#Barney Bubbles Art

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A DOWNED ALIEN SPACECRAFT IN A LAKE OF MIST: SCI-FI ART IN THE SUPER-SEVENTIES.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a HAWKWIND poster design for the band's fourth studio album, "Hall of the Mountain Grill," released by United Artists in. September 1974. Artwork by Barney Bubbles.

"Before his celebrated designs for Stiff, Radar et al, Barney Bubbles created a spectacular body of work for Hawkwind. The band's manager Doug Smith has called Bubbles 'the most important artist of our generation' for the visual identity he created for artists, whereas Peter Saville has simply said "Barney Bubbles should be canonised.""

-- ROCK-EXPLOSION (Classic original rock and pop posters)

Source: www.rock-explosion.com/catpage6.html.

[undergroundrockpress]

Art by Barney Bubbles - 1972.

[thepastprotracted]

[arlequinelunaire]

Inktober Day Nineteen: Okay, this is gonna take some explaining. There's this Jack Vance story called The Dragon Masters with a character called Ervis Carcolo, who a reviewer misspelled as Ervis Corcello. Naturally I had to make a spoof album cover, going with Get Happy since Carcolo rules over an area called Happy Valley.

The character here actually isn't Carcolo though, but one of the greph or alien dragons, as I thought they'd be more fun to draw

[albumcoverhalloffame]

Album Cover Hall of Fame News Update and Link Summary for September, 2023

Here's the new ACHOF News Update and Link Summary for September 1, 2023 - lots to see and learn about, so please share this with everyone you think might enjoy this - thanks for your attention!

Posted September 1, 2023 by Mike Goldstein, AlbumCoverHallofFame.com Since I know that most of you are eager to get outside to enjoy the waning days of Summer (unless you’re suffering through heat troughs, the floods/flying debris of a hurricane or the smoke and ashes of a local forest fire), I’ll keep this month’s intro short and sweet. If you haven’t seen it already, I invite you all to read…

[wscranmore]

Working on graphics ideas that could be used for album covers or bills. This has a bit of a retro vibe, dare I say a little Barney Bubbles influence?

might make some prints of it.

[scary-monsters]

🤡🎢 for the ask game! (Love your stuff btw!)

WAHHH thank you that's so sweet.. love yours as well!! 😭🙏🏻

🤡 What sketch or detail in an image have you drawn that made you laugh?

the majority of my art unfortunately lacks humor, i think, but i will say drawing barney for this meme had me dying 💀 also on the rare instances that i'm streaming art on discord i've been known to draw random stupid things that eventually get erased. this diego had a thought bubble with a corndog in it for the duration of the time i spent working on him on stream LMAO, but it had me and my friends laughing the whole time 🧡

🎢 Which of your images would you call your wildest ride?

ANYTHING with a background 😭 for me backgrounds always feel like i'm going in blind and tossing a million different brushes and colors at the canvas and hoping something sticks/makes sense. this diego and silver bullet piece was very relaxing but also truly felt like i was just trying random things until it worked out. also my leyendecker study was a wild ride in the sense that i was trying almost entirely new methods/brushes, but i learned a lot in the process, which was good!

send me fanartist emoji asks!

[mrdirtybear]

'Self portrait in the garden' a photograph taken by Mr Dirty Bear himself summer 2023. I was always steered away from art when I was young, when self evidently self expression was only for the wealthy. But I found a ready made art gallery in the record cover design of the albums I bought from 1978 onwards. The aesthetic of all those 1970s record covers made by Hipgnosis and Barney Bubbles among others, along with the music which became a world in itself. I knew that the dislocating surrealism of those album covers would reappear within me somewhere. Digital photography is now a cheap and open space within which to experiment, a safe place to fail and a grand place to succeed in, whatever success means.

[k00300193]

Graphic Design Communication

Artist Research

Barney Bubbles (1942 - 1983)

Barney Bubbles was a British Graphic Designer known for his innovative and influential work in the music industry during the 1960's and 1970's.

