Ohhhhhh, I had no idea that it was an origial piece of art! very cool.
The "testify" thing didn't really make any sense then, and it makes the Couldn't Have Said It Better cover make alot more sense -- and it's very clever too.
(as for those WTTN pictures, yeah they're cool. And given the famous nature of the the images you see them in the backgrounds/ sets of all sorts of movies and TV shows things as well).
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> This is actually a piece of art "Thar she blows!" by Gil
> Elvgren, 1932. You can see why the album was tentatively
> called "Fun House" when it was announced ;-) LOL
>
> As far as I know, this was never used for the album. It's
> a picture of the original artwork
>
> Also, if you're a fan of WTTN, you might recognize these:
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> src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/rockfenris2005/os.jpg">
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> src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/rockfenris2005/hotcargirl.jpg">
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>
> > Holy shit?
> >
> > I never saw these at time time!! The first artwork for the
> > album I ever saw was for testify. It was called Fun House
> > before it was called testify, so the artwork STARTED red
> > with 3 dimensional, brightly coloured "building block"
> > letters behind the chick as FUNHOUSE.
> >
> > THEN went subdued, earthy orange and simplified as
> > TESTIFY..
> >
> > THEN went BACK to bright red/blue with building block
> > letters behind the chick as CHSIB.
> >
> > I must say, The CHSIB front cover is the best. I really
> > like it. However, I can't help but think that everythign
> > else about CHSIB had too long to stew in its own juices.
> > The whole thing is overcooked, it needs less gimmick and
> > mroe songs. Desadent Wish should never have been dropped,
> > Mercury Blues should ahve been in the tracklist and man of
> > Steel / Testify / Tear Me Down should have been tightened
> > right up.
> >
> > And Do It! relegated to B-side. And The intermezzo axed.
> >
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