This album came out in Japan in 1964. There were many beautiful nude covers on mainstream albums that were released in Japan beginning in the fifties with 10″ records. In other countries as well — Argentina, France, Italy, Holland — nude cover photos, (not alway as artfully done as in Japan) weren’t unusual. Of course in the puritanical America of the fifties and early sixties, any nudity was considered “dirty” and most label art departments had to rely on using seductive cheesecake poses and suggestive titles.
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May 25th, 2007 at 7:19 am
What year did this record come out? It looks a little racy for any time before the late 1960’s.
May 27th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
This album came out in Japan in 1964. There were many beautiful nude covers on mainstream albums that were released in Japan beginning in the fifties with 10″ records. In other countries as well — Argentina, France, Italy, Holland — nude cover photos, (not alway as artfully done as in Japan) weren’t unusual. Of course in the puritanical America of the fifties and early sixties, any nudity was considered “dirty” and most label art departments had to rely on using seductive cheesecake poses and suggestive titles.