Meanwhile, some other finds from today's browsing:
https://img.discogs.com/rC0fFmLltPyxeeh5NdROlisWrpw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-720302-1321634247.jpeg.jpg
http://img.cdandlp.com/2012/07/imgL/115428939.jpg
Eddie Drennon & the B.B.S. Unlimited - Would You Dance To My Music? (1977); It Don't Mean A Thing (1978)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Penguin_%28album%29.jpg
Fleetwood Mac - Penguin (1973)
https://img.discogs.com/2Hc9imMfQm22RkFNmlc5cvEm4bg=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2900957-1418634069-8380.jpeg.jpg
Wireless - Positively Human, Relatively Sane (1979)
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:19 (seven years ago) link
And finally, a quick tour of blues-rock survivors The Groundhogs:
https://img.discogs.com/cB5LGYi-QkfB9wwHkDyGAo8dbY8=/fit-in/500x490/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1971943-1255899297.jpeg.jpg
Scratching the Surface (1968)
https://img.discogs.com/5MX98CizImck9Ys_nDvS0a1-XOQ=/fit-in/412x425/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1337008-1288285275.jpeg.jpg
Blues Obituary (1969)
https://img.discogs.com/eceDCOWBhluYxHMMPThmWXM6K3A=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1335901-1464796019-9946.jpeg.jpg
Thank Christ For The Bomb (1970)
https://img.discogs.com/Hbb5JAYabkDRZyJU_FxYJyoX7GM=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1391310-1215632057.jpeg.jpg
Who Will Save The World? The Mighty Groundhogs (1972) <<<< the comic book continues with an awesome gatefold and further unfoldings, rules pretty hard tbh
https://img.discogs.com/CmSVRtOACgIzacrR1D8nFCsQ-Pw=/fit-in/496x496/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-717253-1264674678.jpeg.jpg
Hogwash (1972)
https://img.discogs.com/_iAPJHtuFzGWXb2fN5wkKd1dm8Y=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1337037-1440006610-5674.jpeg.jpg
Crosscut Saw (1976)
https://img.discogs.com/tgTH4s_WjUia7B8A16qyA8HKrJU=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2373737-1352037050-9433.jpeg.jpg
Hoggin The Stage (1984)
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w555/richdfrost/2374_zpsa0f0c21b.jpg
Razor's Edge (1985)
https://img.discogs.com/cWwN4dbTGIjAsN9tOrPFq6fzC4I=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2373754-1280319562.jpeg.jpg
Hogs On The Road (1988)
https://img.discogs.com/58MB3pVOhaFkvSy5hqtzfLE9jdg=/fit-in/377x377/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2192605-1375865589-1013.jpeg.jpg
Flight No. 5 To Houston (1989)
Groundhog Night (1993)
Hogs In Wolf's Clothing (1998)
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:36 (seven years ago) link
hmmm trying again on those last two:
https://img.discogs.com/LL0clrFHWLYhBo6_jy7cniyzsc0=/fit-in/600x604/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3808088-1345217642-5043.jpeg.jpg
https://img.discogs.com/PCSuLol1V0Iq68HsiqONQaB3sW8=/fit-in/600x588/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5902999-1407786573-7654.jpeg.jpg
ahhh who am i kidding, i'm totally going back tomorrow to check the price on "who will save the world? the mighty groundhogs."
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:39 (seven years ago) link
^^Artwork by Neal Adams
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Green_lantern_85.jpg
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:50 (seven years ago) link
now wishing that imago were a stan for the groundhogs rather than cardiacs
― mookieproof, Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:53 (seven years ago) link
Checking it out, Stanky Brown's 'Coal Town' did have a bit of Southside Johnny in the sound with the overdubbed horns. Their records are really honed down and got that 70s soft dullness in the production trough and through. You can see the producer or label saying "can you make it softer sounding". I bet they were much better live.
I got to go check out Eddie Drennon and Wireless now to see what they sound like.
― earlnash, Saturday, 6 May 2017 03:33 (seven years ago) link
I was mistakenly sent the MP3s for a Groundhogs boxed set I never purchased the physical version of - score!
