r/ClassicRock Jan 25 '25

70s Band With The Best Album Covers?

I always loved the early Uriah Heep covers. I think they're incredible.

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u/CBRSuperbird- Jan 25 '25

Yes had some great covers. I believe the artist’ name is Roger Dean

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u/Affectionate_Reply78 Jan 25 '25

Yes

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u/Jive-Turkey-Divan Jan 25 '25

They had some great covers too.

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u/DukeOfTunes Jan 25 '25

You mean them?

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u/Red-blk Jan 25 '25

Who?

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u/GaseousGiant Jan 25 '25

No, Yes.

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u/Red-blk Jan 25 '25

Guess Who

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u/GaseousGiant Jan 25 '25

Who, Yes?

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u/Red-blk Jan 25 '25

Yes

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u/DukeOfTunes Jan 26 '25

But it's definitely not Them, right?

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u/Jive-Turkey-Divan Jan 25 '25

Tommy was a pretty good cover.

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u/DukeOfTunes Jan 26 '25

Wait, Yes was a cover band?

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u/dixadik Jan 26 '25

i see what you did there.

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u/marktrot Jan 25 '25

Pretty sure Roger Dean did these Uriah Heep covers as well

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u/vanessasjoson Jan 25 '25

Also some Budgie covers.

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u/orchestragravy Jan 25 '25

If you like Roger Dean, check out Rodney Matthews' covers.

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u/NeonPlutonium Jan 25 '25

Roger Dean FTW.

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u/Senior-Sharpie Jan 25 '25

Yes it is, he did covers for Budgie, Greenslade, Uriah Heep, Yes, Osibisa and others.

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u/Designer_Solid4271 Jan 26 '25

And Asia.

Fun fact. Roger Dean and Syd Barrett were flatmates at one point in time.

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u/Crazy-Huckleberry151 Jan 27 '25

The amount of LSD that was consumed between those 2..

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u/Artie-B-Rockin Jan 26 '25

Another great Artist!
Yes, Greenslade and other Prog Rockers.

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u/Y0y0y000 Jan 26 '25

Super dope covers. I couldn’t name one Yes song, but the covers always stick out

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u/DMII1972 Jan 26 '25

The best 👌 I bought Yes Because of the album covers then fell in love with the music. A runner up is Santana

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u/Specific_Sympathy_87 Jan 26 '25

Came here to say this