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Post by ShardEnder on Dec 30, 2022 1:42:01 GMT
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Post by Timeblue on Dec 30, 2022 11:37:05 GMT
The ELO logo that is in the auction is from Xanadu if I remember correctly, I don't know if it was an attempt to 'modernise' the logo or not but it didn't take off. I'm going to have a ride out to Rochdale this year to find the street that the album image depicts.
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Post by trekkielo on Dec 30, 2022 23:26:30 GMT
I'm partial to the 2nd photo, but they took this one and reversed it like what was done with that movie still from The Wizard of Oz for Eldorado's album cover! Meindert Hobbema, 'The Avenue at Middelharnis', 1689
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Post by Timeblue on Dec 30, 2022 23:33:34 GMT
Wasn't there another SM cover outtake that was reversed?
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Post by trekkielo on Dec 30, 2022 23:35:15 GMT
The ELO logo that is in the auction is from Xanadu if I remember correctly, I don't know if it was an attempt to 'modernise' the logo or not but it didn't take off. Yeah, it looks like something that should be on a compilation or something!
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Post by Timeblue on Dec 30, 2022 23:56:28 GMT
Somewhere I have the leaflet from the Xanadu album that has the merch for sale and I seem to remember this image appears quite a lot in it.
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Post by Horacewimp on Dec 31, 2022 8:47:16 GMT
Somewhere I have the leaflet from the Xanadu album that has the merch for sale and I seem to remember this image appears quite a lot in it. Taken from my Xanadu album.
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Post by Timeblue on Dec 31, 2022 11:07:17 GMT
That's the one!
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Post by Timeblue on Dec 31, 2022 11:32:07 GMT
513 Fulham Road, London. Where the Xanadu merch was sent from is now a nail bar! Attachments:
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Post by Horacewimp on Dec 31, 2022 11:41:31 GMT
I wonder if the space ship and planes cover was a proposal for Time not Secret Messages?
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Post by Mattster-Vinyl on Dec 31, 2022 14:37:57 GMT
I wonder if there will be any "Secret" hidden bids in the auction... ?
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Post by lawrev on Dec 31, 2022 16:11:10 GMT
ELO and roller skates. Yikes. Can anyone truly question Jeff's and Bev's comments that ELO's reputation took a hit with Xanadu? This stuff is best left to history. Hopefully Jeff will release something archival in 2023.
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Post by trekkielo on Dec 31, 2022 18:42:36 GMT
I wonder if the space ship and planes cover was a proposal for Time not Secret Messages? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avenue_at_MiddelharnisThe Avenue at Middelharnis is a Dutch Golden Age painting of 1689 by Meindert Hobbema, now in the National Gallery, London. Secret Messages was recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland! Coincidental or not, you decide...
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Post by trekkielo on Dec 31, 2022 19:04:12 GMT
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Post by unomusette on Dec 31, 2022 22:00:47 GMT
I wonder why the band aren't shown in the windows of the house on the right in the main version? It's a bit cropped too I think. Think I'll be saving my pennies, but it will be interesting to see what the final price is.
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