The Word magazine has created a Google Maps mashup showing where classic album cover photos were shot.
The cover for the Specials' album Specials was shot in Coventry. The least special place you'll ever go, or be sent to.
Monday, October 20, 2008
For gramaphone grandads
I know it's hard to imagine now, but there was a time when people bought music in things called 'shops'. Music took on a physical form (rather than the melodiously magical string of 1s and 0s we know and love today). The discs that the black and white music came on were wrapped in albums with images on the cover.
The Word magazine has created a Google Maps mashup showing where classic album cover photos were shot.
The cover for the Specials' album Specials was shot in Coventry. The least special place you'll ever go, or be sent to.
The Word magazine has created a Google Maps mashup showing where classic album cover photos were shot.
The cover for the Specials' album Specials was shot in Coventry. The least special place you'll ever go, or be sent to.
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I thought Slough was the least special place you can go in England.
Well, to be fair, Bon Jovi likes Coventry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rLZz_38TFY&NR=1
It's impossible to overstate how much that video gives a falsely positive picture of the place.
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