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Ye Gods: The Twenty Greatest Prog Rock Record Sleeves
The Quietus , February 11th, 2018 13:43

Jerry Ewing, editor of Prog magazine, shares with tQ his twenty favourite prog rock album sleeves along with an interview about his new book Wonderous Stories, followed by an exclusive extract from the book itself

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Aphrodite's Child "666"
Jerry Ewing: "The simplistic design, the 666 was created using plastic car number plate numerals, belies the intensity and oddity of the music within. That however, was totally captured by the bizarre Dali-esque painting of a motor car inside the original gatefold, which conveyed the "stupidity of man", according to keyboard player Vangelis."