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DonFan
08-13-2007, 03:45 PM
Cover Story - The Eagles - "Hotel California" artwork by Kosh

http://www.sugartune.com/indie_rock/archive/cover-story-the-eagles-hotel-california-artwork-by-kosh/

Brooke
08-13-2007, 04:27 PM
Cool article, DF! Thanks!

sodascouts
08-13-2007, 07:31 PM
Thanks for that DF - I didn't realize that Don was the one who drove the vision of the cover. An interesting read!

Freypower
08-13-2007, 07:37 PM
If you read the album credits it clearly says 'art direction: Don Henley & Kosh'.

sodascouts
08-13-2007, 07:45 PM
If you read the album credits it clearly says 'art direction: Don Henley & Kosh'.

Well, obviously, I'd forgotten that. Guess I came off as pretty stupid, huh. My apologies.

DonFan
08-13-2007, 11:30 PM
I didn't know Don was the one who helped design the cover either, until I read that article.

Molly
08-14-2007, 06:58 AM
If you read the album credits it clearly says 'art direction: Don Henley & Kosh'.

Well, obviously, I'd forgotten that. Guess I came off as pretty stupid, huh. My apologies.

Nancy, I think you should write 100 times -"I will think about the Eagles 24/7". :wink:

Freypower
08-14-2007, 08:12 PM
I honestly didn't intend that post of mine to sound so anally retentive. Sorry. :blush:

Back on topic HC is still probably my favourite album cover, along with Band On The Run. Both of them have so many stories to tell.

glenneaglesfan
08-16-2007, 05:00 AM
That was a great read, Df. Thanks for posting. I always wondered how they got that view of the Beverly Hills Hotel, and I hadn't realised that Don took such a major role in the artwork.

It's one of my favourites, too, FP. Many an hour was spent poring over album covers in the 70s - perhaps we should start a favourite album covers thread?