would have bothered. The Sgt Pepper's cover -- like all the Beatles album art -- entered... ...The Sgt Pepper's cover -- like all the Beatles album art -- entered public domain and it was open... ...AND SO, WHO WERE THOSE PEOPLE ON THE ORIGINAL COVER? HERE'S WHO. . That's the shorthand, check out...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/7979/the-beatles-sgt-peppers-cover-2017-an-image-for-all-seasons/
COVER STORY: 100 BEAUTIFUL, STRANGE AND FRANKLY INCREDIBLE NEW ZEALAND LP COVERS. VOL. ONE by STEVE BRAUNIAS
...this informative album-sized collection of local record covers,... ...album-sized collection of local record covers, writer Steve Braunias wisely doesn't try to... ...the case for much of the music wrapped in the covers he has chosen. Far too frequently writers,... ...back and observe that while many of the early albums he has chosen were in homes across the land... ...six years he trawled the stacks of discarded albums buying those which took his fancy for the... ...for the beauty or sheer strangeness of their covers ending up with more than 800 of the things.... ...was simply bewitched by the covers,” he writes. “They looked so... ...will be familiar (Sharon O'Neill's self-titled album wrapped in Jane Ussher's soft focus image),... ...would have too young for the social context of albums by John Hore, Eliza Keil, Allan Gardiner's... ...If this were simply a book of 100 diverse covers through the decades drawn from Braunias'... ...producers, fellow musicians or even the cover artists and photographers to offer potted... ...Walker (talking about the South Seas Rhythm cover shoot in '56), photographer Geoff Steven (Mike... ...Suzanne Prentice reflecting on her debut album Country Girl in 1973 when she was just 14,... ...Shaun Johnson and Richard whose names and albums were common half a century ago, the imperious... ...World company flooded the market with cheap albums in the Seventies and Eighties. He not only... ...in various resorts and bars. This is where Cover Story excels: many of these musicians and... ...Braunias' selection does include more recent covers (a nod to monochrome DIY punk) and the page... ...enthusiastically awaited. If the Pink Family's cover for their 1971 album Just Ordinary... ...If the Pink Family's cover for their 1971 album Just Ordinary People– seven healthy...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10179/cover-story-100-beautiful-strange-and-frankly-incredible-new-zealand-lp-covers-vol-one-by-steve-braunias/
SPACE WALTZ: THE ORIGINAL ALBUM, THE REISSUE, THE REVISION AND THE RE-MODEL (2023): Won't you please slow down . . .
...Space Waltz only released one album – way back in 1975 – it has... ...As we've noted in this previous article the album originally appeared as Space Waltz by Alistair... ...Waltz by Alistair Riddell with just him on the cover, a image and attribution which didn't sit well... ...some in the band. (The cover was intended to be a gatefold so the band,... ...on the back cover, would have been seen in the same image,... ...seen in the same image, however . . .) The album opened with Fraulein Love then moved through... ...closing with Love the Way He Smiles. When the album was given CD reissue in 2002 the running order... ...pushed back to become the final track. And the cover was a different photo again, again Space Waltz... ...same running order and title but a different cover photo again, Riddell engaging the camera... ...the camera directly. This year the landmark album has been given a long overdue and welcome... ...a long overdue and welcome vinyl reissue (same cover as the original but Eddie Rayner's name now... ...with the vinyl reissue there is also another album, Victory, which has been billed as their... ...album. But it's not quite that clear-cut. Victory... ...of old and new, Victory (a lamp on the front cover, the band appearing together on the back) it... ...on the back) it is actually a stronger album than the original for its consistency of tone... ...consistent with those retained. Is it a second album or Space Waltz 1.5? Hardly matters. It's damn...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10742/space-waltz-the-original-album-the-reissue-the-revision-and-the-re-model-2023-wont-you-please-slow-down/
THE BEATLES, ABBEY ROAD (2009): A classic from the cover on in
...ago the Beatles released Abbey Road, the album that marked the end of their career even... ...McCartney said was the best thing on the album and Frank Sinatra acclaimed as his... ...Quiet One to be a mature songwriter. And the cover of Abbey Road wrote itself into history as one... ...Iain Macmillan took that day became the cover for an album simply named after the street... ...took that day became the cover for an album simply named after the street outside EMI... ...rather than ended abruptly, that casually shot cover echoed that of their debut album Please Please... ...casually shot cover echoed that of their debut album Please Please Me (recorded in one day,... ...of just six and half years previous. For that cover the band -- which had a couple of hits but, as... ...mimic or pay homage to the Please Please Me cover, yet on any given day scores of people cross... ...tourists too young to have been born when the album came out in September 1969, or sixtysomething... ...in 1988. The Simpson were here too -- and the cover has inspired more homages, copies and parodies... ...any other in rock. The famous cover might have been harder to copy had the band... ...with a briefly mooted idea of calling the album Everest (after a brand of cigarettes engineer... ...one of which McCartney later chose for the cover. Oddly enough this photograph, ordinary in the... ...the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album) and album cover art to support his argument... ...Lonely Hearts Club Band album) and album cover art to support his argument (The Beatles... ...around a grave on the cover of Sgt Pepper’s, in another cover shot... ...cover for the Get Back/Let It Be sessions-cum-album which parodied Please Please Me (right) but... ...and for most of their career Beatles’ albums were mixed for mono release. It was only as... ...It was a similarly sunny day as that of the album cover when I crossed over for my first...
Tagged with: george harrison | george martin | john lennon | paul mccartney | rubber soul | the beatles |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2503/the-beatles-abbey-road-2009-a-classic-from-the-cover-on-in/
ELVIS COSTELLO, COVER STAR (2014): 10 Great Interpretations
...bout -- are Elsewhere's choices of 10 great covers that Costello has done in the past. Of course... ...done in the past. Of course he's done whole albums of covers (eg Almost Blue, Kojak Variety) and... ...done whole albums of covers (eg Almost Blue, Kojak Variety) and you... ...hardly stop him popping up on tribute albums for a while there . . . as well as throwing... ...other people's songs onto albums and in live sets (the segue from Dylan's... ...Turner). Recorded during the sesions for the album When I Was Cruel. Find it on the b-sides and... ...unreleased studio tracks album Cruel Smile. Getting Mighty Crowded (written... ...Terrific song. Find It on the Ono tribute album Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him. A Good... ...-- as with all the others songs on the album -- for Almost Blue. Don't Let Me Be... ...this would have been familiar from childhood. Covered by hundreds of artists. Find it on The Very... ...lyrics to music. Find this one on the covers album Kojak Variety. His Latest Flame... ...lyrics to music. Find this one on the covers album Kojak Variety. His Latest Flame (written by... ...Post A Comment. Costello gives you plenty of cover versions to choose...
Tagged with: elvis costello |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6291/elvis-costello-cover-star-2014-10-great-interpretations/
ART ON THEIR SLEEVES, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2023): Album design in the 2020s
...resurgence of vinyl albums – which outsold CDs in 2021 – has... ...engaging to the eye and mind. At its best the cover art reflects or compliments the musical... ...designer Lily Paris West of Mermaidens won the cover art Tui for the band’s 2019 Look Me in... ...for the band’s 2019 Look Me in the Eye album, which featured her manipulated cover... ...Eye album, which featured her manipulated cover photograph. She told AudioCulture, “the... ...with design studios to create their whole album world. "People are putting more focus... ...music again.” Here we look at 10 recent album covers which stand out for different reasons... ...again.” Here we look at 10 recent album covers which stand out for different reasons –... .... . . . To read the rest of this article about album covers at AudioCulture go here. . Audioculture... .... To read the rest of this article about album covers at AudioCulture go here. . Audioculture is...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/10952/art-on-their-sleeves-at-audioculture-2023-album-design-in-the-2020s/
THE ART OF THE OILS (2017): Iconography and imagery on Midnight Oil album covers
...and how artists presented themselves on album or EP covers, the Australians were about a... ...artists presented themselves on album or EP covers, the Australians were about a decade ahead of... ...but also had a cutout image of the rock on the cover of their '74 album Big Red Rock. By the end of... ...image of the rock on the cover of their '74 album Big Red Rock. By the end of that decade many... ...out there was evident on the front and back cover photos – an abandoned house on the... ...an almost romantic allure to the image. Other albums contained songs which spoke of Aboriginal... ...Moon in '93 which had primitivist art on the cover which alluded to Aboriginal paintings and... ...paintings and design). In posters and album covers (check out Redneck Wonderland of '98),... ...In posters and album covers (check out Redneck Wonderland of '98),... ...pump on a barren landscape which was on the cover of their 2012 compilation album Essential... ...was on the cover of their 2012 compilation album Essential Oils. There are such strange sights... ...Arena on September 11. A number of their albums have been reissued by Sony Music....
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/8091/the-art-of-the-oils-2017-iconography-and-imagery-on-midnight-oil-album-covers/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE RESIDENTS' COMMERCIAL ALBUM: Well, if you're so smart . . .
...Residents explored on their clever Commercial Album in 1980. In theory our on-going feature series... ...game away, then attention falls on this canny album of 40 songs, each little more than a minute... ...The album title refers not just to the "commercial... ...sculpted songs. Their Meet the Residents album of '74 on their own Ralph Records -- in a... ...of '74 on their own Ralph Records -- in a cover which used and parodied the Beatles' US album... ...which used and parodied the Beatles' US album Meet the Beatles -- brought them minor... ...pop. They subsequently released a number of albums which flew below public consciousness. Most... ...project Eskimo in '79 on the cover of which they appeared in their famous eyeball... ...allowed for anonymity) and features on the cover of the Commercial Album although the main... ...and features on the cover of the Commercial Album although the main photos are John Travolta and... ...point for the music on the Commercial Album is perhaps The Twilight Zone as eerie... ...plays that way" Songs from the Commercial Album-- aside from when these songs were used as as... ...for the album -- didn't exactly pick up high-rotation, but... ...standard three-minute pop song then, as the cover advised, just play the song three times in...
