I designed a PSB poster - Can I get your advice on any possible improvements to it

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petshopgrrl wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 12:50 am 'Scuse my ignorance, but what's the dash-dot one between Dancing Star and A New Bohemia?
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#17 Post by DopeFiend »

Let's be honest you didn't design anything it's just a grid collage of the album covers.

Here's the pic:
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It is nice to see all of the covers in one place.
Got to love the Farrow designs in particular.

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#18 Post by matt74uk »

The black square and circle one caught me out too. If really want to get anal, the blue Spotify version of Super is missing. But we're they type of fans that will argue over what should and shouldn't be there for ages ;)

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DopeFiend wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 3:22 am Let's be honest you didn't design anything it's just a grid collage of the album covers
You're a proper chip-pisser aren't you? ;)

Can anyone tell me what the blank black square is between Absolutely fabulous and Yesterday?
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#20 Post by Towa »

Nice! I think it would be nice to have some whitespace between the images, that would make them stand out more. Also, in some cases there are hype stickers in the photos, I think it would look better without those stockers but that's just my opinion.

I do understand that you needed to do exclude some covers due to lack of space, but i would skip some of the later "almost-duplicate" covers (for example, some of the "Home & dry" ones) and include some of the earlier remix 12"s instead,

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dylanww73 wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 10:39 am
DopeFiend wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 3:22 am Let's be honest you didn't design anything it's just a grid collage of the album covers
You're a proper chip-pisser aren't you? ;)

Can anyone tell me what the blank black square is between Absolutely fabulous and Yesterday?
That’s the secret Black album recorded with Trevor Horn, limited to only 50 copies worldwide. :lol:

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#22 Post by petshopgrrl »

Xakrij wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 2:21 am The exclusive gold 7" available with Electronic Sound.
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Brilliant, thanks very much! :up: I knew that. Really. :shifty:
dylanww73 wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 10:39 am You're a proper chip-pisser aren't you? ;)
I have been out of the country for too long. I have not heard this expression before and I am going to bank it for future reference! :lol:
Silver Age wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 4:58 pm That’s the secret Black album recorded with Trevor Horn, limited to only 50 copies worldwide. :lol:
Yeah, coming to eBay soon for the princely sum of $2,948,485. :x
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petshopgrrl wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 7:15 pm Yeah, coming to eBay soon for the princely sum of $2,948,485. :x
I see what you did there
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dylanww73 wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 10:39 am
DopeFiend wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 3:22 am Let's be honest you didn't design anything it's just a grid collage of the album covers
You're a proper chip-pisser aren't you? ;)

Can anyone tell me what the blank black square is between Absolutely fabulous and Yesterday?
I guess it’s for the outer slipcase design for the CDs.
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Pod wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 9:05 pm
dylanww73 wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 10:39 am
DopeFiend wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 3:22 am Let's be honest you didn't design anything it's just a grid collage of the album covers
You're a proper chip-pisser aren't you? ;)

Can anyone tell me what the blank black square is between Absolutely fabulous and Yesterday?
Sorry double post
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#26 Post by Pod »

Weren’t the colours slightly different on the CD version of Introspective?
Also, the limited 3x12” with the band isn’t on there.

Love the poster though, well done!
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#27 Post by retrofuturist »

Greetings,
VRIDD wrote: Sat 24 Jan 2026, 7:52 am I would avoid WEST END SUNGLASSES and WEST END GIRLS MIXES, that I do not consider official. Are they?
They're released by ZYX who have the rights to them, so they're definitely "legal".

The biggest problem with their inclusion is the timing. For example, "West End Girls - Mixes" wasn't released until 1992, and contains mixes that had not been released prior.

Personally, I'd be inclined to leave out any Bobby O era stuff (or subsequent remixes) that come out after they moved to Parlophone. Once the 1985 version of West-End Girls was released, any re-release or re-hash of the older material are just tacky cash-ins.

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#28 Post by NotInvisible »

DopeFiend wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 3:22 amLet's be honest you didn't design anything it's just a grid collage of the album covers.
And the Introspective cover is just a collage of stripes, and the Yes cover is just a collage of squares etc.

The decision to lay the covers out in a grid is design.

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retrofuturist wrote: Sun 25 Jan 2026, 11:25 pm Greetings,
VRIDD wrote: Sat 24 Jan 2026, 7:52 am I would avoid WEST END SUNGLASSES and WEST END GIRLS MIXES, that I do not consider official. Are they?
They're released by ZYX who have the rights to them, so they're definitely "legal".

The biggest problem with their inclusion is the timing. For example, "West End Girls - Mixes" wasn't released until 1992, and contains mixes that had not been released prior.

Personally, I'd be inclined to leave out any Bobby O era stuff (or subsequent remixes) that come out after they moved to Parlophone. Once the 1985 version of West-End Girls was released, any re-release or re-hash of the older material are just tacky cash-ins.

Retro. :)
You told it better, and I completely agree.

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#30 Post by tottenhammattspurs »

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