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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Eddie Lund, ‘Tahiti Dances’

By James Stafford on May 19, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Richard Hayman, ‘Havana in Hi-Fi’

By James Stafford on May 12, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Ray Conniff, ‘S Awful Nice’

By James Stafford on May 5, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Jackie Gleason Presents Music for the Love Hours’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Ohio Players, ‘Skin Tight’

By James Stafford on April 21, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Clebanoff, ‘Lush, Latin & Bossa Nova Too’

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Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Black Sabbath, ‘Never Say Die!’

By James Stafford on June 29, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Black Sabbath Title: Never Say Die! Year: 1978 Label: Warner Brothers For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Jo Basile, ‘Berlin With Love’

By James Stafford on June 24, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Jo Basile Title: Berlin With Love Year: 1960 Label: Audio Fidelity Photographer: Charles Van Maanen For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: The Alan Parsons Project, ‘Pyramid’

By James Stafford on June 22, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: The Alan Parsons Project Title: Pyramid Year: 1978 Label: Arista For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

Building Your Own Buddha Bus

By James Stafford on June 21, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Thank you for your interest in creating your own Buddha Bus. Each of these installations is a unique expression of its artist, so please consider the following as no more than suggestions […]

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Billy Vaughn Orchestra, ‘Girl From Ipanema’

By James Stafford on June 17, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Billy Vaughn Orchestra Title: The Girl From Ipanema Year: 1968 Label: Pickwick Cover Design: Unknown, presumed in-house art department   For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Al Stewart, ‘Time Passages’

By James Stafford on June 15, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Artist: Al Stewart Title: Time Passages Year: 1978 Label: Arista For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

The Mona Lisa: A Stunning New Mix

By James Stafford on June 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

George Harrison’s estate is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of what many people think is his first solo album, All Things Must Pass, later this year with not one but eight different varieties […]

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Jackie Gleason Presents Velvet Brass’

By James Stafford on June 10, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Jackie Gleason Title: Jackie Gleason Presents Velvet Brass Year: 1957 Label: Capitol Cover Design: Unknown, presumed in-house art department   For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Peter Gabriel, Self-Titled/2/Scratch

By James Stafford on June 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Peter Gabriel Title: Peter Gabriel aka 2 aka Scratch Year: 1978 Label: Charisma For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

My Grandfather the Klansman

By James Stafford on June 7, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Since the dawn of their nation the mass of Americans who bunch up in the middle of our country’s liberty bell-shaped curve have remained fairly ruthless re-inventors. We may pass down an […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Ray Conniff, ‘S Awful Nice’

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