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I added a partial list of works using http://www.sound.jp/hipgnosis/yapwall/yhip.html as a reference, not truly authoritative but much better than the zilch that was here before. We need:
Hipgnosis worked with some of the biggest bands of the 70's - at a time when "The Album" on the whole had a meaning. They deserve a well researched entry.
I just added the Godley & Creme album Freeze Frame, which came out in 1979. This is definitely a Hipgnosis cover; it makes me suspicious that J Geils Band's album of the name is also credited to Hipgnosis. Grimhim 01:20, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
People keep trying to make "Richard Evans" into a link. The rule is that we never link to a disambiguation page because following that link does not give us any useful information about the person - only a list of other people of that name. Until this Richard Evans gets his own article, please stop linking it. - Freekee 16:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
i'd like to request a clean-up of the list of work they have done. i think all albums by one band should be grouped together as opposed to scattered, e.g. the led zeppelin albums. can someone please arrange them in alphabetical order by BAND not by title of album.
thanks. --
Flvg94 22:44, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I removed the fair-use warning boilerplate text from this talk page, as it is no longer relevant, since the images were deleted. - Freekee 20:59, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
What genius removed the images from this article? Hipgnosis was a graphic design outfit: To strip this article of examples of their work—some of which were iconic and thus notable—is to essentially gut the article. -- TallulahBelle 02:02, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
I read up on the issue of fair use—you do not have to have extensive commentary in the caption under the image for it to be fair use. The image's mere inclusion in the specific article (together with a basic label describing what it is and its relationship to the article id est "The cover of Dark Side of the Moon, one of Hipgnosis' most famous covers") is enough to indicate that the article itself is a commentary on the image.
Moe seems to be carrying fair-use to an extreme that detracts from the very rationale of the fair use concept. Under Moe's conception of it, what would constitute fair use? -- TallulahBelle 19:05, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
It states that Hipgnosis disbanded in 1983 and Storm Thorgerson went solo from then on. If that's the case why on earth are there album covers listed on Hipgnosis' page that exceed the date of the disbandment? All off those covers and extensively covered (with better formatting) in the Storm Thorgerson page, I struggle to see why covers that Hipgnosis had nothing to do with are listed here. Pinothyj ( talk) 13:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Image has a fair use tag for the 10cc album, but not for this article. I don't know if the Hipgnosis article can justify fair use of the album image, but if you can see a way how, then please add (not substitute) a fair use tag at the image page for this article. Thanks. Grimhim ( talk) 05:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
There's a short list in the opening paragraph. Hipgnosis... specialized in creating cover art for... most notably Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, and 10cc. Please, can we keep this from becoming a list of "my favorite bands"? Sometimes it seems like every kid who reads this, whose favorite band has a cover by Hipgnosis, adds that band to the list. Let's keep it short and to the point. I'd like to limit it to the bands with many covers, the most recognizable covers, and the ones that sold a lot of copies. Aside from the above bands, Bad Company and Alan Parsons Project might qualify, but I think four bands is enough. - Freekee ( talk) 02:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Someone recently changed the caption under the DSoM album cover to Probably Hipgnosis' most famous work, the front cover of Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon. The prism suggests the light-shows for which the band's live shows were famous. [1] I've never heard that about the light shows. Can we get a reference/citation for that? - Freekee ( talk) 04:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
The cover art in the discography section of this article is not an allowed usage per WP:Non-free content. Please see Wikipedia:NFC#Images 2. As much as I hate to see them go, them's the rules. - Freekee ( talk) 01:48, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
I'll mention this here simply because hipgnosis is one of the most notable album cover designers: there is no place in the album infobox for the album cover artist. this is to me an oversight. ive mentioned it there, but anyone who cares about giving proper credit to notable cover designers should make a noise about this. We can, of course, add a line in each album article saying "album cover art by Hipgnosis", but adding it to the infobox is also important.(mercurywoodrose) 75.61.136.242 ( talk) 19:07, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
We now have the cover of
Deceptive Bends, one of the uglier, more garish covers they did.
It is also a visual pun on the
Creature from the Black Lagoon. Why do we display a visual pun without saying so?
Therefore, why don't we use an image which 1) is less hideous, and 2) does not require the explanation of its pun + the verifiable source for said explanation?
Varlaam (
talk) 15:26, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
The latest Pink Floyd record, The Endless River, mentions Aubrey Powell, Hipgnosis as Creative Director for the artwork. Has the company been resurrected? Or is this just a friendly nod to the past? Felix Atagong ( talk) 10:03, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
I have a large poster designed by Hipgnosis (with their name in the corner), advertising a gig by Tyrannosaurus Rex at Manchester Free Trade Hall in November 1969. (Good condition, offers welcome!) Nothing seems to be mentioned about poster design in the article. Should it be? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 15:51, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
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An editor recently unlinked many band names in the album cover table. I don't believe this is necessary, and reverted the edit. I believe that the limiting of repeat linking is meant for prose and not lists and tables. In tables, especially sortable tables, people often go directly to certain areas of the tables, skipping over the first appearance of a subject, and may have trouble finding the link. MOS:REPEATLINK states:
On the other hand, it's not too difficult to get to the band's article anyway, however I don't see a problem with having more links than usual, since it's doesn't interfere with reading comprehension since it's a table and not prose. If you disagree, please discuss it here. - Freekee ( talk) 18:49, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
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I added a partial list of works using http://www.sound.jp/hipgnosis/yapwall/yhip.html as a reference, not truly authoritative but much better than the zilch that was here before. We need:
Hipgnosis worked with some of the biggest bands of the 70's - at a time when "The Album" on the whole had a meaning. They deserve a well researched entry.
