Category: The Tape Loop
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Savage – Eurythmics Cassette Tape
Cover Art Designed by Laurence Stevens, whose goal was to reflect the personas Annie Lennox embodied throughout the album: the meek, plain housewife in the Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) video, and the brash, Marilyn Monroe–inspired blonde featured in Savage. The cover gives us a close-up of this latter character. Lennox once described the…
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Garbage – Cassette Tape
Cover Art The pink feathered album cover was photographed by Stéphane Sednaoui, with the band providing creative direction. Its bright, vibrant yet simple design, along with the band’s logo, serves as a striking, distinctive image — much like the band itself. The J-card features a black-and-white photo of the band, taken by Clifford Lecuyer. The…
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Waiting For the Sun – The Doors – Cassette.
Cover Art Photographed by Paul Ferrara in Laurel Canyon in LA. This was a significant location for the band as Jim Morrison lived close by in Rothdell Trail, many of the songs on the album had been written in and around his home. Jon Densmore and Robby Krieger had also lived in the area. –…
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Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones Cassette.
Cover Art Andy Warhol created the cover, and Craig Braun designed it. It features a close-up of a man’s groin in tight jeans, with the outline of the penis clearly visible through the fabric. Although no one has confirmed the model’s identity, several men in Warhol’s circle claimed to be the well-endowed figure featured. Early…
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Born in The USA – Bruce Springsteen Cassette Tape.
Cover Art Historical Context Track List Side A – Side B – Lyrics are enclosed in the J card which also features black and white images of Springsteen’s other albums with track lists. My Favourite Track ‘I’m on Fire’ it’s repeating beat drives the moody, almost melancholy sound, brimming with poetic desire – ‘sometimes its…