A band with a Van
Them on a British Decca EP (1965) “Don’t Start Crying Now/Philosophy/Baby Please Don’t Go/One, Two Brown Eyes”
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May 30th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Oh Yeah… I know those guys! It’s… THEM!
May 30th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Who? Not who… THEM!
May 31st, 2010 at 6:47 am
Hey…I posted about Them very recently. I love these Decca & the Deram sleeves from the sixties. Someone (hint, hint) oughtta do a series of them.
May 31st, 2010 at 1:57 pm
beats the hell out of “Astral Weeks” any week, day, month or year. This stuff is IT!!!
June 1st, 2010 at 8:43 am
i agree with Tim B. on this. Them is taking a page from the Rolling Stones book of angry looks and minimum wording on their sleeves. Ugly is IN.
June 1st, 2010 at 12:21 pm
sRw – I don’t know if Them were copying the Stones, per se, this was just a graphic style that was in vogue at the time at Decca, Deram, and London Records at the time – probably others as well. I remember seeing the the early Them, the Stones, and maybe the Birds (not the Byrds) all in the style. There’s probably many more I’ve never seen. But they are beautiful.
June 1st, 2010 at 12:24 pm
The version of “Baby, Please Don’t Go” on this is slammin’.
July 20th, 2010 at 8:08 am
Decca used a lot of photos taken by their in house photographer David Wedgebury (responsible for The Who’s “My Generation” U.K. LP sleeve pic) for their U.K. LP/E.P. sleeves. He often used the same back drop/locations for multiple bands so it wasn’t uncommon to see the same back drop or props with different acts. I’m with Tim B. these E.P.’s would make a great series!