New England - Cover Art

See scans of a 4 page promo booklet.

Cover design & photos by Hipgnosis

German CD MCD 02238

USA LP SD 18200

CAN LP SD 18200 (yes, same cat# as in the US printing)

Note that in the US and Canadian LPs "NEW ENGLAND" is written in green/blue just below the band name. Also: There's an extra small figure in the background.

US and Canadian cover art courtesy of Stian Brekke. See his web page here: www.hipgnosiscovers.com.

NL CD MOCCD13451

The Dutch CD release uses the US/Canadian LP cover art with the extra small figure in the background, but the band name and album title is like in other European and Japanese releases.

Japanese promo CD MCA UICY94492, 2010

Samples of Inside Fold Out Text Variations

UK LP MCG 3523 (Most common variation on other releases too)

USA LP SD 18200

GER LP 6.22903

GER LP 62.058

NL CD MOCCD13451

The Dutch CD release is similar to the US LP release when it comes to choice of font, but it seems a "clean" photo, without the text, was not available. So someone used "Photoshopping" to remove the original text and replaced the original text with new red text. <rolling eyes> How do I know it's "Photoshopped"? Look at the branches around the opening behind the red text. They've been reworked on to hide the original text.

Inside fold out text variations inspired by Stian Brekke. See his web page here: www.hipgnosiscovers.com.

Personal Comment: Hipgnosis is great on creating cover art, but here they couldn't solve the problem of adding text on "noisy" background.

Written by: Rainer Frilund - Last update: Nov, 2017