HW: Yule Ritual Cover Art

[John Majka]

Yes I would have to agree that the cover of "Yule Ritual" is probably the
worst HW cover in the entire catalog.  After all those absolutely stunningly
beautiful submissions of art for the Astoria show (as seen on the Mission
Control website), you would think Hawkwind would have had no problem getting
something beautiful and psychedelic for the albums's sleeve... but it's not
to be!

After getting the album, I have to say that honestly I'm a lot less
impressed with "Yule Ritual" than I am with the shows of the new lineup.
The tapes of Canterbury are fantastic!  I am more excited about Hawkwind's
current state than I've been in a while.  They are really sounding
awe-inspiring right now!  Incidentally, does anyone have a good tape or CDR
of the Royal Festival Hall show for trade?  I have a bootleg list at
http://www.nlci.com/users/flossbac/tapes.html
 and there are a few shows I haven't added yet, like the Canterbury one.

John Majka
jmajka2 at home.com



> I must say that the front cover of Yule is pretty bad in its overall
finish.
>  The graphics are so 'choppy' it looks like it was knocked up on an old
> sinclair ZX spectrum computer from the 80's (or someting like that).
>
> Personally I'd like to see the cover art on future HW albums adopting a
> more modern look.
> The Epoch Eclipse cover sets a really good example and (to the unitiated)
> helps project the band (and enclosed music) in a more contemporary light.
> I think it's worth acknowledging that it's not just 'crusty ole hippies'
> that purchase HW albums.
>
> When I was a teenager....(many years ago)...it was not unusual for the
> cover art on an album to attract me to the musical contents of a
particular
> artist.
> I'm not sure the cover of 'Yule' does the contents justice at all.
> Anyone else have any feelings on this?
>
> mel