Nutty professor


Luis Aguile “Canta Para Los Ninos” Odeon (Courtesy of LP cover lover Carlos Malavida.)


Luis Aguile “Canta Para Los Ninos” Odeon (Courtesy of LP cover lover Carlos Malavida.)

Arthur Mullard of London. “Arthur was a fifties and sixties British actor (he usually played the heavy) and sort of comedian…well known for his gravelly, cockney voice and boyish good looks. His album, a collection of strange cockney monologues and painfully rendered songs (he sings the Beatles “Yesterday” as “Yus-today”) is a masterwork of dreadfulness. The cover says it all.” (Contributed by LP cover lover, Jay Strange)

Lonelyville. “The Nervous Beat” The Creed Taylor Orchestra ABC-Paramount I wonder if that’s Heartbreak Hotel there at the end of the street.

Berlin Musica Y Canciones Philips Records. Is she trying to hear that trumpet or play it with her ear?

“Learn While You Sleep” Sleep Teaching: A 20th Century Marvel. Release the power of your subconscious mind.

“Riot In The Rumpus Room” Party Songs Sung by Cliff Steward and his boys. Coral. The sub-heading of this site might just be “riot in the rumpus room.”


Bob Marley “Catch A Fire” Island Records. 1973. This is the record that made Bob Marley an international star. His first on a major label. With Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer and Aston and Carlton Barrett on bass and drums. Produced by Chris Blackwell. The album including the classics “Stir It Up”, “Concrete Jungle” and “Kinky Reggae” is 125 on Rolling Stone magazine’s top 500 list (the highest of Marley’s four Lps to make the list). The first 20,000 copies released were encased in this Zippo lighter die-cut sleeve. The sleeve opened like a lighter case with a side hinge. Rob Weiner and Rod Dyer designed.

“Campus Capers” In “Cool Fidelity”. I have a second volume of the same name. I love these cool beatnik era illustrations.