toymaker Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I don't know if this is the right forum for this, but there's something I don't get about album covers. We hear stories that the original logo on the first Rush album was supposed to have red lettering, but it came out pink. When they reissue an album, or a remaster, or whatever, why don't they give us what was intended? The album cover for Caress of Steel was supposed to be this metallic, burnished steel sort of thing, but somebody "got creative" and made it look like bronze over this dark, bluey-green background. So, can someone show us the original conception? Do they think people will get confused? I miss the old days of listening to vinyl albums, sittin' in my beanbag chair studying the album art and the lyrics and the liner notes. Mobley talks about this in his new book, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I don't know if this is the right forum for this, but there's something I don't get about album covers. We hear stories that the original logo on the first Rush album was supposed to have red lettering, but it came out pink. When they reissue an album, or a remaster, or whatever, why don't they give us what was intended? The album cover for Caress of Steel was supposed to be this metallic, burnished steel sort of thing, but somebody "got creative" and made it look like bronze over this dark, bluey-green background. So, can someone show us the original conception? Do they think people will get confused? I miss the old days of listening to vinyl albums, sittin' in my beanbag chair studying the album art and the lyrics and the liner notes. Mobley talks about this in his new book, too.Oh you will fit in great around here..... :codger: :cheers: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I miss the old days of listening to vinyl albums, sittin' in my beanbag chair studying the album art and the lyrics and the liner notes. No beanbag, but stretched out on my bed with my headphones on and thinking to myself that life just couldn't get any better. Me and my music. What more did I need? Oh, youth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 The Canadian album logo is red. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK? I wants to know too... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK? I wants to know too...I bet I can guess.... 5 stars :haz: BTW.. Wonder if he's a ninny? We could use another..... :D Edited June 19, 2014 by Narpski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 The interest in Caress of Steel is a hopeful sign. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK? I wants to know too...I bet I can guess.... 5 stars :haz: BTW.. Wonder if he's a ninny? We could use another..... :D Probably, he's already given CA considerable praise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK? I wants to know too...I bet I can guess.... 5 stars :haz: BTW.. Wonder if he's a ninny? We could use another..... :D What is a ninny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK? I wants to know too...I bet I can guess.... 5 stars :haz: BTW.. Wonder if he's a ninny? We could use another..... :D What is a ninny?nin·ny ˈninē/ nouninformal a foolish person or anyone who likes The Garden :) Dr S Coopers' definition.... Edited June 19, 2014 by Narpski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK? I wants to know too...I bet I can guess.... 5 stars :haz: BTW.. Wonder if he's a ninny? We could use another..... :D What is a ninny?nin·nyˈninē/ nouninformal a foolish person or anyone who likes The Garden :) The Garden is one of the finest Rush songs ever! Arg. Are you a ninny? I hope not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK?A Farewell to Kings is the beginning of the "Period of Glorious Rush Majesty," hinted at by 2112 and bid a fond farewell by the end of Signals. Not to say I don't dig everything from Finding my Way to The Garden (and Garden Road, which, when I discovered it on the Internet, almost made me cry tears of joy), but those unbefuckinglievable (can I say "unbefuckinglievable"?) albums will forever be associated with my adolescent self's Happy Place, and turned me right on to guitar, bass and drums and trying to write my own songs. A Farewell to Kings continues to melt my face off, from the twittering birdies to the haunting Cm - Ebm - Em progression that closes it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 The Canadian album logo is red.Is it? I just had a look at my Anthem issue LP, and it looks awfully pink to me. This being the copy that I didn't colour over with a red magic marker when I was younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK?A Farewell to Kings is the beginning of the "Period of Glorious Rush Majesty," hinted at by 2112 and bid a fond farewell by the end of Signals. Not to say I don't dig everything from Finding my Way to The Garden (and Garden Road, which, when I discovered it on the Internet, almost made me cry tears of joy), but those unbefuckinglievable (can I say "unbefuckinglievable"?) albums will forever be associated with my adolescent self's Happy Place, and turned me right on to guitar, bass and drums and trying to write my own songs. A Farewell to Kings