1981

Inside the image.

A square album cover framed by a vivid orange-red field, with a large title across the top and two overlapping performance photographs beneath it. The main figure fills much of the right half: a light-haired man in side profile, facing left towards a microphone. His face and the top of his green shirt are brightly lit; the microphone extends diagonally in from the lower left towards his mouth. Behind him, a darker inset image on the left shows another view of a bearded man holding a guitar, with a strap across his chest. The shadowy stage background in this inset contains indistinct vertical forms and patches of red and blue light. The portraits overlap, and the brighter profile sits visually in front of the darker performance scene.

The orange-red border remains visible around the photographs, especially at the top and sides. Near the bottom, a dark horizontal strip carries the dates “1981-1998”; the numerals are white, with the hyphen in red. Across the upper edge, the spaced white capitals “GERAINT” sit above the dominant title “LONGREEN”. Its tall, heavy serif letters are yellow with a dark outline and shadow, and span almost the full width. A folded yellow ribbon just below reads “A’R ENW DA” in narrow, slanted capitals. The cover combines photographic imagery with bold, layered lettering and ribbon graphics. The photographs are grainy and somewhat soft, with strong contrast between the shadowed left side and the bright, warm-lit profile at right.