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Wild wild West
An “incredibly strange” record and example of the celebrity “Golden Throats” series that has washed up stars taking on the hits of the day to usually disasterous or “so bad, it’s good” effect. This one is on Tower records, which put out some cool sixties rock and roll and some biker and surf soundtracks and the group isn’t bad musically. “Day Tripper” is a classic.
(18 votes, average: 3.22 out of 5) Loading ...Mary Tyler Moore: The cheesecake years
Before she was LAURA PETRIE, the happy homemaker on the Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore modeled and was annonomously featured on (to date I count 13) low budget lp covers. She was so easy on the eyes that she seemed right at home on the covers of Latin music, Italian music and British music records for example.
(30 votes, average: 4.30 out of 5) Loading ...Mexican Jayne Mansfield
This Jayne Mansfield photo shoot has yeilded a handful of album covers from Japan to Mexico.
(15 votes, average: 4.20 out of 5) Loading ...Bed Time Music with Jayne Mansfield
What a beautiful Jayne Mansfield cover from Japan. I collect Jayne Mansfield covers. There are maybe a dozen US covers (“Amor” and “Speak Low” being the best), but it’s always exciting to discover ones from other countries. Japan issued some other really great ones that top my “want list.”
(26 votes, average: 4.54 out of 5) Loading ...Marilyn Monroe
Soundtracks, Voices & Themes from Great Movies 20th Century Fox (Japan)
(34 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5) Loading ...Julie Newmar
How to Make Love to a Blonde Gianni Monese and his Orchestra Vox
A “how to” record every guy needs. This is Julie Newmar, a fifties pin-up queen and men’s mag mainstay. In the sixties she became Batwoman on the TV series “Batman”. Like the Bettie Page, a staple of any cheesecake collection.
(37 votes, average: 4.41 out of 5) Loading ...Mamie Van Doren cover
Escandalo en la Universidad (Soundtrack) Gamma
This is a very rare record and a beautiful example of fifties cheesecake photography. This is a spanish version of the “B” movie “College Confidential” and it’s far superior in presentation to the U.S. issue. This one makes good use of star Mammie (sic) Van Doren!
(20 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...Bettie Page
Ain’t Misbehavin’: Fats Waller’s Hits and Jazz Broadway Jazz Orchestra Halo
Bettie Page was on the cover of 3 Lps in fifties. The most famous uses the Bunny Yeager shot with the tigers, the other is cropped version of this photo. This is the sexiest and hardest to find. Halo is a great label for cheesecake covers. It was a budget label with smaltzy pop music and hits covered by orchestras. But many remain prime examples of early LPs with sexy models and pin-up photography. It would be incredible if anyone unearthed another lp from this period with Bettie on the cover. Maybe there’s one in another country that will show up some day.
(45 votes, average: 4.38 out of 5) Loading ...
