Always fun to find different records with the same or similar covers.  Here are two picture sleeves from different countries by different artists using different shots from the same photo shoot.  The one on the top, Hit Parade on Romance Records is from Holland and the one below is an EP from Italy by Nini Rosso “I Ragazzi Del Jazz “on Sprint Records.  One is pop music, the other Jazz.  One from Italy, the other from the Netherlands.  Guessing they both were released in the late fifties/early sixties.  People are more the same than they are different – no matter where they live.

(14 votes, average: 4.36 out of 5)

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Desfile de Exitos  (“Hit Parade”)   Velvet Records (Cuba)

(16 votes, average: 3.44 out of 5)

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Los Teen Tops “Rock”  Fontana Records (Spain)

(22 votes, average: 3.64 out of 5)

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Alta Tension Vol. 4  Philips Records (Argentina)  Fun cover of a South American romp comp of Sixties rock, surf and dance tunes by Los Tammys, Sonia, Tito Alberti and others.

(23 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5)

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“This is Surfin’ ” Wipe Out  The Surfaris  Dot Records (Japan)   Maybe with the Ventures, the Surfaris and their drum crazy hit “Wipe Out”were the most popular of the sixties surf scene.  This is a cool and unique cover only issued in Japan.  (Is that Sandra Dee on the cover?)

(40 votes, average: 4.03 out of 5)

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Black Slacks and Bobby Socks  HMV Records (UK)  Beautiful cover on this 1957 Rock ‘n Roll compilation featuring Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones, Danny and The Juniors, Earl Williams, Alan Dale, Johnny Janis, Hoke Simpson, Clint Miller, Jack Scott.

(28 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5)

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“Noviembre 32”  Son-Art Records (Mexico)  A comp from 1969 including covers of “ob la di, ob la da” and “I say a little prayer”, etc.  Cool sketchy marker illustration.

(18 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

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The Japanese made beautiful record covers in the fifties and sixties.  Japan reproduced American art, music and culture with care, affection, and detail.  These Japanese pressings looked and sounded great.  Here’s a Japanese Decca release with a vibrant cover shot of James Dean.  James Dean only made three movies, but his image graced many records around the world.  Like this one often the music was just a compilation of Hollywood movie music.   This one, “The Glory of Victor Young”, starts off with the theme from “East of Eden,” but (thanks to LP cover lover, Roy, this shot is from his first film “Rebel Without a Cause”).

(17 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5)

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For Young Ears  A compilation of pop from Israel circa 1970.  A recent pick from DJ Sheila B on her WFMU radio show “Sophisticated Boom Boom”  (Listen here and every Friday from 3 – 6PM)

(30 votes, average: 3.93 out of 5)

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Eric Smith  Fona Records (Danish)  (1959)  I was the always the guy leaning on the stereo (distracted by the records!).

(23 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

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