Horrible 70s album titles like I've Got My Own Album To Do

7. Seventeen

Glad to see, as the years advance, Bill showing an interest in the more mature woman.

Wyman is one of the key originators of this genre, glad to see he's dedicated to seeing it through.
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/84999747/Stone+Alone+BillWymanStoneAloneAut3303131.jpg

That was the name of his autobiography as well as the album. A title so good, he decided to use it twice!

'Back to Basics' gets minus points for not having him standing there with his back to the camera.

let's not fully judge til we see the back cover

admirable restraint in not spelling it 'bassics' or showing the back of the bass

― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, April 16, 2015 10:04 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kinda bummed out by the no "bassics" part :(

saw this at a thrift store today..
White Heart - Don't Wait for the Movie

http://s8.postimg.org/pr2sedb2d/whiteheart.jpg

http://pxhst.co/avaxhome/13/9d/00349d13.jpeg

Paul Butterfield - Put It In Your Ear

http://www.bsnpubs.com/bell/windfall31929.jpg

http://eil.com/images/main/West-Bruce--Laing-Whatever-Turns-Yo-247830.jpg

a 2-fer from West, Bruce & Laing, who couldn't care less

Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs - More Arse Than Class

http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/les%20goupes/A/Aztecs/More%20Arse%20Than%20Class/More%20Arse%20Than%20Class.jpg

"Whatever Turns You On" has been posted before but it really is one of the best in thread IMO, never gets old.

I spotted a couple of borderline cases while rummaging yesterday, let me see...

http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/h/harry_chapin-living_room_suite.jpg

Harry Chapin - Living Room Suite (1978)

http://cdn.discogs.com/DqYtRYdYx4VU2GD8M00hnpqSdMo=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-1265493-1327206939.jpeg.jpg

Harry Chapin - Heads & Tales (1972)

(honorable mention: his Sniper and Other Love Songs, also 1972)

http://d3dvedx3sqrauf.cloudfront.net/i/boxart/large/a-z/w/wzabc9121.jpg?v=2

Johnny Carver - Double Exposure (1974)

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/52009405/Turn%2BOf%2BThe%2BCards.jpg

Renaissance - Turn of the Cards (1974)

Also thought about The Association - Insight Out but that's '67 and probably does come from a different place.

I meant to point out that the Aztecs album has a gatefold cover, inside can be seem here, possibly nsfw:

https://www.themonthly.com.au/sites/default/files/m/thatblockheadthing.jpg

that one is from 1974, but this style of album title seems to have remained hale and hearty in Australia for at least a decade or so after mostly dying out in the rest of the English speaking world

arse and class rhyme in Aus?

say 'ass' loudly through your nose...it will make sense

got it, got it, the nasal thing

say 'ass' loudly through your nose...it will make sense

doesn't really explain angus young to me

According to Eddie Hardin, you can't teach an old dog new tricks:

http://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400water/53433.jpg

And yet:

http://streamd.hitparade.ch/cdimages/phillip_goodhand-tait-teaching_an_old_dog_new_tricks_a.jpg

(I've posted that Philip Goodhand-Tait album before but I like that cover!)

And here's an album by Eddie Hardin's mate, Ray Fenwick:

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/645/MI0001645023.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Illegalstillsss.jpg

Stephen Stills - Illegal Stills

I agree, Stephen Stills should be illegal

http://i.imgur.com/EaSS8oJ.jpg

Sho-Nuff: From the Gut to the Butt

i can think of something else that follows a similar route

Just mentioned on the debut albums thread, from 1971:

Gerry Rafferty - Can I Get My Money Back?

Oh, so there's a copy of I've Got My Own Album To Do at my local alleyway shop, with a very flattering employee-pick sticker on it. The tracklist is pretty promising too. I think it was around eight bucks or I woulda just snapped it up. Is this actually a good album y/n?

