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

you'd think that puzzle would be easier for him to do, what with there only being two types of pieces

93 but this is one of the worst album covers I've seen in a minute

https://img.discogs.com/ophEWlG5vD0HBu3GsX8x2hPAwsk=/fit-in/600x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2094035-1364403284-3124.jpeg.jpg

holy wow, that's foul

i'm trying to imagine the concept by an actual legit heavy metal album cover artist as opposed to...that.

the tattoo should read "taxes" and the balance beam should read "innocent americans" and Stan Kelly should be sniping away in the corner.

I have been subbing entries in a finance magazine for eleven hours today but that sleeve discovered new levels of pain for my eyes

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/43/Be_a_Brother.jpg

"Be a brother man, hook me up." Yeah, between the title and the cover, there was obviously some drugs being used.

love the art tho

late 70s christian pop-rocker edition
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This LP doesn't quite fit on the title, but the cover was so awesome of the time I had to post it somewhere.

https://img.discogs.com/qGcZeMYBPCwN4DUc_L7t38mljSs=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1691961-1331689619.jpeg.jpg

saw this at a folk guitar/record story

https://i.postimg.cc/3JBDpLLY/20181010-173558.jpg

https://img.cdandlp.com/2016/11/imgL/118378100.jpg

Richard Sanderson - No Stickers Please

Top notch.

... good name for an album that.

will a comic do?

https://larsmagne23.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/p1330432.jpg

this Jimmy Buffett is mid-'80s but it is pure '70s

http://images.genius.com/ff6ac0c8a69ab7f63e755def1e0f4d41.1000x987x1.jpg

omfg

is that mango a bomb??

Jimmy's so happy to have told that super elaborate dad joke

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Off_to_See_the_Lizard.jpg

Jimmy Buffet: Off The See The Lizard

Jimmy Buffett: Beach House on the Moon

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Al_beachhouse.jpg

The song "Math Suks" caused a brief media frenzy over Jimmy Buffett's seeming disdain for math education.

I'm so confused by "Last Mango in Paris" -- is there anything more to it than just mango instead of tango and for some reason unrelated to the album title the mango is a grenade? And why does he have a mango grenade on a date?

I don’t know but this is a band with a couple solid ringers:

Personnel Edit

The Coral Reefer Band:

Jimmy Buffett - vocals, guitar
Matt Betton - drums
Josh Leo - guitar
Robert Greenidge - steel drums, percussion
Vince Melamed - keyboards
Greg "Fingers" Taylor - harmonica
Mike Utley - keyboards
Sam Clayton - congas, percussion, background vocals
Larry Byrom - electric guitar
Glenn Frey - guitar, background vocals
Emory Gordy, Jr. - bass, electric bass
John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards
Mark O'Connor - violin
Reggie Young - electric guitar
Roy Orbison - background vocals on "Beyond The End"
Marshall Chapman, Larry Lee, Wendy Waldman, John Edwards, Timothy B. Schmit, Pam Tillis, Frank "Birdie" Saulino, Jim "Val" Valentini, Harry Stinson - background vocals
Harrison Ford - bullwhip on "Desperation Samba"

No one cracks a whip like Harrison Ford.

the very best thing about Last Mango In Paris is the sunglass-modified sunburn that Buffett has acquired on his Parisian vacation.

that tie's been through some times

Greg "Fingers" Taylor - harmonica
I remember somebody I knew was going on tour playing bass in this guy’s band and it was supposedly kind of a big deal. Come to think of it there was another person from that place and time who lived in the same apartment complex and recorded with Sonny Fortune. /Idontknowwheretopostetc

Okay, found an article about that band:
https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19910720-1991-07-20-9107220087-story.html

The Beach House on the Moon picture looks like he's off to drain the lizard.

The song "Last Mango in Paris" literally ends with him reading the words of the chorus off a bathroom wall.

Seems like he was trying to write a Warren Zevon song or something:

I had a third world girl in Buzios
With a pistol in each hand
She always kept me covered
As we moved from land to land

I had a damn good run on Wall Street
With my high fashion model wife
I woke up dry beneath the African sky
Just me and my Swiss Army knife

I ate the last mango in Paris
Took the last plane out of Saigon
Took the first fast boat to China
And Jimmy there's still so much to be done

yeah, scans as a jolly rewrite of "lawyers, guns and money" specifically.

I had a college housemate who loved, somewhat looked like, and seemed to model his persona on Jimmy Buffet. I couldn't help but like the guy.

Lol

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Joe Ely ‎– Musta Notta Gotta Lotta

feel like we must've had this before but i couldn't spot it...

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51vBeh6YmYL._SS500.jpg

Cactus ‎– 'Ot 'N' Sweaty

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R7MfQqqYObk/TXoN_hTqTMI/AAAAAAAAATs/EnO0XSExEJ4/s400/LeDi-1-f.jpg

Legs Diamond - A Diamond Is A Hard Rock

i can confirm that i recall being grossed out by the cactus cover once before. ugh.

Ott'n'Sweaty

Saw this one in the wild the other day, can't remember if it's already been posted:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/814nXLm0l4L._SX355_.jpg
"I Didn't Know They Still Made Records Like This" - of course it's a Warners Loss Leader for the win.

I posted that one once - I remember struggling to find images of it after seeing it in the bin.

I’d never heard of the Loss Leaders series... great mail-order copy here (now I see where labels like Matador got some of their schtick): https://www.discogs.com/label/41348-Loss-Leaders

This cover art concept is great (if you get the reference); and the track list looks terrific: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Whole-Burbank-Catalog/master/321050

What’s the final song?!

Warner was cool, man

Also found on some were humorous, bizarre interstitial audio material—clips from old records and movies, short skits, found sound, etc.--and most albums featured clever, humorous cover art and liner notes. Most of the 1970s albums were compiled and annotated by Barry Hansen, better known as Dr. Demento.

I don't get the reference on that Whole Burbank Catalog but the tracklist is kind of amazing

https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/larger.jpg

Ahh not familiar

Yeah, it was a staple of (post-)hippie culture; my dad had a bunch of editions on his shelf when I was growing up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Earth_Catalog

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y9N0g_PJ1kU/T-xNazntTxI/AAAAAAAACcI/xyFRYWe0Sqo/s400/Album+cover+Johnny+Carroll.jpg

Johnny Carroll ‎– Do You Want To Touch Me

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Maxwell Plumm ‎– We Can Work It Out

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Detective - It Takes One To Know One

xpost I assume that's named for a cover of the Beatles song, which I admit is a pretty lame way to title your album. Looking them up, they apparently have one named.... "A Taste of Plumm."