every record cover where a 60s or 70s artist goes 80s in a big way.

that picture of robert fripp in the thumbnail, is he trying to ape the cover of "court of the crimson king"?

I could have sworn we had a thread back in the day about prog rockers going New Wave but I can’t find it now

There was this one: 1981 = year of 70s dino rockers w modren/wavo comeback LPs but that was all I could find that was relevant on the first three pages of a search of "Gaskin", a name I reckon would surely come up in this context and not many others.

xp late 70s new wave classic rock

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omg that Kenny Loggins cover -- thank you for the genuine lol
what a terrible painting

LL, please enjoy the terrible music video as well.

omfg i am dead -- that's too much
kenny loggins' 80s feels like having the flu

we did think it was the end of the world back then too. kenny was one of the signs.

man that 1981 thread is nostalgia just for how old it is let alone the subject matter. me and chuck and geir and bimble and the gang. papa wheelie. 14 years feels like a pretty long time.

xpost to Tim F, yes, that’s the one I was thinking of.

All I could think of when watching Loggins in the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od3cNTl40VI

Whoa, I didn't even know the Monchichi's had more than one theme song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq2_BKd2RYI

LL, please enjoy the terrible music video🕸 as well.

"Vox Humana" and Lindsey's "Go Insane" and Roger Hodgson's "Had A Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)" all take up the same spot in my memory.

LL, please enjoy the terrible music video as well.

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Sounds like Dirty Projectors

Real "Fish Heads" vibe from that video

https://i.discogs.com/ViMBJbsXnd3goBVKXYWBeU5ds24F_XsKZ1GIhBmRSro/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3MDQy/NDktMTM5MDU4MTg4/Mi00MjYwLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GxcAAOSwDx9hT3AY/s-l1200.webp

noooo

Imagine the 80s Elvis album covers that never were

Say what you want about their 1980s jackets and haircuts and physiques, the Monkees were surprisingly progressive for their time.

i had TOTALLY forgotten about this. i don't know how i forgot. i must have blocked out the sight of Miami Bobby. man oh man talk about a time capsule. who needs the 60s?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Bs4xhDyxw

also pulled this out of a box of records the other day. thought of you all...

https://i.discogs.com/lUkQJEXBbj1wRNEdSJNc0p_t08dPMLAgujImLViSkK8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0ODE5/NzQtMTQ5NDU4MzMx/OC0yODYwLmpwZWc.jpeg

Pretty cool one:

https://i.ibb.co/020qyV0/R-1754868-1392874781-4848.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/uZonmyJgPgIhvDw63vNbBrHFr9KPBILp9dOCR16_lwo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIwNDE2/NDAyLTE2MzI5NTYy/NjUtOTgyOC5qcGVn.jpeg

1977!

Mentioned above:

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Have to repost this as the original image went dead
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music118/v4/25/55/3b/25553b78-2105-d817-e965-ccfaaf744444/00602577298110.rgb.jpg/1200x1200bf-60.jpg

excellent

Say what you want about their 1980s jackets and haircuts and physiques, the Monkees were surprisingly progressive for their time.

I need to listen to all the records here that I haven't yet. I've a major weakness for this as a concept.

https://i.discogs.com/ulYP1Qnw9bhztw2IH3esCKwq3Omz7CLmahzpfJ-KSXI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4OTg1/MDItMTQ3MjA1NzQx/NC0zODE4LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/Krp-zhhPjHnIHMK_Uw1tt4dUOkGrokCgv5pi5ui7vRg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4OTg1/MDItMTQ3MjA1NzQx/Ny01OTUyLmpwZWc.jpeg

That “Hell in a Bucket” video is yawsomely literal, a line by line visualization.

And what the hell is McLaughlin up to there, that some luthier shit?

#onethread

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Ry_Cooder%2C_Bop_till_You_Drop_%281979%29.png

1979

Steeleye Span - Back In Line, 1986

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Steeleye_Span_-_Back_in_Line.jpg

Richard Thompson - Across a Crowded Room

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/RT_Aacr.jpg

It's crowded alright

I give you Roy Wood's Starting Up from 1986, which has a vague Gary Numan vibe:
https://kane.fi/68443-large_default/wood-roy-starting-up-kansi-ex-levy-ex-kaytetty-cd.jpg

Apparently designed by the same man who did the cover art for Boys Don't Cry's "I Wanna Be a Cowboy".

Steeleye Span - Back In Line, 1986

🖼

yeah I like it too, but it's certainly different from their 70s covers

‘You Can Never Look Back’: How ’70s Rockers Rebooted for the ’80s

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/arts/music/1970s-rock-1980s-pop-synths-mtv.html

https://archive.ph/BziVE

This has already been posted but it really needs the back cover too for the full horrendous effect

https://i.discogs.com/4utbrnDTMtXZTXfbWDtjAb3bctjzL8aNpSdNjaKKmnw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:450/w:453/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwOTIw/MTEtMTE5MTQyNzQ0/Ni5qcGVn.jpeg https://i.discogs.com/7tLu_BgajP2HNBlxkTnfyfgQW2aVKAtp3eYRROG3Kks/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwOTIw/MTEtMTI3NDcwNDc3/OC5qcGVn.jpeg

Got the headshots ready for the Absolutely Fabulous and Miami Vice auditions

Aww, I once had that album in my collection and still fondly remember that back cover. Stylist clearly wasn't fazed by monobrows.

I mentioned Renaissance on that Dino Wavo thread a long time ago. They seemed like one of the unlikeliest bands to try this.

1981 = year of 70s dino rockers w modren/wavo comeback LPs

Wow this sends me waaay back. I reviewed records throughout the decade in question, handled many of these as promo copies, wrote about a significant number. My professional life (such as it was) flashes before my eyes. Thanks for the memories!

https://i.discogs.com/6s1QHBXyQ6nKxh5oLtiDlvPJ0wVDrlg5JwvTakpN_RI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4ODA1/ODItMTI0OTc2Nzg3/NC5qcGVn.jpeg

Triumvirat: Russian Roulette, 1980

not to mention their follow-up, in which Camp looks like Dennis Reynolds!

https://i.discogs.com/4uk8VX8zl3KnhYy3PKCavBu1Gt0wbXe_sgYB5b8N5AM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxMzk1/MDctMTQwNDUwMjk4/NS01NTE2LmpwZWc.jpeg

I really love this band, I've seen a hundred photos of them, if I flipped through this or the back cover of Camera I'd have no clue who it was

https://static.becododisco.com.br/product/picture/6104577205d1f015f558fe52/66363956389357039977665c/original-vinil-peter-frampton-the-art-of-control-usa.jpg

Peter Frampton: The Art of Control, 1982