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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Luis Tiramini, ‘A Touch of Cuba’

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

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Hugo Winterhalter, ‘Wish You Were Here’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bob Thompson, ‘On the Rocks’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Xavier Cugat, ‘The Best of Cugat’

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What Is Real Art?

By James Stafford on March 8, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Pink Floyd, ‘Animals’

By James Stafford on July 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Animals Year: 1977 Label: Columbia For more great sleeves, visit the The Hipgnosis Album Cover Gallery.

The Rather Unusual Obituary of Jim Stafford, Part Seven

By James Stafford on July 20, 2020 • ( 5 Comments )

“They call those mountains? Those barely count as hills. Can you imagine what these hillbillies would think if they saw the Rockies? Now those are mountains.” Jim was at the wheel of […]

Cartoon Saturday: ‘Walt Disney’s Fantasia’

By James Stafford on July 18, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Irwin Kostal Title: Walt Disney’s Fantasia Year: 1982 Label: Buena Vista Cover Artist: Unknown, presumed in-house art department

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘4 Lessons In Jazz’

By James Stafford on July 16, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Artist: Various Title: 4 Lessons In Jazz Year: 1956 Label: Aamco Model: Alice Denham

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. […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Luis Tiramini, ‘A Touch of Cuba’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Hugo Winterhalter, ‘Wish You Were Here’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bob Thompson, ‘On the Rocks’

From the Stacks »

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Arthur Fiedler, ‘Gaite Parisienne’

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

From The Stacks: ‘David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter And The Wolf’ (Green Vinyl)

Album Covers »

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Xavier Cugat, ‘The Best of Cugat’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Carmen Cavallaro, ‘Love Can Make You Happy’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Gerard Kremer, ‘Les Grands Carnavals D’Amerique Latine’

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