Sixties garage band P.J. Orion and the Magnates on the Magnate label (1966).   Covers of the Stones (“As Tears Go By”), the Animals (“We Gotta Get Out of this Place”), Dylan (“Love Minus Zero”), etc.

(18 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5)

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Squeeze   A&M Records (1979)   This one’s for Jennifer.

(16 votes, average: 3.94 out of 5)

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(Otis, can you help me out here?)

(17 votes, average: 4.65 out of 5)

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I saw Antoine “Fats” Domino play at JazzFest in 1990 and have always loved his music. He was a king there at the piano, big rings on his fingers, flashy suit. I think I read he lost everything in the flood. Here’s a sweet single courtesy of Fred.   Great liner notes on this mid- fifties collection and a nice illustration on the cover. Fat’s early classics are all on the Imperial label. This four song e.p. features his eponymous first hit “The Fat Man”.

(13 votes, average: 3.31 out of 5)

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This is here because I like Laura Nyro and it’s a very rare alternate cover to her album New York Tenderberry from 1968. I’m not clear on the genesis of the cover that got released to the public, but this photo is on the inside of that gatefold version. Apparently some copies were distributed with this cover slick before Columbia caught the mistake. There are many rare, alternate, pasted over or withdrawn album covers (sometimes due to error, sometimes due to censorship) throughout the fifty year history of the lp. Think Beatles butcher cover. I’ll be posting others.

(30 votes, average: 4.23 out of 5)

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Ann Arbor, Michigan.   1963.   High school.   That’s Jim Osterberg, er, “Iggy” Pop on drums on the far right.     Maybe this is where he got the nickname “Iggy”.

(11 votes, average: 3.64 out of 5)

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Meet the Beatles!  The Beatles  Capitol Records

(32 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5)

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