Identifiable birds on CD/LP Covers (1 Viewer)

david kelly

Drive-by Birder

• Apr 4, 2005

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I am currently listening to "Good Morning Spider" by Sparklehorse which has a Barn Swallow on the cover. Perusing my little collection I find that I have a few more CDs with birds on the cover. "Sumday" by Grandaddy appears to have a flock of Whooper Swans in a Japanese winter scene on its cover. I also bought the EP "Thieves" by Shearwater simply for the cover. See http://jound.com/shearwater/main.html and http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/shearwater-thieves.shtml

David

 

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RecoveringScot

Well-known member

• Apr 4, 2005

• #2

david kelly said:

I am currently listening to "Good Morning Spider" by Sparklehorse which has a Barn Swallow on the cover. Perusing my little collection I find that I have a few more CDs with birds on the cover. "Sumday" by Grandaddy appears to have a flock of Whooper Swans in a Japanese winter scene on its cover. I also bought the EP "Thieves" by Shearwater simply for the cover. See http://jound.com/shearwater/main.html and http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/shearwater-thieves.shtml

David

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About twenty-five years ago I bought a Charlie Parker LP 'Bird is Free' which had a nice flight shot of Ring-billed Gull against a clear blue sky on the cover. Don't have it any more.
I haven't so far been able to track down a web photo of the cover. I have found out it now apparently goes for about $35 (which is more than I got for mine!).

 

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James Lowther

Well-known member

• Apr 4, 2005

• #3

Not quite the same topic, but there was a song by Supergrass about a year or so ago that had a robin singing on the track. Oh yeah, and back on topic, i just remembered 'Angel dust' by Faith no More has a great white egret on the cover, complete with nuchal plumes, what a beaut!!

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,83888,00.html

 

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RecoveringScot

Well-known member

• Apr 4, 2005

• #4

I might as well post this here for LP cover bird photo collector anoraks:

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1078&item=4716065943&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V

 

brianfm

Botanical Birder

• Apr 4, 2005

• #5

Neil Diamonds 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' has a small pic of a gull in the up left hand corner. Even an expert would be hard pressed to identify it though!! Very good album though and an even better film. Saw it long before I was interested in birds and often wonder if it is available on video. Will have to check!

 

rezMole

Well-known member

• Apr 5, 2005

• #6

Nazareth had the cover with the peacock close-up on it, back in the 70's - can't remember what it was called.

I have The Strangles album "The Raven", which has a 3D picture of, yes, a raven on it.

 

brianfm

Botanical Birder

• Apr 5, 2005

• #7

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You got me thinking David and after my re-discovery of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull I have had a look through my albums and CDs. Found the following;

Camel...music inspired by The Snowgoose...........A Snowgoose!

Mike Oldfield......the complete (CD)......Swallow

Simon/Garfunkel Collection (CD)......collection of gulls (presumably USA gulls)

Fleetwood Mac.....Tango In The Night (CD).......Great Egret or possibly Yellow Billed! (stand to be corrected on that one)

Flight Of The Condor...original music from BBC series......yes...a Condor!

Sure there must be many more out there. Got me wondering how many popsters are bird watchers in their spare time. Seemed to remember that old timer Billy Fury was very keen.

 

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Tannin

Common; sedentary.

• Apr 5, 2005

• #8

Oh my lord ..... here's a whole new sort of life list!

 

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mountain man

Guest

• Apr 5, 2005

• #9

RecoveringScot said:

About twenty-five years ago I bought a Charlie Parker LP 'Bird is Free' which had a nice flight shot of Ring-billed Gull against a clear blue sky on the cover.

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This is the cover from the 1998 remastered release.

 

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Darrell Clegg

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• Apr 5, 2005

• #10

Off the top of my head

Faith No More - Angel dust = Great White Egret

Beautiful South - Gaze = Buteo sp.

Blackfoot - Marauder = Buteo sp. (could even be small Aquila)

Barclay James Harvest - Gone to Earth = Tawny Owl (Badly Drawn)

Haven't seen them for ages so can tell you no more than that.

Darrell

 

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RecoveringScot

Well-known member

• Apr 5, 2005

• #11

tom mckinney said:

This is the cover from the 1998 remastered release.

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I've got all the material from this date on the Jazz Classics 1996 double CD with its ingenious combination of two sources to make a fairly reasonable attempt at stereo on one track. Regrettably they haven't followed up on the bird photo idea, settling for a reworked one of the man himself.

I can remember where I bought the original vinyl LP (muse, drone)......