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


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June, 2008

Good Fela

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Nigerian “Afrobeat” music legend Fela Ransome Kuti and the Africa ’70 “Shakara” Editions Makossa EMI.

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Dr. Phibes rises again and now he’s a docent

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Vincent Price Presents Great Paintings in Musical Impressions by Ned Freeman and Performed by the Orchestra dei Concerti di Roma, Paul Baron Conducting. Dot Records.

In 1951, Price donated some 90 pieces from his own collection to East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, California, thus establishing the first “teaching art collection” owned by a community college in the U.S. Today, the Vincent Price Art Gallery continues to present world-class exhibitions, and remains one of the actor’s most enduring legacies. The collection contains over 2,000 pieces and has been valued in excess of five million dollars. – Wikipedia

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Thank you for Smokey

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A nice French ep by The Miracles and The Contours two early Motown hitmakers.   Jerk it like you feel it.

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The Sidehackers

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“The Sidehackers” Original Soundtrack Recording. (Also known as “Five the Hard Way”) Music by Mike Curb and Jerry Styner. Lyrics by Guy Henric. Performed by The New Life.

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Blow your mind!

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“Explodiu a Moringa!”   Fontana Special Records.

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Don’t try this at home

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One of the joys of album cover design during the golden age of the fifties and sixties was the freedom that designers had to do crazy things.   Here’s another example of that “hey I got an idea – let’s do it” attitude.   Steve Allen (at the Wurlitzer Electric Piano!)   “Electrified Favorites” from the guys at Coral.

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Home grown

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“When the Flowers Bloom in Heaven” The Sheridans on Praise Records.

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Fuck you. Right on! Peace.

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“Put Your Hand in the Hand,” “Power to the People,” “Booty Butt (!?)” Played and sung by the Street People!   On that king of the cut-out bins, Pickwick 33.

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That first great babysitter with a record

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“So Para No’s”   On Carousel Records.   Blue Vinyl too!

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Camera club cuties

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Irving Fields e Seu Trio “Evocacoes da America Latina” Sinter Records.   Could be a photo shoot for the cover of one of those classic stag mags of the late fifties like Adam or Gent or Knight.

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