Tagged with: we need to talk about |
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/5427/we-need-to-talk-about-the-residents-commercial-album-well-if-youre-so-smart/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Original Album Classics
...was the first jazz musician to appear on the cover of Time (not acknowledging that Brubeck was as... ...fails. As one who poured over the Time Out album of '59 which had that track on it. I still... ...jazz spectrum you come from, a classic jazz album full of memorable tunes, tight playing, clever... ...the same territory in a number of subsequent albums, although the exoticism of tunes like Blue... ...was dedicated to astronaut John Glenn and the album opened with the title track and closed with... ...than out. And on his Time Further Out ('61) album there was a piece entiled Maori Blues because... ...when he played here in '59. On the back cover there is a photo of him having a piupiu... ...any way you cut it, five Dave Brubeck Quartet albums for just $20 at JB HiFi stores here is an...
Tagged with: dave brubeck |
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/6373/the-bargain-buy-the-dave-brubeck-quartet-original-album-classics/
Elsewhere Art . . . The Beatles' Whiter Album
...amusement I just make stuff up, like newly discovered albums, lost Beatle releases, academic... ...I just make stuff up, like newly discovered albums, lost Beatle releases, academic articles full... ...an anniversary reissue of the Beatles' White Album but as a remix by George Martin's six-year old... ...and instrumentation . . . hence The Whiter Album. You can read the full article here where I... ...other Beatles and reproduced the new Whiter Album cover. What we used to call "as low day... ...Beatles and reproduced the new Whiter Album cover. What we used to call "as low day in the...
Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/10305/elsewhere-art-the-beatles-whiter-album/
THE BEATLES, THE RISHiKESH ALBUM (2017): A lost album found at last
...discovery last week of a previously unknown Beatles'... ...week of a previously unknown Beatles' studio album from 1968 – recorded at EMI Studios in... ...three previously familiar but on the Rishikesh album in very different versions – because... ...commercial release of the “Rishikesh Album” in 2018. The background to this... ...of the lack of Wimpy Burgers – discovered the Maharishi (more commonly known as... ...with his manager Gypsy Dave. From recently uncovered accounts in the Mumbai EMI office, it seems... ...-- but also serious recording -- were uncovered just last week when EMI India cleared out a... ...found there along with a single copy of the album in a paper sleeve -- is a sign-off on the... ...of the EMI Mumbai offices where it was discovered with relevant paperwork behind an old... ..."RISHiKESH" according to the cover) were believed lost in The Great Fire of '76... ...all copies of David Bowie's ambient drone album Tamboura Tamboura also recorded in Bombay (aka... ...songs which would become familiar on a later album simply entitled The Beatles (also know as The... ...Album) but most are entirely new songs. Among the... ...says he has “no recollection of this album at all” and calls to Paul McCartney's... ...dead again.” The Beatles' rare Rishikesh album in expected to get commercial release –... ...Germany. One Beatles expert who has heard the album, the late Ian MacDonald, said yesterday that... ...MacDonald, said yesterday that “the discovery of this music is like finding another book of...
Absurd Elsewhere: absurdelsewhere/8049/the-beatles-the-rishikesh-album-2017-a-lost-album-found-at-last/
MERMAIDENS, INTERVIEWED (2023): New album, new look, new beginnings
...their new self-titled album, Mermaidens have made a couple of interesting... ...enjoyed such success with their previous two albums Perfect Body (2017, nominated for a Taite... ...awards. They were on Nun for both of those albums. We'll get to those questions in a minute,... ...Gussie Larkin 10 days out from the album's release and ask about how she judges the... ...in the album this time round. “It's hard to know... ...and now you are independent again with this album. You've always been self-starters and taken... ...too much into it that this is a self-titled album, so it is like a new beginning because that's... ...how artists view something like a self-titled album later in their career? Larkin: No, that's kind... ...I'm a bit skeptical, there's no organic discovery. We have a long time to develop here, if you... ...are no more of them? As much as the Mermaidens album witnesses a new sound and new independence it... ...cool art girl” at school. Where the cover of Perfect Body had all the sheen of a styled... ...Look Me in the Eye – which won her album cover of the year – was a blurred image... ...Look Me in the Eye – which won her album cover of the year – was a blurred image of... ...music] was to be more bold and clear so the cover is bright colours and the graphics are loud,... ...the bubbles was the most successful. So it's a cover which says 'here we are', but also you're not,... ...a shift in that musicians are seeing album covers as important artefacts in themselves but also...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10923/mermaidens-interviewed-2023-new-album-new-look-new-beginnings/
Perunika Trio: A Bright Star Has Risen (ARC)
...or "file under world music" on your album cover, having "Voices of Bulgaria"... ...under world music" on your album cover, having "Voices of Bulgaria" on your... ...as a subtitle inevitably invites comparisons... ...years ago that group arrived with a remarkable album of unaccompanied vocals which were... ...Idol" semi-finalists for the cover photo — can have none of that frisson of...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5418/perunika-trio-a-bright-star-has-risen-arc/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The Meters; Original Album Series
...Perhaps over the long haul these five albums from the Seventies might suffer from the same... ...the pretty dire Trick Bag -- with a memorable cover photo and rather too much influence from disco...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/6154/the-bargain-buy-the-meters-original-album-series/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The Sony "Original Album Classics" series: Funk soul brothers (and sisters)
...and we need only look at what (white) acts covered Isley material. Few however would dare try... ...On These are the first five bona fide classic albums from Sly covering '67-'71 and ending with... ...first five bona fide classic albums from Sly covering '67-'71 and ending with that killer Riot... ...killer Riot album where they really tapped the funk and, as the... ...in to the prevailing disenchantment. The albums before that cover pop, soul and stoner... ...disenchantment. The albums before that cover pop, soul and stoner rock-soul. Quite a... ...for a decade writing and making hits. The covers of their songs by the Beatles and Rod Stewart... ...explain why for Givin' It Back they decided to cover material by Stephen Stills, Dylan, James... ...Dylan, James Taylor and Neil Young. These albums chart their move from soul-funk into a more... ...their live Gratitude between the studio albums which effectively picks up songs on albums...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5799/the-bargain-buy-the-sony-original-album-classics-series-funk-soul-brothers-and-sisters/
C.W. Stoneking: King Hokum (Inertia)
...impressed. The guy on the black'n'white cover sitting outside a clapboard shack is a... ...white guy, but the guy singing on the album is quite obviously a sixtysomething black guy... ...in the Thirties. I could only think the cover was some kind of joke. Fact is that the... ...black guy" is the white guy on the cover, he is Stoneking from Footscray near Melbourne... ...love and respect. He's also made a damn fine album of memorable songs, some a bit raunchy in that...
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/956/cw-stoneking-king-hokum-inertia/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Radiohead; 5 Album Set (EMI)
...when Amnesiac -- their third electronica-rock album after OK Computer and Kid A -- and maybe they... ...quite the same way. The first five Radiohead albums are fascinating in how they were smart enough... ...of the disaffected Creep and their debut album Pablo Honey into expanding their parameters on... ...and so theirs is a career always worth discovering, or rediscovering. This collection of those... ...This collection of those first five albums -- no bonus tracks, just what arrived at the... ...in one. Given how much teritory these five albums cover and how important Radiohead were at the... ...one. Given how much teritory these five albums cover and how important Radiohead were at the time,...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5246/the-bargain-buy-radiohead-5-album-set-emi/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The J. Geils Band; Original Album Series (Rhino)
...and likable slices of boogie rock, and would cover material by the likes of John Lee Hooker,... ...(Hard Drivin' Man) on their self-titled debut album of 1970, and for the rest of that decade... ...their popularity that they recorded two live albums in the Seventies (Full House in 72 and the... ...why this five CD collection of their first albums (that self-titled debut, The Morning After,...
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The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/3266/the-bargain-buy-the-j-geils-band-original-album-series-rhino/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Dave Edmunds: Original Album Classics
...final album in this five CD box set -- I Hear You Rockin'... ...rockabilly Here Comes the Weekend, later he covers Otis Blackwell's Paralyzed (a hit for Elvis)... ...Parker's Crawling from the Wreckage, his cover of I Hear You Knocking (which Lennon in his... ...in Lowe's bands.) It's a pity his Rockpile album isn't among this collection, but here are the... ...isn't among this collection, but here are the covers album Subtle As a Flying Mallet (material... ...album Subtle As a Flying Mallet (material made... ...There are also the Information and Riff Raff albums which he co-produced with Jeff Lynne but... ...this doesn't exactly live up to the "album classics" part of the series title, this... ...with any luck, send you on a search for the album Seconds of Pleasure (with the band Rockpile).... ...at JB HiFi stores here you get two cracking albums which bookend this set, and three others with...
