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  • Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Sing the Top Country and Western Hits’

    Artist: Marvin Hughes and orchestra Title: Sing the Top Country  & Western Hits Year: 1966 Label: Capitol Photographer: Peter Loeser   For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.

  • Deep Cuts: Motorcycle Songs

    The motorcycle outlaw has been a potent archetype since Brando.

  • Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Climax Blues Band, ‘Tightly Knit’

    Artist: Climax Blues Band Title: Tightly Knit Year: 1971 Label: Sire For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

  • The Potential Hazards of a Too Full Bladder

    I waited too long, Trying to wrap up one last Chapter before bolting for the Diner bathroom.   I shoved open the door and Whacked a Hell’s Angel Who was on his way out.   “Excuse me,” he said. “Pardon me,” I replied.   He was very clean and He had a nice smile.

  • From The Stacks: Ben Colder/Sheb Wooley, ‘Spoofing the Big Ones!’

    Sheb Wooley might be most famous for his 1958 novelty hit, “Purple People Eater,” but 1963’s Spoofing the Big Ones is the record that holds a treasured place in my stacks.

  • From The Stacks: Plasmatics, “Butcher Baby” (Single)

    Here was the secret to the Plasmatics popularity among my junior high friends and me:

  • Cheesecake Cover of the Week: The Banjo Barons, ‘Golden Hawaiian Hits’

        Artist: The Banjo Barons Title: Golden Hawaiian Hits Year: 1963 Label: Columbia Cover Artist/Designer/Photographer: Unknown, presumed in house art department   For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.

  • Deep Cuts: Running Songs

    Even if we’re out of shape, we can outrun a lot of things:

  • Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Wishbone Ash, ‘Pilgrimage’

    Artist: Wishbone Ash Title: Pilgrimage Year: 1971 Label: MCA For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

  • All the Way To Barrow, Alaska

    When people asked why I moved to Los Angeles, I smirked before claiming L.A. was

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