Artist: The Cowsills Title: The Best of the Cowsills Year: 1969 Label: MGM Cover Artist: Jack Davis
Cartoon Saturday: ‘The Best of the Cowsills’
Deep Cuts: Shirt Songs
That old dude looked pretty swell in his A’s t-shirt, like he belonged to something bigger than himself.
Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Pink Floyd, ‘Wish You Were Here’
Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Wish You Were Here Year: 1975 Label: Columbia For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.
The Fraternal Order of the Joiner Averse
An old man just shuffled past me in a green Oakland A’s t-shirt.
From The Stacks: Toyah, “Thunder In the Mountains” (Picture Disc)
Toyah never made a dent in the American charts, but lead singer Toyah Willcox left a big impression on the new wave kids.
Cartoon Saturday: Philip Lang, ‘The Night They Raided Minsky’s’
Artist: Philip Lang Title: The Night They Raided Minsky’s Year: 1968 Label: United Artists Cover Artist: Frank Frazetta
From The Stacks: ‘A Child’s Garden of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)
A few albums serve only as time capsules.
Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Tiare Tahiti – ‘Les Grands Ballets de Tahiti’
Artist: Tiare Tahiti Title: Les Grands Ballets de Tahiti Year: 1976 Label: Barclay Art Director: Jacques Lubin For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.
Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: The Pretty Things, ‘Savage Eye’
Artist: The Pretty Things Title: Savage Eye Year: 1975 Label: Swan Song For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.
A Labor Day Short Story
Locke’s Caravan