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THE BARGAIN BUY: Linda Ronstadt: Original Album Series (Warners)
...Seventies and cracking multi-platinum selling albums. This five-CD collection starts after her... ...breakthrough album Heart Like Wheel of '74, but Prisoner in... ...Robinson (Tracks of My Tears) and others. The album confirmed what a superb interpreter of a song... ...and Roy Orbison (Blue Bayou). If the final two albums in the set -- Living in the USA (her famously... ...the USA (her famously on rollerblades on the cover) and Mad Love -- don't match the heights of... ...could tell you how many copies of these albums Ronstadt sold at the time (and subsequently)... ...stores here, this package of crisply produced albums (by Peter Asher) serves to remind what a...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5953/the-bargain-buy-linda-ronstadt-original-album-series-warners/
GUEST MUSICIAN BEN WELLS OF TASMANIA'S THE MIDDLE NAMES on recording their debut album
...May 2013 we started recording our debut album ‘I Need Space. Now in May 2014 we get to... ...with my brother; at least the basis for the album did anyway. After both breaking up with our... ...after that. One of my favourite songs on the album is “Looking For You”. When I first... ...I’d lost my head. Turns out writing an album can be very therapeutic. “Lions”... ...“Scar” is the one song on the album that isn’t based on an experience that... ...Waiting” is another favourite on the album. The bass line Jordy wrote for it is off tap!... ...precise. We wanted that to come across on the album and “Everybody’s Waiting”... ...adage somewhat leads to why we went for an album. We wanted to show all of who we are, a full... ...visitors to New Zealand. The band's debut album I Need Space is available from Reuban Records...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/6305/guest-musician-ben-wells-of-tasmanias-the-middle-names-on-recording-their-debut-album/
A NOT RECOMMENDED RECORD: The Beatles: Live in Stockholm 1964
...time to time we have a Recommended Record, an album which you deserve to have on vinyl because it... ...better that way, has an especially interesting cover (gatefold sleeve, lyrics, credits etc) and it... ...etc) and it just feels right on record. This album of the Beatles live in Stockholm comes in an... ...live in Stockholm comes in an excellent cover but . . . We knew what we were getting in to... ...we read the back cover (see below), but we bought it anyway because... ...But despite what it said on the back cover it was actually worse than our very low level...
Music at Elsewhere: music/11354/a-not-recommended-record-the-beatles-live-in-stockholm-1964/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE FALL'S IN A HOLE ALBUM: Almost stopping the Nun taking flight
...successful record company, but the Fall's live album In a Hole (released in December 1983) can... ...for payment of all income earned off the album, “but it did slow things down for a... ...consisted of four acclaimed but demanding albums, most notably Hex Induction Hour which came... ...Hour which came in the kind of careless DIY cover Knox admired. They had also released a couple... ...They had also released a couple of live albums and with them in New Zealand, Knox thought,... ...In the pastiched insert which came with the album Garth C (Garth Cartwright at a guess) was... ...the period. Listened to today, the resulting album Fall In A Hole – an LP and a 12”... ...which would appear on subsequent Fall studio albums. But there it was, a Fall live album recorded... ...available in New Zealand. It came wrapped in a cover designed by Knox which had a cheap collage of... ...He might have been then, but by the time the album appeared he had fallen out with Smith and had... ...Smith and had been fired. So here was an album cover which relegated the man whose band it was to a... ...fired. So here was an album cover which relegated the man whose band it... ...He was miffed to say the least – that cover, the fact he'd never even heard a test... ...again? “It was about this Fall in a Hole album . . . The words unauthorised, illegal,...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/7717/we-need-to-talk-about-the-falls-in-a-hole-album-almost-stopping-the-nun-taking-flight/
THE FINAL FAREWELL ALBUM (2023): Goodbyes from Paul Simon, Nick Cave, David Bowie . . .
...the idea: “He'll never finish that album, it won't be challenging enough.”... ...and commercial failure – did finish that album, In the Blue Light. But now retired from... ...challenge, this ambitious acoustic album, his first album of new material since 2016's... ...last year on his short, spoken word album, also titled Seven Psalms, Nick Cave –... ...caught up with him). Willie Nelson's 2022 album A Beautiful Time with him walking into the... ...Time with him walking into the sunset on the cover – sounded like a farewell note and was... .... . . but then this year he released another album. As far back as 2007 album Memory Almost Full,...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10757/the-final-farewell-album-2023-goodbyes-from-paul-simon-nick-cave-david-bowie/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Margie Joseph; Original Album Series (Atlantic/Rhino)
...or only vaguely familiar name because the album(s) recommended are . . . yes, cheap. A perfect... ...the early Seventies. On her Atlantic debut she covered material by Al Green (Let's Stay Together)... ...her soul/r'n'b chops, her biggest hit was a cover of McCartney's My Love on the follow-up album... ...cover of McCartney's My Love on the follow-up album Sweet Surrender where she also gave Stevie... ...special treatment. Mardin produced one more album for her -- the career high of Margie in '74 --... ...Feel the Feeling two years later. All these albums plus Feeling My Way ('78) have been parcelled... ...My Way ('78) have been parcelled up on replica covers as part of the excllent Original Album Series... ...covers as part of the excllent Original Album Series and at just $20 from JB Hi-Fi stores... ...it'll cost you about 38 cents a song to discover a woman who could pull together soul and funk,...
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The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/4255/the-bargain-buy-margie-joseph-original-album-series-atlantic-rhino/
VINYL HAYRIDE; COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUM COVERS 1947-89 by PAUL KINGSBURY
...its art on its sleeve. This large-format, soft-cover collection of colourful, kitschy, mawkish and... ...colourful, kitschy, mawkish and downright odd album covers isn't deliberately selected for... ...odd album covers isn't deliberately selected for Tosche's... ...he was thin and young) and kd lang. These covers are fascinating, tacky and sometimes...
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Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2704/vinyl-hayride-country-music-album-covers-1947-89-by-paul-kingsbury/
Elsewhere Art . . . Dave Brubeck
...in his younger days he had been on the cover of Time, and his most popular album was Time... ...on the cover of Time, and his most popular album was Time Out which included the memorable Take... ...It was that Time Out album (the original of which I still have) which... ...tune which is easy to remember. So if the Time cover -- with the image from the Time Out album... ...Time cover -- with the image from the Time Out album behind Brubeck -- was a bit obvious I needed... ...people look, lest they think it was a real cover I'd used. Hence the Coronet banner and the...
Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/9808/elsewhere-art-dave-brubeck/
Blue Jeans: Reflections of My Life (1988)
...anyone buy CDs for their covers? Hmm. I've certainly bought more than a few... ...(more than a few score at a guess) for the cover art, whether it be funny, bizarre or just... ...cool. The reward is that when you play the albums you always find one thing which has been... ...can't remember what I paid for the Blue Jeans album which I picked up in Hong Kong in the late... ...on the strength of this magnificently camp cover. But imagine my delight when, among its... ...with hard rock gestures, I discovered this (rather horrible) version of... ...just in time) had a number one hit with their cover of the Beatles' Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da -- but it...
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From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3660/blue-jeans-reflections-of-my-life-1988/
Various Artists: The Rarest Rockabilly Album in the World Ever! (Chrome Dreams/Triton)
...early 2011 when Jackson's much anticpated new album (mid-wifed by Jack White of the White Stripes)... ...gals or the big city. Curiously though the cover looks like English rockabilly rebels more than...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/3691/various-artists-the-rarest-rockabilly-album-in-the-world-ever-chrome-dreams-triton/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Laura Nyro: Original Album Classics
...of Hollywood via steering record companies, discovering artists, wheeling and dealing, driving a... ...none more so than Laura Nyro whom he "discovered", gave up another career to manage and... ...and believed in with a passion. When her album Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)... ...of her work was all done by '76, the period covered by this excellent and cheap box set. It... ...excellent and cheap box set. It contains the albums Eli, New York Tenderberry, Christmas and the... ...Miracle (with Labelle) and Smile. Across these albums you can hear her embrace street soul (on... ...which explains why such diverse artists could cover her songs. In King of Hollywood there is a... ...from a disco on the Starship Enterprise. These albums also explain why Geffen was so successful in...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/6287/the-bargain-buy-laura-nyro-original-album-classics/
THE BEATLES; THEIR LOST LAST ALBUM DISCOVERED (2019): And in another end
...Lennon starts outlining plans for a further album to be recorded after their current sessions... ...And they recorded enough material for a new album which, according to the tape boxes discovered... ...album which, according to the tape boxes discovered in a warehouse in Clapham, was to be... ...a couple of takes with few overdubs but the album was apparently shelved when Lennon and Ono... ...the Elastic Ono Band. The existence of a final album has long been rumoured but until now it had... ...because Yoko Ono is credited on the front cover as well as a contributing songwriter. The... ...as well as a contributing songwriter. The album reviewed "home fires" opens with a... ...near the Mersey River is pictured on the back cover of "home fires"), Chuck Berry,... ...home soon”. It is the highpoint of the album and is followed by an equally lovely Harrison... ...takes lines from a song on James Taylor's sole album on their Apple label). It is deftly... ...on Because and Sun King off the Abbott Road album which had just been released.. Then there is... ...Not Guilty (which had failed to make The White Album) but here numerous lyrical changes which... ...friends) then there is loving and guile-free cover of Billy Fury's A Thousand Stars by Lennon and... ...then duetting on the final verse. It ends the album on a note of delicacy and reflection, and in... ...Ono? And that this final album -- with a front cover shot of Liverpool which alludes to Harrison's... ...history, Elsewhere has articles about the rediscovered Rishikesh Album, and a number of other...
Absurd Elsewhere: absurdelsewhere/9097/the-beatles-their-lost-last-album-discovered-2019-and-in-another-end/
CRASH, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2023): The band that was, the album that wasn't.
