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IMG_2248Here’s “Disco Lady” and some other paperbacks from long ago that feature LPs on the covers.  “Turning the crowd on with hot sounds was her way of making a living”

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IMG_2250“But all the glitters is not gold!”

 

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IMG_2252“Dock workers and stevedores … five bucks a ride.”

 

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IMG_2254They were “wracked with lusts and damned to dance”!

 

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MARSHA, MARSHA, MARSHA!

 

Muddy Water holding his first recording.  Recorded by Alan Lomax. Waters later told Rolling Stone:  “He brought his stuff down and recorded me right in my house, and when he played back the first song I sounded just like anybody’s records.  Man, you don’t know how I felt that Saturday afternoon when I heard that voice and it was my own voice. Later on he sent me two copies of the pressing and a check for twenty bucks, and I carried that record up to the corner and put it on the jukebox. Just played it and played it and said, ‘I can do it, I can do it.’”

Rock and Roll can save your soul

2,500 fans can’t be wrong!

 

The Cure?

Iggy Pop breaking more records

Gene Deitch, cover illustration!

Jean-Michel Basquiat

THE BOOM CASE!

The Undisputed Tooth (via)

My girl.

Russian revolutions

He’ll be doing this the rest of his life.

Sometimes labels do apply.

My pad or yours?

Burning Rubber Soul

A giant version of Tom Waits’ 2006 album Orphans:   Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastardshas been created as part of a unique art installation in   London. The Portobello RECollection opened last week on the Portobello Road in West London, transforming a 100 m long wall into a giant record collection charting the musical influences of the neighborhood. Artists Natasha Mason and Teresa Crawley asked residents for their input on which records they would like to see represented. The result is a colorful celebration of the neighborhood’s musical heritage prominently featuring Waits acclaimed three CD/7 album set . The installation is scheduled to be in place for six months, so get your picture taken with a giant Tom Waits album while you can.

James Dean.   James Dean.

Marlon (and Tito?)

I never wondered, but good to know.

Slim Gaillard and Bam Brown examined their Atomic Records release – Atomic Cocktail

Tony’s Birthday Cake from the ladies in the office!!   Sweeet!

The King digs records too!!

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Eat TO the beat.   Don’t EAT the beat!

Courtesy of Way Back Now! Lets Go!

Serge Gainsborough listens.

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Turntable for five from DJ Mel James.

Brian Jones – just another fan at home catching up on the latest 45’s!

Cassius Clay checking out the latest from Sam Cooke (I like to imagine).

John listens

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  1. #1 Way Back Now! Lets Go... says:
    January 30th, 2009 at 12:21 am

    Hey girls and boys!!!

  2. #2 Way Back Now! Lets Go... says:
    April 6th, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    Shredding singles in the car!

    It’s “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena”…

  3. #3 ~Red x Baron~ says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 9:08 am

    Disco Babe needs a shave? Too many drinks but thank GOD for the light switch BEFORE my Coyote Ugly morning wake-up call…

  4. #4 ~Red x Baron~ says:
    June 24th, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    Matthew, that yellow duck in the bathtub is one lucky duck! Eh Lindsey?

  5. #5 diane says:
    April 19th, 2011 at 8:29 am

    Hey, does anyone remember an album cover from the early-mid 70’s that was a photo of a very winding, zig-zaggy stretch of Mulholland Drive?
    Not Running on Empty, not Old Ways. Driving me nuts! Help, please.

  6. #6 ~Red x Baron~ says:
    June 8th, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    It’s so hot up here in the Northeast that this particular GALLERY site was a must to click on so I could cool off? It didn’t work for it made me hotter!

  7. #7 ~Red x Baron~ says:
    July 12th, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    It’s sooooo HOT up here that I also need to cool off in the bath tub so move the duck?

  8. #8 ~Red x Baron~ says:
    August 1st, 2011 at 10:34 am

    This is one of my favorite … reads! Oldies and G**dies…!!

  9. #9 oleg says:
    October 3rd, 2012 at 3:51 am

    !!!!!!!!!! :)

  10. #10 ~Red x Baron~ says:
    November 4th, 2012 at 8:12 am

    THE best retro oldy vinyl site in the world, and not referring to the LPCL gals being…. OLD!

  11. #11 lpcoverlover says:
    November 4th, 2012 at 10:45 am

    Some new LP Cover Lover girls coming soon Dutch!

  12. #12 mario says:
    February 27th, 2013 at 7:52 am

    ¡¡¡¡¡¡BUENISIMOS ¡¡¡¡¡¡

  13. #13 ~Red x Baron~ says:
    March 1st, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    NEW or…. NEUD sir?

  14. #14 Album Cover says:
    April 20th, 2014 at 1:36 pm

    I love it, some real original covers. You don’t see creativity like this anymore, except here :)

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