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Cover - The Good Will Out
The cover for British indie band Embrace's debut album 'The Good Will Out' was shot on 82 Christopher Street in New York in 1998.The album sold over 500.0…
Lyrics/Video - Shakermaker
Sifters records is a second hand record shop in Didsbury a southern suburb of Manchester. Part of the lyrics of the 1994 single Shakermaker goes "Mister S…
Start of the Magical Mystery Tour
The Magical Mystery Tour bus set off from Allsop Place, North West London, on Monday 11 September 1967, with Paul McCartney, film crew, and other p…
Brian Jones country home
Cotchford farm is a country house in East Sussex, it was at one point owned by Winnie-the-Pooh author Arthur Alan Milne. He used the area as the setting f…
Cover - Combat Rock
The album cover for the Clash album 'Combat Rock' was shot by Pennie Smith at the site of a deserted railline in in Bangkok while the band was on their "F…
Album Cover - Tonårsdrömmar
The cover of the all-boys band Noice first record 'Tonårsdrömmar' was taken in the 'Yellow tunnel' at Slussen Underground station. The tunnel g…
Album Cover - Sing Loud, Sing Proud!
Boston is the capital of the state of Massachusetts in the United States. The mural used for the cover of Dropkick Murphys 2001 album Sing Loud, Sing Prou…
Gered Mankowitz Studio
Mason's yard is a yard in the Westminster district of London, in the sixties it was the location of many different scenes of culture and music. Today the …
Video - Science of Silence
Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort town and parish in North Somerset, England. In the video for Science of Silence Richard Ashcroft is seen walking the…
Cover - The Division Bell
Ely is a cathedral city in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire in the east of England. The album cover for The Division Bell was designed b…
Cover - Ummagumma
London Biggin Hill Airport is an airport at Biggin Hill on the southern edge of London. Ummagumma is a double album by Pink Floyd, released in 1969. The t…
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