off topic, but is it more difficult to find good quality album cover art online than it was in the past? GIS doesn't seem to be coming through like it used to.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 7 June 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
GIS just broadly getting worse for anything I think
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 7 June 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Parliament-The_Clones_of_Dr._Funkenstein_%28album_cover%29.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 June 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
so to clarify for future oral histories of this thread, monae first one posted but she just opened the floodgates
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 7 June 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
I think Clones of Dr. Funkenstein may have been posted before, but the link broke
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 7 June 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
Image search is too bound up with shopping to be of much use these days. Like if there were a way to search for an informative image without triggering the shopping algorithms that would be nice
― stations of the croissanwich (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 7 June 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
Sorry, that internet officially ended 5 years ago, at least Now, can I interest you in an an image of a parliament funkadelic throw pillow on Etsy?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 7 June 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
sounds pretty sweet tbh
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 7 June 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/svkd1ywcHeWPLS0hjm6C7ObICes=/fit-in/420x424/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7409167-1440899941-5706.jpeg.jpg
― Izabard, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 12:02 (two years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/U6IRyKddnhtOGhxrKtwwq0G0ndQ=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5677799-1439404583-6045.jpeg.jpg
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
ddgis gives you pxp and file size, and if you don't find one good enough you can tineye the best
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/7180aPBGrxL._SY355_.jpg
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Free_for_all.jpg
More Nuges on the back cover and gatefold.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:49 (two years ago) link
No thanks, any number of Nugents is too many.
If there were a way to get negative Nugents I would probably want that option
― Bill Kristol Meth (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:51 (two years ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61C+4wLUO+L._SX522_.jpg
Two Doug Sahms on the back of Texas Rock For Country Rollers
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 05:06 (two years ago) link
Anitta sticking to the brief, while also being yawnsomely literal:https://www.frontview-magazine.be/sites/default/files/news/174007-anitta-brengt-nieuw-album-versions-of-me-uit-1355737.jpg
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Friday, 15 April 2022 21:16 (two years ago) link
I think those are just the "clones" (actual/human "artist" not depicted)!
― begrudgingly bound by duty of candor (morrisp), Saturday, 16 April 2022 00:51 (two years ago) link
Cliff Richard, "Every Face Tells a Story" (a perfect 70s album title cover)
https://i.discogs.com/uA-_GfaR4IJ0OlNCMuXuEWYVjfKo8UY7dSjKgTCuFQA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMwMDQw/NTgtMTY0MzkyMjQx/NC02Nzc4LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Où est Lee Mason de fromage? (Tom D.), Saturday, 16 April 2022 10:31 (two years ago) link
Kate Bollinger - Look at it in the Light
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/719vsO9xTEL._SS500_.jpg
― early rejecter, Friday, 29 April 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
It was a sad day for both music and human genetic engineering in 1974 when a displeased Andy Williams beat his clone to death with a 3-iron for being 15% smaller than desired. pic.twitter.com/Vo7vShmQ4z— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) January 26, 2023
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 January 2023 03:16 (one year ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/DcaYUdy6Osud6rvuFl3hHMjJyhE6WPbzbkuAGCaVSvY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY5OTA1/OS0xMTQ5MDk5NzQ1/LmpwZWc.jpeg
― CerebralCaustic, Friday, 27 January 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/DcaYUdy6Osud6rvuFl3hHMjJyhE6WPbzbkuAGCaVSvY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY5OTA1/OS0xMTQ5MDk5NzQ1/LmpwZWc.jpeg
― CerebralCaustic, Friday, 27 January 2023 16:14 (one year ago) link
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.zIB8_fjyytLy4FgVX9AJhAHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1
― is it milli vanilli or just a facsimile (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 27 January 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/MmnOLRQnT8CymOKiYr3GaJlTa8jYURJnL6IF-jWoEeY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MzA1/MTE0LTE1NzI4OTg3/ODUtMTU5OC5qcGVn.jpeg
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 February 2023 04:24 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/DcaYUdy6Osud6rvuFl3hHMjJyhE6WPbzbkuAGCaVSvY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY5OTA1/OS0xMTQ5MDk5NzQ1/LmpwZWc.jpegKevin Cummings, the photographer who took the shot this is based on is on the latest Oh! Brother taking about Mark E Smith snipping the image of himself out of a photo he got from said photographer without sorting out rights. That among other stuff about the Manchester scene etc, good episode
― Stevo, Saturday, 25 February 2023 14:03 (one year ago) link
https://store.udiscover-music.de/assets/asset_480x480/Ringo-Starr-Rewind-Forward-EP-Vinyl-504512-397771.png
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 24 August 2023 14:44 (eight months ago) link
this explains his unusual long life, this whole time they've been breeding an army of Ringos in the axlotl tanks of Bene Tleilax
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 24 August 2023 14:53 (eight months ago) link
Ringo feels like an excellent candidate for the thread of artists whose visage appears on all/most of their album covers.