...They looked set to break out, but their debut album recorded at Revolver Studio never appeared... ...Records remastered their singles and the lost album tracks. Mayes released the self-titled 17-song... ...collection on CD in an elaborate gatefold cover in November, mostly for the international...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10980/crash-at-audioculture-2023-the-band-that-was-the-album-that-wasnt/
Lila Downs, Shake Away (EMI)
...new album by the US-Hispanic singer should get a good... ...elements remain prominent: there is a striking cover of Black Magic Woman which sounds like it was... ...the rich folk heritage of the region. But this album also pushes into new musical territory: her... ...new musical territory: her Spanish language cover of Lucinda Williams' I Envy the Wind; the...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1911/lila-downs-shake-away-emi/
THE BARGAIN BUY: John Coltrane: Original Album Series
...you off forever. More fool me but the first album by John Coltrane -- an acknowledged musical... ...which became one of his best loved, and most covered, tunes. Another entry point on Coltrane, who... ...(making it up as they go along), this album is a masterclass. And on each of those albums... ...Atlantic label for very long -- just those two albums, with Coltrane Jazz between them -- but after... ...were on My Favourite Things). So the Original Album Series set which has all five of these albums... ...Sound (the one with the melting face on the cover -- which he disliked -- anticipating a later... ...disliked -- anticipating a later Peter Gabriel album) which is perhaps the weakest in this set.... ...overlook the blues album though where Tyner drops out and Coltrane...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5895/the-bargain-buy-john-coltrane-original-album-series/
THE BEATLES . THE WHITE ALBUM REISSUED AND REMIXED (2017): A pale shade of whiter
...reissue of the Beatles self-titled double album aka “The White Album”. According... ...from within Apple Records, “The White Album” (hereinafter referred to as The White... ...more ambitious reissue and remix of The White Album should not have been unexpected. But from the... ...so far we can glean the following: The White Album will appear in the following formats on double... ...more collectable because it comes with the cover and vinyl deliberately distressed and slightly... ...exciting for collectors, a remix of the whole album by Gillian Martin, the six-year old... ...effect”. Another memo notes the discovery of a new version of Revolution, a slower and... ...It seems that in the box set of all these albums will also be the full 48 minute version of... ...There is also a double vinyl version of the album which Yoko Ono -- the acclaimed Japanese... ...a number of different names: the White-Out Album, The Whitest Album and perhaps most... ...no instruments are played -- the White Cage Album. "I think the Beatle band is now ready... ...It is believed all these limited edition vinyl albums – just 500,000 will be made available... ...also drew and designed their Revolver album cover. Leaked versions of these photos appear below....
Absurd Elsewhere: absurdelsewhere/7992/the-beatles-the-white-album-reissued-and-remixed-2017-a-pale-shade-of-whiter/
GUEST MUSICIAN STINKY JIM walks us through his new Spacial Awareness album
...Sideways, has long been an Essential Elsewhere album.And he releases his own albums along the... ...through Spacial Awareness – his second album in a year after It's Not What It Sounds Like... ...– track by track. And he starts with the cover..The cover photo is a shot I took on the... ...off into the wilderness. It worked with the album title Spacial Awareness which is a sound... ...kinda about our cat Chika who died while the album was being made. Every cat person knows the... ...cymbals which pop up repeatedly again on this album) and this has already had some tip-top... ...many Young Holt Trio/Ramsey Lewis & Cadet albums … or not enough?! . Loose Carry - A... ...different song when I realised the ultimate album order left the closer as its moody... ...Awareness at bandcamp here, further Stinky Jim albums are at bandcamp...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/10410/guest-musician-stinky-jim-walks-us-through-his-new-spacial-awareness-album/
GUEST SONGWRITER DAVID MORRIS OF BRITAIN'S RED RIVER DIALECT shares the background to the band's new album Broken Stay Open Sky
...writing the last Red River Dialect album, which was called Tender Gold and Gentle Blue... ...glimpses into songs. I wanted to make a whole album about lungta, to be called Windhorse, after... ...of the term. It was also going to be a concept album about bells of all kinds. I used to ring... ...stale. And so each song that makes up this new album called Broken Stay Open Sky is a coming... ...heart, which is moving-joy and still-sad. The cover photograph portrays Gull Rock, as seen from... ...and I hoped it could become a part of this album. Initially I wanted to conceal it inside the... ...it shone through every other proposal for the cover. So now Gull Rock sits there like the hub... ...Chapter 11, Tao Te Ching I am glad that this album is not entirely what I intended it to be, and...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/8333/guest-songwriter-david-morris-of-britains-red-river-dialect-shares-the-background-to-the-bands-new-album-broken-stay-open-sky/
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood: Down from Dover (1972)
...song but what is written in ballpoint on the cover of the album I have. A thick line is drawn... ...is written in ballpoint on the cover of the album I have. A thick line is drawn through the... ...the title on the back cover and in block capitals beside it is written... ...itself. The other telling inscription on the cover is "4ZB" and an official sticker of... ...arrow pointing to it. This long out of print album is an odd one, but most Nancy Sinatra and Lee... ...albums were: they would veer between dark and... ...Morning) and the chipper (Jackson, and on this album Did You Ever in which the subject was never... ...stated). This album opens with a five minute "suite"...
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From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3519/nancy-sinatra-and-lee-hazlewood-down-from-dover-1972/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Bobby Darin; Original Album Series (Rhino)
...was a lifelong Ray Chalres fan). But the next album is For Teenagers Only (even then he had to... ...why his following would be bewildered. On the cover of Love Swings he poses wearing a sea... ...at the time. Despite that, it is a fine album where he pitches himself in that jazzy, big... ...given a contemporary spin. So there are five albums by Bobby Darin, all recorded in a little over... ...a little different, when you can pick up five albums for $20 at JB Hi-FI stores here, that makes...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/4595/the-bargain-buy-bobby-darin-original-album-series-rhino/
Candy Dulfer: Funked Up Chilled Out (Heads Up/Elite)
...score: this double disc is as it says on the cover, one disc of funked up and the other of . . .... ...seem to have gone into the funky and seductive album cover photos.... ...have gone into the funky and seductive album cover photos....
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2389/candy-dulfer-funked-up-chilled-out-heads-up-elite/
Jim Ford: The Unissued Capitol Album. Big Mouth USA; The Unissued Paramount Album (both Bear Family)
...but there are still any number of artists and albums being unearthed and brought into the light... ...for a couple of years -- but these two albums might give him his time in the sun again.... ...66, was one of those mythical characters: one album (Harlan County in '69) and then gone. In '06... ...park in California and some compilation albums of his early Seventies material subsequently... ...ripple in your world, right? Here then are two albums which might however. Their very titles... ...he seemed to piss off Capitol in '70 so that album was shelved, and he repeated the trick with... ...little (The Sounds of Our Time on the Capitol Album was politically pointed in its day, for... ...offspring maybe Jim Ford is ripe for a rediscovery. Of the two albums, Big Mouth USA: The... ...Jim Ford is ripe for a rediscovery. Of the two albums, Big Mouth USA: The Unissued Paramount Album...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/2692/jim-ford-the-unissued-capitol-album-big-mouth-usa-the-unissued-paramount-album-both-bear-family/
The Buggs: Liverpool Drag (1964)
...dogs, by the soon-to-be Cher), copyists, weird cover versions and so on. But to find the Buggs'... ...and so on. But to find the Buggs' sole album for a mere $5 in a secondhand record shop was... ...a mere $5 in a secondhand record shop was a discovery of the first order. This group from Liverpool... ...in on the Beatles songs (they cover I Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You)... ...Drag, Big Ben Hop, Teddy Boy Stomp . . . Their album banners very heavily "The Original... ...only no writing credits and where exactly the album was recorded, but no band members are named .... ...short-lived Buggs were not from Liverpool, the album was not recorded in England and this is not... ...in a With the Beatles/Meet the Beatles-type cover -- were from Nebraska and the album was... ...cover -- were from Nebraska and the album was recorded in Minneapolis. I reproduce below... ...in Minneapolis. I reproduce below the back cover with its enthusiastic blurb . . . which lies...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5859/the-buggs-liverpool-drag-1964/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The Young Rascals; Original Album Series
...too. Like most bands of their era, their early albums were often padded out with covers of material... ...their early albums were often padded out with covers of material that went down well live, or were... ...than you might think. But it was their cover of the little known Good Lovin' -- with Felix... ...and Land of 1000 Dances). Not their best album -- they were, like Paul Revere and so many... ...(Lonely Too Long). For Groovin' -- their third album in fewer than 18 months -- Cavaliere and Eddie... ...teen pop was no longer of interest. Their next album Once Upon a Dream was credited to "the... ...sound of just two years previous, it's an album which has numerous high points but sounds very... ...out vibe. There's a sitar on Sattva and the album has an "intro" and a... ...of ambition spilled over into their double album, the loosely conceptual and politicised... ...was a fascinating journey and these five albums are pulled together in the Original Album...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/4935/the-bargain-buy-the-young-rascals-original-album-series/
