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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: bigwull on September 03, 2012, 12:26:04 PM
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I,ve had this little box for nigh on 35 years...i made it whilst twiddling my thumbs on a pipe laying barge in the Gulf of Mexico...and the art work was done,by the cook,who only knew how to cook Gumbo!. :D..he was wasted as a cook...i told him he would make more money as an artist....he copied whats on the box from 2 favourite albums of mine...he only used felt tip pens,the box is a Strepsils lozenge tin.the wood strips are toothpicks stuck on and sanded,then after the pics were added it was varnished...how many of you can identify the album from which these pics come,..He also painted this for me.it measures,30in x 20in and is oil paint on hardboard...
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King Crimson Court of the Crimson King
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King Crimson Court of the Crimson King
Yup...I saw them in Hyde Park London 1n 1969..i was 19...and me and a few friends had a great view of the stage...and we had a J or 2 or 3 and when they let rip with 21st Century Schizoid Man....i was blown away in more ways than one....they were awsome...and for the past 40 odd years i think i,ve been stuck in a time warp....with having a lot of albums by too few artists....i can count on 2 hands the amount of different artists albums i have....at the forefront is Pink Floyd.followed by King C,then Frank Z,then the Stones,Scorpions,Jethro Tull,Iron Butterfly,Hendrix,...to name but a few...oh and the other side of the box...the Allman Brothers....oh and Neil Young....Then there,s the Rocky Horror picture show...."lets do the time warp again"
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My husband is a major "Allman Brothers " fan. I been to the whipping post one to many times! ;D
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My husband is a major "Allman Brothers " fan. I been to the whipping post one to many times! ;D
Whipping Post???Oooooooo! thats too much information for an old codger like me..... ;D...next you,ll be telling me your names Jessica!
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Lol, or Maybe sweet Melissa! ;D
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So you've got KC's 'Court of the Crimson King' on the front, original painting by Barry Godber, who died almost immediately after painting it. I've seen KC myself, but far more recent incarnations, in '96 and '06 or so. They're on hiatus these days.
You're making Allman Brothers jokes; 'Eat a Peach' is the album cover pictured.
Oh, and the original crucifixion painting is, of course, by Dali.
Sad how many dead folks that are now associated with the groups you listed: Zappa, Wright and Barret from Floyd, Hendrix of course, the list goes on....
Would that be called "sailor art?" Scrimshaw for the 70s?
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The Original Christ of St John is in Glasgow Art Gallery...It was purchased in 1951 for £8,200...and they got the marketing rights along with the painting...see link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_Saint_John_of_the_Cross
Dali is one of my fav artists...a few years ago i visited the Dali Museum in Figueres,...mind blowing....see also link
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dali+museum&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=iCJFUJPjJMWw0QXlnYHIBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFEQsAQ&biw=1003&bih=621
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Yes, Dali is a lifelong favorite.
And, to tie it all in with antiques, last weekend we went to a sale in Columbia, Missouri (USA) and saw 3 small Dali paintings, signed and all. Only $7K for the set! :))
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Bigwull, I had all of those vinyls you mentioned. When I moved back to NJ and went into storage I realized I still had some of them. Tull Thick as a Brick for one, Blue Oyster Cult for another. I also found a copy of the Who - Live at Leeds that still had the copy of their contract in it with all of the other papers. We used to listen to Firesign Theater and laugh hysterically at the nonsense that made sense to our cannabis influenced brains. In the box was their album "Don't Crush That Dwarf - Hand Me the Pliers. My wife said "No way are you playing that!" I said I know that because I would need a turntable. I would not be the same after a Martini anyway.
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"I'm not talking about hate. I'm talking about 8. Dinner at 8. Let's eat!"
-Firesign Theater
"In the Garden of Eden baby"
-Iron Butterfly
"Speedy's Coming"
-Scorpions
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Your talking my kind of music...my wife is 12 years my junior...and she was into the 3 cord wonders Status Quo....and Motorhead....but just the other night...she was watching a movie..and in the background the music that could be heard was ina Gada Vida...now she want an Iron Butterfly album....We saw the Scorpions Live in Berlin.during the Live * concert....i lke Krautrock as well..kraftwerk...G olden Earing...Amon Duul....Tangereen Dream..Neu!...all the spaced out music..... ;D..
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In the earlier thread concerning the "portable toilet", I was imagining how Keith Moon would have reacted to finding one of those in his room! ::)
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In the earlier thread concerning the "portable toilet", I was imagining how Keith Moon would have reacted to finding one of those in his room! ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Big Motorhead fan, Hawkwind, Amon Duul II, Ash Ra Tempel, Tool, Rush, Yes, Pineapple Thief, Riverside, Can, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, love(d) them all!