continues to melt my face off, from the twittering birdies to the haunting Cm - Ebm - Em progression that closes it. :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 The Canadian album logo is red.Is it? I just had a look at my Anthem issue LP, and it looks awfully pink to me. This being the copy that I didn't colour over with a red magic marker when I was younger. I think she means the moon version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 The interest in Caress of Steel is a hopeful sign. :)I loved it when I was young, then I sort of disliked it when I was older and sophisticated and trying to be cool; then I decided I liked my first impression better and being sophisticated and cool is not such a great way to be anyway. Caress of Steel pretty much scorches my brain—with a couple of moments that I wait patiently through: 1) Panacea and 2) the spoken narrative bits. I also can't help but chuckle at "silence shrouds the forest as the birds announce the dawn." I always think of birds holding little signs (because they are obviously not making any noise). Then....Alex's solo in the Necromancer, which is beautiful and unholy and blisters my cortex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK? I wants to know too...I bet I can guess.... 5 stars :haz: BTW.. Wonder if he's a ninny? We could use another..... :D What is a ninny?nin·ny ˈninē/ nouninformal a foolish person or anyone who likes The Garden :)Dr S Coopers' definition....I like the Garden because my wife loves the Garden—partly—but I also think it's an interesting song (great solo, too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 By the way, Toymaker, what do you happen to think of AFTK? I wants to know too...I bet I can guess.... 5 stars :haz: BTW.. Wonder if he's a ninny? We could use another..... :D What is a ninny?nin·ny ˈninē/ nouninformal a foolish person or anyone who likes The Garden :)Dr S Coopers' definition....I like the Garden because my wife loves the Garden—partly—but I also think it's an interesting song (great solo, too).Welcome to the club.... :d13: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) I don't know if this is the right forum for this, but there's something I don't get about album covers. We hear stories that the original logo on the first Rush album was supposed to have red lettering, but it came out pink. When they reissue an album, or a remaster, or whatever, why don't they give us what was intended? The album cover for Caress of Steel was supposed to be this metallic, burnished steel sort of thing, but somebody "got creative" and made it look like bronze over this dark, bluey-green background. So, can someone show us the original conception? Do they think people will get confused? I miss the old days of listening to vinyl albums, sittin' in my beanbag chair studying the album art and the lyrics and the liner notes. Mobley talks about this in his new book, too.This was my question, though. Maybe I'll check to see if Hugh Syme has a web site, and if he can be contacted. Someone needs to convince him to do right by this album cover. If done the way he intended, I bet it would be among the coolest album covers...Update: I have e-mailed. We'll see if he writes back! Edited June 20, 2014 by toymaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Lee Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 http://www.dymondgraphics.com/photos/002.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 The interest in Caress of Steel is a hopeful sign. :)I loved it when I was young, then I sort of disliked it when I was older and sophisticated and trying to be cool; then I decided I liked my first impression better and being sophisticated and cool is not such a great way to be anyway. Caress of Steel pretty much scorches my brain—with a couple of moments that I wait patiently through: 1) Panacea and 2) the spoken narrative bits. I also can't help but chuckle at "silence shrouds the forest as the birds announce the dawn." I always think of birds holding little signs (because they are obviously not making any noise). Then....Alex's solo in the Necromancer, which is beautiful and unholy and blisters my cortex. I always figured that Neil was implying that the birds were breaking the silence that was shrouding the forest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) I always figured that Neil was implying that the birds were breaking the silence that was shrouding the forestI'm willing to go with that interpretation. The combination of present tense verbs and the preposition "as" just makes it sound like the two things are happening simultaneously. At the end of the day....I should chill! Edited June 21, 2014 by toymaker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smegger68 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Would probably have looked something like this: http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z437/drbirdsong/Steel02.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 Cool. Still a fair bit of the green in there, though—I see it more as a monochrome steel with an engraving. How'd you do that, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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