Listened to the Sadie Hell album over this past weekend. It's fantastic. Once I get my hands on a copy, I'll write more about, but suffice to say, I was very impressed. I, like everyone else in this city has heard and read the (very) positive reviews garnered for the band, but I've always tried to avoid the "Homer" syndrome (blindly and eagerly championing anything local, because it's, well..local). Now, I got to pass judgement myself and was pleased to be able to have done so. Those that know me know how I feel about My Dad vs. Yours (the cream of the Ottawa crop), well welcome Sadie Hell to that illustrious company.
I plan to meet with the man behind Sadie Hell, Mr Ben Welland, soon. Watch for the story that evolves out of convo soon. Hopefully he'll allow us here at Lysten to run a track or two on the playlist.
Cheers,
Chris
p.s. The poster used for the Sadie Hell cd release? Brilliant. I need to remember to ask who did that up.
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Poster art/album cover art
I'll answer that question right now for ya Chris!
The artwork for the poster and the album was photographed and laid out by me (Ben Welland) but the illustration of “El Diablo” is actually a fabric wall-hanging that was created by an unknown artist in La Paz, Bolivia during the 1970's and was purchased by my parents Tony Welland and Judith Goodwin. El Diablo (along with his counterpart, who I'll refer to as "the right") was then adorned onto the "left" speaker’s grill in our family’s stereo system, and was subsequently engrained into my subconscious from a very early age. It seemed fitting to make this beautiful piece of art (and sound emitting device) into the cover art for this record.
However, if you're the artist who created it, or if you're a decedent of the artist, be sure to contact ben@sadiehell.com so you can demand the recognition you rightly deserve.