• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Pics from Back in the Day

It is.
1766956848561.png
 
I'm kind of a weirdo, but this ad reminds me of a King Crimson album cover.

View attachment 1969584
OK! So its not just me...
Of course, I saw the Plymouth ad way before I saw the King Crimson cover, so I thought that they stole the idea from Plymouth...which they may well have. Wonder when that as was first published nationally?
 
OK! So its not just me...
Of course, I saw the Plymouth ad way before I saw the King Crimson cover, so I thought that they stole the idea from Plymouth...which they may well have. Wonder when that as was first published nationally?
That King Crimson album was from 1969 so the time frame is right. But it wasn't the same artist, Barry Godber (the album artist) hadn't done any other artwork for anyone else. And he died quite young a few months after the record was released.
 
That King Crimson album was from 1969 so the time frame is right. But it wasn't the same artist, Barry Godber (the album artist) hadn't done any other artwork for anyone else. And he died quite young a few months after the record was released.
Yes, both from 69, but I wonder which actually appeared first... Curious if one might have inspired the other (?)
 
1969 Plymouth Road Runner 440 6 BBL introduced in spring ’69.

In the Court of the Crimson King: October 10, 1969.

Maybe one artist was inspiration for the other.

****
Google AI thingy says:

The iconic artwork for King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King was painted by Barry Godber in the summer of 1969, specifically around mid-August, shortly before the album's release in October 1969, with Godber using his own face as a model for the famous "Schizoid Man" image after being inspired by the music.
 
Back
Top