Disraeli Gears

This is the cover to Disraeli Gears by Cream. As this was a big inspiration and influence on Kevin Parker and Tame Impala I thought it may be a good idea to look for inspiration that I can take from this album cover or a single image or graphic I can use. This is classic psychedelic cover art; featuring bright colours and numerous patterns and graphics. Therefore it makes it hard to pick one particular image from the cover as a whole. Seeing as I wanted to use one particular standout image; it would be hard for me to use one of the coloured patterns as these are numerous and complex. This leaves me to look and particular graphics from the cover as a whole.

One particular standout idea is that of the clocks on the bottom left and right corners of the cover. Clocks and time are quite a common feature in psychedelic art and culture so this could be an effective image to use in my own work. It could also relate to the "Backwards" theme of my song and video and I could show the clock hands moving backwards and turning back time. Therefore these are particularly strong contenders from this cover for a graphic for me to use in my own design. However their disadvantage is that they are not particularly noticeable; therefore the association between my use of the clocks and this classic cover may not be recognised; which ruins the point of using them.

Another graphic from this cover is the pink gramophone horns disguised as flowers. I like this image as it represents music as well as the psychedelic imagery of bright colored flowers. Therefore this may also make a strong image to use in my own design. However without other flowers around it the idea of the gramophone disguised as a flower may not work as well; which would mean having to introduce more flowers which would ruin my idea of having just one main graphic.

The final image from this cover that I have considered using is the wings on the side of the band name. I think these are some of the more iconic graphics on the sleeve and they are brightly coloured and fit in with the psychedelic theme of nature; so they would therefore make a good graphic to use in my design.

While I like all these ideas; I think the idea of the clock or the wings are stronger than the idea of the gramophone. And I think as a singular graphic, the image of a clock would be stronger and more iconic than that of the wings. The  image of the clock is also more related to my backwards theme so  is therefore the strongest candidate of the three. However i still may experiment wit the other two when creating drafts.