In most cases album covers are re-printings (for re-sizing, copy/paste details and stuff) and sometimes even got tinting hence the loss of quality. And often the original photo sessions went lost over years. For example, I wish there's more of the Beatles For Sale photo session at Hyde Park. Obviously only 5 or 6 different pics exist today.
I know that's John's foot, but every time I see this picture I imagine that George has suffered a horrific shin bone fracture.
Van Halen Women And Children First It looks like there was a lot of outlining and etching done in the pre-press department(s) on this image.
From the back cover of the album. Not to show cropped/uncropped, but color vs black and white (or perhaps duotone or even tritone?). Ed's pink jumpsuit looks... well it's something. I'm glad the art director didn't go with a color image on the back cover. I don't know the real reason why, but maybe they saved money by printing the same colors for both front and back cover, as opposed to paying for 4/c process just for one image on the back cover.
My favorite thing about this is that it's even clearer that Eddie is wearing velcro sneakers. I also had velcro shoes around this same time, but I had the excuse of being 9 years old.
Full back cover to The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat. The band at The Boston Tea Party. Photograph (of Joe Spencer's skull tattoo) by Billy Name, used for the front cover of The Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat. (From billy name photo of Joe Spencer's tattoo )
I see some photos are missing from my post (Uncropped versions of album cover photographs ), so here's an updated list because I see it makes some interest for people
Thanks! Maybe post the original covers as well? Or, at least, the name of the album in question. I have no idea what those are, save for the first one.
Ok, those are Rage Against the Machine s/t, The Doors - Bright Midnight Sampler (if I'm not mistaken it was released mirrored, so both cover and uncropped versions should be mirrored to resemble "real" look) and Metallica - Load.
Released on the same label as Badfinger, here's the uncropped version of Mary Hopkin's "Let My Name Be Sorrow" single from 1971.