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:13 (eight months ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/AeeaxTe793xqg9-tFF9SmkS0NnMESsb3pfFafT_6OtE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3NDAy/NTI3LTE2MTMyNTE0/MDctNjc5NC5qcGVn.jpeg
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 2 October 2023 00:50 (six months ago) link
i always hate it when i run out of crank
― budo jeru, Monday, 2 October 2023 01:50 (six months ago) link
At least one of those Keiths can hook you with some more
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 2 October 2023 01:59 (six months ago) link
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music116/v4/e7/54/ab/e754ab3d-69e6-377c-5a3e-2a4f69c178b3/197187897445.jpg/600x600bf-60.jpgKarabalik Beatz, General KaraSenegalese producer par excellence helms his own project
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 18 November 2023 16:08 (five months ago) link
One of the alt covers for the new Ariana Grande album:https://i.imgur.com/ET9Asan_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand
― cellaring potential (morrisp), Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:37 (two months ago) link
just pricing this today. what's weird is that the back cover is a continuation of the front cover (his hair wraps around the cover) with another picture of richie all wet.
https://i.discogs.com/yL1E6QmImz6wQyo6K--GX6kKwzYtbUjAqAJGGFrfyP0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMzg3/ODAtMTY5OTU0Njk3/My0yMDg3LmpwZWc.jpeg
https://i.discogs.com/4pFf3B6ux71H0LGn70liZd17wkkfqEYFVNg_yogTX_U/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMzg3/ODAtMTY5OTU0Njk3/NC0xMTE0LmpwZWc.jpeg
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 January 2024 19:14 (two months ago) link
wait, i'm not done yet. this was his previous record. (!!!!)
https://i.discogs.com/BqhS7N4SCPsdyuAs0H7KV0Uh7lEUXrY1JKQEPoMH-M0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ4MTM3/MTItMTQ0ODczMTg2/MC05NDQwLmpwZWc.jpeg
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 January 2024 19:17 (two months ago) link
Excellent.
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:00 (two months ago) link
Dude qualifies for multiple threads with those covers.
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:13 (two months ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Rl3GnPqxL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:00 (two months ago) link
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02610bd83b94fe2dfe271f391e
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:47 (two months ago) link
Semloh Trepur is my new band name, thanks
― Washington Post Malone (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:13 (two months ago) link
wait, i'm not done yet. this was his previous record. (!!!!)https://i.discogs.com/BqhS7N4SCPsdyuAs0H7KV0Uh7lEUXrY1JKQEPoMH-M0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ4MTM3/MTItMTQ0ODczMTg2/MC05NDQwLmpwZWc.jpeg― scott seward, Saturday, January 27, 2024 2:17 PM (five hours ago)
― scott seward, Saturday, January 27, 2024 2:17 PM (five hours ago)
wow, I'm not sure whether I should praise this motherfucker for mastering this trope or scold him for demystifying it
― hogarth brooks (unregistered), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:41 (two months ago) link
magnifiCathy: the many voices of Cathy Berberian
https://i.imgur.com/6vWCIFW.jpg
― hogarth brooks (unregistered), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:44 (two months ago) link
The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba
https://i.imgur.com/inIvl9y.jpg
(yo dawg, we heard you like dancing, so we're gonna make your body dance for them while we make your body dance for them while we make your body dance for them)
― hogarth brooks (unregistered), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:49 (two months ago) link
At least that one could truly be said to depict different “voices,” whereas the Cathy version features creepy carbon copies of the same “voice”
― cellaring potential (morrisp), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:53 (two months ago) link
and ofc the cover artist couldn't be more wrong if they were implying that Cathy had limited range
― hogarth brooks (unregistered), Sunday, 28 January 2024 01:05 (two months ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/5En1xnRd05AGYP-4Vyx_y0AWzqr7WKASNxnlPEz6Q2M/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExMDc5/ODUtMTU4MDU3NTM3/OS02OTcxLmpwZWc.jpeg
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 05:57 (two months ago) link
Not an album cover, not clones. But... they really do look like clones.
Mike Nesmith with The Kinks in London, 1967 pic.twitter.com/vIMJWkSPHZ— Bruce Gorrie (@bsgorrie) February 7, 2024
― impostor syndrome to the (expletive) max (stevie), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 17:39 (two months ago) link
[obvs two are brothers but still]
Also not an album cover, sorryThe author photo from Danielle Steel's "High-Tech Love Story" The Klone and I
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XJgAAOSw3Vxjztrx/s-l500.jpg
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 8 February 2024 06:58 (two months ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/T9bwKtxXK4GOLPJDIqrVmFXBtj8K-2BPCHemGKY871g/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQxNDg5/MjQtMTQxNzk3ODk1/Ni01OTk3LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Not waving but droning (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 21:03 (yesterday) link