10 UNUSUAL 10 INCH RECORDS I'M SURPRISED I OWN: What's smaller than an album but bigger than an EP?
...column entitled promisingly 10 Shameful Record Covers I'm Proud to Own (and the there was 10 More... ...Records I'm Embarrassed to Own as well as 10 Album Cover Parodies and 10 Good Albums in Bad... ...I'm Embarrassed to Own as well as 10 Album Cover Parodies and 10 Good Albums in Bad Covers. Oh,... ...Oh, and 10 Odd Unplayed Albums in My Collection (and inevitably Another 10).... ...serious (perhaps) with 10 Somewhat Rare Reggae Albums I'm Proud to Own and 10 Rare Free Jazz Albums... ...tidy format, usually about six songs but in a cover large enough to be attractive. For years I... ...record shops here tend to bury them among albums so they are hard to find. And I have been... ...as rock'n'roll-era pop, spoken word, comedy albums and so on. I also have a swag of French 10... ...the smaller shelves are 10 unusual 10 inch albums (big EPs?) and some explanation of the how... ...points for a try and two for a conversion. Cover art by Neville Lodge too. I must listen to it... ...attention with this still astonishing debut album which to contempoary listeners probably sounds... ...release Sumac underwent another new "discovery" for her octave leaping voice -- about... ...-- and the strangeness of her vocals, on this album placed in orchestration (and sometimes odd... ...edition of this still beautifully bewildering album. Stan Wilson: Wandering (1955) This American... ...tuneful) voice and a couple of his songs were covered by the Kingston Trio to great success. This... ...by the Kingston Trio to great success. This album -- which unfortunately shares a title with the... ...(1959) Despite the slightly salacious looking cover, Patrick Roberts was an interesting guy and... ...wrote for movies and a few of his songs when covered by others were huge hits in the Fifites. But...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8134/10-unusual-10-inch-records-im-surprised-i-own-whats-smaller-than-an-album-but-bigger-than-an-ep/
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: Greatest Hits (Blackheart)
...you quickly read the cover sticker on this belatedly released, 2010,... ...(the theme to the Mary Tyler Moore Show), her cover of Springsteen's Light of Day . . . This isn't...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5099/joan-jett-and-the-blackhearts-greatest-hits-blackheart/
Howard Tate: Keep Cool (1972)
...this column about shameful record covers I'm proud to own, I noted you should never... ...judge Eastern European -- or bellydance -- albums by their covers. They are often an... ...European -- or bellydance -- albums by their covers. They are often an afterthought and the... ...more interesting and exciting than the kitsch covers might suggest. You'd guess perhaps only soul... ...Howard Tate's family though the cover of his self-titled '72 album was any good, and... ...family though the cover of his self-titled '72 album was any good, and it wasn't that he was such... ...who only died in December 2011 -- released two albums prior to this one on Atlantic which was... ...Ragovoy wrote almost everything on the album -- there's also a soulful cover of Dylan's... ...on the album -- there's also a soulful cover of Dylan's Girl From the North Country and the... ...from the mid Seventies until he was rediscovered in the last decade of his life. By then he'd... ...years of his absence, people searched out this album. And not for the cover. This disc is one of... ...searched out this album. And not for the cover. This disc is one of the 20 in the excellent,...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5321/howard-tate-keep-cool-1972/
Graham Reid
...devoted to those arts; has designed book and album covers; and worked extensively in presenting... ...to those arts; has designed book and album covers; and worked extensively in presenting radio... ...to share them with readers. His writing covers art, architecture and history as well as... ...New Zealand musicians and liner notes for many albums including those by Sir Richard Rodney... ...for community groups. In 2019 he spoke at the album launch for the 25th aniversary reissue of... ...Haine's groundbreaking jazz album Shift Left, and -- at the invitation of Moana... ...-- inducted the Tahi album, by Moana and the Moa Hunters, as one of New... ...classic independent debut albums at the Taite Prize (for which he was on the... ...panel). In 2020 he inducted Shona Laing's album South as the IMNZ independent debut album at...
Howlin' Wolf: The Howlin' Wolf Album (Set on Down)
...of the assertions on the cover of this album – released in 69, reissued after a long... ...of the assertions on the cover of this album – released in 69, reissued... ...What is true is he didn't care for this album (“dog shit” was his considered... ...mostly awful “psychedelic blues” album Electric Mud. But for Wolf – almost 60,... ...was an odd concept, especially when he was covering his important songs (the recent Spoonful,... ...earlier Smokestack Lightning which had been covered by the likes of the young Stones, Van...
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Blues at Elsewhere: blues/4214/howlin-wolf-the-howlin-wolf-album-set-on-down/
GUEST WRITER MITCH MYERS considers Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music album from the distance of decades
...about Lou Reed's most contentious and divisive album, Metal Machine Music. Even today the jury is... ...on the album but nine years after Reed's death and almost... ...a century on from the album's release, what Myers had to say still stands.... ...At the end we have a YouTube clip of the album if you haven't heard it. Play it while you... ...separate, but equal, stereo channels. On the album’s back cover—above an incorrect... ...stereo channels. On the album’s back cover—above an incorrect chemical diagram of... ...Young (whose name he misspelled on the back cover) and Iannis Xenakis. Although his VU bandmate... ...it was also reportedly the most returned album in RCA’s history. In a frantic effort at... ...to stem additional loss, RCA canceled the album’s release in England altogether. Since... ...his classic Creem article “The Greatest Album Ever Made” (later immortalized in... ...Trying. Yet Rolling Stone voted MMM the worst album of the year. Billboard said simply,... ...MMM was guilty of deceptive packaging. The album cover featured a leather-clad Reed wearing... ...was guilty of deceptive packaging. The album cover featured a leather-clad Reed wearing... ...for not having a proper disclaimer on the cover, which were angrily rescinded the next time he...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/10516/guest-writer-mitch-myers-considers-lou-reeds-metal-machine-music-album-from-the-distance-of-decades/
LIL' CHIEF RECORDS: TWO DECADES OF MUSIC AND ALBUM ART (2022): Cigarettes and cybernetics
...came to attention 20 years ago with the debut album by the Brunettes, Holding Hands Feeding Ducks... ...of the Tokey Tones' Caterpillar and Butterfly albums. This was music which was poised, cool,... ...Lil' Chief can look back on almost 50 original albums (not counting compilations and different... ...to the lil' label that could. And did . . . in covers as distinctive as the music. (For a complete... ...go here. Where Elsewhere has reviewed an album or has an interview with a Lil' Chief artist... ...Chief artist we will make the link after the cover image). . . . For Elsewhere's review of... ...Princess Chelsea around the release of this album see here . For Elsewhere's review see here .... .... . but here's another, the new and different album by Princess Chelsea which Elsewhere will...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10470/lil-chief-records-two-decades-of-music-and-album-art-2022-cigarettes-and-cybernetics/
BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2009 Wilco; Wilco (the album): (Warners)
...chunky rockist opener on this seventh studio album -- yes, it is called "Wilco (the... ...to mean as much to me"). Some of this album was sketched out and rehearsed at Neil Finn's... ...some edge. This may not be the best Wilco album in their long and diverse career and it lacks... ...Everlasting Everything which closes the album is the perfect book-end to that opener:... ...last forever. Nice. Oh, and does Wilco (the album) boast among the best uses of an animal on an... ...among the best uses of an animal on an album cover since this by Storm Thorgerson (right) for...
Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2009 | neil finn | wilco |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2476/best-of-elsewhere-2009-wilco-wilco-the-album-warners/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The Sony "Original Album Classics" series: It's jazz, maaan
...the artist concerned; you can pick up classic albums dirt cheap (and get another couple thrown... ...with these below -- that many of these albums were created at a time when the album was... ...-- he was the first jazz musician to be on the cover of Time, much to his embarrassment -- but also... ...and Pick Up Sticks on the classic Time Out album. The hit from that album -- and it was that... ...over the years included (on these scattered albums from their 71 debut to their 10th a decade... ...music, avant-garde and all the rest. Some key albums omitted (they are available in the first... ...bassist Clarke made some commanding jazz-rock albums with the cream of the crossover artists... ...for Strings and Bass on that self-titled album) and delivered his Concerto for Jazz Rock... ...on Journey to Love. The first album here (actually his second under his own name)... ...has previously pointed to this Original Album Classic series (reserving the right to say not... ...album in these sets is a "classic"). But...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/5769/the-bargain-buy-the-sony-original-album-classics-series-its-jazz-maaan/
GUEST WRITER MADELINE BOCARO sees Patti Smith in NYC acknowledging her classic album Horses 40 years on
...since. Patti Smith’s now classic debut album, Horses of '75, is an extended poem which... ...Patti was literally a Beat Poet. The Horses album, produced by John Cale of the Velvet... ...was elated to be performing the entire Horses album on its 40th anniversary, in its birthplace.... ...Mapplethorpe, shot the iconic black and white cover portrait for Horses. (Robert was lovingly... ...and Jay Dee Daugherty (who both played on the album), Jack Petruzzelli, and Tony Shanahan.... ...of her poem Compacted Awareness right from the album’s back cover, Patti’s version of... ...Awareness right from the album’s back cover, Patti’s version of Gloria by Them (Van... ...us all. Patti illustrates how to flip the album over, put the arm down and insert the needle... ...to 1981. She has contributed articles to Discoveries, Goldmine and Chicago’s Roctober...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/7248/guest-writer-madeline-bocaro-sees-patti-smith-in-nyc-acknowledging-her-classic-album-horses-40-years-on/
GUEST WRITER MADELINE BOCARO revisits Sparks' classic album Kimono My House on its 40th anniversary
...title. Although the Kimono My House album does not have a title track, we somehow get... ...relatives. The family pets are all running for cover, confused by the high-pitched sounds. You... ...While consulting the lyric sheet again, you discover that the reverse of the inner sleeve has a... ...in a spotlight, similar to the one on the back cover. On Here In Heaven, Russell portrays a... ...can’t follow Equator so it closes the album. This is the closest Russell has come to... ...Nobody has ever been tempted, nor dared to cover this song, and nobody should ever try. Then... ...Thurston Moore and Kimono My House album producer Muff Winwood. Kimono My House –... ...now on vinyl and download with recently discovered demos – is a unique musical monument,... ...to 1981. She has contributed articles to Discoveries, Goldmine and Chicago’s Roctober...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/6806/guest-writer-madeline-bocaro-revisits-sparks-classic-album-kimono-my-house-on-its-40th-anniversary/
RECOMMENDED VINYL: OMC's How Bizarre (2021): Wanna know the rest, buy the album
...to him as his Jansson-produced How Bizarre album showed. Cleverly surrounding Pauly with superb... ...fit in with his speak-sing lyrics. It is the album of the single, of course, and nothing on it... ...important ingredient in many places on the album. And whether She Loves Italian was a stab at... ...the peace . . . ” . OMC's How Bizarre album is released on vinyl for the first time on... ...tapes by Alan Jansson and comes in a new cover with an image by photographer Deborah Smith,...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9814/recommended-vinyl-omcs-how-bizarre-2021-wanna-know-the-rest-buy-the-album/
Tom Waits: Young At Heart (2006)
...thinks it's hilarious," he said of this cover of Frank Sinatra's popular song. "She... ...Young at heart, my ass!' " When Waits did cover this lovely if sentimental song -- which was a... ...groaning take on it. The song has been much covered and Waits' version was included on the...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4523/tom-waits-young-at-heart-2006/
Haunted Love: Spirit Revival (Round Trip Mars)
...CD cover photos -- like Feelstyle's Break it to Pieces... ...to Pieces and the most recent Whirimako Black album -- just cry out for vinyl-size reproduction.... ...Yvonne Todd's striking photo on the cover of this debut album by New Zealand's Haunted... ...striking photo on the cover of this debut album by New Zealand's Haunted Love (Rainy McMaster... ...McMaster and Geva Downey) is another such cover. Just take the time to look, and even in this... ...the striking detail and why it inspired the album's title. Pray for a 12". Delivering...
