thetijuanataxi
Well-Known Member
Can anyone tell me why there is such a range of different colors, shades, tints and gloss on different copies of the GP album jacket. The one I remember most vividly throughout my childhood had a sky or medium blue background like the sky on a sunny cloud free afternoon, vibrant red and green on the Mexican flag and the letters were so vivid that they would appear to be bouncing on the jacket if you moved it back and forth, while Herb's face was shaded to make him look Mexican. I have in the last few years aquired around 10 sealed, mint condition copies of the album, trying to find one like that. But EVERY copy I have and have come across sealed/mint and these are standard issue USA 60s pressings, not record club, has had either very dark, very light (perriwinkle), dull, almost like the album cover is housing a blues album. I have seen at least 5 or 6 differnt shades/ hues of the blue background on different jackets. Some look as if the shot was taken at twilight and Herb looks more black than mexican. Little if any vibrance to the colors. The only copies I have found that have the cover as I remember it in the 60's colorwise are used, open copies that have worn beyond the level that I want. Why is it so difficult to find the album jacket as I remember it, even sealed/mint? The only other TJB cover that has a similar oddity is THE LONELY BULL. Why is there this difference?
David,
confused
David,
confused