Boston album covers

Lennon's and Nilsson's dolls are poised at a table above a rug bookended by toy blocks bearing the letters D and S. The easy-to-decipher message: "DrugS under the table. The all-black cover created by Andy Warhol concealed a secret: the image of a skull tattoo that can only be seen under a black light or when closely examined at an angle. David Bowie paid homage to the concept on his final album, 's"Blackstar. This is the image that appears under a black light. The devil is in the details of the creepy cover image.

Look closely at the canvas in the center of the painting and Satan's face appears to pop from the splatter. Some fans claimed the words "Kill Ozzy" can be deciphered from the blood-like scrawl at the bottom, a knock against the singer who was fired by the band in But artist Greg Hildebrandt dismissed the conjecture as "rubbish. The Rolling Stones' friendly rivalry with the Beatles was on the record when their eighth studio album came out six months after "Sgt.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Both album covers were conceived by photographer Michael Cooper. Paul and George are on the left, Ringo and John on the right. The images are clearly meant as a friendly gesture, but they also seem to acknowledge a debt. After all, many called this album cover—if not the album itself—a rip-off of "Sgt.

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The Police and the Digital Display. The Lettering on the "Aoxomoxoa" Cover. A Detail of the "Mirage" Cover. Then again, maybe the one-time couple is merely holding hands. A Detail off the "Licensed to Ill" Cover. The message is loud, clear and in your face—if you read from right to left. A Detail of the "Pussy Cats" Cover. A Detail of the "Mob Rules" Cover. If that slam against Ozzy is really there, it's the most hidden message of all.

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Lots of versions had been rejected by the band based on puns using lettuce or cream pie with the word Boston attached to the image.

Band founder, guitarist Tom Scholz wanted the cover to be tech-like, as he was an MIT grad and product engineer at Polaroid. Not exactly something you can get your mind around. There were supposed to be many guitar—city—spaceships leaving the planet labeled, London, Paris, Rome, and Boston was supposed to be the largest escaping front and center.

Eventually they took out the other city names to avoid confusion and just kept one city, Boston. The label, Epic had high hopes for the band, and the album exceeded expectations.

And the album cover, simply iconic. That album cover went on to influence future techies and software for decades. Lots of 3-D color blends and stylistic elements in design came from that album cover. Photoshop likes to show lots of smooth 3-D gradient blends that you can do yourself. I felt a hush of reverence permeate the room.

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