When I was young, I always bought albums. I didn't buy cassettes. I figured I could make a copy on a cassette for my car. Since I bought albums, I liked the covers. Some covers were alot better than others. Iron Maiden always had great covers and I liked looking for the little hidden items in each one referring back to older covers and innuendos and such.
I usually liked the Kiss covers too. "Love Gun" and "Rock & Roll Over". "Unmasked" and "Dressed To Kill". I swear Kiss albums had a certain smell. That sounds crazy, but I swear it. To this day, every now and then, I'll get a cd where the liner notes booklet has that smell! It instantly takes me back to the days when I was a kid and I'd be opening the new Kiss album, excited to see what kind of stuff was inside it besides the actual record. It must be a certain type of paper or something. I'll sit and sniff it for a minute or two and can't help but smile. Maybe I'm just wierd...I wonder if anyone else out there has ever noticed the smell ?!?
Here is a picture of some of my favorites:
Starting from the top left and going clockwise: "Love Gun" by Kiss; "Powerslave" by Iron Maiden; "To Hell With The Devil" by Stryper; "Unmasked" by Kiss; "Moving Pictures" by Rush, and "Fighting The World" by Manowar...a cover I always thought was a bit of a rip off of Kiss' "Destroyer" and "Love Gun" covers! (It was painted by Ken Kelly, the same guy that did the Kiss covers so I guess I can see why.)
What are some of your favorites?
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