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Immortal Album Covers: The Story of Hipgnosis
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Album art helped define the arrival of new music during its heyday, which ran roughly from the later 60s to the 80s when vinyl albums ruled music sales worldwide. While smaller formats such as cassettes, CDs and later streaming imposed size and format limitations on artwork since then, the contributions of visual artists to herald the arrival of new music is still fondly remembered by many. One of the most prolific groups of artists worked under the name Hipgnosis. The main partners behind Hipgnosis were Peter Christopherson, Aubrey Powell and Storm Thorgerson. Freelance designers Richard Evans, George Hardie and Richard Manning...
This Week In Music History Oct 25-Nov 7
Posted by Lilly Duncan on
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! NOV 1: Happy birthday to Red Hot Chili Peppers front man, Anthony Kiedis, born today in 1962! The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Kiedis and crew begin their first stadium tour ever June 2022, which will coincide with their twelfth studio album's release. Photo courtesy: Stefan Brending [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en] NOV 7: On this day in 1976, Rod Stewart topped the charts with "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)". It was Stewart's second time at No....
This Week In Music History Oct 11-24
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The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! OCT 15: On this day in 1955, an unknown Buddy Holly performing as Buddy & Bob opened for Elvis Presley in Lubbock, Texas. A Nashville talent scout was in the audience and arranged for Holly to audition and record demos for Decca. OCT 21: Happy birthday to Steve Lukather from Toto, born today in 1957! Lukather has led Toto since forming the band in 1976 and has been the sole continuous member. In addition to his work with Toto, he has...
Truly Amazing Collection Of The Doors Artist-Presented RIAA Awards Up For Sale [SOLD]
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The iconic status of The Doors is punctuated by the fact that they were the first group to see their first eight consecutive albums be certified Gold by the RIAA. Their star burned brightly, both live and in the studio, until the group disbanded after singer/poet Jim Morrison's untimely death at the age of 27 in 1971. RIAA record awards for the group have always been highly desired by collectors, especially when those awards are highly coveted "white matte" awards from the 60s and early 70s. Even more so, when they are presented to the group or members of the...
This Week In Music History Sept 27-Oct 10
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The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! SEPT 28: Today in 1985, Dire Straits were at #1 with "Money For Nothing"! This song was strongly pushed to the top by its cool video that played around the clock on MTV and the backing vocals from Sting. OCT 8: Happy birthday to Bruno Mars, born today in 1985! As crazy as it sounds, Mars is one of the best selling solo artists of all-time having sold over 130 million records worldwide! Photo courtesy: slgckgc [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en] Want more content like this?...