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Post by Rick Bartlett on Mar 20, 2022 5:33:08 GMT -5
There's something that turns me on about album covers from this period, and especially Capitol and RCA covers. The colors, the images, the fonts, they are almost like 'Disneyland' on a record sleeve. A huge fan of the Sinatra/Dean Martin/Chet Atkins and oh boy!, Julie London! Do you folks have any eye watering favorites of your own from this period? I'll post a few that I dig:    |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Mar 20, 2022 5:37:17 GMT -5
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Mar 20, 2022 5:41:33 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Mar 20, 2022 6:18:46 GMT -5
Wow -- some cool covers there, Rick.  This was my very first album, bought in 1961 with birthday money, and my only pop album until the first three Hitsville U.S.A. Motown comps of four years later. I bought Runaway with Del Shannon the year it was released. The title track had been my big jaw-dropping moment in pop shortly before -- so you could do this too!  I recall proudly showing my new acquisition to a fellow student in the bus queue and they just dropped it roughly back into its bag with a look of disgust. Goodness know what they expected to see in its place… A book full of nude ladies perhaps. This is pretty close to the colouring of the LP I used to own:  I later sold it to another school friend for fifty shillings but the bugger never paid me.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_with_Del_Shannon |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Mar 20, 2022 6:38:18 GMT -5
Wow -- some cool covers there, Rick. This was my very first album, bought in 1961 with birthday money, and my only pop album until the first three Hitsville U.S.A. Motown comps of four years later. I bought Runaway with Del Shannon the year it was released. The title track had been my big jaw-dropping moment in pop shortly before -- so you could do this too! I recall proudly showing my new acquisition to a fellow student in the bus queue and they just dropped it roughly back into its bag with a look of disgust. Goodness know what they expected to see in its place… A book full of nude ladies perhaps. This is pretty close to the colouring of the LP I used to own: I later sold it to another school friend for fifty shillings but the bugger never paid me. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_with_Del_ShannonAhhh great one Jk! A big fan of Del's material, especially the early stuff. I really digged his last album too before his sad passing. Great cover, I love it! |
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Post by jk on Mar 20, 2022 7:29:02 GMT -5
Ahhh great one Jk! A big fan of Del's material, especially the early stuff. I really digged his last album too before his sad passing. Great cover, I love it! Del always struck me as most uncomfortable in his role as pop star. I was horrified to read of his death. |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Mar 20, 2022 7:46:41 GMT -5
Ahhh great one Jk! A big fan of Del's material, especially the early stuff. I really digged his last album too before his sad passing. Great cover, I love it! Del always struck me as most uncomfortable in his role as pop star. I was horrified to read of his death. I've studied Del a lot over the years. Apparently he was very uncomfortable with his own success, and could never find peace within himself. His wife said he found it difficult accepting the accolades and Thankyou's from his very many fans and had a hard time trying to balance that life and to his normal home life. He was very humble, a sweetheart of a guy, but the success bug really did a 'mind trip' on him. A great songwriter, great performer, and he had a very tragic ending. Some people cannot handle fame and success, but it's hard to imagine it took nearly 30 years into his career for him to take his own life. We can only go on the information we are given that is too, maybe he was depressed or had other issues... who knows. Terribly sad to lose him. |
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Post by jk on Mar 20, 2022 9:29:52 GMT -5
This is outrageous but it's the way the minds of the powers-that-be (the cigar-chomping fatties, as someone once called them) worked in those days.  The above original cover featuring the group on this 1958 LP was soon withdrawn and replaced, with a slight change of title... by this: I'm no fan of internet-speak but I mean wtf? WTF??   |
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Post by jk on Apr 3, 2022 16:11:33 GMT -5
Scouring the local record store during the very early '60s I used to see a lot of stuff by Martin Denny (of "Quiet Village" fame), most of whose albums had scantily clad ladies on the cover. All part of a 12-year-old music fan's education, you might say.   |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 4, 2022 4:58:30 GMT -5
Nice one's JK! I've got this Brittish Lp by Patsy Cline, and the cover is an absolute stunner!  This picture doesn't do it justice, but the cover is laminated and quite reflective and the colors are superb and vibrant. I paid a few dollars for it in Mint shape too, but the cover was worth for 40 bucks I think I paid for it. |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 4, 2022 5:04:12 GMT -5
Ha! Never seen this before:  |
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Post by jk on Apr 4, 2022 5:25:49 GMT -5
Ha! Never seen this before: Hahaha. That's hilarious. I see Sonny Lester is a big name in the jazz recording world. And he's still going strong at 97. I think I prefer the Patsy Cline cover. I remember hearing her first crossover hits in 1961. I read a biography about her some years ago. What a horrific end to a young life. |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 4, 2022 5:40:44 GMT -5
Of course, there is this one Brian speaks highly of, 'How To Speak Hip' from 1959.  I had a audio copy of this for sometime, and for the life of me, I really couldn't get into it. Tried playing it a few times, but it didn't hit my 'funny bone' or whatever spot Brian found so amusing by it... |