His design style was characterized by bold typography, vibrant colours, and eclectic imagery often incorporating elements of surrealism, pop art and DIY aesthetics. His most notable works are album covers for bands such as Hawkwind, Elvis Costello and The Attractions and the punk band The Damned.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A SPACE ROCKIN' GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL -- HAWKLORDS ON TOUR IN '74.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a HAWKWIND "Hall of the Mountain Grill" Tour programme, c. 1974. Cover artwork by Barney Bubbles (1942-1983).

Source: www.scribd.com/document/15881122/Hawkwind-1975-tour-mag.

[artfromthefuture]

Barney Bubbles art

Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, 1978. (45 RPM)

[my-timing-is-digital]

BEST FRIEND OUT OF THE BOX

This AU is based on the latest 20th Century Fox film Ron's Gone Wrong, a film about a friendless boy, Barney Pudowski, who finally experiences friendship through his "defective" B-Bot, Ron (it's a superb film with a powerful message; I highly recommend). However, I tweaked my AU a bit so that it could fit the Trek verse, although it doesn't necessarily have to be situated in the Trek verse, but I'm lazy, so I just used the information that is already readily available to me.

Somewhere in the future, there are two humongous and successful tech giants that both produce artificial beings for the sole purpose of entertaining and helping humans (aka simplifying life). You've got B-Bots: small, capsule-esque robots that are specifically designed for children and are basically talking iPads on wheels. And you've got the A500 synths, which are primarily purchased by adults, because they are useful for assisting with chores, groceries, and other domestic activities. And then, there's this small, independent company that is, financially, holding on by a thread, and desperately tries to sell (and the purchases are very sporadic, almost rare) Soong-type androids. The Soong-type androids are the precursors of the A500 synthetics, because the CEO, Bruce Maddox, appropriated the blueprints from Noonian Soong, and was considerably faster in the production of his androids than Soong. Furthermore, Maddox was subsidised by the government, while Soong was shunned and declared a senile scientist with delusions of grandeur.

However, just like the present, in the future, there will be various segments denoting one's wealth, and those who can afford the more expensive B-Bots, or the even more expensive A500s, ridicule and humiliate those who cannot afford this particular state-of-the-art technology. After being the centre of derision for the gazillionth time, the recipient of the humiliation decides to get themselves either a B-Bot or A500 synth. Unfortunately, but not entirely unanticipated, they discover that the costs of high-tech robots and androids far transcend the amount of money they have in their bank account. And when the shop assistant working for either one of the firms casually drops the suggestion that they should try Soong's androids, they travel to the other side of the country. They eventually end up purchasing one of his androids, either because they're really desperate and want people to stop judging them for something they don't own, or because they pity the cyberneticist.

To be honest, it doesn't matter, because soon, they will come to the realisation that befriending a Soong-type android is so much better than owning a mass-produced item everybody has. And sure, the Soong-type android does not have access to the Bubble Network and thousandth of applications, they aren't rigged out with the latest technological advancements and the sterile professionalism of the A500s. But the android is friendly, polite, intrinsically curious, prone to babble a lot (he has access to an infinite database and loves to talk). He is intelligent, obliging, creative, good with pets, eager to participate in (recreational) activities his owner enjoys to submerge themselves into, and above all, his ultimate objective is to become the best friend you have ever had.

Naturally, he can only develop and become proficient at the majority of the aforementioned traits and skills if he is granted the opportunity to explore them. He's a quick learner and a bit quirky, but he will always be there for you! He'll show you that less expensive doesn't always equals bad quality, because in the end it's the fun you had with him and the memories you made that count.

And there will probably be an A500 malfunction, to spice the AU up a bit (and to stay true to their tragic story arc). :)

[bigmacdaddio]

April 17, 1970 – Brinsley Schwarz: Brinsley Schwarz is released.

Brinsley Schwarz is the eponymous debut album by Brinsley Schwarz, released on this date in April 1970.The cover was designed by Barney Bubbles for his short-lived graphic art company "Teenburger Designs".  This group was an important part of the 'pub-rock' phenomenon in Britain in the seventies - Andrews, Lowe and Schwarz had all previously been with Kippington Lodge, a harmony band that Mark Wirtz had signed up to EMI's Parlophone label in the mid-sixties. As is well known now the band were subjected to one of the biggest hypes in rock history - a planeload of music journalists were flown across the Atlantic to see their debut at New York's Fillmore East, but were unimpressed with the then unknown band. The inevitable press slagging did the band irreparable damage, although their debut album, an amalgam of 'heavy' blues and harmony folk-rock, had its moments.