Tagged with: haunted love | jefferson belt | princess chelsea | sideways |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4481/haunted-love-spirit-revival-round-trip-mars/
John Hiatt: Same Old Man (Elite)
...since John Hiatt hit a high profile with the albums Bring the Family and Slow Turning. But... ...some fine albums since (and a few duffers) he seems to be... ...into sales or much interest in subsequent albums like The Tiki Bar is Open (2001) and Master... ...this is "another year, another Hiatt album" but that diminishes the craftsmanship he... ...My Baby (which cries out for a soul-country cover by the likes of Solomon Burke), the pop-rock... ...tone of Our Time (c'mon Keith Richards, cover this), the title track . . .Don't be suckered... .... . .Don't be suckered by the self-deprecating album title. In this case it is actually a quality...
Tagged with: john hiatt | luther james dickinson | mississippi all stars | ry cooder | solomon burke | steve earle | tom russell |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1693/john-hiatt-same-old-man-elite/
Kong Fooey: Final Destination (Bella Rose)
...a cover which amusingly references that of Elvis'... ...amusingly references that of Elvis' debut album (and by association the Clash's London Calling... ...floor shaking beats and slacker soul. If that cover is a look back with a fresh flavor, much of...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/7267/kong-fooey-final-destination-bella-rose/
Elsewhere Art . . . the Beatles
...title of that page and the uttery improbable albums I invent (not all by the Beatles as you may... ...get the joke. Anyway, why not a whole Beatles album recorded in India? And my guess is that if it... ...then of course it would come in a cheaply done cover designed by an Indian who probably had no idea... ...this one accompanied is here. Not a bad album incidentally, despite the cheap cover. . For... ...a bad album incidentally, despite the cheap cover. . For other Art by Elsewhere go...
Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/9879/elsewhere-art-the-beatles/
DANGER MOUSE: THE GREY ALBUM, CONSIDERED (2004): Looking through a glass prism
...Danger Mouse's innovative and crafted The Grey Album – a clever melange of Jay-Z's The Black... ...and the Beatles' The White Album – appeared in early 2004 Britain's Mojo... ...who would provide exclusive interviews for cover stories – called the album... ...for cover stories – called the album “notorious”. It noted that EMI had... ...ahead with the experiment and released the album in a limited edition of 3000 copies. When the... ...a million people took them up on it. The Grey Album has been readily available (free) ever since.... ...something like that happened with The Grey Album. But the record company minded. They put up a... ...their approval – for the Love mash-up album which was the soundtrack to a Beatles-themed... ...du Soleil show. The Grey Album however was a much more demanding and perhaps... ...samples from Beatles' songs off the White Album, looping and deconstructing the songs and... ...made slightly easier given that Jay-Z's Black Album came in a version with a cappella tracks. The...
Tagged with: the album considered |
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9337/danger-mouse-the-grey-album-considered-2004-looking-through-a-glass-prism/
Linda Ronstadt: Hand Sown . .. Home Grown/Silk Purse (Raven/EMI)
...before she was a country-rock cover star and dating California governor Jerry... ...was a singer struggling to find her forte. Her albums with the Stone Poneys showed her folk-rock... ...Poneys showed her folk-rock chops and their cover of Mike Nesmith's Different Drum gave them a... ...beckoning for Ronstadt. Her first two solo albums from '69 and '70 -- here gathered on one disc... ...Seventies). For Silk Purse (in that bizarre cover) she relocated to Nashville, worked with some... ...Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey) and delivered an album which is clearly more country -- but with a... ...she has been dismissive of Silk PPurse (the cover!?) it is a fine album of nascent country-rock.... ...of Silk PPurse (the cover!?) it is a fine album of nascent country-rock. In fact while these...
Tagged with: carlene carter | johnny cash | kasey chambers | kris kristofferson | linda ronstadt | lucinda williams | raven records | willie nelson |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2748/linda-ronstadt-hand-sown-home-grown-silk-purse-raven-emi/
THE GREATEST LOST ALBUM IN ROCK? (2011): The remarkable story of The Voyage of the Corvus Corrone
...of solo successes with his prog-rock concept albums The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Journey to the... ...described his forthcoming project, a concept album based on Sir James Frazer's study of myth and... ...time he also spoke of a remarkable prog-rock album by an unknown group he had just heard.... ...much the same language about this mysterious album. “The film is about travel across space... ...time. But there's that marvelous concept album by those unknown guys. It's also about a... ...Unfortunately very few did hear this album – The Voyage of the Corvus Corrone... ...and almost overnight prog-rock and concept albums were wiped out by the arrival of punk. In an... ...of cleansing effect in rock, but it also meant albums like The Voyage of the Corvus Corrone were... ...caught in the tide-change of history, the album disappeared. But the story behind it is... ...parcel containing master tapes of the album, related artwork, some accompanying text and... ...“Cog” design on the album cover – began appearing on neighbouring...
Tagged with: christopher guest | flight of the conchords | national lampoon | neil innes | spinal tap | the rutles |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4298/the-greatest-lost-album-in-rock-2011-the-remarkable-story-of-the-voyage-of-the-corvus-corrone/
GENE CLARK, NO OTHER, REISSUED AND EXPANDED (2019): An album quite like no other
...But then in '74 he released his third solo album No Other and its slightly cosmic, psychedelic... ...sales and my copy was a dubbed-off tape. The album's front cover was odd looking – even in... ...copy was a dubbed-off tape. The album's front cover was odd looking – even in a year that... ...it rarely, if ever, turns up in any Greatest Albums Ever lists. There's a reason perhaps, as... ...Here This Morning which didn't make the final album -- has rightly been given extravagant praise.... ...his fragile folk lyrics, less edgy than the album version. Is the album a Lost Classic in a... ...Other has been recognised as a great if flawed album (much like David Crosby's If I Could Only... ...a few years previous). Too late for Clark. The album failed to find an audience and his one-shot... ...studio had failed him with No Other. Had the album been more successful it might have allowed him... ...appearances. But No Other should have been the album which made his career. Time and change –... ...Rhythmethod. Elsewhere occasionally revisits albums -- classics sometimes, but more often...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9221/gene-clark-no-other-reissued-and-expanded-2019-an-album-quite-like-no-other/
WILLIE NELSON ALBUM REVIEWS 2000 - 2005: What a long strange trip
...as if that is what he is doing: far too many albums with Famous Guests, knocked-off albums which... ...long before he became a household name through albums such as Stardust ('78), which found him... ...rest of this Willie-by-numbers.This umpteenth album from someone who once redefined country and... ...Crowe and Bonnie Raitt among the guests, a cover of Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My... ...got a very unfocused and disappointing Willie album. Wille Nelson: Crazy, The Demo Sessions (2003)... ...generation; the legend. The first of these two albums shows the breadth of his musical vision and... ...Raphael among others. Two very different albums: the first mostly thoughtful and for home...
Tagged with: bb king | johnny cash | keith richards | lucinda williams | norah jones | sheryl crow | steve earle | willie nelson |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/495/willie-nelson-album-reviews-2000-2005-what-a-long-strange-trip/
Lenny Kravitz, Strut (Roxie)
...two new Prince albums, the reissue of two Hendrix albums (Cry of... ...groove of The Chamber and New York City, and a cover of Smokey Robinson's soul ballad Ooo Baby... ...or his cover art (abs and tats, leather pants). That said,...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6619/lenny-kravitz-strut-roxie/
GUEST WRITER JACCI GRACE considers a lost classic album from '65
...needed. His 1965 Orange Blossom Special album fitted within the social, political and... ...Aside from the musical significance of the album, Cash metaphorically took listeners on a... ...re-awakening. Before OBS, Cash had released albums which spanned multiple genres such as gospel,... ...Tears: Ballads of the American Indian (1964) album influenced the creation of Orange Blossom... ...plight of Native Americans, Cash created an album dedicated to their struggle against... ...contributed to the sad theme throughout this album. The protest song era was mainly attributed to... ...other artist had previously tried to create an album purely to bring awareness to the plight of the... ...it”, he said in '97. Although the album reached number two – and The Ballad of... ...the Billboard Hot Country, the following OBS album had to be pivotal if Cash were to resolve the... ...and social protest music so his following album had to be successful in order to maintain his... ...dense in folk-inspired music, even featuring covers of Dylan songs, an artist almost anathema in... ...on the Seaboard Airline Railroad. The album cover depicts a casual Johnny Cash sitting and... ...and apply them to our everyday life; you discover that the greatest fulfillment you’ll... ...then and now”. Although the songs Cash covered in OBS were relatively passive - compared to... ...that examines why Johnny Cash decided to cover these songs and add them to OBS. However, if...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/9005/guest-writer-jacci-grace-considers-a-lost-classic-album-from-65/
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO, A TRIBUTE ALBUM: Another look in the art-rock mirror
...there even been an album whose cultural influence far outstripped it's... ...– in that famously provocative banana cover by the band's champion and nominal... ...bends!”. That proved prophetic for an album that appeared with barely a trace. It sold... ...the time even though he is associated with the album's subsequent acclaim. A cautious Village Voice... ...VU were “an important group, and this album has some major work”. But by February... ...who had been 18 and studying fine art when the album was released – told Punk magazine,... ...quote that not many people heard this album but everyone who did went out and formed a... ...The trickle-down of the album and VU's influenced continued to grow and in... ...(notably Beck's version of the whole VU&N album) but none quite like I'll Be Your Mirror: A... ...who, among other things, curated tribute albums to musicians as diverse as Kurt Weill,... ...Mingus and Harold Arlen as well as albums of sea shanties and Disney songs. The cast on...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10048/the-velvet-underground-and-nico-a-tribute-album-another-look-in-the-art-rock-mirror/
PHIL MANZANERA ON PINK FLOYD'S FAREWELL ALBUM (2014): Last ride on the Endless River
...two years-plus making of the new Pink Floyd album The Endless River. About 30 months in which... ...David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason. The album arrives with that accumulated cachet of... ...was up for Pink Floyd who haven't released an album since The Division Bell 20 years ago. But they... ...(reviewed here), a mostly ambient instrumental album which takes a leisurely pace towards Sum which... ...co-produced the guitarist's On An Island solo album – laughs about how long it took to get... ...music and pay-what-you-like downloads, a new album by Pink Floyd seems almost quaint. The Endless... ...tripped-out sounds. But a new Floyd album is a big deal as he says, and that meant the... ...make it' . . two double-sided old fashioned albums. Classical music has movements which are... ...out what to do with it, should it even be an album? There were lots of questions in his own mind... ...to Youth because David had done this ambient album [Metallic Spheres] with him and he's a big... ...you without a word of lie that I have Andy's cover for Resolving Contradictions framed on my... ...last comment. I really don't like the album cover, it's not "Pink Floyd" to me.... ...talk to you about some of the Roxy Music album covers which I love . . . but that's all I'll say....