I just added the Godley & Creme album Freeze Frame, which came out in 1979. This is definitely a Hipgnosis cover; it makes me suspicious that J Geils Band's album of the name is also credited to Hipgnosis. Grimhim 01:20, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
People keep trying to make "Richard Evans" into a link. The rule is that we never link to a disambiguation page because following that link does not give us any useful information about the person - only a list of other people of that name. Until this Richard Evans gets his own article, please stop linking it. - Freekee 16:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
i'd like to request a clean-up of the list of work they have done. i think all albums by one band should be grouped together as opposed to scattered, e.g. the led zeppelin albums. can someone please arrange them in alphabetical order by BAND not by title of album.
thanks. --
Flvg94 22:44, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I removed the fair-use warning boilerplate text from this talk page, as it is no longer relevant, since the images were deleted. - Freekee 20:59, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
What genius removed the images from this article? Hipgnosis was a graphic design outfit: To strip this article of examples of their work—some of which were iconic and thus notable—is to essentially gut the article. -- TallulahBelle 02:02, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
I read up on the issue of fair use—you do not have to have extensive commentary in the caption under the image for it to be fair use. The image's mere inclusion in the specific article (together with a basic label describing what it is and its relationship to the article id est "The cover of Dark Side of the Moon, one of Hipgnosis' most famous covers") is enough to indicate that the article itself is a commentary on the image.
Moe seems to be carrying fair-use to an extreme that detracts from the very rationale of the fair use concept. Under Moe's conception of it, what would constitute fair use? -- TallulahBelle 19:05, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
It states that Hipgnosis disbanded in 1983 and Storm Thorgerson went solo from then on. If that's the case why on earth are there album covers listed on Hipgnosis' page that exceed the date of the disbandment? All off those covers and extensively covered (with better formatting) in the Storm Thorgerson page, I struggle to see why covers that Hipgnosis had nothing to do with are listed here. Pinothyj ( talk) 13:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Image has a fair use tag for the 10cc album, but not for this article. I don't know if the Hipgnosis article can justify fair use of the album image, but if you can see a way how, then please add (not substitute) a fair use tag at the image page for this article. Thanks. Grimhim ( talk) 05:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
There's a short list in the opening paragraph. Hipgnosis... specialized in creating cover art for... most notably Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, and 10cc. Please, can we keep this from becoming a list of "my favorite bands"? Sometimes it seems like every kid who reads this, whose favorite band has a cover by Hipgnosis, adds that band to the list. Let's keep it short and to the point. I'd like to limit it to the bands with many covers, the most recognizable covers, and the ones that sold a lot of copies. Aside from the above bands, Bad Company and Alan Parsons Project might qualify, but I think four bands is enough. - Freekee ( talk) 02:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Someone recently changed the caption under the DSoM album cover to Probably Hipgnosis' most famous work, the front cover of Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon. The prism suggests the light-shows for which the band's live shows were famous. [1] I've never heard that about the light shows. Can we get a reference/citation for that? - Freekee ( talk) 04:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
The cover art in the discography section of this article is not an allowed usage per WP:Non-free content. Please see Wikipedia:NFC#Images 2. As much as I hate to see them go, them's the rules. - Freekee ( talk) 01:48, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
I'll mention this here simply because hipgnosis is one of the most notable album cover designers: there is no place in the album infobox for the album cover artist. this is to me an oversight. ive mentioned it there, but anyone who cares about giving proper credit to notable cover designers should make a noise about this. We can, of course, add a line in each album article saying "album cover art by Hipgnosis", but adding it to the infobox is also important.(mercurywoodrose) 75.61.136.242 ( talk) 19:07, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
We now have the cover of
Deceptive Bends, one of the uglier, more garish covers they did.
It is also a visual pun on the
Creature from the Black Lagoon. Why do we display a visual pun without saying so?
Therefore, why don't we use an image which 1) is less hideous, and 2) does not require the explanation of its pun + the verifiable source for said explanation?
Varlaam (
talk) 15:26, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
The latest Pink Floyd record, The Endless River, mentions Aubrey Powell, Hipgnosis as Creative Director for the artwork. Has the company been resurrected? Or is this just a friendly nod to the past? Felix Atagong ( talk) 10:03, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
I have a large poster designed by Hipgnosis (with their name in the corner), advertising a gig by Tyrannosaurus Rex at Manchester Free Trade Hall in November 1969. (Good condition, offers welcome!) Nothing seems to be mentioned about poster design in the article. Should it be? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 15:51, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
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An editor recently unlinked many band names in the album cover table. I don't believe this is necessary, and reverted the edit. I believe that the limiting of repeat linking is meant for prose and not lists and tables. In tables, especially sortable tables, people often go directly to certain areas of the tables, skipping over the first appearance of a subject, and may have trouble finding the link. MOS:REPEATLINK states:
On the other hand, it's not too difficult to get to the band's article anyway, however I don't see a problem with having more links than usual, since it's doesn't interfere with reading comprehension since it's a table and not prose. If you disagree, please discuss it here. - Freekee ( talk) 18:49, 16 January 2021 (UTC)