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i'm sure i posted this just before?

here i go again

apologies if it is there twice, my work PC doesn't seem to like HL
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i thought we may start a thread on TSOm artwork. Very sad and trainspotterish i know, but it interests me. so i'll start with what i know, please feel free to add anything :wink:


damage done - from old black & white film?

body electric - francis bacon - study after velazquez I, 1950 - pope innocent X, 1650

anaconda - alice cooper's billion dollar babies


reptile house - taken from a National Geographic magazine.


alice - A.E's cousin? from henri matisse's nude blue


temple of love - manchester artist?

body and soul - From Dante's Inferno depicting Dante and Virgil on Hell's Ninth level. Art by Gustave Dore - Inferno Canto XXXIII The frozen River Cocytus XXXII
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thanks for all this information :notworthy:
i knew only about the Matisse
( http://www.allposters.com/images/NIM/M492.jpg ) and Bacon
( http://www.francis-bacon.cx/popes/innocent_X.jpg ) facts before.
now i found also this:
http://www.scathach.de/dore/dante/gusta ... aitors.jpg
no doubt 8)
well, it would be very nice if other Heartlanders continued lightening us,
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Hi Guys!

Thanks for the picture links :notworthy: There are some very cool scans of the singles/album covers here - http://members.fortunecity.com/sompromo/singles.html

Just click on the pics to see all the demo covers/acetates, etc. Anyone want to see how much Damage Done cost to get mastered? - http://members.fortunecity.com/sompromo ... nvoice.jpg
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Big Si wrote:Hi Guys!

Thanks for the picture links :notworthy: There are some very cool scans of the singles/album covers here - http://members.fortunecity.com/sompromo/singles.html

Just click on the pics to see all the demo covers/acetates, etc. Anyone want to see how much Damage Done cost to get mastered? - http://members.fortunecity.com/sompromo ... nvoice.jpg
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pikkrong wrote:now i found also this:
http://www.scathach.de/dore/dante/gusta ... aitors.jpg
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So :von: 's an ambulance fan? ;D
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an ignorant question: who's the ambulance? :innocent:
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pikkrong wrote:an ignorant question: who's the ambulance? :innocent:
Hi Pikkrong! :notworthy:

The band - Crispy Ambulance! Who used the cover first!

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http://www.crispyambulance.com/
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FAC 32 (1980) Unsightly and Serene
http://www.crispyambulance.com/recordings/fac32.html

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thanks, mates :notworthy: :notworthy:
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paint it black wrote:body electric - francis bacon - study after velazquez I, 1950 - pope innocent X, 1650
The Bacon painting on the "Body Electric" sleeve is Head VI, not Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X.

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http://www.francis-bacon.cx/figures/headvi.html
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mugabe wrote:
paint it black wrote:body electric - francis bacon - study after velazquez I, 1950 - pope innocent X, 1650
The Bacon painting on the "Body Electric" sleeve is Head VI, not Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X.

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http://www.francis-bacon.cx/figures/headvi.html
true.
sorry.
my mistake.
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pikkrong wrote:
mugabe wrote: The Bacon painting on the "Body Electric" sleeve is Head VI, not Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X.
true.
sorry.
my mistake.
thanks, Mugabe :notworthy:
It's a common misconception. It's even in the FAQ.
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I could be talking bollocks....

but...

I was under the impression that "The Reptile House EP" was ripped off of The Rolling Stones? I used to have that Sisters scrapbook years ago and remember reading about it in there? Can anyone confirm this?
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JonnyDelphium wrote:I could be talking bollocks....

but...

I was under the impression that "The Reptile House EP" was ripped off of The Rolling Stones? I used to have that Sisters **** years ago and remember reading about it in there? Can anyone confirm this?
http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1733
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rumour has it that the "temple..." artwork might actually be one of andrew's own pieces of work.

in the early days gary and andrew spent a lot of time sat in leeds' central art gallery looking through classical art books for ideas for record sleeves. (in the VERY early days they also spent time pouring over typography books looking for the perfect font to use... the sisters nearly ended up using some germanic stencil font! :o)

as i'm sure you all know, alice uses matisse' "blue nude" as the basis, over which andrew hand-illustrated some klimpt-style lines and patterns. this adaptation of classical art was something of a theme during the sisters v1 days - body electric, body and soul, etc etc

but apparently, for "temple..." andrew was getting a bit cocky, and decided he'd have a go himself at doing a sleeve from scratch.

or so the rumour goes. :|

'twas all a long time ago after all, and people's recollections about such stuff can get coloured and/or hazy with time... ;)

quite why he credited it to "a friend from manchester" or whatever, one can only guess at. maybe he wasnt as confident in his abilities after he'd done it. a bit of self-doubt maybe a la that whole nanker & pledge vs jagger & richards thing ;)
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http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/l/limbourg/05mai.jpg

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yeah, i know , too much time on my hands, zoom it up though - temple of love :oops: :von:
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paint it black wrote:body and soul - From Dante's Inferno depicting Dante and Virgil on Hell's Ninth level. Art by Gustave Dore - Inferno Canto XXXIII The frozen River Cocytus XXXII
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Big Si wrote:Hi Guys!

Thanks for the picture links :notworthy: There are some very cool scans of the singles/album covers here - http://members.fortunecity.com/sompromo/singles.html

Just click on the pics to see all the demo covers/acetates, etc. Anyone want to see how much Damage Done cost to get mastered? - http://members.fortunecity.com/sompromo ... nvoice.jpg
Not sure the exchange rate back then, but still pretty budget.

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for the mr logo, think this is fairly close...

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doktor wolf wrote:for the mr logo, think this is fairly close...

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Yes???
definitely. 8)
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