This is one of my favorite LP jackets of all time. The band was called Illusion, and they were short-lived, recording only one other LP. They hailed from England and were pretty much a Jazz/Rock/Fusion deal. They must have had a nice budget to do such a cool cover on their first LP. This jacket wouldn't happen today; nobody would want to pay for it, and it wouldn't be very impressive on a little CD cover. I'm almost certain it was done by a company called Hipgnosis. It won several awards, including "Best album cover" by at least one poll. It came out in the early-mid-70s, so it was obviously pre-computer. This jacket was done in real-time, as it were. Analog. If I remember correctly, there was a thin pipe in the middle between the earpieces, and it was coated in acrylic or such to look like water, and water was pumped through it and made to splash in the earcups. I think that's how it went down. However they did it it's very impressive. The music's pretty good too.
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