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There,s nothing like a bit of nostalga..when it comes to the Progressive Rock era...the very first Rock concert i went to was in Feb 1969...at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh..think smaller version of the Royal Albert Hall in London.....the lead band were Led Zeppelin...and the support act were Barclay James Harvest....price to get in..£2.....then King Crimson in july 69....Roger Chapman& Family 1972.in my home town of Dundee...an album that i listen to a lot is Fill your Head with Rock....its a double album...of various artists..see link its an awsome album.
http://www.heardutchhere.net/FYHWRmain.html
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I also like Traffic. Not to play in mind you. ;D My husband likes Spirit, And one of my favorites, Steve Miller Band!
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I also like Traffic. Not to play in mind you. ;D My husband likes Spirit, And one of my favorites, Steve Miller Band!
Spirit..."give a life take a life"..brilliant....
Traffic..Stevie Winwood....the hole in my shoe was letting in waterrrrrrr
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"Blind Faith" and "Low Spark of High Heel Boys' My husband is 6 yrs older than I am. There was a time we went to concerts regularlly. One of my favorites was "Moody Blues with the Philadelphia Orchestra". Amazing show. We still go, but not as often. We just saw Roger Waters about a month ago.
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"Blind Faith" and "Low Spark of High Heel Boys' My husband is 6 yrs older than I am. There was a time we went to concerts regularlly. One of my favorites was "Moody Blues with the Philadelphia Orchestra". Amazing show. We still go, but not as often. We just saw Roger Waters about a month ago.
Oh Him....i liked him when he was in Pink Floyd...but...after his wrangling about "he was Pink Floyd"... i went off him....i,ve got 18 Pink Floyd albums...and have seen them twice....without RW,....
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I love Pink Floyd. This is our (Pink) Floyd. I've seen them several times. They're great!
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cool
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Memorable bygone prog concerts:
Yes-Tales from Topographic Oceans tour
Yes-Relayer tour
Genesis-Lamb Lies down on Broadway tour
Genesis-Wind and Wuthering tour
Nektar-Recycled tour
National Health
UK-tour with Bruford and Holdsworth
Daevid Allen and Gong
Kraftwerk-Autobahn tour
King Crimson 1990s and 2000s tours
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Gong....another blast from the past....who all wants a trip to Planet Gong....another blast is this one,Capt Lockheed & the Starfighters....
http://www.starfarer.net/captlock.html....i have the original album from 74
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Great album!
I've seen Hawkwind do 'Aerospaceage Inferno' from that album.
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Great album!
I've seen Hawkwind do 'Aerospaceage Inferno' from that albu.
What i like about the album cover..is the obverse side...whereby the 3 Starfighters are lying on the floor in bits....The West Germans hated this plane...when the Americans had it it was ok...then they sold it to the Canadians...still ok...then the Germans bought it....and 130+ fell out of the sky.....it makes you wonder????
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I used to like Don Van Vliet, a real Renaissance man I thought. (Of course, I even liked The Fugs back in the 60's. :-X)
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Great album!
I've seen Hawkwind do 'Aerospaceage Inferno' from that albu.
What i like about the album cover..is the obverse side...whereby the 3 Starfighters are lying on the floor in bits....The West Germans hated this plane...when the Americans had it it was ok...then they sold it to the Canadians...still ok...then the Germans bought it....and 130+ fell out of the sky.....it makes you wonder????
It's the Canadian jinx. Our Sea King helicopters are renowned for dropping out of the sky all the time :D
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Thats different, there meant to go up and down...in a vertical manner....the Starfighter...fell out of the sky....in vast numbers...hence its nickname The widow maker...excerpt from wiki.p
In 1960 the Luftwaffe received it first Lockheed F-104 Starfighter jets. The Starfighter remained in service for the entire duration of the Cold War, with the last being taken out of service in 1991. The Luftwaffe received a total of 916 Starfighter, 292 of which crashed resulting in the deaths of 116 pilots. The disastrous service record of the Starfighter led to the Starfighter crisis in 1966 as a reaction to 27 Starfighter crashes with 17 casualties in 1965 alone. The West German public referred to the Starfighter as the Witwenmacher (widow-maker), fliegender Sarg (flying coffin), Fallfighter (falling fighter) and Erdnagel (tent peg, literally "ground nail")
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Ahhhh.......the key words "up and down". That's the big problem, the Sea Kings tend to come down when they're not supposed to. Usually with quite a thud and ensuing repairs.
Taken from 'Requiem for the Sea King' by CBC News...
"They are known as the "ancient" Sea Kings, the "geriatric" Sea Kings, the "venerable" Sea Kings. They have been called "flying coffins." Purchased with considerable fanfare by the federal government in 1963, when they turned heads with their impressive exploits, the Sea Kings are now a sick, aging fleet, with pieces literally falling out of the skies. Canada bought 41 of the single-rotor Sea Kings, technically known as the Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King. Twenty-eight of them remain in service, and those still flying are often hit by flameouts, engine stalls, generator failures and gearbox problems. Pilots have died flying them, falling into oceans, crashing into muskeg – more so the older they get."
