Vintage & Rare LP / 45 Art & Fashion

[Butterfly*]

^^ I actually have some of those (Ursula 1000)

 

[gius]

Finally opened up my VA - Le Boom Boom
It's great! Thanks auxt for providing the links
Hopefully will have some time to try the others
Very sweet music
it's really..'beach' vibe kinda, haha

 

[gius]

This is Akiko Wada
couldn't find bigger pictures of other albums..
I like the exaggerated posing in a lot of her covers
Her music's pretty good-- her voice is strong, a raspy tone. They say kind of like Aretha Franklin?

1968+

second release, early '69

akofc.com
garagehangover

 

[Jenner8675309]

The iconic Mary Tyler Moore posed for covers before she hit it big:

tvsitcomsonline

 

[auxt]

Hey gius, glad to hear you had a chance to listen to the mix. I'll have to keep an eye out for Akiko Wada, I have a small collection of Japanese music but haven't heard her yet.

Thanks for the pics, Jenner8675309, MTM looks quite young there ... I had no idea she did record covers.

Since I'm responding, here are some Italian soundtracks. The left column are mostly giallo films. Another butterfly cover, but this time it's more sensationalized.

The right column are soundtrack covers with less terror ; I'd like to see the last film based on the mod style alone.

images from ebay, dustygroove

 

[Butterfly*]

I'd like to see the last film based on the mod style alone.

Ditto..
Love the butterflies..
I need to take a listen to those mixes..

Jenner - I had no idea Mary Tyler Moore posed for rec covers either..

 

[auxt]

^Yeah, I looked around for that movie but couldn't find it, although it looks like someone posted it on a torrent site earlier in the year.

These images are actually from a rare, out-of-print book drawn by Tony Munzlinger in 1965 ... technically not covers but hopefully you can still appreciate the illustrations

(on amazon , abebooks)

photos by Rockadelic

 

[auxt]

Stock 45 sleeves, hole in the center to reveal the individual label
Advertisements sometimes on rear

record envelope

 

[auxt]

Continued

record envelope

 

[auxt]

Brazil 60's & 70's







sabadabada

 

[auxt]

sabadabada

 

[auxt]

assorted cool / unusual covers from the United States, mostly from the 50s and 60s

showandtellmusic

 

[gius]

banned album covers

feeling inspired thanx auxt

On the guardian.co.uk news site, they have an article on 10 banned album covers

Here are a few:

Beatles - Yesterday and Today

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]When Capitol released Yesterday and Today, cobbled together from other albums including Revolver and Help! the Fab Four, reportedly outraged that their art was being "butchered", posed for this photo. Capitol released it in June 1966, but faced with rejection by distributors, they had to recall thousands of "Butcher" LPs. Panicked, they rustled up a gloomy and unflattering photo - ever since known as the Trunk Cover - and pasted them over the recalled jackets. In that process, they created one of the holy grails of record collecting.

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[/FONT]The Five Keys - on stage

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]After this album was released in 1957, Capitol Records reportedly received a bit of heat over the Virginia-based doo-wop stars' cover photograph. The angry complainants imagined that the forefinger (seen far) of lead balladeer, Rudy West, was a penis - and thus a decision was made to airbrush the offending digits out for subsequent issue. [/FONT]

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[/FONT]Ice Cube - Death Certificate

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]When Ice Cube broke from NWA to go solo, his 1991 album carried on the tradition of controversy. The cover, showing Uncle Sam on a mortuary gurney (a visual metaphor for the death of the American dream?) and his various intolerant and violent songs led to condemnations in US Billboard magazine, widespread retail boycotts, and, in Oregon, an official statewide ban on displaying the rapper's image in retail shops. [/FONT]

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[/FONT]Dilated Peoples - Target Practice

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif] Dilated Peoples' single was issued by ABB not long after 9/11. Controversy erupted over the song Target Practice, as well as over the cover art, which featured an electronic map of the world with cities, including New York, apparently targeted for attack.[/FONT]

from http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/0,8542,1221201,00.html

 

[auxt]

Here's a cool concept that has recently gained a lot of popularity on the web
all you need is a cover and some creativity ...

all images from sleeveface photo pool @ flickr -- http://www.flickr.com/groups/sleeveface/pool

 

[ruslana rules]

Here's a few to consider....View attachment industry state of the nation - slobix free fr.bmp

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Sources: Pic 1- slobix-free.fr Pic 2- lpcd.de Pic 3. 2gris.fr Pic 4- elderly.com Pic 5 & 6- danacountryman.com

 

[gius]

^ Jean-paul Gaultier used to be a singer ????

 

[seanutbutter]

Here's a cool concept that has recently gained a lot of popularity on the web
all you need is a cover and some creativity ...

I actually came here to post one of my favorite LP portraits, featuring a classic Johnny Cash cover. I could spend hours looking at all the different variations of this trend!

hackett on flickr.com

 

[auxt]

I agree, there are a lot of cool shots in that flickr pool ... good timewaster

Here are 2 iconic and a few unfamiliar covers by Andy Warhol. Sticky Fingers had a real metal zipper of course ...

src: discogs.com

 

[auxt]

^ pics come from discogs.com

 

[auxt]

It's been a while, but here is an example of a top notch package in my opinion

Front & Back:

Inside:

Insert:

White vinyl + CD

photos by 4DW