I'll go....
A red and blue picture of a mans face, wearing sunglasses. The picture takes up the whole cover. In the sunglasses lenses are 2 identical pictures of the band, 4 men.
[i]To be fair DezB only 2 are obscure, rest are positively mainstream!
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Fairymuff. 🙂
Now, warton's one sounds familiar. Slightly distracted by the rugby though
XTC?
Just been through my records.
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Nothing. Moving onto Cds...
This one is going to stump people:
Painting of a lake, in the foreground is a swan, looking away, rearing back, wings curved in front and head rearing back, with a huge hand and arm reaching towards the swan out of the sky, small castle tower on some land on the right.
😀
Dunno, it'll come to me - but you gotta get the last one before it's your go 😉
XTC?
No, american band, this album was mid / late 90's
Oops, sorry. And warton's is horribly, naggingly familiar, I can visualise it, but I'll be damned if I can think who it is!
Buggerit! 😡
It does seem familiar. CountZero's one - I can only see this picture in my mind!
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(Not on a short, obviously!)
Last Clue, Americana / Alt. Country band
He he, I can see where you're coming from, Dez, but no nekkid burds on the cover I'm thinking of, and as a clue it's a pretty obscure British Prog band and was released in 1972.
I'm also struggling with metalheart's bikini cover as well, that one just doesn't ring any bells at all.
Still annoyed I can't think what warton's one is, that's going to drive me absolutely nuts now!
Ah, it wouldn't be The Jayhawks, would it?
This is CZ's victory!
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(I wouldn't have known)
I cheated on the Swan one....never heard of the band, deleted that post.
Wow! How the hell did you get that? I've seen the Jayhawks one, but Gidrologrigog? Jeez
Cheating's good if it puts me out of my misery! 😀
thats the one 🙂
I knew the JH one but just couldn't place it until warton's last clue.
The prog one: I had not one clue, but trawled some prog sites- deleted it as that's not in the spirit of this game!
Sorry, so the Swan one is:
http://active-listener.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/thirty-classic-progressive-rock-albums.html
I have a mate who's occasionally mentioned Gnidrolog- I've never heard them, though.
Apols for cheating 🙁
CZ again then?
Yep.
Slightly more well known, hopefully!
Sorry, the Gnidrolog one was because I did a search for it and discovered it has been re-released on CD. I remember being really taken with the cover when I saw ads for it in NME when it first came out.
The Jayhawks was a bit of a fluke, I knew I'd seen it somewhere, and did a scroll through my iTunes library; a mate had given it to me along with a load of other stuff on disc ages ago, but I'd never got around to listening to it.
Ok, a bit better known, plain blue sleeve, pink pixelated music note at top, small text across the note.
And I'm bloody impressed that anyone found Lady Lake! Well done! 😀
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I agree!
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Nice one Dez. 🙂
Who is it?!?
Whilst we're waiting, how about this one?
Small man with big dogs.
Bigger house in the background, patially obscured.
[i]Who is it?!?[/i]
No bleedin idea! I even tried a Google Image search using my version and got nothin.
[i]Small man with big dogs.
Bigger house in the background, patially obscured.[/i]
Now. That does seem familiar... Are the dogs angry looking? Or lying down??
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I knew we'd be strolling down Obscurity Avenue when you two got stuck in.
As to the dogs, not telling.
Waaaay too much of a clue there as it is.
Not an obscure artist by any means, but an often overlooked album.
I think I know it. They're Wolfhounds aren't they? and all are on the grass? I can see it, but.. oldish solo bloke.. gaah!
[i]Obscurity Avenue when you two got stuck in.[/i]
I purposely didn't do anything obscure!!
Not....?
That's it! Van Morrison! But not that album. Can't remember the name of it though.
This one!
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Right, that's it!
Obscure Scandinavian Klezmer imports from now on.
Still dunno CountZero's. But oh well.
How about.. a dark red background surrounds a photo of the band taken through a fish-eye lens. Looks like it's taken through a spy-hole cos it's round and it has red beads bordering it. The singer has his hands reaching towards the lens. Band name above...
Should be easy as not in the slightest bit obscure!
I immediately thought of:
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But its not.
He got it, didn't he...? 😆
Ah, no red beads...
Either no-one's playing or you need a clue?
Band's debut from 1991..
Smashing Pumpkins -Gish
Yay! Winner. Sorry, been a busy day 🙂
Photo of a sheet of titanium alloy
I think I know this... has it got writing on it (but not the band name)?
It has
Gotta be a Saville job then... Brotherhood?
That's the one.
