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JohnH(UK)
JohnH(UK) asked in Entertainment & MusicMusicRock and Pop · 1 decade ago

Electric Light Orchestra?

I remember an LP (I thought by ELO) in 1972, the cover of which had a surrealistic picture of a woman with a shaved head and light bulbs on the end of chords coming out of her head.

Can anyone remember who this was by?. I thought it was ELO but have looked at all their album covers and its not there.

Update:

Many thanks James but its not the one. The ladies head definately had wires (or something) with light bulbs on the end. Similar project though.

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  • Yes, I am
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    I have found a candidate, check it out:

    "Yellow Magic Orchestra" - PAY ATTENTION! - the American version of the album:

    http://www.allmusic.com./cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w...

    I mean the artwork by: Lou Beach/Rolland Young/Ami Nagasawa/Chuck Beeson released by Horizon/A&M in 1979.

    You can see the same artwork on the 7" US version of the single "Computer Game":

    http://www.discogs.com/Yellow-Magic-Orchestra-Comp...

    It's a very important detail because this artwork is only on the US releases.

    "This Ain't No Disco: New Wave Album Covers" by Jennifer McKnight-Trontz, 2005, page 114

    ISBN: 0-8118-4542-7

    SORRY

    Sorry to disappoint you. I've been searching through the literally thousands of album artworks in the last few days, checking everything between 1971-1974, the 70-s in general, the best, the worst and the weirdest album cover top lists ever, the most memorable records and even the releases recorded in the "Electric Lady" studio. I feel like getting the 70's graphic art expert :-) but I don't get any closer to solving the mystery. The more I looked at the actual covers the more I thought how much your description doesn't fit into the aesthetics of the epoch. Should anyone make a cover like that in the early '70's there would be a hundred people mentioning it - so why no-one did? It naturally fits in the punk, post-punk and the new wave aesthetics - that's where my only candidate came from. The description you gave made me think of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" video from 1983 (here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK0Pi4wC8Hk )

    I hope you read this before choosing for "no best answer" and deleting the question.

    GOOD LUCK and if you ever solve the mystery would you write to me?

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