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6666/phil-manzanera-on-pink-floyds-farewell-album-2014-last-ride-on-the-endless-river/
Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett: Shuffle (Rattle)
...a word about the cover, and in fact all the Rattle covers. Right from... ...first releases the cover art and presentation of albums on Auckland's... ...releases the cover art and presentation of albums on Auckland's Rattle label – which... ...label – which cover classical, jazz, taonga puoro and more –... ...aloud why they haven't been entered or won for cover design at the annual music awards. The cover... ...music awards. The cover of this new jazz album is witty and makes amusing sense of you know... ...of the Sixties which, because it appeared on albums by the biggest names in pop, rock, blues and... ...And that is what is referred to on this Rattle cover, an album featuring familiar Rattle jazz... ...what is referred to on this Rattle cover, an album featuring familiar Rattle jazz talents Roger... ...enjoyment being had here. Just as that smart cover looks back with a sense of nostalgia and an...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/8712/manins-samsom-benebig-lockett-shuffle-rattle/
Unknown Artist: Celebrate Dayton (1990)
...the Miami Valley had another idea. Put out an album in which the city's history and achievements... ...by uplifting pop sung by local artists. The album Taking Pride in Dayton was underwritten by... ...were -- and he too got his photo on the nside cover. The producer, engineer, project coordinators,... ...atist and script consultant are also named, as... ...And it must have worked to some extend. The album -- just $4 -- made it as far as a secondhand...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5044/unknown-artist-celebrate-dayton-1990/
The Music Convention: The Charge of the Music Convention (Frenzy/digital outlets)
...16 track collection in a typically weird cover (what were they thinking?) pulls together... ...Belly Board Beat). They do a faithful and fine cover of Nilsson's One, nod to Chuck with Berry... ...trumpet, cannons booming – explains that cover shot. We'll let you discover whatever...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/9417/the-music-convention-the-charge-of-the-music-convention-frenzy-digital-outlets/
GUEST WRITER RACHEL EDWARDS considers the best and most woozy rap album of 2018
...Scott plays the magician in his 2018 album Astroworld, crafting an underworld of slurred... ...been glorifying along the way. His most recent album leaps beyond his previous solo work and... ...young entrepreneurs now -- from typical album merch to a full-blown theme park for the... ...one of the most successful “drug albums” of the year, Astroworld does not deny... ...he has served since his breakout. Among the album’s best are Sicko Mode (featuring Drake)... ...tours are known for. However, the album delivers more than the traditional rap... ...women and money. Scott’s mission for his album was to convey the experience of “taking... ...felt the city’s fun was robbed, so his album reintroduces it in a new medium. The... ...it in a new medium. The album’s cover art depicts the park’s entrance with his... ...highs. This marks a new generation of party albums, one in which any single person can immerse... ...glorifies such a lifestyle. Throughout his album, Scott pays homage to icons of his southern...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/8723/guest-writer-rachel-edwards-considers-the-best-and-most-woozy-rap-album-of-2018/
GUEST MUSICIAN ALY COOK explains the journey of recording and raising funds for her next album
...of a huge process of recording my third album at Asquith Studios, in another amazing setting... ...has been breathtaking for me at times. The album I have is “in the can now” as we... ...I was there in amongst it all. My third album is being co-produced with Graham (Buzz)... ...mention a few. Buzz is not only producing this album but has co-written with his lovely lady, Kay... ...on many top Australian & international albums from INXS and Jimmy Barnes to Rod Stewart and... ...weeks. The first two days were not spent on my album, but instead as an invited guest on the SBD... ...musicians, who record a series of themed cover songs with independent artists, like myself.... ...feeling. There is one song on the album that is co-written with my friend Allan... ...and a privilege. On the sessions for my album Clive Harrison (bass) played with Little River... ...on a couple of albums and toured with our own Dave Dobbyn. In fact,... ...of the famed Queen street riots. Also on the album are Buzz (drums), George Washingmachine, Rick...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/8933/guest-musician-aly-cook-explains-the-journey-of-recording-and-raising-funds-for-her-next-album/
Oasis: Cum on Feel the Noize (1996)
...world a Coke") and glam but they would cover the Stones' Sympathy for the Devil and... ...taste for a good noisy night out. Hence this cover of Slade's jukebox and live classic Cum Feel... ...a revival when US glam rockers Quiet Riot covered it in the Eighties. Oasis -- who were on top... ...blockbusting What's The Story Morning Glory album. Is their version any good? It's Slade's Cum...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/9153/oasis-cum-on-feel-the-noize-1996/
GUEST “INSIDE SOURCE” offers a song-by-song commentary on Jonathan Bree's new album Sleepwalking
...of anonymity and a no-image images as seen on cover of his third album Sleepwalking, we here... ...no-image images as seen on cover of his third album Sleepwalking, we here introduce “an... ...and soprano vocals. Elsewhere has reviewed the album here but are happy to present a more detailed... ...which make a number of appearances across the album. This song is offered as encouragement for... ...Static - Easily the weirdest song on the album, Static is a duet with fellow New Zealand...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/8452/guest-“inside-source”-offers-a-song-by-song-commentary-on-jonathan-brees-new-album-sleepwalking/
Elsewhere Art . . . Pilot
...what more obvious than Robert Freeman's iconic cover photo on With the Beatles. Just a little...
Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/9774/elsewhere-art-pilot/
AND THE REVOLVING GOES ON (2024): Crowdies, Klaus and Ernie
...House's cover art for their forthcoming Gravity Stairs is... ...In '66 Lennon invited him to design a cover for their forthcoming Revolver album and in... ...design a cover for their forthcoming Revolver album and in doing so Voorman picking up a Grammy... ...so Voorman picking up a Grammy for Best Album Cover Design. That is him on the far right peaking... ...Best Album Cover Design. That is him on the far right... ...and over the subsequent decades he played on albums by Lennon (and the Plastic Ono Band),... ...and dozens of others. He continued to design album covers , but, like many Beatles' album covers,... ...dozens of others. He continued to design album covers , but, like many Beatles' album covers,... ...this is based but had many more examples of album covers and images which used Klaus Voorman's... ...is based but had many more examples of album covers and images which used Klaus Voorman's art as...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/11146/and-the-revolving-goes-on-2024-crowdies-klaus-and-ernie/
Ned Collette and Wirewalker: Over the Stones, Under the Stars (Fabric/Rhythmethod)
...Australian Ned Collette's previous album Future Suture appeared at Elsewhere the... ...(it doesn't go unnoticed the lettering on the cover which references Young's cover writing) while... ...(the latter slowing the pace of the album unfortunately, not helped by the equally... ...might not on close analysis. I suspect this album might be more successful than Future Suture,...
Tagged with: brett dennen | grant lee phillips | ned collette | nick drake | paul kelly | robert wyatt |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2637/ned-collette-and-wirewalker-over-the-stones-under-the-stars-fabric-rhythmethod/
PAUL McCARTNEY, THE TRIBUTE ALBUM: Pop's greatest craftsman gets Big Name thumbs aloft
...here's a guess: do the maths on all the solo albums and Beatle-era stuff, plus soundtrack work... ...played anonymously on Miller's Brave New World album and they co-wrote My Dark Hour; here Miller... ...piece of rock pastiches which set up Wings' album of the same name. You'd have hoped these guys... ...be fined if they deviated from McCartney's album versions. Chrissie -- like most of them --... ...for Lennon's I'm Losing You on his last album Double Fantasy (hear it here) and Cheap Trick... ...didn't need to spend much time on this cover of the song McCartney wrote for Badfinger,... ...41 tracks). Just keep your eye on the free covermount CDs which come with magazines like Mojo...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6656/paul-mccartney-the-tribute-album-pops-greatest-craftsman-gets-big-name-thumbs-aloft/
David's Spanish lamb and red pepper stew
...stirring. Then pour in enough stock to just cover the meat, turn down to simmer and cover the... ...almost ready, add the capsicum and stir it in, cover the pan again and give it about 10 minutes... ...If it looks too liquid, leave the cover off and stir over a higher heat. Finally,...
Recipes from Elsewhere: recipes/2451/davids-spanish-lamb-and-red-pepper-stew/
BURN YOUR BRIDGES. BURN YOUR BRIDGES, CONSIDERED (2003): The phlegm and the fury
...will know this column happens when I pull an album off the shelf at random and sit down to give... ...random nature that sometimes it might be an album by a major name (sometimes a lesser album by... ...an oddity or a rarity. And then there are albums like . . . well, this one by Burn Your... ...*. As you might guess, I bought this album for the cover and until it came to hand the... ...you might guess, I bought this album for the cover and until it came to hand the other day I had... ...for them either. And this BYB had a better album cover. . Elsewhere occasionally revisits... ...them either. And this BYB had a better album cover. . Elsewhere occasionally revisits albums --... ...but more often oddities or overlooked albums by major artists -- and you can find a number...
