You know, when I was googling the images of the cover, I noticed that issue had a different track listing. The "lips" cover included songs with Diane, and the portrait cover was all tracks from the post-Diane years. Maybe they were companion pieces, issued at the same time. It's a little hard to read in these images, but here you go:
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I always loved Jr Walkers "Peace and Understanding" album artwork but didn't realise it was designed by Efrain Wolff who also designed Stevie Wonders "Innervissions" album.
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My favourite Motown cover is Joan Osborne singing "What's Become Of The Broken Hearted" backed by the Funk Brothers
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This is nice [[could lose that chair perhaps)Attachment 13193.....
An example of a perfect album cover design. It's a real eye-pleaser: simple but effective, with a nice balance of bold graphics and on-topic photography. This one shows exactly what you're going to get inside the package: ten items from a soulful menu, all cooked up by the man sitting at the diner counter. There was a nice touch on the back with the addition of the photo showing Junior tuckin' in to his favorite food! The music on 'Home Cookin' is as tasty as the cover, too! No credits listed, but it's got Curtis McNair written all over it.
I forgot until seeing these graphics how early Jr. had recorded "What Does it Take to Win Your Love." Was it the same version as the hit version which came out several years later? What a great song. I always thought it was recorded later when Jr. kind of entered his mellow period with this and other great songs such as "Gotta Hold On to This Feeling" and "These Eyes." I think he was always so underrated, he really deserves a beautiful box set.
I loved the album cover when I first got it, but the more I looked at it, the more I wondered why on earth did they give them paper cups? I get the idea "on the rocks", drinks on ice. So why not give them proper drinking glasses? A small quibble...
Considering their main audience, they could have gone childish and cartoony with this one . Instead Motown honored this collection with a classy respectful presentation.
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This was the first ever Motown album I was bought when I was 10 years old. I studied the cover from back to front and learnt from this that anything written by HDH was going to be a good record. It was from this album that I became and avid Motown fan. All these years later I still treasure this album.
Does anyone know who the illustration of the group was done by and was it ever made available as a print?
I seem to recall that a painting of the group hung in the houses of the three girls when they each located to LA. Was this the picture?
The painting is by Robert Taylor. For the US edition of the album, individual portraits of each girl were included. Not sure if this was done in other countries.
I have seen a photo of Mary posed in front of a painting of the group, but it wasn't this one. I've also seen some other paintings that she has, including one based on Diana's 1985 Essence cover.
Thanks for that reese, I never knew individual portraits were also included in the US version of the album. Just googled the images are they are great. Here in the U.K., the album was only released as a single disc and the individual portraits were not included. I suspect this was the case for the rest of the world.
I don't understand why the album was only issued as a single disc here, it sold really well for years and should have prompted EMI to realease a full 2 disc version.
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If Motown wanted to avoid any suggestion of alcoholic drinks, they should've chose another title for the album besides Soul On The Rocks [[although I noticed that the LP's picture of The Isley's has them sitting on rocks so that's another interpretation of the title Soul On The Rocks).
A nice cover for a UK compilation :
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