Let's just say that when they do a fly over during special occasions, spectators have an ingrained habit of cringing and searching out the nearest shelter :D
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Do you remenber Capt. B-Fart and who he played with? I 'll give you a hint: Don't eat yellow snow and don't go where the Huskies go! That's from my husband. He's rain man with music! ;D
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Another quiz question. Who did the "Nice: turnout to be?
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Do you remenber Capt. B-Fart and who he played with? I 'll give you a hint: Don't eat yellow snow and don't go where the Huskies go! That's from my husband. He's rain man with music! ;D
...Zappa...my favourite of Zappa is Hot Rats...Hot zitz, Hot,tits,...and Peaches en regalia...and from the Capt...Moonbeams & bluejeans,,...the Capt & Frank had a love/hate relationship that spanned their whole lives..they were together...then they,d split then they,d get back together....and did you know that there is a statue of Zappa in Vilnius in Lithuania...see link....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/may/09/news
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Another quiz question. Who did the "Nice: turnout to be?
The Nice....favourite piece ..The Karelia Suite....
later known as ELP....Tarkus.....P ictures at an Exhibition....great ....
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That is pretty fancy talking to get that built. It's to funny. Who would have thought Zappa fans there! He was a genius, "My neighbor practices in his garage with his band, his name is Joe, and they only know one song".
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My husband still has every album.
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...And it comes back to collectibles again.
If your husband still has the Verve label Mothers albums, those are woth quite a pretty penny. $50.00 apiece and more, even back in the 80s.
Other names for the Starfighter....Wido wmaker and Jinx Jet. Bad news!
Captain Beefheart, RIP. A true American genius! "A squid eating dough out of a polyethelene bag is fast and bulbous....got me?"
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It took me a little while to get into the Capt,.....but once i understood him...he was another that never left....as far as value for progressive rock album covers...the best known album artists were Roger Dean.and Psygnosis.......jus t found this...and its now become top of my most wanted list....check this box set out....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_Fairy_Tales:_The_Progressive_Ro ck_Era
Greenacres can your Rainman of a hubby ...remember the Pink Fairies....Never,Never,Land....&
these lyrics.... I,m a little Pimp with my hair gassed back,
Pair a khaki pants with my shoe shined black! ;D
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Hmmm, that link came back as a "Bad Title."
Heck yeah, Hipgnosis and Roger Dean = best covers of the 70s, or any era really.
I had the original foldout cover of 'Never Never Land.' Such a great album. Twink claimed it as the first space rock album; don't know about that. "Uncle Harry's Last Freakout" - a classic tune!
Oh, and the lyrics? 'Willie the Pimp' from Zappa's 'Hot Rats.' Still probably his best album. I saw him do 'Peaches in Regalia.'
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I'll have to ask him.
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Hmmm, that link came back as a "Bad Title."
Heck yeah, Hipgnosis and Roger Dean = best covers of the 70s, or any era really.
I had the original foldout cover of 'Never Never Land.' Such a great album. Twink claimed it as the first space rock album; don't know about that. "Uncle Harry's Last Freakout" - a classic tune!
Oh, and the lyrics? 'Willie the Pimp' from Zappa's 'Hot Rats.' Still probably his best album. I saw him do 'Peaches in Regalia.'
Roger Dean was,nt part of the Hip,team....his was Psygnosis....and the bad link was me,not knowing what i was doing see new link....then scroll down to 1996 ...supernatural fairy tales....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Dean_%28artist%29
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Uncle harry,s last Freakout is on Never ,Never Land..the sleave cover i have shows 4 fairies sitting on the moon and when the inner sleave is moved..the joints in their hand move as well..another great track is..."The Dream is just begining".....manic music i call it....I saw them in London....the did an impromptu free,gig on the back of an artic flatbed.truck on a Saturday afternoon...under the North circular motorway near Ladbrook Grove Tube station...and Black Cannabis was only £5 per 1/2oz....and beer was 8pts for a £1...those were the days.....
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Yeah, the original "Never Never Land" cover was a foldout inside a plastic sleeve; very had to come by now.
Evidently those early Fairies shows were The Bomb!! I wish I had been around at that place and time. Ladbroke Grove! Friendz magazine! UP the Pinks!
Psygnosis was the software company that began in 1985. Dean did some of the artwork for the games. The classic Dean covers predated that, of course. And yes, I realize that Dean was not part of Hipgnosis, which included Peter Christopherson and, I think, Storm Thorgenson.
Yeah Friendz...and the Freak Brothers...stoned.. .reading them, then there was Up in Smoke with Cheech & Chong...and Murray Roman..... ;D
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The dream is just beginning...
we're winning, we're winning.....
DREAM!!!!
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Errr, that was actually me, not my wife... :-[