{"id":13502,"date":"2013-03-08T02:31:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T02:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=13502"},"modified":"2013-03-09T23:32:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-09T23:32:43","slug":"raising-the-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2013\/03\/08\/raising-the-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising the roof"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Roger Dean’s album cover art extends further than his sleeve illustrations for Yes. His earlier designs for the Vertigo label showed his visual invention to good effect, and a couple of those designs have had their imitators. The cover art for Dedicated To You, But You Weren’t Listening<\/em><\/a> by the Keith Tippett Group is one that I’ve seen copied although I forget where for the moment so you’ll have to take this on trust. (Ahem.)<\/p>\n

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The church steeple blasting off from Space Hymns<\/em><\/a> (1971) by Ramases is borrowed somewhat crudely in a 2011 ad for the Wien Museum which shows Vienna’s St Stephen’s cathedral undergoing a similar transformation. The Ramases idea is so eye-catching I’m surprised I’ve not seen it imitated before, although it wasn’t Dean’s invention; in his Views<\/em><\/a> book he says that it was the group’s idea, and they gave him a thorough brief. I presume by this he means that they also wanted the spire as a cover detail, and looking sufficiently rocket-like to give a surprise when the sleeve is opened.<\/p>\n

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“Ramases” was Martin Raphael<\/del> Barrington Frost<\/a>, an Egypt-obsessed British musician who recorded two albums and a single with wife, “Selket”. The single B-side, Mind’s Eye<\/a><\/em> (1968), is a decent piece of psychedelia that turns up on compilations. The same can’t be said for Space Hymns<\/em>, unfortunately; the presence of 10cc as backing band isn’t enough to rescue songs whose cosmic titles offer more than they deliver. But that’s still a great sleeve. Thanks to @weird_prophet<\/a> for the Wien tip!<\/p>\n

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