Beautiful South's Choke under that 10CC album
― excitable Question Time guest (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 12 February 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
Barclay James Harvest to the right of Choke.
― Mark G, Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
The one on the left side of the Genesis LP is Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds musical album:
https://www.discogs.com/master/view/71524
― Tuomas, Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
To the right of Genesis, ELO's 'Out Of The Blue'
― 2017, how bad could it be? (snoball), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:24 (seven years ago) link
And the one to the right from Genesis is ELO's Out of the Blue:
https://www.discogs.com/Electric-Light-Orchestra-Out-Of-The-Blue/master/21680
― Tuomas, Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:26 (seven years ago) link
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Below ELO is Paul Simon's Graceland.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
To the left of Cat Stevens is 'The Very Best of Nina Simone', a compilation album from 2006.
― 2017, how bad could it be? (snoball), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Above Genesis: Los Lobos "How Will the Wolf Survive"
I had to resort to Discogs for the Fleetwood Mac to the right of ELO--it's a 12" single for "Oh Diane"
Red cover behind the bookcase: ELO "Balance of Power"
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
Next to Los Lobos, Mark Knopfler's 'Shangri La'.
― 2017, how bad could it be? (snoball), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
Ventures' Telstar?
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Sunday, 12 February 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link
Nice collection of Potters on the bookshelf, and is that a run of Twilights on the top shelf?
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Sunday, 12 February 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
What a weird set. Anyhow here's a list:
01. ?02. ?03. BEATLES - WHITE ALBUM04. ?05. ?06. THE TORNADOS - TELSTAR07. DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - TIME OUT08. ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - AMMONIA AVENUE09. ?10. ?11. 10CC - THE VERY BEST OF12. BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - CHOKE13. BADLY DRAWN BOY - ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK14. ?15. ?16. BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST - ONCE AGAIN17. JEFF WAYNE - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS18. ?19. NINA SIMONE - THE VERY BEST20. LOS LOBOS - HOW WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE21. GENESIS - WE CANT DANCE22. ?23. CAT STEVENS - THE VERY BEST24. ?25. ELO - OUT OF THE BLUE26. PAUL SIMON - GRACELAND27. ?28. ?29. MARK KNOPFLER - SHANGRI LA30. FLEETWOOD MAC - OH DIANE31. KATE BUSH - THE KICK INSIDE32. GONZALEZ - SOLO PIANO II33. JEAN MICHELLE JARRE - EQUINOXE
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Sunday, 12 February 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
Maybe the one below Graceland is a Fear and Loathing Soundtrack? I can see the words -EAR and -NG and I think I see bats in there.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Sunday, 12 February 2017 22:17 (seven years ago) link
5 Boys Don't Cry - The Cureand 2 looks like it says "Londonbeat" in the logo
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 12 February 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
24. Mike Oldfield - Crises
(below Cat Stevens)
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 12 February 2017 23:00 (seven years ago) link
It's bothering me what the one in the top left is and whether they cut it to go round the ceiling coving (argh!)
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 12 February 2017 23:16 (seven years ago) link
(a) I think these are all hand painted facsimiles, and(b) the sleeve above Barclay James Harvest is Dire Straits' "So Far Away" single, and why do I care?
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 12 February 2017 23:33 (seven years ago) link
Oh, good spot (a and b). It actually was puzzling me that the ratios didn't look quite right on the Oldfield but I thought it was either a different issue with tweaked artwork or something to do with estate agents' magical camera lenses distorting to make horizontal space look much bigger than it really is
I might have been thinking about this too much and should go to bed
though apparently I wasn't thinking about it enough to notice that both Crises and the one in the top-left were listed in MaresNest's opening post: 1. is "the single artwork for Happy Birthday by Altered Images"
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 12 February 2017 23:42 (seven years ago) link
If they are painted facsimiles, that would explain why the Paul Simon album looks so weird... In all the versions of the cover I've seen, the image of the horseback rider is much smaller and in the middle of a large white area, but there's no white here.
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 February 2017 07:04 (seven years ago) link
Is 18 Urban Hymns?
Is 5 Soon over Babaluma?
― Mark G, Monday, 13 February 2017 07:35 (seven years ago) link
No 5 is Boys Don't Cry.https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71HaTSu4GQL._SX355_.jpg
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Monday, 13 February 2017 07:38 (seven years ago) link
We should know 4 and 9 right?
