I think album cover art is one of the great casualties of the digital era. Something really cool was lost forever; but then I think, hey, the horse and buggy was also pretty cool and we survived its passing. You often find pieces rhapsodizing over that moment when you would get home, tear off the album wrap, gently set the needle in the vinyl grooves and spend the next 40 minutes intently analyzing the cover art and singing along with the accompanying lyrics. It was a rather magical moment. And if it also came with a poster…well, it was goodnight Vienna.
My vow to you is that I will not write about that moment. Instead, I will talk about my favorite album covers of the 1970s. Out of thousands of possibilities, I have condensed my list down to just twenty; a near-impossible task. The only rule I made is that…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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