Dad's Vinyl

So after sifting through 193 vinyl records (both singles and albums), I've chosen on 25 of these covers to reproduce. I've already made some progress by reproducing the cover Prince and The Revolution's "Purple Rain" and Paul McCartney's "All The Best!". Now that I've removed these 25 records from my Dad's vast collection, I can start work on reproducing the covers of each album within the album's running time. These illustrated covers I'll produce will each be in watercolour, because in the last seven months this has been my "weapon of choice. Attached are some photos I've taken to give a glimpse in to how big my Dad's collection actually is.

Here's a full list of every vinyl record I'll be recreating, with a photo of the original cover:

1) The Jacksons - "Destiny" - Featuring: "Blame It On The Boogie" and "Destiny"

2) The Beach Boys - "20 Golden Greats" - Featuring: "God Only Knows" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice"

3) Electric Light Orchestra - "Out of the Blue" - Featuring: "Turn To Stone" and "Mr Blue Sky"

4) David Essex - "Rock On" - Featuring: "Rock On" and "Ocean Girl"

Dad's opinion: "This was the first record I ever bought, and I didn't have much choice at the time, I had to buy something!"

5) The Osmonds - "Crazy Horses" - Featuring: "Hold Her Tight" and "Crazy Horses"

Dad's opinion: "This was also one of the first ever records I bought."

6) Elvis Presley - "Moody Blue" - Featuring: "Unchained Melody" and "Little Darlin"

Dad's opinion: "This must've been grandads, and it's just landed in my collection by chance."

7) Stevie Wonder - "Songs In The Key of Life" - Featuring: "Sir Duke" and "Pastime Paradise"

Dad's opinion: "The best album I've ever heard, and there ever will be."

8) Earth, Wind and Fire - "I Am" - Featuring: "In The Stone" and "Boogie Wonderland"

9) The Eagles - "Hotel California" - Single 12"

10) New Order - "FAC93" - Featuring: "Confusion"

11) Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel - "White Lines" - Single

12) Queen - "A Night At The Opera" - Featuring: "You're My Best Friend" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"

13) Propaganda - "A Secret Wish" - Featuring: "Dr Mabuse" and "D.U.E.L"

14) Wild Cherry - "Wild Cherry" - Featuring: "Play That Funky Music" and "Nowhere To Run"

15) Lionel Richie - "Can't Slow Down" - Featuring: "All Night Long (All Night) and "Hello"

Dad's opinion: "This is an awful cover..."

16) Whitney Houston - "Whitney" - Featuring: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

17) Simply Red - "Men And Women" - Featuring: "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" and "Infidelity"

18) George Benson - "In Your Eyes" - Featuring: "Feel Like Making Love" and "In Your Eyes"



19) Prince - "Batman - Motion Picture Soundtrack"

20) Bob Marley - "Legend: The Best Of" - Featuring: "Buffalo Soldier" and "Jamming"

21) Spandau Ballet - "The Twelve Inch Mixes" - Featuring: "Gold" and "True"

22) Michael Jackson - "Bad" - Featuring: "Dirty Diana" and "Smooth Criminal"

23) Michael Jackson - "Thriller" - Featuring: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and "Human Nature"

There will be two additional covers featured that have already be painted, but simply not included in this run-down. This will bring the total to hopefully 25 complete illustrated covers produced in the album or single's duration.