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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ’20 Great Stars Perform 20 Great Hits of the 60’s’

By James Stafford on January 21, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Lessons Learned From a $100 Turntable

By James Stafford on January 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Members Only’

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

You Need To Write That Great Story

By James Stafford on January 11, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: The Three Suns, ‘Warm and Tender’

By James Stafford on January 7, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Who Dares To Tackle the Push-Up Challenge?

By James Stafford on December 31, 2020 • ( 4 Comments )

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Bad Company, ‘Burnin’ Sky’

By James Stafford on July 14, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Bad Company Title: Burnin’ Sky Year: 1977 Label: Swan Song For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

The Rather Unusual Obituary of Jim Stafford, Part Six

By James Stafford on July 13, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

And so the Staffords landed on a foreign planet sometime in the middle of 1974. The aliens spoke a strange variation of English wherein “mom” was replaced with “ma” and the -ar […]

Cartoon Saturday: ‘Arrivederci, Baby!’

By James Stafford on July 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Dennis Farnon Title: Arrivederci, Baby! Year: 1967 Label: RCA Cover Artist: Jack Davis

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Mammoth Mammoth, ‘Volume IV–Hammered Again’

By James Stafford on July 9, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Mammoth Mammoth Title: Volume IV–Hammered Again Year: 2015 Label: Napalm Model: Kelsee Sewell Photography: Christopher Tovo Art Direction: Ben Couzens

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Sammy Hagar, ‘Musical Chairs’

By James Stafford on July 7, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Sammy Hagar Title: Musical Chairs Year: 1977 Label: Capitol For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

The Rather Unusual Obituary of Jim Stafford, Part Five

By James Stafford on July 6, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

  When the 1960s came to a close, Jim Stafford was a 25 year-old father of three paying the mortgage on a small V.A. repo in a lower middle class Denver neighborhood. […]

Cartoon Saturday: ‘Walt Disney’s Alice In Wonderland’

By James Stafford on July 4, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Various Title: Walt Disney’s Alice In Wonderland (The Story, The Songs, The Music) Year: 1969 Label: Disneyland Cover Artist: Unknown, presumed in-house art department

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Enoch Light, ‘Spaced Out’

By James Stafford on July 2, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Enoch Light and the Light Brigade Title: Spaced Out Year: 1969 Label: Project Three Total Sound Cover Artist/Designer/Photographer: Unknown, presumed in house art department

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Al Stewart, ‘The Early Years’

By James Stafford on June 30, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Al Stewart Title: The Early Years Year: 1977 Label: Janus For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

The Rather Unusual Obituary of Jim Stafford, Part Four

By James Stafford on June 29, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

  Say “Colorado” and people envision snow capped peaks and lush mountain meadows teeming with wildlife. That’s a pretty fair picture of the Colorado where Jim was raised and eventually married, but […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ’20 Great Stars Perform 20 Great Hits of the 60’s’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: The Three Suns, ‘Warm and Tender’

From the Stacks »

From The Stacks: The Mamas and the Papas, ‘The Papas and the Mamas’

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