Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of record covers from the golden age of LPs


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March, 2008

Don’t cha just Lovett?

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“Gospel Ship” Howard…Lovett

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Four play

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Check out the cool “femlin” Party label.   “Music for…” (Fill in the blank)

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Chocolate cheesecake

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Jennell Hawkins “Moments to Remember” On Amazon Records.

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Take the weight off fanny

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Dr. Jane’s addiction

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Jimmie Janes, MD and his orchestra plays – “Music For Dancing Doctors”   (Editors Note: VIP is the incredible, fantastic illustrator Virgil Partch.   Check him out.   I’ll be posting more of his lp cover work here too.   Thanks, for the note Ben T.)

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“Sure c’mon in”

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Mario Suarez de Viaje on Gema.

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Sweet surrender

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“Music for Pleasure Time” Allegro. Royale Concert Orchestra. Another budget label release of forgettable background music – aural wallpaper, sonic pablum, muzak – saved from the landfill because of a cover with a strange hook and a simple transcendent beauty.

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Smokin’ 45’s

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James Brown and his Famous Flames “Try Me!” King Records   A collection of James Brown’s earliest R&B singles from 1959.

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Father’s daze

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“Music for Expectant Fathers” Fontanna and his Orchestra

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Pistol packin mama!

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Dead Eye and the Desperados “Saloon pour hors-la-loi”   Authentiques Chansons Cow-boys.   On the French label Mode Disques.

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