― Mark G, Monday, 13 February 2017 07:45 (seven years ago) link
#2 (between the White Album and The Cure) is ELO Balance Of Power
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 13 February 2017 07:51 (seven years ago) link
oops - HL got it already.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 13 February 2017 07:52 (seven years ago) link
So01. ALTERED IMAGES - HAPPY BIRTHDAY02. ?03. BEATLES - WHITE ALBUM04. ELO - BALANCE OF POWER05. THE CURE - BOYS DON'T CRY06. THE TORNADOS - TELSTAR07. DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - TIME OUT08. ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - AMMONIA AVENUE09. ?10. ?11. 10CC - THE VERY BEST OF12. BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - CHOKE13. BADLY DRAWN BOY - ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK14. ?15. DIRE STRAITS - SO FAR AWAY16. BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST - ONCE AGAIN17. JEFF WAYNE - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS18. ?19. NINA SIMONE - THE VERY BEST20. LOS LOBOS - HOW WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE21. GENESIS - WE CANT DANCE22. ?23. CAT STEVENS - THE VERY BEST24. ?25. ELO - OUT OF THE BLUE26. PAUL SIMON - GRACELAND27. ?28. ?29. MARK KNOPFLER - SHANGRI LA30. FLEETWOOD MAC - OH DIANE31. KATE BUSH - THE KICK INSIDE32. GONZALEZ - SOLO PIANO II33. JEAN MICHELLE JARRE - EQUINOXE
Can you tell I am a week over a blown writing deadline?
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Monday, 13 February 2017 08:05 (seven years ago) link
22 is Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock album from 1955:
http://images.45cat.com/bill-haley-and-his-comets-were-gonna-rock-around-the-clock-brunswick-2.jpg
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 February 2017 08:28 (seven years ago) link
I think these covers were chosen because they all have colourful painted/drawn visuals, and no photos, not because they represent someone's musical taste. Makes sense to pick covers like these if they are indeed handmade facsimiles.
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 February 2017 08:46 (seven years ago) link
28 is the single "Mathematics" by Cherry Ghost.
https://artwork-cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/000/693/0000069341_200.jpg
― heaven parker (anagram), Monday, 13 February 2017 09:29 (seven years ago) link
a passing spacecadet got 24 as well
Exciting!
01. ALTERED IMAGES - HAPPY BIRTHDAY02. ?03. BEATLES - WHITE ALBUM04. ELO - BALANCE OF POWER05. THE CURE - BOYS DON'T CRY06. THE TORNADOS - TELSTAR07. DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - TIME OUT08. ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - AMMONIA AVENUE09. ?10. ?11. 10CC - THE VERY BEST OF12. BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - CHOKE13. BADLY DRAWN BOY - ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK14. ?15. DIRE STRAITS - SO FAR AWAY16. BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST - ONCE AGAIN17. JEFF WAYNE - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS18. ?19. NINA SIMONE - THE VERY BEST20. LOS LOBOS - HOW WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE21. GENESIS - WE CANT DANCE22. BILL HALEY - ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK23. CAT STEVENS - THE VERY BEST24. MIKE OLDFIELD - CRISES25. ELO - OUT OF THE BLUE26. PAUL SIMON - GRACELAND27. ?28. CHERRY GHOST - MATHEMATICS29. MARK KNOPFLER - SHANGRI LA30. FLEETWOOD MAC - OH DIANE31. KATE BUSH - THE KICK INSIDE32. GONZALEZ - SOLO PIANO II33. JEAN MICHELLE JARRE - EQUINOXE
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Monday, 13 February 2017 09:57 (seven years ago) link
So, we're saying 18 isn't Urban Hymns The Verve, then?
― Mark G, Monday, 13 February 2017 13:20 (seven years ago) link
The trees don't work
― willem, Monday, 13 February 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
Man I've been trying reverse image search on these but it doesn't work at all.
― Frobisher, Monday, 13 February 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
yeah, they're just different enough
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Monday, 13 February 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
I've Got My Own Interior Decorating To Do
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 13 February 2017 20:06 (seven years ago) link
Pretty sure that is Urban Hymns, Mark.
― MaresNest, Monday, 13 February 2017 20:06 (seven years ago) link
02. is the 12" single for Make A Change by Buckwheat Zydeco!
http://images.eil.com/large_image/XXX-503005.jpg
― Fake posts from a failing poster (Dan Peterson), Monday, 13 February 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
Did whoever painted these run out of patience and just say "Fuck it... White Album"?
