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« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2012, 06:59:54 PM »
It would be safe to say that both albums are held in high regard by many critics. Popularity is another matter.
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« Reply #26 on: August 25, 2012, 07:25:05 PM »
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« Reply #27 on: August 25, 2012, 08:12:17 PM »
Quote from: John Manning on August 25, 2012, 04:24:44 AM
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… the native theme of the cover art, which was meant to look like a Navajo rug.

Blimey, I always thought it looked like some kid got keen with a pack of felt tips and a sheet of graph paper!  That said I'm happy with the original, which went okay with the (if I remember correctly) the cheap card used for the original LP sleeve. Felt real budget!
John -- according to Dean, the paper stock used was actually of above-average price. The unusual matte finish was to suggest a rug-like texture, but unfortunately many people -- including some of The Beach Boys -- thought that since it wasn't glossy, it was cheap.
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« Reply #28 on: August 25, 2012, 09:21:03 PM »
That's funny that it was meant to look like a rug. To me, it looks very ahead of its time, like it could have been in an arcade game, or perhaps made in Microsoft Paint.
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« Reply #29 on: August 26, 2012, 12:33:05 AM »
Quote from: Mark Dillon on August 25, 2012, 08:12:17 PM
Quote from: John Manning on August 25, 2012, 04:24:44 AM
Quote from: Mark Dillon on August 24, 2012, 07:18:14 PM
… the native theme of the cover art, which was meant to look like a Navajo rug.

Blimey, I always thought it looked like some kid got keen with a pack of felt tips and a sheet of graph paper!  That said I'm happy with the original, which went okay with the (if I remember correctly) the cheap card used for the original LP sleeve. Felt real budget!
John -- according to Dean, the paper stock used was actually of above-average price. The unusual matte finish was to suggest a rug-like texture, but unfortunately many people -- including some of The Beach Boys -- thought that since it wasn't glossy, it was cheap.

Dang, now I've probably upset Dean...

Quote from: Music Machine on August 25, 2012, 05:32:53 PM
This is the album art I made for my compilation of all original late 70's Beach Boys material;


Quite like this though the background looks kinda Welsh Atlantic rather than Californian Pacific!

EDIT – and it's the same pic as used on the "Love You Live" boot…
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« Reply #30 on: August 26, 2012, 04:19:29 AM »
Quote from: Music Machine on August 25, 2012, 05:32:53 PM
This is the album art I made for my compilation of all original late 70's Beach Boys material;



Whats the deal with Brian being shorter than Dennis  Huh
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« Reply #31 on: August 26, 2012, 04:39:17 AM »
Damn amateur graphic edition computer programs. Now everybody wants play the artiste and improve the record jackets. Sorry, I kow it's just for fun, but it gets tedious.

Album's great as it is, including the cover art. Kudos to Dean O. Torrence.
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« Reply #32 on: August 26, 2012, 04:42:20 AM »
Quote from: Slow In Brain on August 26, 2012, 04:19:29 AM
Quote from: Music Machine on August 25, 2012, 05:32:53 PM
This is the album art I made for my compilation of all original late 70's Beach Boys material;



Whats the deal with Brian being shorter than Dennis  Huh

photoshop? Undecided
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« Reply #33 on: August 26, 2012, 04:58:13 AM »
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Quote from: Music Machine on August 25, 2012, 05:32:53 PM
This is the album art I made for my compilation of all original late 70's Beach Boys material;



Whats the deal with Brian being shorter than Dennis  Huh

photoshop? Undecided



I know it is from the same photo sessions that spawned the group photos on the rear covers of Love You and MIU...though looking at this shot I realised Brian looked shorter, I think on the original image he looks shorter too.. I can not recall where I saw it maybe somewhere on this MB...
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« Reply #34 on: August 26, 2012, 01:27:42 PM »
It looks like they're all leaning forward, and maybe Dennis isn't leaning as much as the rest of them. Notice how Al appears to be the same heigh as Carl and only a big shorter than Mike.
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« Reply #35 on: August 27, 2012, 03:15:11 AM »
Brian and Dennis are standing, Carl and Mike are leaning forward, Al is standing on his milk crate.
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« Reply #36 on: August 27, 2012, 03:16:47 AM »
Just realised Mike and Carl might be standing on some rocks or something...
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« Reply #37 on: August 27, 2012, 05:17:24 AM »
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« Reply #38 on: August 27, 2012, 05:33:52 AM »
Better title: The Beach Boys F*ck You. (An album with that title in 1977 would outsell Rumours if you got Mike to talk about 'Punk' and have Brian talk about his moog and snort coke on telly).

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but with the same logo/font as 15 Big Ones.
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« Reply #39 on: August 27, 2012, 05:42:34 AM »
Quote from: hypehat on August 27, 2012, 05:33:52 AM
Better title: The Beach Boys F*ck You. (An album with that title in 1977 would outsell Rumours if you got Mike to talk about 'Punk' and have Brian talk about his moog and snort coke on telly).

Better artwork
 
but with the same logo/font as 15 Big Ones.

… while this is the same pic as used on the back of the "Love You Live" boot…
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« Reply #40 on: August 27, 2012, 01:59:09 PM »
Here we are.
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« Reply #41 on: August 28, 2012, 04:44:32 AM »
Bathrobe Brian is not as weird as Pyjama Brian hitting the clubs and massage palours back in the day... Azn then getting thrown out on the gutter
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« Reply #42 on: August 29, 2012, 05:52:36 AM »
Keytars were very popular for a short while in the 80s.
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« Reply #43 on: August 29, 2012, 02:26:15 PM »
I like that photo too Hypehat. I used it as cover art for the Adult Child boot on my ipod.

I made my Beach Boys '77 cover using a program called GIMP which has similar features to Photoshop and used a PNG file of the Beach Boys logo I re-tinted and then I cropped the picture from this source: http://www.wjm2234.com/ebay/1977/ad-1977-2P-beach-boys-left-horz.jpg.
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