lizard said:30 years later, that's a pretty bad album cover.
is that a motorcycle helmet, and is he wearing blue speedos??
unhinged said:its not the original cover (I think)
the original was a gatefold with a drawing of a guy with a sword in red on black
i think vertigo sold the rights to all the sabs stuff to nems for a bit and they just changed it
i read somewhere they had a different idea for the cover involving a soldier or something (i think, related to "war pigs") and the record company forced them to change it at the last minute due to sensitivity about vietnam, hence the now-(in)famous weird sword guy. correct me if i'm wrong...unhinged said:its not the original cover (I think)
the original was a gatefold with a drawing of a guy with a sword in red on black
i think vertigo sold the rights to all the sabs stuff to nems for a bit and they just changed it
or I could be wrong but there was defo a version with a better sleeve