I think this record is real good.
Howard Hanger is some kind of new age cult leader in Ashville NC when I checked.
I called him but never heard back. His other records have more of a Brubeck vibe IIRC.
Last month, Groove Merchant had a copy of the LP in stock. It's not a particularly interesting jazz LP but I'm assuming no one's buying it for the music.
See, that Idris cover would be, in my opinion, a more likely inspiration for "Illmatic" if you had to insist on finding one.
Not to be picky, but why do you think that? The fact that the two covers look a like is probably coincidence anyway,
Still, these
just don't look a lot like
I am sure there are more in this vein, but I can't dredge them up.
I was going to post the back cover of Hampton Hawes Northern Windows, which is reminiscent of the Idris, but not at all in the same vein as the other 2.
See, that Idris cover would be, in my opinion, a more likely inspiration for "Illmatic" if you had to insist on finding one.
Not to be picky, but why do you think that?
Because that Idris LP is something that would have been more likely to circulate in the hip-hop circles that help create "Illmatic" than Hanger's LP, which is far more obscure a title than any Kudu title.
I'm not insisting the Hanger LP was NOT the source - obviously, a visual level, the similarities are uncanny. But as people are pointing out, the basic visual motif of superimposing a face over scenes of the city wasn't unusual in the 1970s.
I was going to post the back cover of Hampton Hawes Northern Windows, which is reminiscent of the Idris, .
the back cover? I can't see any resemblance. I digress but I've always remembered the Idris and Hawes covers because, for Idris, well he's staring at the twin towers and I happened to be listening to it on the dreadful day, so it kinda freaked me out to make the connection whilst watching the news. Hawes, because I've never seen such a group of inmates assembled into a single group.
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Damn, that;s the illmatic inspiration. Ive seen it, that's a rare find if i can remember. Can't remember the artist name...
No record inside?
Howard Hanger is some kind of new age cult leader in Ashville NC when I checked.
I called him but never heard back. His other records have more of a Brubeck vibe IIRC.
No, I think he found it on the web.
Sorry if I wrote it in a way that you misunderstood it.
Is there any confirmation that this was a inspration for Illmatic ??
I will think of one to post soon.
Still, these
just don't look a lot like
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I was going to post the back cover of Hampton Hawes Northern Windows, which is reminiscent of the Idris, but not at all in the same vein as the other 2.
Of all the Hot Wax releases, it took a long time for me to like this one.
Because that Idris LP is something that would have been more likely to circulate in the hip-hop circles that help create "Illmatic" than Hanger's LP, which is far more obscure a title than any Kudu title.
I'm not insisting the Hanger LP was NOT the source - obviously, a visual level, the similarities are uncanny. But as people are pointing out, the basic visual motif of superimposing a face over scenes of the city wasn't unusual in the 1970s.
the back cover? I can't see any resemblance. I digress but I've always remembered the Idris and Hawes covers because, for Idris, well he's staring at the twin towers and I happened to be listening to it on the dreadful day, so it kinda freaked me out to make the connection whilst watching the news. Hawes, because I've never seen such a group of inmates assembled into a single group.
Like I said, it didn't work.
I looked for an image, thinking it might, and found these. And like I said, it didn't work.
There. Fixed!
I meant the HH is not a face superimposed over a city scape.