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[ March 03, 2000 ] What's the story behind the cover and overall design? Christer Manning: "I've done art direction on the last three Gov't Mule albums, including last year's 4 CD box set & interactive CD-ROM, so I had a pretty good handle on what they were looking for. For starters, we had a really great photo shoot with Danny Clinch in an old abandoned men's club in downtown Manhattan. He shot on four different floors, each with a very different vibe, but all of which had a kind of faded, tarnished glory. Danny's photos were used for band portraits and some incidentals on the interior of the package.
 Photos by Danny Clinch How did you create the cover image? Rich Borge: "A combination of materials were used, including plexiglass, wire, wood, epoxy, plasticene, paint and a Mac. After the sketches were approved, I built the object (head/driver) and set, then photographed it with a 4x5 camera, scanned the transparencies and worked on it in Photoshop." What's your favorite album cover of all time? CM: "Wow, that's a tough one. If you asked me when I was like, 16, I probably would have said something like ELP's "Tarkus" or anything by Roger Dean." - Contributed by Michael Moses >> Contact Rich Borge on his altpick.com member page >> See other member spotlights on the artist spotlight index >> Find out more on how to become an altpick.com member |
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