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 05:46 (seven years ago) link
god I love that Rock Around The Clock cover
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 06:13 (seven years ago) link
It would be weird for 18 to be Urban Hymns because it would be the only one that's a photo of people.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 09:19 (seven years ago) link
Amazing thread
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 12:17 (seven years ago) link
I hope someone does a podcast about this in 10 years.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 12:51 (seven years ago) link
Kate Bush's is a photo of a person..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
Only a little bit.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 13:11 (seven years ago) link
14 could be Etiquette by Casiotone for the painfully alone but there's not enough image in there to make a right guess.18 does fit Urban Hymns.27 I still think it's a Fear and Loathing soundtrack... it doesn't fit any cover I know but I still see bats in the sky in the corner.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 13:33 (seven years ago) link
Almost there!
01. ALTERED IMAGES - HAPPY BIRTHDAY02. BUCKWHEAT - ZYDECO 12"03. BEATLES - WHITE ALBUM04. ELO - BALANCE OF POWER05. THE CURE - BOYS DON'T CRY06. THE TORNADOS - TELSTAR07. DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - TIME OUT08. ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - AMMONIA AVENUE09. ?10. ?11. 10CC - THE VERY BEST OF12. BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - CHOKE13. BADLY DRAWN BOY - ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK14. ?15. DIRE STRAITS - SO FAR AWAY16. BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST - ONCE AGAIN17. JEFF WAYNE - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS18. THE VERVE - URBAN HYMNS (not 100% sure)19. NINA SIMONE - THE VERY BEST20. LOS LOBOS - HOW WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE21. GENESIS - WE CANT DANCE22. BILL HALEY - ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK23. CAT STEVENS - THE VERY BEST24. MIKE OLDFIELD - CRISES25. ELO - OUT OF THE BLUE26. PAUL SIMON - GRACELAND27. ?28. CHERRY GHOST - MATHEMATICS29. MARK KNOPFLER - SHANGRI LA30. FLEETWOOD MAC - OH DIANE31. KATE BUSH - THE KICK INSIDE32. GONZALEZ - SOLO PIANO II33. JEAN MICHELLE JARRE - EQUINOXE
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link
If it were Urban Hymans I'd have thought some of the text on the cover would be visible just above the bed.
Dying to know what #9 is.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 13:53 (seven years ago) link
Do you have another angle for the image Maresnestt?
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 13:56 (seven years ago) link
18 is definitely not Urban Hymns, the tops of the trees are completely different.
― heaven parker (anagram), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
Also Eric Carmen's Boats Against the Current sideways in front of his forehead.
― nickn, Friday, 25 March 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
Can't Buy A Thrill by the Dan bottom row right behind his back, and Caravan To Midnight by Robin Trower above it.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 March 2022 21:12 (two years ago) link
fwiw here's the same photo in higher res:
https://i.imgur.com/B9ACr1X.jpg
― in walked airbud (unregistered), Friday, 25 March 2022 21:15 (two years ago) link
https://www.soulandfunkmusic.com/frontcover/album/884562304/front-cover-george_benson-in_flight.jpgto the right of the jacket dude with his head cut off
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 25 March 2022 21:17 (two years ago) link
Also this I think, but maybe a slightly different version of the cover?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Ejgh.jpg
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 25 March 2022 21:19 (two years ago) link
Elton's Honky Chateau also upper right.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 March 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link
lol killfiledI see Gil Scott heron’s midnight band upper right
― brimstead, Friday, 25 March 2022 22:50 (two years ago) link
https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/listening-room-potato-head-bali.jpg
^ some easy ones, some a bit more obscure
big version here: https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/listening-room-potato-head-bali.jpg
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 4 April 2022 19:56 (two years ago) link
https://media.cdr.nl/COVER/MEDIUM/FRONT/JK148207/Behind-the-gardens-behind-the-wall-under-the-tree.jpg
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 4 April 2022 20:00 (two years ago) link
I've got most of the obvious ones, but the one below Andreas is driving me nuts.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 4 April 2022 20:50 (two years ago) link
yeah, i don't know that or the one next to it with the cat sniffing someone's bottom. hardly know any on the middle set of shelves either apart from james white. i own one of those super disco brake's though!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 4 April 2022 20:55 (two years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/master/178688-Asha-Puthli-1001-Nights-Of-Love
― nate woolls, Monday, 4 April 2022 20:55 (two years ago) link
oh nice! only asha i really know is 'the devil is loose'. i should fix that!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 4 April 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
Ocean Side by Momoko Kikuchi
― visiting, Monday, 4 April 2022 21:17 (two years ago) link
Voyager by Yumi Matsutoya
― visiting, Monday, 4 April 2022 21:23 (two years ago) link
wow, good work!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 4 April 2022 21:24 (two years ago) link
Takanaka by Masayoshi Takanaka
― visiting, Monday, 4 April 2022 21:25 (two years ago) link
Brasilian Skies by Masayoshi Takanaka
― visiting, Monday, 4 April 2022 21:27 (two years ago) link
I spot this random 2015 baldelli single next to the gearhttps://www.discogs.com/release/7515490-Daniele-Baldelli-Cosmic-Temple-Chapter-2
― brimstead, Monday, 4 April 2022 21:27 (two years ago) link
pretty sure that baldelli must've played there, so kind of makes sense. good spot tho!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 4 April 2022 21:30 (two years ago) link
Original version of first YMO album
― visiting, Monday, 4 April 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
Pacific by Haruomi Hosono et al.
