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Post by wombat on Mar 21, 2017 21:55:15 GMT
 this looks a lot more natural to me, but, that may just be my old eyes and old monitor you can definitely see the magenta-red spotlight on the side of her face i didnt try to hide that |
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Post by Fafner on Mar 21, 2017 22:01:15 GMT
Yep, yours definitely looks better.
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Post by Liebezeit on Mar 21, 2017 23:50:50 GMT
this looks a lot more natural to me, but, that may just be my old eyes and old monitor you can definitely see the magenta-red spotlight on the side of her face i didnt try to hide that Maybe it could've been the lens filter that caused it to look rather horrific.. Good job cleaning it up, though, I see a bluish backdrop of it (nothing wrong with it) |
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Post by wombat on Mar 22, 2017 12:57:55 GMT
thanks everybody!
I'm not sure what happened on the album sleeve. If the original photo is the one Fafner posted, then for the album sleeve, it was either intentionally altered or there was a printing error.
I'm sure they used those magenta spotlights on the sides to bring out her magenta dyed hair
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Post by Liebezeit on May 11, 2017 4:26:21 GMT
Since it's part of the 'photoshopping' album covers that this topic has covered, I decided to post a bit of a fan-made compilation album cover art to steer away from reworking the original album arts for a while and raise a speculation on how a 'greatest hits' album artwork would look like for any ABBA solo artists :-)  (Obviously fake album cover) |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on May 11, 2017 7:11:40 GMT
Don't forget, there is a different singer called Frida Gold and that might cause controversy.
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Post by Liebezeit on May 11, 2017 12:44:38 GMT
Don't forget, there is a different singer called Frida Gold and that might cause controversy. ...which is why there is an 'Anni-Frid Lyngstad' in the fake 'Gold' album cover. If anything, had Lyngstad trademarked her name 'Frida' for European marketing (Quite possible – in theory, Lyngstad can use 'Frida' for music marketing purpose, in my opinion. But I'm not so sure about the application of practical reality. Since Sweden is part of EU, it's possible she may apply one at the Intellectual Property of E. U. or Switzerland, if she plans a limited release where the Swiss yodelers and climbers can listen to her music. Frida Kahlo's families trademarked 'Frida' and the artist's name for merchandise purpose probably in North America and the rest of the world..) and made it strict like The Beatles would, Alina Süggeler might as well go with 'Alina und die Gold Bergmanne: Original Album Series' 😂   
The center and left image of this gallery is my personal preference, but the right cover may look like Frida Kahlo's estate will threaten to sue UMG for that!  |
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Post by Liebezeit on May 12, 2017 2:10:44 GMT
  I'd rather have this over the gold vinyl reissue of 'ABBA Gold'!  ( Agnetha counterpart of this fan-made 'Gold: Greatest Hits') – yes, the signature is extracted from 'ABBA Oro' |
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Post by Liebezeit on Aug 11, 2017 0:30:29 GMT
 How to fake-make a French single sleeve that never was |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Aug 11, 2017 20:07:13 GMT
How's that a French single?
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Post by Liebezeit on Aug 11, 2017 20:55:20 GMT
How's that a French single? The Frida-Warner single sleeve is nothing at all; it doesn't exist in this universe, but it has, now that I've done a mockup of it. BUT: Continuous research of Warner Bros. Records's distribution in France via discogs. In the example of the design, the custom words vary by artists, and a Warner stamp and catalogue number is ordinarily placed in the corners that don't affect the artistic image heavily. Warner's France division has 5 characters of catalogue numbers. Example/inspiration: www.discogs.com/sell/item/162004004 |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Aug 12, 2017 18:33:23 GMT
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Post by Liebezeit on Aug 12, 2017 19:00:47 GMT
Nice sneak peak advertisement mockup, Alex! Fact correction: Frida has been with EMI for four and a half, or five years, from 1967-1972. "Fem år med Frida" or "Fyra år med Frida" would do so be accurate for someone who isn't too imaginative. (not me) (end fact correction) But it's interesting that what if Frida was under EMI as a solo act... for long years like Agnetha? (Would she start writing songs late or, start to sing in English without ABBA's input?) _ Leaving my opinion split from the fact I'm presenting; In my opinion, had she stayed with EMI for 10 years, she would've suddenly retired from music business and disappear into obscurity... which is why Benny was instrumental in introducing her to post-Beatles influenced popular music, and improve her mental health, I believe. She would be better off with RCA or Warner than EMI, lol |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Aug 12, 2017 19:40:54 GMT
I'll just use EMI... I don't care about it much.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Aug 30, 2017 12:13:34 GMT
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Post by Liebezeit on Oct 25, 2017 3:48:01 GMT
(fake album cover, fake concept... but well worth trying!) 1. Man Vill Ju Leva Lite Dessemellan (instrumental backing) 2. Studio dialogue 3. Same #1 (take whatever, like 6 or 7) 4. same song, different take that resembles a final version 5. Same #1, vocal track only 6. Ska Man Skratta Eller Gråta (false start) 7. Chapel of Love (demo) 8. Gonna Sing You My Love Song (demo) 9. A Day in the Life (with Svensk-text) 10. "Frida laughs, some guitarist plays a little solo" 11. Studio dialogue 12-24 contains either a rough mix and outtakes of "Frida ensam" or a Frida-only vocals track from selected ABBA songs. 25. S.O.S. sung in E flat, as a silly banter 26. Fernando (vocal track) 27. Fernando (instrumental) 28. Acoustic guitar string breaks in Fernando 29. Ett liv i solen (vocals track) 30. Studio dialogue, the making of the backwards piano effects 31. Med Lite Hjälp Av Musik 32. Då Vaknar Alla Gamla Minnen 33. Tango i det gröna 34. The Winner Takes It All (Once again a banter by Frida) That concludes CD 1 & 2 of the Polar Sessions... |
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Mar 28, 2020 23:35:53 GMT
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Post by HOMETIME on Mar 31, 2020 11:12:05 GMT
I really love those! It's great that you used a non-smiley photo for IKTSGO: for some reason, ABBA had a habit of using happy, grinning photos to front heartbreak songs (I'm thinking of the sleeves for TWTIA and TDBYC as examples). Maybe I'm over-thinking it, but I prefer when the sleeve reflects the mood of the A-side.
I particularly like the idea on an EP from the Shine sessions. It seems there was a new version of Shine recorded for the US market (because Atlantic had rejected the European version). I presume it, too, was rejected, as it never saw the light of day. Imagine an EP that gathered this new version with the unreleased songs: Shine [US recording]/When Love Turns To Lies/You Can't Be Serious/I'm One Of God's Children.
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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Jan 24, 2021 21:03:17 GMT
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