Monthly Archives: December 2014

Black Sheep Of The Family

Posted on December 30, 2014 by simon robinson

I’ve got around to looking at one of my favourite Hipgnosis sleeves at last, the Quatermass album.  Although I don’t have it, this German single sleeve I found on the web lifts the Pterodactyl’s from the front sleeve of the … Continue reading →

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Home Sweden Home

Posted on December 19, 2014 by simon robinson

Home Sweden Home, featuring Egon Kjerrman Orchestra and soloists. This charity shop find struck me a quite ‘seasonal’ cover (it even has a track on it called Black Rudolf!). Issued in America in 1959 on London Records, I have seen … Continue reading →

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Trevor Kelly IS Elvis

Posted on December 14, 2014 by simon robinson

With the opening of the Elvis Presley exhibition at the O2 Arena, I figured here’s one album which might have escaped the curator’s attention!  It’s another privately pressed album, this time by Trevor Kelly, “architect and entertainer”.  Resident compare at … Continue reading →

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metal threesome

Posted on December 4, 2014 by simon robinson

A contrasting trio of covers for heavy metal collections circa 1980, from the sublime to the ridiculous perhaps!  It’s a music genre that threw up many real horrors cover wise but occasionally they aspired to something greater as one of … Continue reading →

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