Im sure, like me, many of you of, how shall I put it, "advanced years" will often have a bout of nostalgia recalling the days when buying a vinyl album was an event. Going to the record shop on a Saturday morning to browse the racks of records. Then when you get your purchase home, you could spend hours reading the sleeve notes and admiring the art work.

However just to show that nostalgia's not what it was...

http://www.stevecarter.com/albumcovers.htm

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think i have most of them in the loft somewhere  purple people eater

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Tim in Scotland wrote:

What on earth were you searching for to find that link?........

There's just no end to what can be found out there in "Cyberworld" really

We were talking about this yesterday at home comparing the difference between me at 16 and my parents and me and my kids now.
I remember buying Yessongs triple album which was probably the pinnacle of cover design and the arguments with my parents when I played it full blast in my bedroom.
We used to spend all Saturday morning in the Virgin shop sat in airplane seats listening to the latest albums.
Follow up album Tales from Topographic Oceans was also a graphics masterpiece.
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There was recently an arts program on radio4 about how collectable many of those album sleeves have now become, some of them are worth significant amounts of money now. Downloadable MP3's just don't seem to get very exciting or subversive artwork with them like we used to get in the 60's and 70's - kids today just don't know what they are missing as so little effort seems to go into MP3 artwork. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Just watch it mate, I just googled your name and got this, which would make you a founder member

Victor was calling Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water rubbish this morning both the wife and I were outraged and threatened to send him up to his room

Loved the Roger Dean album covers and the book covers by Chris Foss Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
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And I just googled you - speaking from the grave!

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marvelous. The album cover with the pussy was hilarious! I remember ELO and their purple vinyl 12 inch singles. I also have a Beatles White Album (numbered) with artwork etc. Kids have no idea what they are missing If you see a bandwagon - it's too late.....

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"all my friends are dead" Sounds like something Morrissey would do bet he is upset he got beaten to that album title  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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