If you had a feeling that something about the photo used in yesterday's graphics for the slideshow looked -
- different from the cover of the
DS Music Book (aside from a somewhat different tint in some of the colors) -
- when seeing them together the difference is obviously that candles in the candelabra were airbrushed out for the cover. Why? I suppose whoever did it felt the book's title would look better. A style choice to be sure (but more on that to come). And an interesting thing is that after the
DS Music Book became available, the airbrushed version of the photo, minus the title/text, -
- became circulated, leading some, including myself, to believe that was the way the still from NoDS' piano scene should have appeared, and you'll also note that without the text it becomes clear that between the two frames in the background the wallpaper that's actually on the wall in that room was replaced during the airbrushing with, well, replaced with I don't know what to call it - it wasn't until after the
DS Movies Book was published in 1998 and this appeared on page 215 to help to illustrate a portion of the script featuring part of Scene 67A -
- that I realized the candles had been airbrushed out (though I should have had I remembered something that I'll get into shortly) - and since that time various versions of the original still have appeared online - unfortunately, though, like this one -
(Click
here for a 1280X1560 version)
- they've been cropped versions of the still...
But what is really fascinating is that back in May of 1996 when ShadowGram #76 shared an advance look at the cover of the
DS Music Book, the candles -
- weren't airbrushed out, the wallpaper hadn't been altered, and, to me anyway, even given the title/text were placed in slightly different spots, it looks like the title was perfectly readable without the alterations to the still - but quite obviously someone thought otherwise at some point before the book was actually published...
(I wonder what the original cover markup with candles and correct wallpaper would go for if it ever surfaced?!)