Album covers with no name or unreadable titles

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  1. classicrockguy

    classicrockguy Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Looking through the dollar bins at the used record shows I am absolutely amazed how many covers (old or new) either have no band and/or album name or are just unreadable without studying it carefully. I wonder how many would have sold better otherwise?
     
  2. Tom Perry

    Tom Perry Senior Member

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    Flag - James Taylor

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  3. ponkine

    ponkine Senior Member

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    See Peter Gabriel discography ;)
     
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  4. tim_neely

    tim_neely Forum Hall Of Fame

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    A lot of these albums had stickers on the shrink wrap with the title on them, so I don't think not having a title on the cover hurt sales all that much. It didn't seem to hurt The Dark Side of the Moon.
     
  5. Eleventh Earl of Mar

    Eleventh Earl of Mar Somehow got them all this far.

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  6. Parachute Woman

    Parachute Woman Forum Resident

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    Is this Beyoncé's self-titled? I'm just guessing based on the color scheme.
     
  7. savemenow

    savemenow Forum Resident

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    Does this count?

    It did sell pretty well, though! :evil:

    Led Zep 4 (IV) ZOSO?

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  8. Pavol Stromcek

    Pavol Stromcek Senior Member

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    Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

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  9. Pavol Stromcek

    Pavol Stromcek Senior Member

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  10. JFS3

    JFS3 Senior Member

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    S/T - The Beatles

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  11. Pavol Stromcek

    Pavol Stromcek Senior Member

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    Not an album, but an EP - Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears

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  12. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

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    How much more black could it be? The answer is none. None more black.
     
  13. Osthagen

    Osthagen Forum Resident

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    Alice In Chains - “Jar Of Flies”
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    The title is conveyed only through the medium of imagery.
     
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  14. Slash-n-burn

    Slash-n-burn Forum Resident

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    R.E.M., Reckoning
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  15. Loup

    Loup Ancient Wool Unraveller

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    Wings
    Wild Life

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  16. Slash-n-burn

    Slash-n-burn Forum Resident

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    For Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy better fits the description in my opinion.

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  17. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    my favorite:
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  18. blivet

    blivet Forum Resident

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    Why do you think so?
     
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  19. Slash-n-burn

    Slash-n-burn Forum Resident

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    And not Alice’s self-titled? :confused:
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    Thanks for mentioning my favourite band
     
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  20. Jerk The Handle

    Jerk The Handle Electrician

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    This seems highly dependent on the edition. Many albums have alternative covers for different formats, with or without text.

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  21. ShockControl

    ShockControl Bon Vivant and Raconteur!

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    This must be one of the earliest, if not the earliest, example:

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  22. Slash-n-burn

    Slash-n-burn Forum Resident

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    It does precisely what the o.p. said and completely omits the album title from the front cover.

    I’ll admit that copious Led Zeppelin albums do this, but for me Houses of the Holy has always been the most glaring examplar of this.
     
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  23. johnnybrum

    johnnybrum Forum Resident

    Rolling Stones debut

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  24. Synthfreek

    Synthfreek I’m a ray of sunshine & bastion of positivity

    There couldn't be a better case than this thread to label your photos, yet...
     
  25. Loup

    Loup Ancient Wool Unraveller

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    Interpol
    Our Love To Admire

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