Best looking CD/LP for sleeve & artwork

[pjme]

Sigh - again & yawn.
The photo is technically OK (soft porn-ish à la Française...)- but what is the connection with (almost historical) recordings of Ravel's music?
Bo Derek is 64 now and I doubt that horny teenagers want to by cds...

[steve ridgway]

The photo is technically OK (soft porn-ish à la Française...)- but what is the connection with (almost historical) recordings of Ravel's music?

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

[71 dB]

A common mistake with black and white cover art is use of color to ruin the black and white aesthetics.
Why is RAVEL written light green?
Why not light gray? Label logos with color is another problem.

[MusicTurner]

I can hardly believe that this is the Alhambra or some building in Cordoba!! If so, it still looks like some dark and cold building on the Rhine or the Danube... Vampires come to mind and creepy donjons.
Where are the perfumed flowers, the palm trees, cypresses, marble fountains & decorations?.

It's the castle of Segovia, in Central Spain, so not totally irrelevant.

[MusicTurner]

 

[Biffo]

I can hardly believe that this is the Alhambra or some building in Cordoba!! If so, it still looks like some dark and cold building on the Rhine or the Danube... Vampires come to mind and creepy donjons.
Where are the perfumed flowers, the palm trees, cypresses, marble fountains & decorations?.

I think it would win a prize for 'worst photo of the Alhambra'.  Perhaps this is better though not much of a view of the gardens.

[MusicTurner]

I think it would win a prize for 'worst photo of the Alhambra' (...)

That would be unfair then, since it is not the Alhambra ... 

[Biffo]

That would be unfair then, since it is not the Alhambra ... 

Thanks, I missed a posting while searching for photos. I had assumed it was an unusual view.

[MusicTurner]

Thanks, I missed a posting while searching for photos. I had assumed it was an unusual view.

Ok, fine. Made me wonder if I was on an unknown ignore list     

[pjme]

Indeed, the Alcazar!

[pjme]

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

A common mistake with black and white cover art is use of color to ruin the black and white aesthetics.
Why is RAVEL written light green?
Why not light gray? Label logos with color is another problem.

An album or CD cover's commercial purpose is to attract consumer attention; there are all kinds of ways to do that, but a color variation in the title is among the recording industry's most basic tricks.

[DavidW]

Geralmar I think you meant to post that in the worst thread not the best thread.

[pjme]

I was young in the 1970s, and discovered the great Milton Glazer:

[steve ridgway]

Those really stand out from most classical covers, great images.

[DavidW]

I especially like the Don Quixote cover.

[springrite]

Sigh - again & yawn.
The photo is technically OK (soft porn-ish à la Française...)- but what is the connection with (almost historical) recordings of Ravel's music?
Bo Derek is 64 now and I doubt that horny teenagers want to by cds...

It's obviously targeting the over 70 horny male crowd.   

[MusicTurner]

Gains some attention, at least :

[DavidW]

Gains some attention, at least :

The original ZZTop!

[Florestan]

Love it!