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RockitRon
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:44 am Post subject: Classic Album Stamps |
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(With apologies to the Dark Lord for nicking his thread)
Royal Mail has issued a series of special stamps depicting classic British pop and rock album covers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8444156.stm
Pink Floyd - Division Bell
Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Blur - Parklife
New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Clash - London Calling
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Led Zeppelin - IV
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Interestingly, they've picked abstract covers, only Bowie's shows the artist/s themselves. Nothing by Sir Elton John either.
I would have liked to have seen 10CC's Original Soundtrack, or Cat Stevens' Tea For The Tillerman, or, to cover the folk angle (and quite appropriately for the purpose) Steeleye Span's Parcel of Rogues. Perhaps too much to expect them to include Boxer's Below The Belt, though
Which favourite album of yours would you have liked to have seen included? _________________ Ron |
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essexlady
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 348 Location: Essex
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Pink Moon by Nick Drake has a cover that would fit with the abstract theme of this series of stamps. I'm surprised that Sgt. Pepper isn't included. |
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RockitRon
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essexlady
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:07 am Post subject: |
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Thank you Ron - that explains it |
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Briant
Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 964 Location: Liverpool England UK
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:30 pm Post subject: The Philately Brothers..... |
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I've got several USA Elvis 29cents stamps (unused) with The King holding a fifties microphone. I think the public were asked to vote for the image they liked best and this one was chosen over the Las Vegas Elvis and other possible choices. One funny thing I heard was that people were deliberately putting fictitious addresses on letters so that they would be stamped as undeliverable with those famous words 'Return to sender!' |
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Briant
Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 964 Location: Liverpool England UK
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Elvis would be 75 if he were alive today! Lee Van Cleef, the Western film 'baddie''s birthdate is tomorrow Jan 9th. Lee would be 85!
The song by Guy Clark 'Desperadoes waiting for a train' always reminds me of Lee Van Cleef in 'High Noon.' Lee was the first actor to be seen in this classic Western. He had no dialogue in the film either, but played the harmonica in many scenes. Originally, Lee was up for the part of the deputy played by Lloyd Bridges, but the director didn't like his beaked profile! This was one of his best features in being a convincing villain I think. He was a musician too and played several instruments and wrote a few songs for his later roles in Spaghetti Westerns. |
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Toggy
Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 1239
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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These stamps are really rather nice, I particularly like the tubular bells one. |
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Shaky Fan
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 628
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Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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The Beatles stamps were issued 3 years ago - 9th January 2007! Here's how they look on the first day cover...
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Briant
Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 964 Location: Liverpool England UK
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Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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I've got those Beatles stamps too, unstamped! Can I still use them? |
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littlepieces
Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1098 Location: Lowestoft
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:45 am Post subject: |
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What about dark side of the moon by pink floyd? _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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Toggy
Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 1239
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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They have the Division Bell by Floyd instead. |
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