Colin Elgie

Colin Elgie is an English illustrator and former member of Hipgnosis. He has worked with progressive rock bands and musicians such as Pink Floyd, The Hollies, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Renaissance, Genesis, Fumble, Peter Gabriel, Roger Cook, Al Stewart, and Roger Taylor.

Elgie's clients consisted primarily of Cambridge, England, natives and Hipgnosis members Aubrey Powell, and later Peter Christopherson, as well as Storm Thorgerson and David Gilmour.

History

In 1971, Elgie met Thorgerson and Powell for the first time. He began his work by illustrating three albums for The Hollies: Distant Light and Romany in 1972, and Out on the Road in 1973. In the same year he also worked on the album A Nice Pair together with David Gilmour and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd. In 1974, Elgie and Powell illustrated covers of Thunderbox, and Fumble's album Poetry In Lotion.

In the 1970s, Elgie illustrated the covers for Strife's album Rush (1975), Genesis' album A Trick of the Tail (1976), and in 1977, for 10cc's album Deceptive Bends and Songwriter by Justin Hayward. In 1978, he met Jon Anderson of Yes and created the covers for their album Tormato, on which Jon sang 'Don't Kill the Whale'. In the same year, he illustrated Peter Gabriel's new album Scratch. In 1981, he created the album cover for James Ingram's Zingara.

Discography

Year	Artist	Album
1971	The Hollies	Distant Light
1972	The Hollies	Romany
1973	The Hollies	Out on the Road
1973	Wishbone Ash	Live Dates
1973	Roger Cook	Minstrel In Flight
1973	Allan Clarke	Headroom
1973	Pink Floyd	A Nice Pair
1974	Humble Pie	Thunderbox
1974	Fumble	Poetry In Lotion
1974	Darryl Way's Wolf	Night Music
1975	Headstone	Headstone
1975	Strife	Rush
1975	Eddie Howell	The Eddie Howell Gramophone Record
1975	Renaissance	Scheherazade And Other Stories
1975	Genesis	A Trick of the Tail
1976	Al Stewart	Year Of The Cat
1976	String Driven Thing	Keep Yer 'And On It
1976	Billy Lyall	Solo Casting
1976	The Alan Parsons Project	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
1976	Black Sabbath	Technical Ecstasy
1976	Genesis	Entangled/A Trick Of The Tail
1976	Genesis	Wind & Wuthering
1977	10cc	Deceptive Bends
1977	Justin Hayward	Songwriter
1977	Earl Mardle	D'Arblay Sound Studio Workshop
1978	Wishbone Ash	No Smoke Without Fire
1978	Syd Lawrence And His Orchestra	McCartney, His Music And Me
1978	Racing Cars	Bring On The Night
1978	Yes	Tormato
1978	Peter Gabriel	Scratch
1979	Ralph McTell	Slide Away The Screen
1979	Brand X	Product
1980	Wishbone Ash	Live Dates Volume Two
1980	Wishbone Ash	Just Testing
1981	Roger Taylor	Roger Taylor's Fun In Space
1981	Zingara	Zingara

Compilations:

• Hot 'N' Nasty: The Anthology
• Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978
• Sense Of Direction
• 1976–1982
• Back To Back: Sense Of Direction / Stamp Album (2xCD, Comp + Box)
• The Lot
• The Ten Year War (Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, RM, Art + LP, Album, RE, RM, )
• The A&M Vinyl Box-Set 1970–1975 (9xLP, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd)