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Approach // “Lanterns”One of my monotypes was featured on the cover of Ethereal Shroud’s Digital-SinApproach // “Lanterns”One of my monotypes was featured on the cover of Ethereal Shroud’s Digital-Sin

Approach // “Lanterns”

One of my monotypes was featured on the cover of Ethereal Shroud’s Digital-Single “Lanterns”: https://etherealshroud.bandcamp.com/lanterns

It’s an excellent dark song, poignant and powerful. It has been a pleasure to work with the band, and their music is great!

Check them out here: https://etherealshroud.bandcamp.com/

I am available for commissions, and my work is for sale here: https://www.vesperbatpress.com/shop (more is coming soon!)

Dark Field Monotype Print
14″ x 22"
2020
Artwork by me
Layout © Ethereal Shroud


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first draft of an album cover I made for Lovey The Don’s EP ‘SLIME’S CHILD’ — you can give it a listen and see the finished cover art here.

COVER ART | ON THE CHAIR III

COVER ART | ON THE CHAIR III

Some recent spins. As usual, a mixed bag of styles and eras, and some striking cover art.
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Over the years, several people whose tastes I respect have expressed a deep love of this album. Although it wasn’t part of my past and is thus free of nostalgic ballast, it is a fine example of late ’69s light psychedelic rock (in the American style).

The 801 project was short-lived but burned so very…


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12 ALBUMS FROM 1972 YOU MAY WELL BE ABLE TO LIVE WITHOUT

12 ALBUMS FROM 1972 YOU MAY WELL BE ABLE TO LIVE WITHOUT

Everyone is not a winner, nor did every 1972 album made the cut for 72 From ’72.
Here is a selection of from the early scratchings.

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If you plan to review any of these classics, do let us know.
In the meantime, which would you snap up at your local charity shop?
 


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COVER ART | ON THE CHAIR II

COVER ART | ON THE CHAIR II

Sharing some of the spins that have been enjoyed at Vinyl Connection HQ over the past little while.
Any favourites amongst these?

The third LP in the ‘trilogy’ of this particular period of King Crimson. While not as startling as Discipline, it remains an under-rated album from Robert Fripp’s Jedi knights.

Rick Wakeman’s solo debut still delights whenever I hear it. The prog rock ambition, the…


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10 ALBUM COVERS WITH ARTIST PORTRAITS — FINAL SET

10 ALBUM COVERS WITH ARTIST PORTRAITS — FINAL SET

Welcome to the final part of this meandering series of album covers featuring what we will loosely call portraits of the band.
Once again we’ll begin in the 1960s, with an all-time favourite.
I love the way artist/designer Bernard Yeszin utilised the television image of The Monkees (Davey’s shirt, Mike’s beanie) to create an engaging less-is-more silhouette that transcends the flowery era of its…


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10 MORE ALBUM COVERS WITH ARTIST PORTRAITS

10 MORE ALBUM COVERS WITH ARTIST PORTRAITS

More album cover art with an emphasis on art.
Here are ten record covers with portraits of the artist. Some are from the Vinyl Connection collection, a couple were sourced from the internet. Several were suggested in the comments section of the initial post and are gratefully included.
Let’s continue the pattern of starting with a classic 1960s cover.
This one first appeared in Vinyl Connection’s…


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10 ALBUM COVERS WITH ARTIST PORTRAITS

10 ALBUM COVERS WITH ARTIST PORTRAITS

Quintessentially Sixties in its technicolour glory, The Beatles 1968 animated film holds up very well due to the sheer vivacity of the artwork. Directed by George Dunning, Time magazine labelled it “a smash”, observing that the film “delighted adolescents and aesthetes alike”.
The album was released in January 1969, by which time it was somewhat out of step with The Beatles themselves. It is…


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8 ALBUM COVERS WITH GROUP PORTRAITS

8 ALBUM COVERS WITH GROUP PORTRAITS

From the time TheBeatles opted to use Klaus Voorman’s charming portraits of the fab four on their seminal 1966 album, bands have commissioned visual artists to represent themselves on their musical offerings.
Here is a selection.

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With graphics by Linda Guymon and Art Direction by Richard Roth, this 1975 compilation of Rolling Stones ‘Rarities’ manages to be both fascinating and a trifle…


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