Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66: My brother and I got really into the A&M golden years covers for a long time. Not like they’re really important or amazing, but some of the music was good, and the covers are very direct. Dude is just keeping it real.
Cream: great drawings, very psychedelic. I wish the music was as good, because these covers were amazing. Persuasive Percussion-Again Always had great, simple, formal covers. Great illustrations, butt the music was never very percussive or persuasive.
Simon & Garfunkle: Bookends was a great record, they’re 1968 foray into psych. Simple photo, but does the trick.
Herb Alpert: A&M was run by Herb, one of the most successful instrumental performers ever. I’m sure this cover helped out his career. Everyone has seen it and everyone remembers it. I mean, the dude played trumpet…
Ash Ra Temple: Very eye catching, post-psychedelic period As Ra. Always love the shots of water in movement.
Santanta: Again, not into the music, but the psychedelic illustrations did a lot for the imagination of what the music could sound like.
Cosmic Jokers: Very nice, clean psyche, deep synth based kraut exccursions.
Roxy Music: The ladies, same as “Whipped Cream”, manages to pull of the hott lady cover.
Brinkmann: You Can’t see this as well, but Matt Brinkmann’s hand screened LP cover on Animal Disgiuse. Really awesome if you see it in person.
Glenn Branca-Lesson One is awesome record, simple graphic and effective cover.
i’m enjoying these. do you know if that branca cover was on the original release, or just the acute reissue?
oh yeah, that was the original cover for the branca.