As any of you collectors will know, some bootlegs have had absolutely amazing graphic design work.

The one that Reverend did for "The Bird Rehearsal" springs to mind, and the one for the "Monarchy In The UK" DVD.

Which are your favorites?

Basically anything by Rev. Really great stuff that puts a lot of official artwork to shame.

Squirrelgrease did some good work too.

I always loved the design that Rev did for the Viage2 release on FBG. Simple, colourful, beautiful.

Another one I loved was the FBG Prince & The Revolution Aug 2nd Madison Square Garden, artwork by Anonymouse! Just like those old jazz records.

Interesting thread topic.

Anything by the Reverend. Is he on the org?

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TheDigitalGardener said:

Another one I loved was the FBG Prince & The Revolution Aug 2nd Madison Square Garden, artwork by Anonymouse! Just like those old jazz records.

That was really great.

The very first release of City Lights and Studio Nights looked quite good for that time.

Many bootleg covers look so good that I often think the bootleggers should be in charge of designing the official releases. The hardcore fans (i.e. bootleggers) have a good understanding of Prince´s aesthetics and they know what kind of design or fonts to use , depending on the era of the music or show. The Purple Rush series looked nice, too.

Too bad that this will never happen because it would be like employing your worst enemy.

( I´m not against them, just looking at it from Prince´s perspective. As far as I´m concerned bootleggers are good archivists of his body of work).

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I lovw the 2 someone did for Clouds

Reverend should definitely be on call for all of Prince's releases.

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The 37/2 boot of the Glam Slam Miami show is nicely done, I think:

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And Days of Soundboard Vol. 5 is great

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Wow , those look great!

Doozer said:

Reverend should definitely be on call for all of Prince's releases.

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The 37/2 boot of the Glam Slam Miami show is nicely done, I think:

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And Days of Soundboard Vol. 5 is great

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I love the cover of THE DAWN 3 CD set.

The clouds on is pretty cool. Nice how Prince gets everybody's creative juices flowing.

Bohemian67 said:

KoolEaze said:

The very first release of City Lights and Studio Nights looked quite good for that time.

Many bootleg covers look so good that I often think the bootleggers should be in charge of designing the official releases. The hardcore fans (i.e. bootleggers) have a good understanding of Prince´s aesthetics and they know what kind of design or fonts to use , depending on the era of the music or show. The Purple Rush series looked nice, too.

Too bad that this will never happen because it would be like employing your worst enemy.

( I´m not against them, just looking at it from Prince´s perspective. As far as I´m concerned bootleggers are good archivists of his body of work).

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No doubt.

how come the boots have better covers than released cds??

luvsexy4all said:

how come the boots have better covers than released cds??

Prince's motto must be "That'll do." Cheap and nasty? "That'll do." Artwork that a blind man would baulk at? "That'll do." Pez dispenser design for ever more? "That'll do." All artwork shite since WB? Cock a doodle doo!

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http://thedigitalgarden.o...oya-89.jpg

Extra credit for 3D artwork.

Days of Soundboard Vol 5 is amazing. The original photo ranks among the coolest of Prince pictures.

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No one has ever done it better than Moonraker/Thunderball.

Fantasia, Deposition, and Dreams set the standard and they still look completely gorgeous today.

Aethelherring said:

Extra credit for 3D artwork.

DiscoBallz said:

No one has ever done it better than Moonraker/Thunderball.

Sabotage.

uh, a lot of great artwork i saw at digitalgarden site...but this most recent is beauty...

purplethunder3121 said:

iZsaZsa said:

purplethunder3121 said:

u can almost see the pubes jumping out his wears....

stpaisios said:

uh, a lot of great artwork i saw at digitalgarden site...but this most recent is beauty...

That's also by Reverend.

Doozer said:

stpaisios said:

uh, a lot of great artwork i saw at digitalgarden site...but this most recent is beauty...

That's also by Reverend.

Really excellent; P should hire him

was this official? or unofficial?