The Stone Roses

A full page review of the Roses’ boxset from September 2009.

Uncut magazine awards it top marks and gives a nice overview as to why the album matters so much to so many.

Here’s a couple more adverts promoting the 20th Anniversary editions of The Stone Roses.

HMV has taken a different approach with their advert featuring a classic Ian Tilton photograph and lyrics from She Bangs The Drums. Quite effective I feel, but possibly would appeal more to an existing fan rather than the casual buyer.

The second is a larger variation of the advert posted yesterday.

Here’s a couple examples of the adverts appearing to promote the 20th Anniversary release.

The first is a quarter page colour advert from a tabloid newspaper and the second a full page colour advert that is appearing on the back cover of several major music magazines.

Here’s another great issue of Melody Maker from 1989. Once again the Roses were on the cover and there’s some good photography throughout.

Once again special thanks to Charles from Archived Music Press who scanned this issue. You can find this and many more great Melody Maker articles on his website Archived Music Press.

You can find this and other classic Roses’ interviews in the Press Section.

Thought I’d take a retrospective look at how the Roses music press adverts changed over the years.

Three examples for your viewing pleasure: From Sally Cinnamon, through classic Silvertone and onto second album promotions from Geffen.