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Post by jk on Apr 4, 2022 8:25:34 GMT -5
Peter Sellers was always good for a laugh (except in the film The Party but I suppose that's a matter of opinion). From 1959, this is Songs for Swingin' Sellers:  |
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Post by boogieboarder on Apr 4, 2022 10:04:55 GMT -5
Of course, there is this one Brian speaks highly of, 'How To Speak Hip' from 1959. I had a audio copy of this for sometime, and for the life of me, I really couldn't get into it. Tried playing it a few times, but it didn't hit my 'funny bone' or whatever spot Brian found so amusing by it... It’s totally hilarious! I highly recommend it, and it’s available on streaming services such as Apple Music, or for download purchase. |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 4, 2022 10:15:27 GMT -5
Of course, there is this one Brian speaks highly of, 'How To Speak Hip' from 1959. I had a audio copy of this for sometime, and for the life of me, I really couldn't get into it. Tried playing it a few times, but it didn't hit my 'funny bone' or whatever spot Brian found so amusing by it... It’s totally hilarious! I highly recommend it, and it’s available on streaming services such as Apple Music, or for download purchase. Ha! I keep waiting for the 'hilarious' part to kick in.... Another place, another time for me maybe lol |
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Post by jk on Apr 4, 2022 15:22:10 GMT -5
It’s totally hilarious! I highly recommend it, and it’s available on streaming services such as Apple Music, or for download purchase. Ha! I keep waiting for the 'hilarious' part to kick in.... Another place, another time for me maybe lol I'd say it's a cultural thing. I've never "got" American humour, generally speaking. The exceptions are the Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin and silent slapstick -- but that's all. Rich Hall is a favourite living American stand-up comedian of mine but he lives in the UK and its humour seems to have rubbed off on him. I love the stuff the late Sean Lock did but I can only imagine it has little appeal "across the pond" -- too British!  While I'm here, how about this iconic Elvis cover from 1956?  |
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Post by boogieboarder on Apr 4, 2022 16:41:40 GMT -5
It’s totally hilarious! I highly recommend it, and it’s available on streaming services such as Apple Music, or for download purchase. Ha! I keep waiting for the 'hilarious' part to kick in.... Another place, another time for me maybe lol You'd have to have been around beats or beatniks in the late 1950's/early 60s. It's like the cartoon - "I like you non-conformists. You're all so alike." |
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Post by jk on Apr 5, 2022 5:00:09 GMT -5
Ha! I keep waiting for the 'hilarious' part to kick in.... Another place, another time for me maybe lol I'd say it's a cultural thing. I've never "got" American humour, generally speaking. The exceptions are the Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin and silent slapstick -- but that's all. Rich Hall is a favourite living American stand-up comedian of mine but he lives in the UK and its humour seems to have rubbed off on him. What was I thinking? Charlie an American? I think he'd had given me a good thwacking with his cane if he'd heard me say that!  From 1962, this is one of my favourite film scores, if not my favourite, courtesy of Maurice Jarre. I first saw Lawrence of Arabia in '63:  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_(film)#Music |
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Post by jk on Apr 8, 2022 16:11:10 GMT -5
Some of the '50s ![]() space-themed stuff was pretty cool. How about The Ames Brothers' Destination Moon from 1958?  Or Larry Elgart's Impressions of Outer Space from five years earlier?  |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 8, 2022 22:39:21 GMT -5
My dad recently passed on, and this was one of his favorite album covers when he was buying records. This must have looked amazing in the day, and apparently he said it did. He said 'you had just never seen anybody in a 'gold suit' before, yet alone Elvis', the biggest thing on record at the time. By all accounts, Elvis absolutely hated the suit!  |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 8, 2022 22:42:19 GMT -5
Ahhh 'Space'!! They really milked the subject in the late 50's/60's, and good on them for doing it. You have to love all of the RCA 'Living Stereo' album sleeves. I have very few in the collection of any genre, I wish I picked up more over the years on my travels, they sound amazing!  |
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Post by boogieboarder on Apr 9, 2022 2:55:10 GMT -5
Great cover, but what does it have to do with space?  |
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Post by jk on Apr 9, 2022 3:21:45 GMT -5
My dad recently passed on, and this was one of his favorite album covers when he was buying records. This must have looked amazing in the day, and apparently he said it did. He said 'you had just never seen anybody in a 'gold suit' before, yet alone Elvis', the biggest thing on record at the time. By all accounts, Elvis absolutely hated the suit! Great cover! Sorry to hear about your dad, Rick. |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Apr 9, 2022 4:44:05 GMT -5
My dad recently passed on, and this was one of his favorite album covers when he was buying records. This must have looked amazing in the day, and apparently he said it did. He said 'you had just never seen anybody in a 'gold suit' before, yet alone Elvis', the biggest thing on record at the time. By all accounts, Elvis absolutely hated the suit! Great cover! Sorry to hear about your dad, Rick. Oh Thanks JK, my dad was unwell for a couple of years. He needed a minor operation to which he refused to get, and he deteriorated from making a 'poor' decision. We all tried to tell him to have a day procedure, but he refused.... Silly fool. |
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