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A Pig's Tale: Roger Waters Traces the History of Rock's Most Famous Prop Roger Waters talks about Pink Floyd, Battersea Power Station, and the story behind possibly the most famous inflatable pig in musical history, "Algie", who stared on the cover of Pink Floyd's album "Animals" The first day was that beautiful sky, but the pig escaped. The rope broke and it drifted off, up into the flight path ... Read full entry

The Many Views of Abbey Road I spent four plus years in London and never once ventured out to Abbey Road... The Iain MacMillan photograph gracing the 1969 Beatles album Abbey Road made it one of the most famous album covers ever. It's such an iconic image that whenever you see a group walking single file on a zebra crossing, you automatically think of Abbey Road. It's been imitated, honored, ... Read full entry

Amazing Old Album Covers While perusing Mark Simonson's website earlier I spotted this post featuring some very old record (as in the vinyl variety) covers. Ever wondered why albums are called "albums"? At one time, a record album was literally an album that contained records. A few years ago, I ran across a handful of them in an antique store. They were all from around 1949 or so and ... Read full entry