tumblr that spots the original pictures from classic album covers

[klore]

amazing tumblr that spots the original pictures from classic album covers

http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/

it's mind blowing

some of them are a bit a boomer since i've always though the art/design was made for it

[lawrenke]

Might wanna get rid of that forwardslash and space at the end of the hyperlink, it's coming up with a 'not found' page, nice post though!

[klore]

i wish i could but the "edit" button disappears sometimes, i never get why,

 

http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com

 

thx

[Verdant Hickies]

Geogaddi: http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/page/177

[klore]

haha yeah, you saw the Windowlicker ?

http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/post/69527346456/aphex-twin-windowlicker-sample

[psn]

That's a 23 year old hipster's record collection right there.

 

Also, who would have believed that the Rubber Soul cover was based on a photo of the Beatles?

 

OK, I'll drop the cynicism for a while.

[spratters]

Pretty cool.

[Zephyr_Nova]

Very cool!

[Stock]

Yeah some are cool but some are really...predictable. Like that one : http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/post/81438819719/david-bowie-the-next-day-2013-from-the-cover

[oscillik]

Yeah some are cool but some are really...predictable. Like that one : http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/post/81438819719/david-bowie-the-next-day-2013-from-the-cover

posted on 01/04/14

 

with the subheading "Happy April Fool's Day"

[Stock]

 

Yeah some are cool but some are really...predictable. Like that one : http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/post/81438819719/david-bowie-the-next-day-2013-from-the-cover

posted on 01/04/14

 

with the subheading "Happy April Fool's Day"

 

 

Holy crap I was just looking at the archives without being very attentive...my bad then !

[blackdust]

That's really interesting

[ghOsty]

Some of these are pretty cool

[klore]

Yeah some are cool but some are really...predictable. Like that one : http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/post/81438819719/david-bowie-the-next-day-2013-from-the-cover

 

i loved this artwork cover, not everybody really got the message, and it makes it even more prodigious

[Cryptowen]

yeah "the next day" is one of my most favourite album covers in the "conceptually but not aesthetically" category

 

kool trhead/tumblr

[Danny O Flannagin]

I like how closely the albums that are featured mirror my music taste

[anigbrowl]

Never knew the Clash album at http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/page/97 was styled after Elvis Presley's first album http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/post/91594429650/elvis-presley-self-titled-1956-from-a

 

Pity about the tumblr format, this is one where it's be great to see the original and album art side by side instead of having to scroll every time. But I spent a good hour looking through over 100 of these, awesome find Idore.

[Danny O Flannagin]

AMBER

yeeeee

http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/post/76277374991/autechre-amber-1994-from-rock-formations-in

[triachus]

this one is pretty lame

 

 

http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/post/88522544073/vatican-shadow-kneel-before-religious-icons

 

 

 

that cover is based on that picture? no way!

[peace 7]

Cool tumblr- thanks!

 

Ze tumblr reminded me that Grace Jones used to look incredible and iconic and IDM as fuck. Also reminded me that I listened to a Grace Jones album many times, and it felt like parody of singing and music-- OR, it was ultra high level IDM shit.

 

Being that the universe actually goes both ways, it's nice to think that some of these people and places exist, because they were based on album covers.

[sun drugs]

is the boc picture not from the boc album insert..

 

pretty cool anyways

[marian]

this one is pretty lame

 

 

http://artofalbumcovers.tumblr.com/post/88522544073/vatican-shadow-kneel-before-religious-icons

 

 

 

that cover is based on that picture? no way!

 

From a photo of the Fort Hood shooting suspect Major Nidal Hasan.

 

[Crangur Pissel]

I used to find the real Windowlicker model more freaky to look at, probably because I got so used to seeing Richard's head on her body.