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Album covers that look like...

bio k9

00:41 / 11.11.01

...other album covers.

This

looks like

bio k9

00:54 / 11.11.01

This

came from

rizla mission

13:42 / 11.11.01

enlightening.

bio k9

14:36 / 11.11.01

"Are you mocking me? I SHALL NOT BE MOCKED!"

Anyway I'd imagine everyone knew about the elvis/ clash one. The kinks/ sleater-kinney one maybe less so. Theres a lot of tribute covers out there and I was hoping everyone else would post some of their favorites.

"MOCKING ME WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!"

rizla mission

15:06 / 11.11.01

I'm not mocking - it really is enlightening to see how bands who form part of my musical universe have paid homage to previous generations. Both the examples you've shown above I wasn't previously aware of, despite being a great fan of both covers.

Margin Walker

18:05 / 11.11.01

Shit, now you've gone & done it! Here's a couple for starters:

This:

was the basis of this:

This Ramones cover art was based on a French painting (IIRC):

& The cover art to this Pogues album is based on a painting (when translated) is called "The Wake Of The Medusa":

Rev. Orr

18:29 / 11.11.01

or the 'wreck' even...

bio k9

19:32 / 11.11.01

I'm not mocking...

Oh. Alright then.

"HEAR THAT, EVERYONE? I AM NOT BEING MOCKED!"

bio k9

19:49 / 11.11.01

Gave birth to...

grant

18:06 / 12.11.01

There must be a bajillion novelty albums based on "Meet the Beatles".

and "Never Mind the Bollocks," for that matter.

Then there's Laibach's very conscious 'Let It Be' cover:

But the Rolling Stones weren't being quite so up front when they released their 'Satanic Majesty' on the heels of 'Sgt. Pepper'.

Maybe they just used the same design team....

Never knew the London Calling/Elvis connection. That's cool.

Didn't somebody just do the banana cover thing based on Velvet Underground "Andy Warhol" cover?

grant

18:22 / 12.11.01

Forgot one. From

we get

mondo a-go-go

21:04 / 12.11.01

The Return Of Rothkoid

11:27 / 13.11.01

You mean this, doncha?

mondo a-go-go

08:36 / 14.11.01

natch.

bio k9

22:38 / 20.03.04

Part of Grant's link is broken so:

gives us:

and

among others...

Tom Coates

09:39 / 25.03.04

Now that's just bloody awesome. Also I quite want to do a photo shoot now in which I'm sat in a big pile of taramasalata. Is that so wrong?

grant

13:20 / 29.03.04

Ooh, I didn't noticed someone posted an update to my broken link. Cool.

What's the GI Blues cover cover?

agvvv

14:50 / 29.03.04

This

and

grant

17:34 / 30.03.04

I thought that was just the "Elvis Presley" cover, not the "GI Blues" one.

Don't forget this one...

The Timaximus, The!

03:52 / 24.04.04

Is Oasis' What's the Story Morning Glory supposed to be a take on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan? Looks like it to me, but I'm not sure...

+#'s, - names

05:24 / 24.04.04

THE WIZARD!

14:19 / 26.04.04

OK, so this is from an inside cover, but I think it still counts. I hope this works, I've gone to the trouble of digging out the CDs, installing the scanning software, scanning them in, uploading them to my webspace, and worked out how to link in the 'lith... Here goes:

The Prodigy - Jilted Generation

Kid 606 - Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You.

I [heart] Kid 606!

rizla mission

16:16 / 26.04.04

Wow, that's .. unexpected.

I fucking love that Kid 606 illustration - I've been trying to find it online so I can use it as a desktop or whatever.. absolutely great image..

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