REVIEW - by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusicBrinsley Schwarz's eponymous debut is the stuff of rock legend because it is the punch line to a great story. It arrived after a disastrous publicity blitz, where the band's management arranged for prominent British journalists to cross the ocean to hear the Brinsleys' showcase performance at the Fillmore East. In a series of mishaps that would shame Spinal Tap, the band arrived in New York hours before their show and the journalists, who dipped heavily into the courtesy bar when their plane nearly crashed, arrived minutes before the concert. The press was underwhelmed to say the least and savaged the band and the record. Listening to Brinsley Schwarz, it's easy to see why they weren't turned on by the Brinsleys: this is a bizarre, naïve blend of Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dylan & the Band, and Buffalo Springfield, with a heavy dose of early Yes. It's filled with awkward steps and bad judgments, fueled by the group's romanticized view of Californian hippies. Consequently, it's hard not to cringe or chuckle by their hippie affectations, whether it's the lyrics ("she was my lady/had no plans to make her my wife") or the a cappella folk-rock harmonies that come out of nowhere on "Lady Constant" (it doesn't help that they sing "colored serpent coiled around your waist") or the bongo solo that ends "Shining Brightly." But, amidst all this hippie posturing, there some weird touches, like the multi-octave chromatic guitar break on "Hymn to Me" or the heavy prog jam of "What Do You Suggest?" and "Ballad of a Has-Been Beauty Queen" that illustrate how English the Brinsleys still were at this stage. All of this adds up to a debut that's decidedly uneven and unsure, but in retrospect, it's easy for sympathetic listeners to be charmed by their eccentricities.

TRACKS: All songs are written by Nick Lowe except where specified"Hymn to Me" – 4:50 (Lowe/Rankin/Schwarz/Andrews)"Shining Brightly" – 4:20"Rock and Roll Women" – 3:19"Lady Constant" – 7:23"What Do You Suggest?" – 4:47"Mayfly" – 4:37"Ballad of a Has Been Beauty Queen" – 10:26

[undergroundrockpress]

Hawkwind “Love & Peace” poster by Barney Bubbles (1974)

[scary-ivy]

Part 2, with the remaining vinyl! In which a mystery is solved

My Aim Is True doesn't have anything special about it, it's just cool to be able to see the tiny "ELVISISKING" text clearly for once

The back of Imperial Bedroom, featuring this strange little "bed bug" glyph. Sad Barney Bubbles doesn't appear to be credited on the sleeve anywhere on these vinyls. I'm basically just sharing a collection of his art with this series.

Something I found very cool is that the sleeve of Imperial Bedroom includes the lyrics...as one crowed run-on sentence. Fixes the problem of people not being able to understand what the hell Declan is saying half the time while still being stylish.

Trust, with some normal notes. But something on the back cover stood out to me.

Another funny set of band credits, this time almost in the style of a movie. Elvis is credited as "Looking Italian". I had seen fans commenting "still looking Italian" on his videos and such for ages and never knew where that came from or what it meant. I guess it's a reference to this silly album credit, unless the in-jokes goes back even further than that. Mystery solved!

Lovely pink-and-blue version of Almost Blue

"yes Elvis, okay Elvis, no, I never said you'd gone commerical <- Hawaiian <- Big country" I feel like before social media these poor DJs had to use the album notes to get all their Elvis Costello hot takes out there. Prime Kitch, but really country....

King of America with very faded song recommendations

Finally Taking Liberties, which is the most interesting for several reasons

Another cool printed record sleeve, and something very weird going on with the cover. It appears as though someone cut up one copy of the sleeve and taped it over this one in order to make a little "slot" in it. Why? Can anyone who knows more about vinyl/radio station history explain this?

I love this glowing promotional copy on the back, from the days when you had to hype something up on the box to sell it. I don't know if I consider Clowntime Is Over to be "gutty low-down blues", but I appreciate Stranger In the House getting a shout-out. Something about "still in his early 20s, his potential and versatility are practically unlimited" hits funny now. They were so right, and yet the journey was so tumultuous.

