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I recently spoke to illustrator Colin Elgie, who was a freelance illustrator for legendary album art producers, Hipgnosis, for the whole of the 1970s. We chatted about his artwork for Tormato and I found out that he also produced some other Yes items you’ll recognise, along with other prog album covers. It was a great phone call and this week I explain to Mark what Colin said and we take a look at some of the artwork Colin and I discussed.
Then Mark tells us about some other vinyl albums which have interesting and/or unique inner contents. You’ll also have your favourites so please do add them in the comments below.
- What did Colin Elgie produce for Yes?
- What did he think of the Hipgnosis cover for Tormato?
- What other inner album contents are worth tracking down?
Take a listen to the episode and then let us know what you think below!
Two Genesis albums with Colin Elgie covers:
Al Stewart – Year of the Cat with Colin Elgie cover:
Colin Elgie’s YES poster and newspaper advert, uploaded to Forgotten-Yesterdays.com by Geoffrey Mason:


Colin Elgie’s artwork for the inner bag of Tormato, in various places and formats:






Mark’s copy of Rick Wakeman’s King Arthur:







KISS!

















Relayer cardboard inner, as mentioned by Kevin:


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- Ken Fuller
- Jeffrey Crecelius and
- Wayne Hall
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Mark James Lang | Paul Tomei |
Joost Maglev | David Heyden |
Martin Kjellberg | Paul Wilson |
Bob Martilotta | Lind |
Michael O’Connor | William Hayes |
Brian Sullivan | David Pannell |
Miguel Falcão | Lobate Scarp |
Chris Bandini | David Watkinson |
Neal Kaforey | Rachel Hadaway |
Craig Estenes | Dem |
Paul Hailes | Mark ‘Zarkol’ Baggs |
Doug Curran | Robert Nasir |
Fergus Cubbage | Scott Colombo |
Fred Barringer | Gary Betts |
Geoff Bailie | Simon Barrow |
Geoffrey Mason | Stephen Lambe |
Guy R DeRome | Steve Dill |
Henrik Antonsson | Steve Perry |
Hogne Bø Pettersen | Steve Rode |
Declan Logue | Steve Scott |
Jamie McQuinn | Steven Roehr |
Alan Begg | Terence Sadler |
Michael Handerhan | Tim Stannard |
Jim | Todd Dudley |
John Cowan | Tony Handley |
John Holden | Joseph Cottrell |
John Parry | Keith Hoisington |
John Thomson | Barry Gorsky |
Robert and David
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Theme music
The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert – I put it together from: archive.org