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Michael
Bryan
In
the world of cover art, you might say Michael Bryan
started at the very top and worked his way down. It
was early 1975 when he dragged his gallery art into
Roy Koharas office at Capitol Records, where he
soon found himself in the rather surreal position of
working with John Lennon to create the packaging for
a greatest hits album. Overwhelmed by the opportunity,
he immediately submitted a cover which, in the form
of an actual blueprint, detailed how to make your own
John Lennon in your garage. Unfortunately, Capitol Records
did not share that vision and deemed the art inappropriate.
Bryans bitter disappointment was somewhat assuaged
when John said the art was too good for a mere compilation
package. He was then given the opportunity to visually
create John and Roys concept of having mini-paintings
illustrate each individual song, and so Shaved Fish
was born.
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