Poll: Hendrix Electric Ladyland - Cover art preference.

Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland was issued with three very different cover designs. The US had a blurred red and yellow photo of his head. The UK issued a photo of 19 nude women. Neither was what Hendrix wanted - he wanted a photo of him and kids on the Alice in Wonderland statue photographed by Linda Eastman. Finally, the 1993 CD release has a purple-faced Hendrix. Images of the four covers are reproduced below.
Note: The 1993 CD was omitted from the poll (my mistake) and has been edited here thanks to dlokazip's post below. I couldn't work out how to edit the poll questions, sorry, but my intention was to explore the original designs anyway.

Wikipedia's comments on the cover designs:

A topic exploring the Eastman photo is on this site: Linda Eastman/McCartney "Electric Ladyland" photo »
An image of Hendrix's sketch can be found here: What Jimi Hendrix Wanted As The “Electric Ladyland” Album Cover »

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So which of the three designed do you prefer?

>>> Please feel free to elaborate on the reasons for your preference below, and anything else relating to the Electric Ladyland cover designs. <<<

The US Cover:


The UK cover:


Hendrix's desired Linda Eastman photo:


1993 CD release.

 

Go with the artist's wishes.

 

I like the rear cover better than the front.

 

Electric Ladyland. A bunch of naked women on the cover. Brilliant idea.

 

Thanks for prompting my memory of this and contributing to the discussion.
I've edited the description above but unfortunately couldn't work out how to edit the poll options to include this as an option.

 

I like the UK cover. The other covers seem to be missing something.....

 

I agree with Hendrix on this one .

 

I went with the Linda Eastman photo, but honestly, I am just as fine with the U.S. cover. The nude cover was done all wrong, and Jimi hated it. One of the women even ended up suing saying the photo made her look bad. I love naked women, but the makeup and lighting just makes it look bad for my personal tastes. I mean, Hendrix was the biggest lady's man around, so it's not like he hated it because he was a prude or something.

 

I used to turn the cd cover around and use the Alice In Wonderland picture as the cover. I've since come to accept the US version.

 

Original US cover for me. The concept for the UK cover is decent enough, but the execution is pretty lousy. I remember just being confused by the 1993 covers.

 

US

 

All of them poor, the UK the worst. Look at the first two LPs for effective even iconic cover art.

 

I prefer to cast my lot with nude women.

 

meh, none of them really do anything for me.

 

Was that UK nude cover available in record stores without any hubbabaleau? The censors werent on it?
Did Blind Faith set a precedent? I cant see that nude cover happening at all in the US at that time

 

i have a promo poster of the nude version that i really adore

 

I still do this.
I think Linda's photos visually convey the music inside better than the other two.

 

I voted for the US, but none of them are that great. Actually it came out with plenty of other cover variations:

Germany (reversing the US front and back)


France (on Barclay)


Japan / New Zealand (using the picture from inside the gatefold)


I prefer the last cover, it is one of the coolest photos of Hendrix.

 

I dig the U.S. one. It's the best looking photo I've seen in this thread so far

 

Yeah, I agree. The two most common covers are lazy and not that good looking, especially after how beautiful Axis' cover is.

 

I'm used to the US cover. I pick that one. As a guy, I really like the UK, though.

 

At the record stores I've worked at, I always flip these around to present the "real" cover, LOL.

 

I voted for Hendrix's original concept, because that's the one he wanted.
Besides that, some of those nude women are not pretty at all, and it all ended looking like a sort of cheap erotic magazine production. If they had chosen really nice ladies and made a more elegant production, it could have been really nice, but... still not what the musician wanted!!!