― visiting, Monday, 4 April 2022 21:50 (two years ago) link
Make Me A Star by The Square
― visiting, Monday, 4 April 2022 22:01 (two years ago) link
Sakamoto's 'Left-Handed Dream', uppermost on the left there.
― Maresn3st, Monday, 4 April 2022 22:02 (two years ago) link
And the cat looking in the circular mirror is a 12" by Velvet Season & The Hearts of Gold
https://www.discogs.com/release/7537515-Velvet-Season-The-Hearts-Of-Gold-Fishpowder-Dance-Witchdoctor-Love
― Maresn3st, Monday, 4 April 2022 22:12 (two years ago) link
Twitter's dying, it's time for some real content. So I came in to to living room to find Dad watching Only Fools and Horses with the sound off and pausing it at random frames."I was trying to work out what records he's selling in his stall."So we worked them out together pic.twitter.com/H7TI7UYQqE— get ahead - Kathy Griffin (@fireh9lly) November 18, 2022
― kinder, Friday, 18 November 2022 19:16 (one year ago) link
I didn't cheat and look at any of the replies. Very top is Flash Fearless vs. the Zorg Women. I actually own this record.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogs.com%2Frelease%2F2051413-Various-Flash-Fearless-Versus-The-Zorg-Women-Parts-5-6&psig=AOvVaw12SAm9u7WrDpPki8Nv0506&ust=1668886543262000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA8QjRxqFwoTCIjR6_68uPsCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAH
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 18 November 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/516wuuTf4WL._SY580_.jpg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 18 November 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
already posted on the "record store in Clockwork Orange" thread, fyi
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Friday, 18 November 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
In the walkthrough for this house for sale, in Glastonbury no less, there are silver and gold records on the wall, you can see them at 1'41". There is also a caricature of a guitarist on a shelf space and the records on the wall seem to have been released on Chrysalis, but the covers and small and kinda blurry. Let's figure this one out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRhsg4yJ0Bg
― MaresNest, Sunday, 27 August 2023 10:42 (seven months ago) link
Oh bum sorry, ignore that, here is the proper clip -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDtoiF5-OPo
Through the Ikeahole
― faust sofa (Matt #2), Sunday, 27 August 2023 11:25 (seven months ago) link
So it's B3n3dict House, which is a B&B (or at least has been) - https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g186373-d4327335-Reviews-Benedict_House_B_B-Glastonbury_Somerset_England.html
Reviews mention "Chrissy and David", but the most recent one is from 2016 so maybe they sold it to the Chrysalis Records veteran?
― faust sofa (Matt #2), Sunday, 27 August 2023 11:43 (seven months ago) link
Last sold in October 2015 if I’m reading the land registry right, so change of owners round then is plausible. The Golden Apple gallery is attached but there’s little info online about it.
― woof, Sunday, 27 August 2023 12:06 (seven months ago) link
That said there are little square boxes of tissues on bedside tables in both the tripadvisor and estate agent pics so maybe there is continuity there, despite the absence of ornamental dragons in the TA pics.
― woof, Sunday, 27 August 2023 12:17 (seven months ago) link
Browsing through Chrysalis' discography and I'm wondering if it could be Ian Anderson?
― emil.y, Sunday, 27 August 2023 12:23 (seven months ago) link
Way too small, he has a stone cottage somewhere in its own grounds I think
― faust sofa (Matt #2), Sunday, 27 August 2023 12:33 (seven months ago) link
I reckon it is a member of Steeleye Span, two of the covers next to each other look like Parcel of Rogues and All Around my Hat
― MaresNest, Sunday, 27 August 2023 12:56 (seven months ago) link
There doesn't seem to be any sort of music practice space in the house - no instruments around. Is it more likely to be a producer, manager, executive?
― woof, Sunday, 27 August 2023 12:59 (seven months ago) link
Could easily be yes, or a studio engineer
― MaresNest, Sunday, 27 August 2023 13:00 (seven months ago) link