This generic album cover was made to hold 78’s (which were often released in brown paper sleeves without cover art) It wasn’t until the late forties/early fifties that illustration and then photography were used to package individual records.

(15 votes, average: 2.60 out of 5)

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Talking Comics was a series of 78’s on the Belda Records label that came with a comic book and sheet music so you could play along. The record was a narrated story with music.   This cartoon looks like a precursor to Hanna-Barbera’s great Squidly-diddly (who shall be featured here soon)!

(21 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)

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JULIAN CANNONBALL ADDERLEY (Leader-Alto Sax); JOHN COLTRANE (Tenor Sax);WYNTON KELLY (Piano); PAUL CHAMBERS (Bass); JIMMY COBB (Drums)

LIMEHOUSE BLUES (Furber-Braham) Harms, Inc. (ASCAP) 4:39.

THE SLEEPER (John Coltrane) Jowcol Music, Inc. (BMI) 7:15.

This session was cut in Chicago while all the above were sidemen working with Miles Davis’ group at the Sutherland Hotel in 1959!

This epochal jazz session was recorded in February, 1959, at universal Recording’s Studio B, Chicago, with Bernie Clapper, president of the firm, at the audio controls. In order to achieve the epitome in cohesive sound and coordination, the group was set up very tight, the way they worked in personal engagements. Microphone sets were worked out to make for the most possible directivity of sound with very little crossover, because this is fundamentally a session which featured solos by these outstanding progressive jazzmen.

(23 votes, average: 4.78 out of 5)

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Cream. Disraeli Gears. Cover art by Martin Sharp.

Jack Bruce: Vocals, harmonica, bass, piano

Eric Clapton: Guitars, vocals

Ginger Baker: Drums, vocals

Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Recorded 1967 at Atlantic Studios, New York. Engineered by Tom Dowd.

(62 votes, average: 4.58 out of 5)

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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. Recorded 1967-1969. Bizarre Record Label. Released 1970.

Frank Zappa recruited artist Neon Park to create a subversive image based on a cover story from the September 1956 issue of Man’s Life, a men’s adventure magazine. After showing Neon a copy of the magazine, Zappa inquired, “This is it. What can you do that’s worse than this?” Neon’s answer was to craft a parody of an advertisement for Schick brand electric razor based on the “Weasels Ripped My Flesh” theme.

Conceptually, the album could be considered phase two of Burnt Weeny Sandwich. Both albums consist of previously unreleased Mothers tracks released after the demise of the original band. Whereas the pieces on Burnt Weeny Sandwich generally have a more rigid and planned feel captured by quality studio equipment, Weasels Ripped My Flesh mostly captures the Mothers on stage, where they employ frenetic and chaotic improvisation characteristic of avant-garde free jazz. – Wikepedia

(29 votes, average: 4.34 out of 5)

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Aside from being a cool 60’s soundtrack with great art, this recording was picked up by audiophiles about 20 years ago as having exemplary stereo sound. It was highly collectible – only the Stereo version — during the lp era’s last gasp.

(35 votes, average: 4.09 out of 5)

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Check out the amazing story of Mingering Mike and his private world of records.

(19 votes, average: 2.84 out of 5)

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