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Tad 8 way santa11/23/2023 Reflecting the innuendo-laden title, the image featured a close-up of a jeans-clad male crotch – and the original vinyl pressing even featured a working zipper. The legendary Andy Warhol had a hand in conceiving the artwork for the Stones’ formidable Sticky Fingers. The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (1971) For the US edition of Blind Faith, the image was replaced with a photo of the band. Photographer Bob Seidemann’s cover image of a topless pubescent girl holding a car hood ornament was intended to symbolize the achievement of human creativity in the summer that man walked on the moon, but it caused a furor instead. Initially, the album came out in an almost plain white sleeve designed like an invitation card. The original “banned” sleeve The Rolling Stones submitted for their classic Beggars Banquet album featured a sleazy-looking bathroom wall covered in graffiti and was rejected by their record label. The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet (1968) Only 5,000 copies were originally pressed in the UK. Predictably, the resulting artwork provoked outrage, prompting distributors to sell the album in a plain brown wrapper. The sleeve for John and Yoko’s avant-garde classic was shot using a time-delay camera allowing them to take nude photographs of themselves. John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (1968) It was changed when Hendrix himself expressed displeasure. The original UK edition of Jimi’s landmark, Billboard chart-topping third album originally appeared sporting a contentious sleeve featuring 19 nude women. The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (1968) Capitol retrieved over 50,000 copies of the original cover from uneasy retailers. Intended as pop art satire, the artwork was quickly rehoused in an inoffensive replacement sleeve and topped the Billboard charts. The Beatles: Yesterday And Today (1966)Ī far cry from the Mamas and the Papas “indecent” album cover for If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, which seemed to generate controversy because a bathroom had a toilet in it, this Beatles compilation album featured a bizarre sleeve shot of the Fab Four clad in butcher’s coats, draped in slabs of meat and dismembered doll parts. uDiscover Music investigates the most controversial album covers of all time. However, while all manner of excess-fuelled misadventures feed the media machine in the short term, a provocatively-designed record sleeve can make the most lasting impact when it comes to riling the moral majority – and lasting notoriety is especially assured if the album cover gets banned. It is important to note the contributions of both Thorstensen and early drummer Steve Wied, who were a part of the TAD legacy in some of the songs represented here.Ever since Elvis Presley first shook his hips, controversy has dogged rock’n’roll’s every move. This recording will leave you with a sense of the substantially massive sonic foot-print the band left in it’s wake that still ripples and quakes the core of heavy music today. The live set was an aggregation of the band's career up to the point in time of this 16 track to tape recording. After the departure of guitarist Gary Thorstensen and the release of Infrared Riding Hood, Tad, Kurt and drummer Josh Sinder are chronicled as a three piece that brought forth a powerfully dense sound and feel. “QUICK” showcases songwriting that raised the bar musically and lyrically with increasing depth and meaning, yet unmistakably TAD in character, delivery and punch.ĭIRTY side: Live at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle 1995. The songs are yet another distinctive direction that the band blazed into. This is the last incarnation of the band, a three piece consisting of original members Tad Doyle and Kurt Danielson with addition of new drummer Mike Mongrain. These songs were never before released until now. QUICK side: Studio recordings from sessions at two different studios, Jupiter Studios with Martin Feveryear, and Zachary Landsdowne at Electric Eel, both in Seattle in 1999. Tad Doyle's infamous in between song banter is full of humor. A musical machine that spawned many imitators and garnered many loyal and devoted fans. This is the band in all of their uncompromising heaviness. The songs span the career of the band from God's Balls through Infrared Riding Hood. “Live recording of the legendary band TAD captured on 2 inch analog tape in Seattle in 1995. Limited to 900 copies US and 100 copies Canada. TAD Quick and Dirty vinyl available exclusively at independent records stores for Record Store Day.
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