"Elvis looks healthier than I've ever seen him" almost made me laugh. The label decends into jokes, thought unfortunately the sticker itself prevents us from seeing "his mother's sox".

That's it for the Elvis Costello/ Elvis Costello and the Attractions vinyls at the radio station. I discovered today that they also have a large collection of Elvis Costello CDs, which I might share later, thought I'm slightly less interested in those. There's just something about vinyl, y'know?

I found my radio station's collection of old Elvis Costello and the Attractions records and I'm going to share pictures of them because there's so many cool details

First up, Goodbye Cruel World

The radio station uses these stickers to highlight recommend songs, but the DJs love to put in funny little comments as well. Usually these stickers are written on right when the album came out, so they provide a snapshot into what contemporary listeners though of the records. Apparently the DJs of the time liked Goodbye Cruel World, but what does (Don't Ya Wish He Really Meant It?) mean?

Having only seen this album cover at really low resolutions on streaming, I was surprised to discover who those indistinct figures were

Really cool art on the back of Goodbye Cruel World, once again we never get to see this stuff with streaming :/ love the blatant political message of "nuclear ban now"

Lots of weird little in-jokes in the credits to this one. Maurice Worm is one of Steve Nieve's aliases.

Really interesting radio promo copy of Spike featuring an hour-long interview, I have to check if it's been uploaded online before. It also promises "This Town (The Bastard Mix)", which might be the censored version of This Town where "bastard" was replaced with "sweetheart" that I was looking for online but couldn't find. Or maybe it's the other way around?

Recommend songs off Punch the Clock. I'm surprised because none of these are what I would consider the "big hits" of the album.

The back of Punch the Clock. I'm noticing the other Attractions often wind up on the back of these records.

Probably my favorite detail out of everything is the title of "The Invisible Man" being written to look like it's becoming invisible (It's not just faded like Boxing Day above it).

Very green Veronica single. I believe it's just the same version of Veronica on both sides. These weird radio promo vinyls are the ones I'm most excited about because they so rarely see the light of day after their release...I just realized since Paul McCartney was involved with this one I can play it on the Beatles show!

Get Happy!! without the iconic worn-out ring on the cover? I guess the vinyl can just get worn out on it's own...I believe the 7/25/83 might be the date the vinyl was acquired, or perhaps the date it was supposed to be deemed "old" and thrown out (can you imagine?)

The back features this nice art of the Attractions

The song order of side one and side two is reversed from how the album is presented in streaming. Is this an error, or have I been listening to it in the wrong order this whole time??? Also the song is apparently supposed to be called "5ive Gears in Reverse".

Really cute letter from Nick Lowe promising that the audio quality has not been compromised for the length of the album. It's so fascinating to learn about these types of technical limitations that no longer exist. Like if it released today it would just go to streaming and then probably get a double vinyl release to wring more money out of collectors.

The American "paint-splatter" Armed Forces album cover features the Elephant cover on the back. I already knew this but it was still cool to see.

This Years Model! This record features one of the alternate cover photos (probably my favorite one), and it is a genuine demo record complete with a label from Columbia.

They put the runtimes and little recommendation check boxes for the sake of the DJs, but it looks like every song got checked and stared multiple times (except for Little Triggers :/)

Glowing reviews...it's so exciting to imagine being a young DJ in 1978 hearing This Years Model for the first time and correctly calling it a masterpiece.

"Martial more consistent throughout than My Aim Is True" lol.

I can't really read the cursive, but I it's interesting how they called Pump It Up a mixture of old styles (immediately picking up on the Dylan ripoff), and I wonder what the scribbled over parts say?

The back cover, which I'm seeing now for the first time. Love that 70s bedroom.

The Only Flame In Town single has this really striking artwork of a illustrated woman in a real scene. It's dated 12/4/84.

Pump It Up version? I'll have to listen to it. Also glad someone else loves this version of Baby It's You.

Nothing interesting here I just think it's funny they decided The Only Flame In Town deserves to be on a greatest hits compilation.

A collection of Almost Blue era songs, including a note from Elvis.

That's all I was able to photograph this week, but there's still about 5 Elvis Costello /the Attractions records I haven't looked at yet, I will update this next week!

[hellohaters]

Barney Bubbles