Physical Graffiti intrigued with art-conscious photo-sleeves of a New York tenement. The untitled fourth Led Zep album burst with iconic city-country collages and mystic runes. The band's self-titled 1969 debut bore a cover image of the flaming Hindenburg airship. Right from the start, Led Zeppelin's album art was godlike. Led Zeppelin: I, II, III, IV, Physical Graffiti and So On The group's name was added on later pressings, and early copies became extremely rare collectors' items. At first, the LP art showed Warhol's signature but didn't feature the band's name at all. That trick demanded special machines to build the cover, which contributed to the album's delayed release. It was a clever example of his merge of art and marketing – what are album covers, anyway, but kick-ass marketing for music? Warhol skewed the art critique strange by printing instructions for readers to peel the banana, which then gave way to a flesh-colored one. Andy Warhol's cover for the 1967 classic The Velvet Underground and Nico shows nothing but a banal yellow banana. Not all album art from the '60s was a visually and intertextually complex exercise. The Velvet Underground and Nico: The Velvet Underground and Nico Pick any record from the band's career, and you'll find some complicated art demanding analysis. Its intertwining cover painting from David Anstey, which could be viewed with thematic coherence from all angles, set the arty standard for all of The Moody Blues' subsequent albums. In late 1967, The Moody Blues abandoned their early R&B roots and released the successful Days of Future Passed, a head-tripping concept album about the life cycle that seamlessly married psychedelic pop and classical music. The collection spans 100 tracks that follow the band's journey from the honky tonks of Texas to the stages of the world, starting with the earthy blues and electrifying boogie that defined their '70s sound - "Just Got Paid," "La Grange," "Tush" and "Cheap Sunglasses." THE COMPLETE STUDIO ALBUMS closes with the familiar synthesizers featured on the group's biggest singles from the '80s - "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man" from the Diamond-certified Eliminator, and the #1 hits "Sleeping Bag" and "Stages" from its multi-platinum follow-up Afterburner.The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed, and Well, Everything Else They Did The set presents, for the first time on CD, the original mixes for ZZ Tops' First Album, Rio Grande Mud and Tejas that have long been on the wish lists of the band's most fervent fans. Each album is presented in a wallet sleeve that faithfully reproduces the original artwork, including the gatefold designs used for Tres Hombres and Tejas. Hits that followed, includes ZZ Tops' First Album (1971), Rio Grande Mud (1972), Tres Hombres (1973), Fandango! (1975) (with original track line-up), Tejas (1976), Deguello (1979), El Loco (1981), Eliminator (1983), Afterburner (1985) and Recycler (1990). The set, including the albums initially released on the London label as well as the string of Warner Bros. Records explores the impressive scope of ZZ TOP's musical legacy with a boxed set that includes the original mixes for the band's first 10 albums.
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