Good example of why I collect record albums. What a great cover. The album is called Tarkus, it is the second album by British prog rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971. In 1993 the album was digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio. It was recorded in January 1971, at Advision Studios, London, England. The album cover, commissioned to the graphic designer and painter William Neal, and made after the music was created and recorded - Tarkus is depicted as a half armadillo and half tank creature - born from an egg erupted from a volcano. As for William Neal, he is an English painter/graphic designer born in Guildford in 1947, who grew up Bramley, Surrey. Best known, really, this for his artwork on this albums and also for Pictures at an Exhibition. He graduated in 1967 at the Guildford School of Art and gained a Diploma in Art and Design, following a career in graphic arts.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
ELP - Tarkus (part I)
Good example of why I collect record albums. What a great cover. The album is called Tarkus, it is the second album by British prog rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971. In 1993 the album was digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio. It was recorded in January 1971, at Advision Studios, London, England. The album cover, commissioned to the graphic designer and painter William Neal, and made after the music was created and recorded - Tarkus is depicted as a half armadillo and half tank creature - born from an egg erupted from a volcano. As for William Neal, he is an English painter/graphic designer born in Guildford in 1947, who grew up Bramley, Surrey. Best known, really, this for his artwork on this albums and also for Pictures at an Exhibition. He graduated in 1967 at the Guildford School of Art and gained a Diploma in Art and Design, following a career in graphic arts.
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