Bobberman
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"Wow!" Thanks for sharing those pics i always wondered about the mural of records on the "Rise" cover since i was 12 ( when the album was released originally) the images really inspired me all these years.Here's a shot looking east across the intersection of LaBrea and DeLongpre, from a higher vantage point, that gives a better view of the soundstage and what great work it was: http://prairieprince.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/murals_12_original.jpg
Looking at this shot, it's clear I mis-remembered what the DeLongpre side of the soundstage looked like. Herb couldn't have been on the sidewalk to get the wall we see behind him on the RISE cover. He must have been inside the gates on another side of the soundstage.
By the way, Jim Henson Productions isn't to blame for painting over the mural. An interview with Jerry Moss says after he and Herb sold A&M to Polygram, the new owners painted over the mural the week he and Herb left the lot. The upside: That means the mural lasted 15 years, which in L.A. is saying something.
So which came first, the flying records on the outside of the soundstage or the flying records on the A&M inner sleeve? http://66.media.tumblr.com/6fe778cfc944067ae996666544ccc9dc/tumblr_n6tjf2fj8D1sgqq41o1_1280.jpg
The two members of the Tubes, Prairie Prince and Mike Cotten, also painted this mural on the famous Cliff House restaurant in San Francisco back in the 1970s. It's also long gone, and if I recall correctly, didn't last as long as the A&M mural:
http://prairieprince.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cliffhousepic.jpg