https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51kRyQ4j9OL._SX355_.jpg
there should be a thread for depressingly bad covers of jazz albums.
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 18 July 2019 02:05 (four years ago) link
Saw this at the record store the other day:
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/455/MI0003455453.jpg(Charles Earland - Earland's Jam)
― Tuomas, Saturday, 20 July 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Contrastsgarner.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 20 September 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
DB Band - Stranger In The Alps(this is a Supergrass offshoot btw)
https://img.discogs.com/DHryQdBFLDSd0UXvNg_O5RAdYw0=/fit-in/551x551/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3139282-1317583008.png.jpg
― funnel spider ESA (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 September 2019 11:30 (four years ago) link
This thread started before my children were born. They're teenagers now. Odd, that.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
Argent - In Deep. A Hipgnosis cover apparently.
https://img.discogs.com/Sh-RbZVRyWWrZLiUxka-WYZuDP4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7262297-1443098696-2414.jpeg.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Holding_Back_The_River.jpg
wet wet wet - holding back the river
― visiting, Thursday, 31 October 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
LOL, shocker
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
This one isn't yawnsome, in fact I kind of like it...
https://img.discogs.com/KZUfJkxp0l1Q-Lae_rwr0vkGxnQ=/fit-in/600x602/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1386976-1215255157.jpeg.jpg
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link
Sucks when you're trying to hold back the river and you got an itch on your nose... hate that
― Evan, Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Sb2BqrgeL._SY355_.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 17:25 (four years ago) link
This is the front cover of Rufus's Seal In Red:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71xm4y%2Bl-ML._SX355_.jpg
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
and this is what the back of it looks like:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81n4sxybdqL._SX355_.jpg
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
No pinnipeds were harmed in the making of this album cover.
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
Genulol at that. Magnificent.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:15 (four years ago) link
totally got the giggles when i saw that in the record shop tbh
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
Two Guns - Balls Outhttps://www.discogs.com/Two-Guns-Balls-Out/master/635584
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link
Just spotted in the wild
I almost feared to click on that link tbh.
― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
It’s really the back cover that clinches it
They could’ve thrown an apostrophe in there I suppose
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 November 2019 00:20 (four years ago) link
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2969476577_16.jpg
A Tuba to Cuba
If it sells well, they're going to take a guitar to Qatar
― sbahnhof, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/OU3nyACh38JZ3PXfl-4h-YwYL44=/fit-in/600x603/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1131497-1537042584-4720.jpeg.jpg
― enochroot, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
that's just sad
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 02:09 (four years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/X-c5Nxky74tKF8ZsxmUdKvxgVfs=/fit-in/600x589/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8197527-1456962625-8746.jpeg.jpg
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 07:29 (four years ago) link
I think the horrible animal mutilation makes that one a bit more than just yawnsomely literal.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
Also, to be pedantic, Snakefinger is the name of the artist not the album.
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 12:17 (four years ago) link
it's a great record tho
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
And that Grosswendy is astounding
-wendt
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
High Fido-elity.
― nickn, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
Johnny Lytle, "Fast Hands"
https://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/3-11-16-6/682749.jpg
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
The Big Ball
https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/323995923942_/Collectors-Warner-Reprise-Loss-Leader-2-LP-Sampler.jpg
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/xixCaUoa5Ar3A4ZwA933l-YKzHI=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6872771-1428439195-9099.jpeg.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
Ha ha, love it
― Don’t yell ‘Judas!’ in a crowded theater (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
Whoa, Goose Creek Symphony almost simultaneously on two different threads and from two different posters.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:49 (four years ago) link
tbh one led to the other
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
Seemed to good to be true.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
Spotify just threw this at me
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71bfzR--nOL._SX355_.jpg
Steve Cropper, Pops Staples, and Albert King: Jammed Together
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 January 2020 08:07 (four years ago) link
I have flipped past Rufus' Seal in Red in the bins countless times, yet never looked at the back cover. That one's amazing. (xpost to 2 months ago)
― A perfect transcript of a routine post (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 23 January 2020 14:46 (four years ago) link
Man that Cropper/Staples/King album is pretty cool. Never heard of it before.
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/L1-b1AlEocU0FUGhD_5RcqhXGwo=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2338452-1277994046.jpeg.jpg
Irma Thomas - In Between Tears
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 24 January 2020 07:17 (four years ago) link
Ouch.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Friday, 24 January 2020 07:32 (four years ago) link
Such a great record though.
― Tim, Friday, 24 January 2020 11:42 (four years ago) link
There should be a thread for "I have a friend that draws" album covers
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 24 January 2020 14:04 (four years ago) link
I'd like to make one called "The Heat Is On" and it's just a finger pointing to a thermostat that clearly has an switch in the "on" position
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 24 January 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
Or maybe even better, not a real thermostat, just a very crude, old-looking switch labeled "HEAT" with "ON" and "OFF labels for the positions.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 24 January 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
Dragon - Fallen Angel
https://img.discogs.com/j9u_B19LlvLFgFi4L5gx_hBJEKk=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-2041143-1260305011.jpeg.jpg
― it's after the end of the world (Matt #2), Friday, 24 January 2020 15:07 (four years ago) link
Bob Lenox, "Leanin' on the Wall"
https://img.discogs.com/uOKnyPVTtza01kKb6-jcsgSKtPA=/fit-in/596x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5342290-1391612178-7643.jpeg.jpg
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Sunday, 26 January 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
Okay, that one is kind of freaking me out with its yawnsome literalness.
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Marat/Sade (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 January 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
NOT impressed with that guy's leaning technique
― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Sunday, 26 January 2020 22:06 (four years ago) link