Shaggy Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 20 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Not a purchase but as a pre-teen I nicked a series of these off my older brother before I graduated to Health & Efficiency magazine Apart from the covers those albums were always a massive disappointment, as the songs were re-recordings by some utterly naff sesssion band (so as not to pay royalties, I assume) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 3 hours ago, cetera said: The gatefold of KISS "Alive II" had an everlasting effect on me. I'd heard their "Unmasked" album when I was in Australia in 1982 and when I came back to the UK I discovered THIS.... 😲 😲 😲 Along with the Scorpions Worldwide Live and Maiden’s Live After Death, Kiss Alive ll was the album that made me want to play bass. I heard and saw all three albums around the same time thanks to my older brother getting them from the local record library. The feeling has never left me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Steve Browning said: and for the image on the back. That’s a great pic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Singles rather than albums, but there's a fair few (including me) who would buy these based on the distinctive "Stencil Circle": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykilz Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Have to be this one, I was 13, obsessed with reading horror fiction ( King, Barker, Herbert etc) and saw this in the local record shop. ❤️❤️ 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JottoSW1 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) !! Edited February 24, 2021 by JottoSW1 Cocked up photo link twice dammit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 First Motorhead album. It was 1978, I was a 16 year old Stranglers fan & I'd never heard of them, but I saw this in my local record shop & had to have it. To be honest the sleeve was (still is) so awesome I wouldn't have cared if it was crap. Bit of a bonus that the actual music was life-defining! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) A Classic.... and then came the Over Kill cover... Edited February 24, 2021 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Rich said: A schoolmate of mine was an obsessed metalhead, always on the lookout for something new as long as it was heavier than lead. He bought this Molly Hatchet album unheard, based entirely on the look of the sleeve, somehow convinced it was going to make Motorhead sound like Peters & Lee. Imagine his disappointment when it turned out to be Southern not-remotely-metal boogie rock. Oh, how the rest of us laughed. A lot. Indeed. Still, he got a good 'un with FwD at least. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 This bad boy: It’s got this beautiful booklet that strips away the layers of the figure on the front, so I took a punt on it. It also contained some of the best music I’d heard for a good long while. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Shaggy said: Apart from the covers those albums were always a massive disappointment, as the songs were re-recordings by some utterly naff sesssion band (so as not to pay royalties, I assume) When my brother didn't want them back he said I could keep them but I actually threw away the vinyl and kept the covers to put on my wall 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Bassassin said: First Motorhead album. It was 1978, I was a 16 year old Stranglers fan & I'd never heard of them, but I saw this in my local record shop & had to have it. To be honest the sleeve was (still is) so awesome I wouldn't have cared if it was crap. Bit of a bonus that the actual music was life-defining! I got a Motörhead compilation that looks like this having heard Metallica’s ham-fisted cover versions of 4 classic ‘head tracks. I was not disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) I was browsing one weds afternoon in our price Tottenham Court Road and found timewind . As soon as I played it, I realised it to be an ambient classic.Great gatefold sleeve . That was mid '80s As for obituary , I saw that in the new release section of virgin records one Friday afternoon . I Love it . ! 😼 The album cover is more blue in the flesh .. Edited February 24, 2021 by RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 This was a disappointment, i'm sorry to say 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) wonder if Gary Glitter bought this on the because of the Album Cover? What were they thinking, perhaps better if we don't know Edited February 25, 2021 by PaulWarning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwithvan Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 It was also only 50p! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 A friend loaned me an album in High School. Brought it in a paper bag. Nearly laughed myself to death when I saw it. Drum roll........ Trout Mask Replica. Weasles Ripped My Flesh definitly didn't dissapoint either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I bought a couple of Vicky Leandros albums in a junk shop in Berlin a couple of years ago. I’ve never played any of them, obviously, in case I like them and then have to buy all her records. The sleeve is one of those old school laminated affairs which is great because it stops the ink from rubbing off on my face. That jumper though. If I could get my bass refinished in them stripes I would do it 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 We had a record library in our school, a venture run single-handedly by Mr Murphy, and I never got to thank him enough. For the princely sum of 5p, you could have a week with the album of your choice, and it didn't half open my eyes...the Kiss albums I gravitated to first (the cover of Alive II was the biggie), but I played it and went 'This doesn't sound like it looks', and then I saw this: And that DID sound like it looked... 🙂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Meatloaf first album when i saw it in a record store it just looked amazing. Turns out it was an incredible album and well worth the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 14 hours ago, Shaggy said: Apart from the covers those albums were always a massive disappointment, as the songs were re-recordings by some utterly naff sesssion band (so as not to pay royalties, I assume) A lot of them included Elton John in the band playing the songs. It was to get around the licensing requirements and the fact that some record labels and artists (where they had enough control over how their music was used) didn't want their recordings appearing elsewhere - remember these were in the days when the record was the product. The producers of these albums would still have to pay the MCPS fees in the same way that a band putting a cover version on their album would, but these would have been a fraction of the costs of licensing the recordings by the original artists. It wasn't until first of all Arcade and K-Tel started doing compilations with the original recordings and then in the 80s the "Now" series - although those were very much biased towards artists that were signed to EMI (IIRC) who produced the Now albums. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) I bought a few of scientists albums back in the day, and the covers were quite good really , they all had a similar theme 5A2F7C12-39E2-43BA-BC52-B802EEEFB0F2.webp Edited February 25, 2021 by Reggaebass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 11, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Another band i had forgotten about from 70's and another Canadian band plus i know the keys player who is from same town as myself and we have shared a beer or 5. This was one i saw in a shop and was curious. Mate didn't join the band until their 3 rd album and i only met him just after he joined. We still keep in touch occasionally thru FB as he lives in Canada these days. Probably more a drinking buddy than a mate 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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