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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:BLP primary sources Colin Elgie is an English illustrator and former member of Hipgnosis. He has worked with progressive rock bands and musicians such as Pink Floyd, The Hollies,[1] Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Renaissance, Genesis, Fumble, Peter Gabriel,[2] Roger Cook, Al Stewart, and Roger Taylor.

Elgie's clients consisted primarily of Cambridge, England, natives and Hipgnosis members Aubrey Powell, and later Peter Christopherson, as well as Storm Thorgerson and David Gilmour.[3]

History

In 1971, Elgie met Thorgerson and Powell for the first time. He began his work by illustrating three albums for The Hollies: Distant Light and Romany in 1972, and Out on the Road in 1973. In the same year he also worked on the album A Nice Pair together with David Gilmour and Roger Waters[4] of Pink Floyd. In 1974, Elgie and Powell illustrated covers of Thunderbox, and Fumble's album Poetry In Lotion.

In the 1970s, Elgie illustrated the covers for Strife's album Rush (1975), Genesis' album A Trick of the Tail (1976), and in 1977, for 10cc's album Deceptive Bends and Songwriter by Justin Hayward.[5] In 1978, he met Jon Anderson of Yes[1] and created the covers for their album Tormato, on which Jon sang 'Don't Kill the Whale'. In the same year, he illustrated Peter Gabriel's[2] new album Scratch. In 1981, he created the album cover for James Ingram's Zingara.

Discography

Year Artist Album
1971 The Hollies Distant Light
1972 The Hollies Romany
1973 The Hollies Out On The Road
1973 Wishbone Ash Live Dates
1973 Roger Cook Minstrel In Flight
1973 Allan Clarke Headroom
1973 Pink Floyd A Nice Pair
1974 Humble Pie Thunderbox
1974 Fumble Poetry In Lotion
1974 Darryl Way's Wolf Night Music
1975 Headstone Headstone
1975 Strife Rush
1975 Eddie Howell The Eddie Howell Gramophone Record
1975 Renaissance Scheherazade And Other Stories
1975 Genesis A Trick of the Tail
1976 Al Stewart Year Of The Cat
1976 String Driven Thing Keep Yer 'And On It
1976 Billy Lyall Solo Casting
1976 The Alan Parsons Project Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
1976 Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy
1976 Genesis Entangled/A Trick Of The Tail
1976 Genesis Wind & Wuthering
1977 10cc Deceptive Bends
1977 Justin Hayward Songwriter
1977 Earl Mardle D'Arblay Sound Studio Workshop
1978 Wishbone Ash No Smoke Without Fire
1978 Syd Lawrence And His Orchestra McCartney, His Music And Me
1978 Racing Cars Bring On The Night
1978 Yes Tormato
1978 Peter Gabriel Scratch
1979 Ralph McTell Slide Away The Screen
1979 Brand X Product
1980 Wishbone Ash Live Dates Volume Two
1980 Wishbone Ash Just Testing
1981 Roger Taylor Roger Taylor's Fun In Space
1981 Zingara Zingara

Compilations:

  • Hot 'N' Nasty: The Anthology
  • Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978
  • Sense Of Direction
  • 1976–1982
  • Back To Back: Sense Of Direction / Stamp Album (2xCD, Comp + Box)
  • The Lot
  • The Ten Year War (Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, RM, Art + LP, Album, RE, RM, )
  • The A&M Vinyl Box-Set 1970–1975 (9xLP, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd)

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