Sure, we’re big dumb animals, but what are you going to do?
Deep Cuts: Animal Songs
Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Roy Harper, ‘Lifemask’
Artist: Roy Harper Title: Lifemask Year: 1973 Label: Chrysalis For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.
We Are Broken Animals (or If You Sell a Dog a Cookie)
Spend enough time on social media and eventually you’ll run across the tale of the dog who pays for cookies.
From The Stacks: Jefferson Airplane, ‘Thirty Seconds Over Winterland’
Here’s an album that represents 3-4 age tests.
Cartoon Saturday: The Phantom Surfers, ’The Great Surf Crash Of ’97’
Artist: The Phantom Surfers Title: The Great Surf Crash Of ’97 Year: 1996 Label: Lookout! Records Cover Artist: Jack Davis
From The Stacks: Duran Duran, “The Reflex” (Picture Disc)
This is one of two picture discs Duran Duran released for their #1 1984 hit “The Reflex.” Mine is the UK picture disc, which is a bit artier than its American cousin. […]
Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘At the Latin Quarter With the Irving Fields Trio’
Artist: The Irving Fields Trio Title: At the Latin Quarter With the Irving Fields Trio Year: 195-? Label: 20th Century Fox Cover credits: Unknown, presumed in-house art department For more great sleeves, […]
Deep Cuts: Heart Songs (But Not Songs By Heart)
I need a Valentine. Anybody game?
Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: ‘Audience’
Artist: Audience Title: Audience (aka You Can’t Beat ‘Em) Year: 1973 Label: Charisma For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.
From The Stacks: Janis Joplin Promotional Singles
The idea that Janis Joplin needed promotion is kind of a mind blower 50 years later, but when “Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)” was released in 1970 it didn’t even chart. […]
