Album Cover Photos - Where was that picture taken?

corplhicks wrote:

Interesting. I always though Going for the One was just a collage.

They did move the placement of the buildings around on the cover, but that's the actual location. I went to Century City awhile back, saw the buildings and immediately recognized them from that cover.

The Trinity test conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945, in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, at the new White Sands Proving Ground, which incorporated the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range.

Either hanging on the grandma's fridge or the wall of Miss Magnus' kidnergarden class

Scott is a Count Basie fan....

The Atomic Basie (1958)

S.D. wrote:

Scott is a Count Basie fan....

The Atomic Basie (1958)

Is that photo from the Trinity testing site? It looks like it. What I liked about the Trinity shot was that I saw the face in it without much manipulation.

It could be from the same explosion it's just the Basie photo was taken after the one you used (once the cloud got taller).

Actually, I can contribute something! Just remembered this one:

Led Zepplin's Physical Graffiti:



St. Mark's Place in the New York City borough of Manhattan (buildings 96-98). Many famous retailers and clubs are in the area and the neighborhood was home to many famous people, including one of my favorites-Klaus Nomi (#103).

Just found out about this one. One of my favorite album covers, Alan Parsons Project I Robot, was shot at the Charles DeGaulle Airport in Paris. Some extra tubes were superimposed, though.

 

 
 

 

 
"Six years before he led a mass suicide in Guyana, Jones and his People’s Temple purchased an ornate old church at Hoover and Alvarado streets. The Romanesque landmark was built in 1912 as the First Church of Christ, Scientist and became the Iglesia Adventista Central after Jones’s departure in 1978."

Cool. Never knew the story behind that location. I believe there is a photo of the entire band taken there as well.

kmorg wrote:

Cool. Never knew the story behind that location. I believe there is a photo of the entire band taken there as well.

 
Yea, there is. I actually found out the location from Ult's NLTM site and googled it for the pics....thought it would make a good addition.