Artist and underground comic legend Robert Crumb created some great lp covers beginning with the classic cover illustration for Big Brother and the Holding Company’s “Cheap Thrills” album and including many for his own jazz band the “Cheapsuit Serenaders. Crumb amassed a world-class collection of rare 78 records and the Serenaders play classic jazz from that era. Here’s one on Blue Goose Records courtesy of frequent contributor and cover afficianado Kerstan Reineke.

(21 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)

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I was charmed by your lp cover log that I ran into over the weekend.

Most of my unusual covers were picked up in the early 90s when I could go to places like the local “Off Broadway Flea Market” and pick up my favorite jazz stars for around a dollar. I kept running into these odd covers that reminded me of when this kind of thing looked normal. Frankly it seems to me like it was more fun when wacky covers were a normal part of marketing these things. I hope some of these covers might find a place on your log.   — Steve Talley, Muncie, In

Georgie Gibbs on Halo Records.

(33 votes, average: 4.15 out of 5)

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From Japan.

(38 votes, average: 3.74 out of 5)

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Anything on Dig Records is cool.   “Wiggin with Wig” The Gerald Wiggin’s Trio.   I think Johnny Otis started the Dig Label and he’s the producer here.

(26 votes, average: 3.27 out of 5)

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A nice one from Argentina on the Copacabana label.

(23 votes, average: 3.74 out of 5)

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