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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/10099/burn-your-bridges-burn-your-bridges-considered-2003-the-phlegm-and-the-fury/
NORAH JONES INTERVIEWED (2002 and 2003) AND ALBUM REVIEWS: Great Expectations -- and then some
...replicated in their thousands and grace the cover of her album Come Away With Me. And just in... ...in their thousands and grace the cover of her album Come Away With Me. And just in case her looks... ...and has sung on the most recent avant-jazz album of the guitarist Charlie Hunter. And one of... ...standout tracks on her first album for Blue Note is a treatment of the Hank... ...as "jazz" -- it is very popular. Her album sat at No 12 on the New Zealand charts last... ...to watch), LA Times and Washington Post, her album has surpassed her sales expectations."I... ...her mum's Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin albums, played regular gigs in coffee bars,... ...producer Arif Mardin, who had worked on albums with Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Willie... ...Jones' easy delivery and the quiet mood of the album that has garnered attention for this... ...of last year. The 23-year old's debut album Come Away With Me has sold upward of five... ...she has been nominated for five Grammys. The album was produced in part by the legendary Arif... ...since February and we have a lot of different covers. We put different covers in to make it... ...and we'll definitely put on a couple of covers.The success of this album has forced you to... ...so much! But it's worth it and you've got to cover your butt.Sure, a lot of people in this... ...before, as she duets with Dolly Parton and covers Townes Van Zandt's Be Here to Love Me with... ...Cash-lite bassline) and that Townes Van Zandt cover.Yet despite this diversity of contributors the...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/482/norah-jones-interviewed-2002-and-2003-and-album-reviews-great-expectations-and-then-some/
Julian Cope: Revolutionary Suicide (Head Heritage/Southbound)
...was very early on an advocate for the rediscovery of Scott Walker, has produced books on... ...this late in the game and this particular album (named for Black Panther's Huey Newton's... ...itself up easily. Not when it is a double album which opens with the lengthy Hymn to the Odin,... ...Hymn to the Odin, includes three poems in the cover, has a piece which is a vehement criticism of... ...entitled Destroy Religion. He poses on the cover with an AK-47. So far, so revolutionary and...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5949/julian-cope-revolutionary-suicide-head-heritage-southbound/
![Indio: El Tesoro de los Inocentes [Bingo Fuel]](https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/images/s290/articles/indio.jpg)
Indio: El Tesoro de los Inocentes [Bingo Fuel]
...as well 'fess up straight away: I bought this album in Buenos Aires recently on the strength of... ...recently on the strength of its elaborate cover and knowing only it was a rock band that... ...(where U2 filmed U23D)! Well, I've bought albums for lesser reasons, so . . . The cover is a... ...bought albums for lesser reasons, so . . . The cover is a long book-like affair with interesting... ...dense rock with a touch of prog about it. This album came out in 2004 but I was tipped that it was... ...and loud is usually pretty good) -- and any album which includes quotations from Jacques Brel...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2240/indio-el-tesoro-de-los-inocentes-bingo-fuel/
THE BEATLES: THE WHITE ALBUM REMASTERED AND EXPANDED (2018): You say it's its birthday?
...a century ago when The White Album appeared, large parts of the Western world and... ...they had a wedge of material for their next album, so much that it would come out in November... ...double, its often stark music and plain cover announcing it as a deliberate retreat from the... ...of an anti-Pepper. It is just The White Album to everyone. If there is an album in the... ...in the Beatle's short catalogue worthy of rediscovery – and one which remains uncharted... ...his own composition Don't Pass Me By on the album, a song which took him six years to write.... ...was a lot of information on The White Album, its depth and breadth making it the favourite... ...album for artists as far apart as Kurt Cobain and... ...into fractious sessions what became The White Album. In the studio things sometimes became fraught... .... . . It was however the Beatles' White Album . . . and now it gets a expanded... ...the high end is the seven CD set: The original album in the new stereo mix across two disc, one of... ...and rehearsal takes and a Blu-Ray with the album in high definition 5.1, PCM and mono mixes)...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8633/the-beatles-the-white-album-remastered-and-expanded-2018-you-say-its-its-birthday/
LENNON AND HARRISON; GUITARS GENTLY WEEP (DV1/Southbound DVD)
...and CD set is beautifully packaged -- classic cover photos by Astrid Kirchherr, thick and lavishly... ...Lennon's murder perhaps), Harrison (some solo album, but very interesting) and, according to the... ...but very interesting) and, according to the cover, John Lennon and Mark Chapman who pulled the...
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Film at Elsewhere: film/3253/lennon-and-harrison-guitars-gently-weep-dv1-southbound-dvd/
GUEST ARTIST GARETH THOMAS opens his laptop in downtime and . . .
...writes: When Gareth Thomas' delightful second album Fizzy Milk arrived we were immediately struck... ...Milk arrived we were immediately struck by the cover, and said as much in our review. And so... ...some of his design work relating to the album. This is what he says and what he has given... ...time, especially while Simon was mixing my album. I just started doodling and couldn’t... ...of of spiritual satisfaction. The Fizzy Milk album, front cover Fizzy Milk album, back cover... ...satisfaction. The Fizzy Milk album, front cover Fizzy Milk album, back cover Cover for the... ...All Eyes in the Room Cover for the single I'd Like Sheep, animated Tour... ...go here. . . For more on his Fizzy Milk album go here. Other Voices Other Rooms is an...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/7536/guest-artist-gareth-thomas-opens-his-laptop-in-downtime-and/
CHARLIE HUNTER, INTERVIEWED (1999): Has guitar. crosses over
...the jazz margins into the mainstream with a cover of Nirvana's Come As You Are on his first... ...of Nirvana's Come As You Are on his first album for the venerable Blue Note label. That took... ...carved an idiosyncratic path since. Subsequent albums have included a cover of Bob Marley's Natty... ...path since. Subsequent albums have included a cover of Bob Marley's Natty Dread album (Blue Note... ...album (Blue Note asked for a covers album, the Marley was his choice); he's a led a... ...for a covers album, the Marley was his choice); he's a led... ...outfit; done a duo album with percussionist Leon Parker. His latest... ...his record company when he walks in with an album heading in yet another new... ...something not so outside."On his latest album he follows his pattern of tossing in a pop... ...he follows his pattern of tossing in a pop cover, this time a cool mood treatment of the Steve... ...Eagle. And, it turns out, his Come As You Are cover wasn't quite as calculated as it might appear....
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/10237/charlie-hunter-interviewed-1999-has-guitar-crosses-over/
GUEST MUSICIAN TAMI NEILSON talks us through her new album Neilson Sings Nelson
...our duet Beyond the Stars [on her 2022 album Kingmaker]. It was one of the most magical... ...a month in the hospital. During the long recovery, I thought about creating something healing... ...the feeling. But, my hope is that this album has given you a small taste of it. Here is... ...about each of the songs on the new album Neilson Sings Nelson . . . I NEVER CARED FOR... ...favourites of Willie’s. The Teatro album with Emmylou and Daniel Lanois is so seminal... ...it in every show. I wanted it to open this album in honour of her. This one is extra special,... ...found Sister Bobbie’s old Yamaha CP80 covered in dust and packed away in pieces. After... ...to film, but got roped into playing on the album when we realised he played piano!... ...and has produced many of my music videos and album covers throughout my career. Todd was there to... ...has produced many of my music videos and album covers throughout my career. Todd was there to film... ...in country music and I hope my fans will discover and love his music as much as me and my... ...I tried to avoid the ones that have been covered heavily. This is one of the exceptions. It... ...of the world’s greatest songwriters can cover a song he did not write and make it completely... ...MIND Willie is a songwriter whose works are covered in such a broad range of genres- another... ...of the reasons I love it. A hit song writer covering a killer country tune written by his wife... ...to describe it. But, my hope is that this album has given you a small taste of that feeling. .... ...– is a six-time winner of Country Music Album/Artist Awards, four-time Country Music Song...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/11259/guest-musician-tami-neilson-talks-us-through-her-new-album-neilson-sings-nelson/
GREG FLEMING, GET OFF AT LINCOLN ALBUM: (2019) A track-by-track drive-by from Greg
...commentary and much more. Previous Fleming albums have ended up in our Best of Elsewhere annual... ...penned a piece for us about the making of his album Forget the Past of 2014 (he's a journalist so... ...questionnaire for us way back in 2012. His new album Get Off At Lincoln turns that highly focused... ...It's another Greg Fleming and the Working Poor album, and that is a high compliment. And here Greg... ...percussion, bvs, guitars You can hear the album here on Spotify and listen while you read what... ...I've been writing about Auckland for many albums, but this one is really based out West. Every... ...Road just looking out the window. Every album I go in and tell the guys "let's make a... ...into the infamous Tenderloin district - the cover of 2016's To Hell With These Streets is a...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9143/greg-fleming-get-off-at-lincoln-album-2019-a-track-by-track-drive-by-from-greg/
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet: Lat Det Vara (moserobie.com)
...cannot tell a lie, I bought this for the cover when I spotted it in a record store in the old... ...At the time I didn't even know it was a jazz album, let alone one by a guy who has won a stack of... ...(yep, it's vinyl) say this is their seventh album together (or 15th if you count the eight-CD... ...Kullhammer also notes he has appeared on 150 albums but that in July 2009 he took a break which... ...the worst year of his life. The music on this album represents that year of going down then coming... ...with this quartet (which perhaps explains the cover art). That's the backstory, but the most... ...thing is just how vibrant and alive this album feels. It is mostly vigorous bop with nods to... ...with Cherry for the Bitter Funeral Beer album on ECM in '82). If this a personal journey for... ...something this vital. Very glad I saw this cover, burst out laughing and found the shop again...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6177/jonas-kullhammar-quartet-lat-det-vara-moserobiecom/
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