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Blind Faith is the only studio album by the English psychedelic & blues rock group Blind Faith (2), recorded 20 February – 28 June 1969 and released August 9, 1969. Their eponymous debut album, it drew controversy for featuring a photograph of a topless 11-year-old girl on the front cover, and it was issued with a different cover in the ...
May 13, 2023 · The 60s album which sits most uncomfortably in the racks today is Blind Faith’s 1969 self-titled debut, with its 11-year-old girl on the point of pubescence, naked from the waist up and flying a model spaceship, with England’s rustic green behind her.
In 1969, Eric Clapton formed a new band and Seidemann was commissioned to create the cover for their album. Seidemann photographed a nude 11 year-old girl to create what would become his most famous and controversial work, entitled Blind Faith. Not only did it become the cover and title of the album, but the band as well.
Sep 20, 2023 · They were formed from the top division of British rock talent of the late 1960s and lasted for precisely one album. But September 20, 1969 was the date of perhaps the ultimate supergroup’s ...
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With manager/executive producer Robert Stigwood smelling money, the pressure immediately began to record the trio. Clapton was only partly on board, but couldn’t or wouldn’t stop the commercial momentum: “Subliminally, perhaps, my ambition was to re-create The Band in England, an idea that I knew was a huge gamble, which is probably why I named the new band Blind Faith.”
Commercially, Blind Faith charted at number one in both the US [23] and the UK. [24] The album met with a mixed response from critics. Reviewing in August 1969 for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau found none of the songs exceptional and said, "I'm almost sure that when I'm through writing this I'll put the album away and only play it for guests.
Story of the origins of the Blind Faith album cover, from Bob Seidemann's (photographer of the album cover artwork) perspective: I was being on the "scene" because it was happening. It was ground zero of the cultural revolution. How I managed it was by producing a handful of photographs for a small poster company I was a partner in.
