Guest ariceffron Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 its not just YES's GOING FOR THE ONE. i just saw this elo lp from '80 and they are all looking up at skycrapers too. what is up with the late 70s and looking up at buildings? is it supposed to represent moving into the ultra-modern era?? and if so how come they knew it was comming so fast? i dont understand. there MUST be some explination here that i am too young to grasp. can any of you older people help me out with understanding this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Maybe they're tourists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 It was the era of Close Encounters & Star Wars. It was kinda "in the air", no pun intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 The silver space ships coming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 It was the era of Close Encounters & Star Wars. It was kinda "in the air", no pun intended. This reminds me of album covers such as Queen's News of the World. Which, to me, at the time, looked way too much like C-3PO. It was the Star Wars era, indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 The real question is why they thought they needed a nekid guy on the cover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Phallic symbols, of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 (edited) It was the era of Close Encounters & Star Wars. It was kinda "in the air", no pun intended. This reminds me of album covers such as Queen's News of the World. Which, to me, at the time, looked way too much like C-3PO. It was the Star Wars era, indeed. In fact, this is a copy of an old Frank Kelly Freas cover for Astounding dating from the fifties. The only difference is that members of the band are painted in. Edited September 7, 2004 by BruceH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 I always liked this looking up at buildings late 60s sleeve. As far as I can tell the pterodactyls are naked though not looking up (those of you with 8 year old children might like to check with them if they are pterodactyls or some more obscure form of flying dinosaur). Never heard the record. Just recall being fascinated by it on the inner sleeve of Harvest LPs in the early 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ariceffron Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 ah...a pre late 70s example-- interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 (edited) Sorry. Just checked. It came out in 1970. Though I'd imagine it was recorded and the cover designed in 1969. Here's the full gatefold: And here's a website... http://home-1.worldonline.nl/~mollyb/docs/quatermass/ A website for a band that made one virtually unknown LP! Edited September 7, 2004 by Bev Stapleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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