Compliments of the season!

Or...

A puzzle on Christmas Eve?  Well, why not.... the challenge here, should you wish to accept, is to identify where the above characters were taken from; they're all very much music-related but in a variety of ways.   Where have you seen them in a different context before?  You have, I'm sure!  No rush, answers to be posted next Wednesday.  In the meantime and more importantly, sending warm Yuletide wishes to all - hope it's happy for you, whatever you do or don't do.

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Covered up (Part Two) - the answers

Hope you enjoyed testing your inferior temporal gyrus last week!  I think it's quite mind-boggling how we store all this visual information over the years and can so often bring it back when needed, and it was certainly needed to recognise the random sections of twenty varied album covers posted last week... but you did it - well all except for one elusive picture (more on that in a mo). Thank you for playing along, great results all round.

And that elusive album sleeve?  At the time of writing, it's the only one which has remained unidentified.  If you'd like a little clue...  

Here they all are:

1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold As Love

2. Pixies - Doolittle

3. The Patti Smith Group - Wave

4. The Mothers of Invention - Weasels Ripped My Flesh

5. The Who - Sell Out

6. New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies

7. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

8. Paul Weller - Stanley Road

9. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True

10. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)

11. Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving

12. Carole King - Tapestry

13. Ian Dury & the Blockheads - New Boots and Panties

14. Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution

15. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo

16. The The - Dusk

17. Pink Floyd - The One With The Cow Atom Heart Mother

18. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys

19. The one that got away was.... Lush - Lovelife 

20. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

That's it on the puzzle front for now but there may be something similar around Christmas time.