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The interior of the general reading room of Gorbals District Library on Main Street, Glasgow in 1907.
Photo Glasgow City Council Archives
The Art of Album Covers
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Illustration by Yvonne Gilbert.
Holly Johnson asked Gilbert to create a piece of art for Relax, not having enough time she gave them an existing fetish-themed piece she'd drawn for Playboy and Men Only.
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax, released 1983
The Art of Album Covers
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"The idea for this cover was Siouxie’s. I was to shoot disquieting and unnerving images underwater in a swimming pool – you can’t scream underwater" - Photographer Paul Wakefield
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Siouxie and the Banshees – The Scream.
Outtakes and final image below.
The Art of Album Covers
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"La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses' (The Chimera Regarded All Things with Terror) - 1886.
By French artist Odilon Redon
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Used by Magazine on 'Shot By Both Sides' released 1978
@mearnsgal @MrMalky Commemorative stamp issued by the Soviet Union on the 160th anniversary of Robert Burns's death in 1956. The USSR was the first country to put Burns on a stamp, 10 years before The Royal Mail.
The Art of Album Covers
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An Arthur Sarnoff painting entitled "Fido and the Clowns".
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Used by Butthole Surfers on Locust Abortion Technician, released 1987
The Art of Album Covers
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A composite with the head coming from Greuze’s The Souvenir c1787, and the body coming from Raphael’s Saint Catherine of Alexandria c. 1507.
Composite done by John Craig
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Used by The Smashing Pumpking on Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, 1995
The interior of the general reading room of Gorbals District Library on Main Street, Glasgow in 1907.
Glasgow City Council Libraries
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