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Started by Dennis in Other Bands & Artists

Self-explantatory really, so what are your faves?

I have just dug ot my copy of Spiritualized’s “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space” which is packaged like a pharmaceutical - i.e. the CD itself was in a sealed foil blister pack, the “inlay card” was in fact a leaflet done in the same type of paper and in the same format at that which you get in a box of pills (“What are the active ingredients of Spiritualized?…What is the recommended dose?” etc etc) and the outer box keeps the theme up with “For aural administration only. Use only as directed by a physician…Each tablet contains 70 min”.

All very cleverly done, looks great.

I am thinking less in terms of “oh nice cover” and more the overall package here.

Any good ones out there?

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 12:13

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deadsetgav wrote:

I thought the Peeping Tom one was cool - hard to explain how it works - you pull the cardboard inlay at one side and the cd tray slides out of the other…

The Pucifer ‘V Is For Vagina’ one is cool as well - its done in an airoplane safety manual style - complete with crapy illustrations.

The 10,000 Days and Vicarious single for Tool was cool - front mounted goggles and freaky 3d inlay cards!

There are others - Its nice when bands bother to do something interesting with the packing.

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 12:57

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mrs h wrote:

I thought everything Factory Records ever did was too beautiful for words :)

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 13:13

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deadsetgav wrote:

Didn’t it cost them money for every copy of Blue Monday they sold?

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 13:25

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viking_pooh wrote:

Well the 6 7” vinyl single boxset version of Semi Detached is awesome, except you have to change or turn it over after every song.

Aslo, Tool - Lateralus with the layered see through booklet, so it builds up a picture with the various layers shwoing through from behind

The Damage Manual - Limited Edition album with the lumpy mopulded palstic cover :) tis cool as

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 13:27

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Dennis wrote:

I’m trying to find a picture of the ltd edition version of Placebo’s Black Market Music. The cover has a kind of cog-wheel device thing on it and there was a version of the packaging that opened up in a similar way…

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 13:39

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Graeme55? (Graeme Williams) wrote:

i liked the smashing pumpkins - zeitgeist, the special edition one.

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 13:42

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Gimme Back My Brainsaw wrote:

Have you seen the version of the spiritulised cd in which every song is on a seprate small cd packaged behind a pill packaging blister?

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 14:10

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Dennis wrote:

^ I forgot about that one! I have never seen it in the flesh, so to speak, but I remember seeing pictures of it at the time. Very cool!

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 14:17

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Gimme Back My Brainsaw wrote:

I also like the beck one with the stickers. and the tool one with the holograms is quite cool.

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 14:35

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mrs h wrote:

deadsetgav wrote:

Didn’t it cost them money for every copy of Blue Monday they sold?

Yes! :D Nutters. And I had 2 copies …

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 20:10 in reply to an earlier post

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Dennis wrote:

I think they have probably made their money back now, what with all the compilations and 80’s American teen-flicks it has been used on (and cue the scene where the young lovers split up and the puffy-sleeved college girl lays on her bed in despair and…yes, here it comes…It’s time for THE SMITHS TRACK!)

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 21:54

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Taunty Dan wrote:

i’m with Den on the spiritualized one, vey fucking cool. I also love the Zeppelin “in thru the out door” concept: 7 different sleeves, all the same bar scene but each sleeve is seen from the perspective of someone different in the bar. Also the inner sleeves were white but changed to colour when you added water. And finally, if that aint enough, the album came in a brown paper bag so you didn’t know which one you’d be getting! super.

There are so many great sleeves out there, from all genres, its almost impossible to list favourites, but i tell you this: Zappa’s artwork is almost always fascinating. “weasels ripped my flesh”. Ace.

Posted on Tue, 5 February 2008 at 23:23

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Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

I always liked The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails’ artwork and packaging

Posted on Wed, 6 February 2008 at 09:56

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Cuchulain wrote:

Sepultura’s Chaos A.D. in the metal box with an additional Sepultura flag inside was a nice one.

Apart from albums , I liked the idea of Metallica’s Live Shit: Binge&Purge ‘tour’ box , stuffed with the videos , tour/photobook , snake pit pass , triple live CD’s and the scary guy stencil.
Bought it around ‘93 when it came out and i remember paying the equivalent of about 120 euro for it , which was a fortune for a student those days.

Posted on Fri, 8 February 2008 at 10:47

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chr1s (The T.F.M) wrote:

I had a Pink Floyd box set thing that had all the cd’s in Black cases which had the “Dark Side of the Moon” prism design along the spines. I think you got all the albums, some bonus stuff (a live cd i think was included) and a book. Pretty nice it was. I think it cost around £120, but i got it at a trade fair for some of my dads old Beatles records and £20!! Sold it for £70 a couple of years later…

Posted on Fri, 8 February 2008 at 12:03

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mr self destruct wrote:

Can’t beat nice vinyl packaging. There are quite a few double vinyl gatefolds I really like, the last great one was Electric Wizard’s Witchcult today.

The Last Sucker Cd by Ministry had a George Bush/Lizard man hologram which was pretty funny (inspired by David Icke’s “lizard rulers” conspiracy theory)

Posted on Fri, 8 February 2008 at 14:32

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deadsetgav wrote:

Its a good job they stopped short of the shell suit.

Posted on Fri, 8 February 2008 at 15:17

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mr self destruct wrote:

I’ve watched some of his lectures - he gets sizable crowds - pretty funny!

Posted on Sat, 9 February 2008 at 18:14

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The Auto Surgeon (Mark) wrote:

One of my favourites is Alice in Chains - Dirt, so right for the age.

Posted on Sun, 10 February 2008 at 15:40

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(FIN) King Alcohol (Sami) wrote:

Favourite artworks are Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie etc., Cathedral’s Carnival Bizarre, Paradise Lost’s Draconian Times and Amorphis’ Eclipse. The best package by the looks is easily Tool’s 10’000 Days.

I’ve “spoken”.

Posted on Wed, 13 February 2008 at 17:02

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mr self destruct wrote:

^ The Draconian Times and Icon LP gatefold sleeves are very nice indeed!

Posted on Wed, 13 February 2008 at 17:19

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buffalo-boy wrote:

I love Draconian Times artwork, the single of The Last Time is very nice too!

I cant think of any that i really love but 2 really shit ones popped in my head - Everything Must Go by the Manics is horrible, who wants to see a close up of Nicky Wire’s nipple on a light blue background?? - yeeurgh!
And mechanical animals by MM is shite too.

Sorry i cant be more constructive!

Posted on Thu, 14 February 2008 at 08:38

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FNYANKEZ wrote:

Shellac’s - At Action Park, the LP is really cool. THe stuff is too small to see on the CD

Posted on Mon, 23 June 2008 at 06:20

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buffalo-boy wrote:

The new Kings X is very pretty! Shame the music is very average dad rock!

Posted on Mon, 23 June 2008 at 08:43

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Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Most of my faves are Paradise Lost albums. Draconian Times - Gatefold LP and the tour edition of DT. Also the One Second digipack if really nice, its really solid, probably my favourite mucical item.

Posted on Mon, 23 June 2008 at 09:16

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deadsetgav wrote:

I have some Mars Volta picture disc vinyl that is really smart - shame their music is a bit wanky

Posted on Mon, 23 June 2008 at 11:39

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