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10cc, How Dare You!, 1976. Cover design: Hipgnosis/G Hardie. Photography: A Powell With their blend of surrealism, sex and suburban ennui, Hipgnosis defined album cover art in the.
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Hipgnosis made indelible album art for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many more — now it's immortalized in a documentary. With the doc "Squaring the Circle" and Pink Floyd exhibit "Their.
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Album . Cover . Art features stunning reproductions of every single Hipgnosis cover―more than 300 in total―for the first time, along with pertinent insights from the rock 'n' roll legends whose albums are featured and behind-the-scenes photography. The text, written by Powell, and with contributions by Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, and.
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The name "Hipgnosis" was a fortuitous discovery, a serendipitous blend of "hip," denoting what's new and cool, and "gnostic," alluding to ancient wisdom and spiritual knowledge.
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All very simple. Ask your grandparents about it. But as popular music became a little more complex, and the various ingested accoutrements became a little headier, folks started getting clever with.
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The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery Why It Matters
Album . Cover . Art features stunning reproductions of every single Hipgnosis cover—more than 300 in total—for the first time, along with pertinent insights from the rock 'n' roll legends.
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10 iconic album covers by Hipgnosis Fifty years ago, Aubrey Powell and Storm Thorgerson created the art design group Hipgnosis. With their surreal cover art, they left their mark as one of.
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Pink Floyd Music Ltd The sky is cloudless. Two men wearing suits shake hands while standing amid industrial warehouses. One of them is burning — even his head is on fire. This photo for Pink.
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How did Hipgnosis stage and enhance each water droplet on the sleeve of Peter Gabriel's 1977 album? With a hose, then hand-coloring, then a scalpel. Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy (1973).
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The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery Why It Matters
In-between Pink Floyd albums, Hipgnosis picked up commissions from dozens of other musicians, including well-known names like T. Rex, Wishbone Ash, The Hollies, The Pretty Things, Electric Light Orchestra, Rory Gallagher, and many others.
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Hipgnosis' mindbending album art in pictures Art and design The Guardian
Courtesy Anton Corbijn When it comes to coffee-table books that survey the great album covers of the classic rock era, there are generally two kinds: those that include a lot of the work of the.
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Among the 415 album covers Hipgnosis made between 1968 and 1983 was Pink Floyd's "Animals" (1977), for which a 40-foot inflatable pig was photographed floating between the chimneys of London.
The Art Of Hipgnosis Chicago Boyz
Hipgnosis were an English art design group based in London, that specialised in creating album cover artwork for rock musicians and bands. [1]
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May 2, 2017 Hipgnosis co-founder Aubrey "Po" Powell tells the stories behind 15 famous album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Sabbath and others.
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A personal collection of record covers designed by Hipgnosis and Storm Thorgerson. HIPGNOSIS - Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell and beyond. HOME. GUESTBOOK. A Certain Ratio. Aardvarks. ABC. AC/DC.. The Gun (1st album) Sammy Hagar. Sammy Hagar (same) Musical Chairs. Handle With Care. Harlequin. Victim Of A Song. Love Crimes. Steve Harley. Roy.
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The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery Why It Matters
Album . Cover . Art features stunning reproductions of every single Hipgnosis cover—more than 300 in total—for the first time, along with pertinent insights from the rock 'n' roll legends whose albums are featured and behind-the-scenes photography. The text, written by Powell, and with contributions by Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, and.