says Faris Rotter – real name, Faris Badwan

Weird. I would have stuck with Bad-One.

The cover, considered as important as the music it housed, was considered integral to the whole experience of owning an LP, to be studied in minute detail by the rock fan.

I consider that more consideration should have been given to reconsidering the number of times the word 'consider' was considered appropriate in this considerable paragraph.

Otherwise: this is news twice a year, isn't it?

Led Zeppelin albums from III on were at least as important to me as the music. I skipped school (7th grade) to get "In Through the Out Door" on the day it came out. My response when I saw the grocery sack-covered album: "Holy fucking shit!"

Accidently discovering the water colors on the inside sleeve when I dripped water on it from my soda: "Whoa..."

My disappointment while listening to South Bound Saurez and Hot Dog" "Wha...?"

Granted, most album art didn't inspire this level of awe. I do miss it though. Looking at the album art while listening to the music was akin to holding a cereal box with one hand and reading while scooping King Vitamin into your mouth.

Please don't get me started.

Ok. I used to collect Led Zeppeijnnini or whatever they were called.

I had everything. I mean everything. Every album, every bootleg, every fart that they did was collected in a bag.

Then I was going through a divorce. I sold the lot to a nice Japanese gentleman for more than my life was worth at the time... He even flew over to the UK to make the deal. This shit was my own inheritance.

I now wish I could just cradle for a minute the mint plum label LZI that i so coveted.

Anyway, I remember looking at the 'houses of the holy' cover as a four year old child and wishing i could do the same.

oh... best album cover. And Justice for all...... on 4 vinyl pretty much did it for me

I sold that too.

What a twat.