Here are the ten classic album covers that will be on the new series of British stamps.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
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Here are the ten classic album covers that will be on the new series of British stamps.
Post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd? Really?
Uhhh, Coldplay?
More about the design than the artist represented.
I would have appreciated the cover to the new Mariah Carey album.
I'm no Floyd fan (hate them hate them) but I am a graphic designer and their 70s sleeves are the iconic ones, not that bollocks.
And I would have thought 'Aladdin Sane' would have worked better on a tiny stamp than Ziggy.
Yeah, Wish you were Here or Dark Side of the Moon are far more iconic album covers. And Blur? Seriously?
I have that Sceamadelica one as a red, long sleeved t-shirt, still intact 15 years after they played Montreal. My friend and I blagged our way onto the tour bus before the show, but Primal Scream were not too impressed with the teeny little hash joint we offered up - they asked if we knew where to get any methadone.
I have that perfectly preserved long-sleeved t-shirt, too, but mine's in black... A friend and I hung around after their show in Philly. Bobby came up to me at the bar and said "Sae whaat's yer name, I'm Boabby" and then attempted to suck my face off. He was so spectacularly wasted that I think I sped off his spit for a good two days after. Yikes.
Ae, at Club Soda Bobby spent the whole show sitting on the stage, looking like death warmed slightly over. He did somehow manage to sing o.k though... holy fuck CBC news just said that balloon boy has been found alive, in the attic!
PS I'm surprised none of Peter Saville's stuff for Factory Records is represented - Unknown Pleasures is certainly an iconic album cover.
OH, the one with the flowers is.
They didn't leave him out, New Order's Power, Corruption & Lies is the fourth from the left.
I feel like such a twat.
ZOMG NO THE RADIOHEADZ SOMEONE IS GONNA GET IT!!!
what about the albums they *aren't* making into stamps?
No Sex Pistols?!
I think they already ahve a stap mp with the Queen's face, though.
Jesus, what happened there? "Stamp." "Have." Jesus.
We can dream, right? I was thinking PiL's Metal Box. Meta-ly!
What's an "album?" What's a "stamp?"
Maybe I should Twitter and ask someone older.
What about all that great 4AD stuff?
That's v23, right? But YEAH.
(I'm a jerk.)
23 Envelope, back then anyway. Any of those Cocteau Twins or Clan of Xymox covers would have been props-worthy, but I assume they're pitching to a mass audience here.
Nevermind this bollocks, where's the Sex Pistols?
That Led Zeppelin cover is alright, but compared to like II or Physical Graffiti, it's only zoso.
Teehee
Yay. The Clash! Workin for the Stampdown.
I just noticed who's missing: The Beatles.
Curious.
Well done, royal mail-making-happen people, but when do I get to lick Jarvis?
What? No Roxy Music Country Life?
Explain *that* letter to your 6-year-old...