Il compleanno di Roger Dean, di Wazza

Chi non rimaneva ore a rigirarsi tra le mani le sue fantastiche copertine... 

... alzi la mano!

Compie gli anni oggi, 31 agosto, Roger Dean, "artista" noto al mondo prog per aver creato copertine di album, sopratutto per gli Yes, ma per un'infinità di altri artisti.

Con gli Yes, oltre a creare il loro "logo", è stato anche collaboratore, realizzatore delle  scenografie per i concerti, e fotografo.

Nel 2013 ha intentato un'azione legale contro il regista James Cameron, accusandolo di aver copiato, diffuso, sfruttato, alcune sue immagini per le scenografie del film "Avatar".

Happy Birthday Roger!

WK

Elenco delle principali copertine di album

Gun

·         1968 Gun

Earth & Fire

·         1969 Earth & Fire

Nucleus

·         1970 Elastic Rock

Lighthouse

·         1970 One Fine Morning

Keith Tippett Group

·         1971 Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening

Ramases

·         1971 Space Hymns

Atomic Rooster

·         1971 In Hearing of Atomic Rooster

·         2002 Resurrection

Osibisa

·         1971 Osibisa

·         1971 Woyaya

Yes[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

·         1971 Fragile

·         1972 Close to the Edge

·         1973 Yessongs

·         1973 Tales from Topographic Oceans

·         1974 Relayer

·         1975 Yesterdays

·         1980 Drama

·         1980 Yesshows

·         1981 Classic Yes

·         1989 Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

·         1991 Union

·         1991 Yesyears

·         1993 An Evening of Yes Music Plus

·         1996 Keys to Ascension

·         1997 Keys to Ascension 2

·         1997 Open Your Eyes

·         1999 The Ladder

·         2000 House of Yes

·         2001 Keystudio

·         2002 In a Word: Yes

·         2004 The Ultimate Yes

Gentle Giant

·         1972 Octopus

Budgie

·         1972 Squawk

·         1973 Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

·         1996 An Ecstasy of Fumbling: The Definitive Anthology

Uriah Heep

·         1972 Demons & Wizards

·         1972 The Magician's Birthday

·         1995 Sea of Light

·         2001 Acoustically Driven

·         2001 Remasters

McKendree Spring

·         1973 Spring Suite

Badger

·         1973 One Live Badger

Greenslade

·         1973 Greenslade

·         1973 Bedside Manners are Extra

Dave Greenslade

·         1976 Cactus Choir

Steve Howe

·         1975 Beginnings

·         1979 The Steve Howe Album

·         1991 Turbulence

·         1994 Not Necessarily Acoustic

·         2003 Elements

John Lodge

·         1977 Natural Avenue

Asia

·         1982 Asia

·         1983 Alpha

·         1985 Astra

·         1994 Aria

·         2001 Aura

·         2008 Phoenix

·         2012 XXX

·         2014 Gravitas

Barry Devlin

·         1983 Breaking Starcodes

It Bites

·         1989 Eat Me in St. Louis

Rick Wakeman

·         1993 Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits

·         1999 Return to the Center of the Earth

Space Needle

·         1997 Moray Eels Eat the Space Needle

The London Symphony Orchestra

·         1997 Symphonic Rock: American Classics

·         1997 Symphonic Rock: The British Invasion, Vol. 1

·         1998 Symphonic Rock: The British Invasion, Vol. 2

Glass Hammer

·         2005 The Inconsolable Secret

Ad Infinitum

·         1998 Ad Infinitum

Vermilion

·         2002 Flattening Mountains and Creating Empires

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

·         2003 The Iridium Controversy

Grobschnitt

·         1978 Rockpommel's Land

Rainbow Band

·         1970 Midnaight Sun

Midnight Sun

·         1972 Walking Circles

Dr. Strangely Strange

·         1970 Heavy Petting

Altri

·         1993 Symphonic Music of Yes

·         1995 Tales from Yesterday

·         1995 Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd

·         1996 Supernatural Fairy Tales: The Progressive Rock Era

·         1998 Yes, Friends and Relatives

·         2000 Yes, Friends and Relatives Volume 2

Copertine di videogiochi

·         1986 Brataccas, Mindscape Inc./Psygnosis

·         1987 Barbarian, Psygnosis

·         1987 Terrorpods, Psygnosis

·         1988 Baal, Psygnosis

·         1988 Chrono Quest, Psygnosis

·         1988 Obliterator, Psygnosis

·         1989 Shadow of the Beast, Psygnosis/Reflections Interactive

·         1989 Stryx, Psyclapse

·         1990 Infestation, Psygnosis

·         1990 Shadow of the Beast II, Psygnosis/Reflections

·         1991 Amnios, Psygnosis

·         1991 Ork, Psygnosis

·         1992 Agony, Psygnosis

·         1992 Faceball 2000, Bullet-Proof Software

·         2001 Tetris Worlds, THQ

·         2007 Tetris Splash, Tetris Online, Inc. (title screens)