Chris
Well-Known Member
Ah, the ever going mystery of what her solo album cover really was! I wish we could get definitive answers and the story from those that worked at A&M and designed it at the time, but I have some further info.
I was lucky enough to get the album cover proof that came up on ebay a while back. It actually looks better in person than it does in the photos of it we've seen online. Even though there is the artistic treatment over her image, there is a bit more detail in her face than what showed up on the CD cover in '96.
I did some research and found that Chuck Beeson was the designer of the album cover and it does appear that this was indeed the intended final cover. Chuck designed many covers through the years and was given a plaque to celebrate his 30th year at A&M a few years ago. It's pictured below. You can see the many album covers he did. Look on the second row of albums, the fourth one from the left is Karen's solo cover:
Harry made a good point that the design and colors reflect what some other album covers looked like at the time. I think that the colors and style of Karen's name even hints at what was to come in the early 80's with its graphic look and peachy pink color on the grayish background.
Here are a couple of photos I snapped of the LP cover proof. Hopefully from these you can get a better idea of what it looks like compared to the other pictures we've seen so far.
I was lucky enough to get the album cover proof that came up on ebay a while back. It actually looks better in person than it does in the photos of it we've seen online. Even though there is the artistic treatment over her image, there is a bit more detail in her face than what showed up on the CD cover in '96.
I did some research and found that Chuck Beeson was the designer of the album cover and it does appear that this was indeed the intended final cover. Chuck designed many covers through the years and was given a plaque to celebrate his 30th year at A&M a few years ago. It's pictured below. You can see the many album covers he did. Look on the second row of albums, the fourth one from the left is Karen's solo cover:
Harry made a good point that the design and colors reflect what some other album covers looked like at the time. I think that the colors and style of Karen's name even hints at what was to come in the early 80's with its graphic look and peachy pink color on the grayish background.
Here are a couple of photos I snapped of the LP cover proof. Hopefully from these you can get a better idea of what it looks like compared to the other pictures we've seen so far.