― Doctor Casino, Friday, December 12, 2014 1:42 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i snagged it btw, and having finally got a replacement belt for my replacement turntable, i'm giving it a spin, and, two tracks in, i feel comfortable saying he did, indeed, have his own album to do.

meanwhile, from yesterday's browsing:

http://cdn.discogs.com/-Pne0IPXLWy7F_K8HFmXvX0JQ7w=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-2593943-1292931701.jpeg.jpg

Goose Creek Symphony - "Do Your Thing But Don't Touch Mine"

http://eil.com/images/main/Wynder-K-Frog-Out-Of-The-Frying-451526.jpg

Wynder K. Frog - Out of the Frying Pan

http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ddab642fb31ace3d0f96c18f17bce775/4504827.jpg

Zoot Money - Welcome To My Head

http://cdn.discogs.com/qh6mTFTpTAiJlRtXpsrV8rFivNQ=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-3269758-1429062373-4359.jpeg.jpg

The Spurrlows - A Slice of the Spurrlows

http://cdn.discogs.com/qXVE8_P1_fGL1DXqOo6zVrL3AXg=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-2879408-1305376986.jpeg.jpg

Ron Fraser - I'm Gonna Sing My Song

oh man now here is a band i think i would dig

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/M0sCaqmKlSM/hqdefault.jpg

Free Beer - Free Beer (1975)

http://www.redtelephone66.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/freebeertwo-thumb.png

Free Beer - Highway Robbery (1976)

http://cdn.discogs.com/TBC9k6pvgRw_fMgMebIdeogmGuA=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-3532589-1350058373-7314.jpeg.jpg

Free Beer - Nouveau Chapeau (1977)

Unfortunately:

When Elvis died in 1977, RCA let many acts go, choosing instead to focus on repackaging 'The King'. The members of 'FREE BEER' decided to pack it in but have remained friends and in touch and continue to pursue performing and songwriting careers. However, recent interest in the band has motivated this site, and who knows what else?

seriously though that self-titled cover is fucking amazing, can't believe that's not canon "best album covers of the 70s"

This thread is better than many museums.

Speculating that there must be an album out there with a airbrush painting of lumberjacks felling a tree, perhaps with musical instruments as their axes, hollering the title, "TIMBRE!"

the nouveau chapeau cover would be at home on the 'band photos where one member refuses to play along' thread

http://i.imgur.com/Uhxo5Z0.jpg
Krokodil: Getting Up For The Morning

http://i.imgur.com/AeyQkx2.jpg
Duffy: Just In Case You're Interested

Psych bands should arguably be excluded from the thread as I think the intention of the cornball titles was meaningfully different - but still:

https://cdn-images.9cloud.us/555/lighthouse___suite_feeling_500x500_764576713.jpg

http://img.maniadb.com/images/album/643/643153_1_f.jpg

Lighthouse - Suite Feeling (1969) and Peacing It All Together (1970)

http://i.imgur.com/zPBsH4x.jpg?1

Stuff - More Stuff

that's a keeper

http://i.imgur.com/Iz2L1Xw.jpg

Stuff - Stuff It!

dunno why but i have this feeling Stuff are probably better than most of the bands in this thread, can anyone confirm?

(to wit, have been listening to and enjoying Lighthouse's One Fine Morning, the dollar purchase of which prompted the above posts. it's not bad if you're in the mood for some very optimistic and kinda corny/borderline bubblegum sentiment from your psych-ish rock bands. title track is solid, and there's a great dumb melodramatic number about families on the california gold rush.)

Kinda liking the Stuff It! cover - the frazzled hair, the way her white shorts make her top half look disembodied, the fact that "Stuff" in concentric circles is apparently their logo.

Krokodil's keyboardist Hardy Hepp cleaned up nicely for his solo career:

http://i.imgur.com/XUDf1An.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ort8us2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gflXl2v.jpg
(the opening track is titled 'But Now I Have a Crow')

their drummer called himself Düde Dürst:

http://i.imgur.com/rSjUXD3.jpg

('Hahn' and 'Huhn' are German for 'Chicken' and 'Rooster', so the full title is Hepp - Chicken & Rooster: alive and good night)

(or Hen and Cock, if you wish)

http://cdn.discogs.com/pftFuHc3lC1pZPAXfo2ObwSbxso=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-2552016-1290083605.jpeg.jpg

Jimmy Maelen - Beats Workin' (1980)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/R-4451963-1365261831-2600.jpeg.jpg

Herbie Flowers - A Little Potty

Rabbitt - "Boys Will Be Boys" and "A Croak and a Grunt in the Night" (no, I've got no idea either...)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n7Fl9SjlnG4/S64rNYPNbWI/AAAAAAAAAfc/023erPKVhRw/s1600/r_boys.jpg

http://a1.img.bidorbuy.co.za/image/upload/user_images/144/2642144/2642144_150130091811_IMG_2186.JPG

wauw! what is the title of the second one? can't figure out the second word

I made sure to give the title for that very reason!

those are both ace