― 誤訳侮辱, Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:10 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you must have said to yourself 'thank christ for the boob'
― dschinghis kraan (NickB), Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:13 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 05:59 (seven years ago) link
kinda mad at myself for mistakenly adding that question mark to the end of "Would You Dance To My Music"
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 06:01 (seven years ago) link
None of those Groundhog albums belong here. Crosscut Saw would, but only for the cover. "Hogging the Stage" has the title but is excused for a cool cover and, like "Hogs on the Road" being way too late.
― everything, Saturday, 6 May 2017 06:45 (seven years ago) link
the stanky brown facebook page is a lot of fun. it seems to be run by a number of ex-members.
https://www.facebook.com/TheStankyBrownGroup/
there's this gem:
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14264057_525569300970026_2034445894038059772_n.jpg?oh=cc509b3a4eafdb42072d32c931f40011&oe=597E9EA7
― budo jeru, Saturday, 6 May 2017 07:33 (seven years ago) link
great stuff, DC
― niels, Saturday, 6 May 2017 08:31 (seven years ago) link
aw man c'mon! i'll allow that some of those, like "Thank Christ For The Bomb," might just be plain old titles or even cool titles maybe, but really - - - "Scratching The Surface," "Hogwash," all the live "Hog" gags, and "Razor's Edge" with a guitar being dragged across a razor??
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 May 2017 14:33 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/577/MI0001577180.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Junior Wells: On Tap
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 May 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
This might have been up already. From 1979, Sea Level, "Long Walk On A Short Pier"
https://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/s/sealevel~~~_longwalko_101b.jpg
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Friday, 19 May 2017 09:51 (seven years ago) link
*Bonneville, "Here and Dare" (1978)
https://e.snmc.io/lk/l/l/e57dd82bf3688aebf3c77968b399910c/2291427.jpg
(*can you imagine thinking this would make a good album title?)
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Friday, 19 May 2017 09:54 (seven years ago) link
And let's not forget that the band Sea Level was formed by ex-Allman Brothers keyboardist C. ('Chuck') Leavell.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 20 May 2017 05:28 (seven years ago) link
Nothing wrong with the album title but check the cover, complete with phallic guitar case...
http://www.alexgitlin.com/npp/bparrish.jpg
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 09:31 (seven years ago) link
Feel like this must have been posted before but 2000 messages is a lot to check.
https://e.snmc.io/lk/f/l/b205f714bd1e155d0f3c19f307ca7227/1581142.jpg
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 09:45 (seven years ago) link
David Snell, "Harp Transplant". Nice work by the design department too...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rOpmBvx6UQQ/UA_S4q6rtpI/AAAAAAAADp8/gVav29YThlE/s1600/ds+1.JPG
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 May 2017 14:11 (seven years ago) link
nice one, I bet Joanna Newsom is bummed she didn't get to that one first
― Moodles, Saturday, 27 May 2017 14:20 (seven years ago) link
this is a 70s Island Records sampler:
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41dNoykFo6L._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
― del esdichado (NickB), Saturday, 27 May 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link
Don't know if this belongs here, but it's quite something:
https://img.discogs.com/iDxj_J5G-Xu3Itm8PDVbIwGjmfo=/fit-in/600x590/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-503920-1428684494-1639.jpeg.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 27 May 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
whatever they were going for there it pisses me off
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 27 May 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
not even going to look up the covers for Birth Control's many other awful titles, including Operation, Rebirth, Backdoor Possibilities, Rock On Brain, Believe In The Pill, and Knock Knock!! Who's There?.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 27 May 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
"Believe in the Pill" has a foetus in a dustbin, from memory.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 May 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
Absolutely everything about that band was terrible.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 May 2017 17:07 (seven years ago) link
Never heard of these guys, they definitely have some wacky looking records. Their record "Count on Dracula" cover looks like it could have been the prequel to Sabbaths "Born Again".
― earlnash, Saturday, 27 May 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link
That's horrifying wow
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 27 May 2017 23:36 (seven years ago) link
Holy shit I just looked up their other covers
Unreal
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 27 May 2017 23:38 (seven years ago) link
Does Dan Auerbach's new "Waiting on a Song" count?
― LimbsKing, Thursday, 1 June 2017 14:33 (seven years ago) link
If the album cover is Dan sitting at bus stop made of musical notes
― President Keyes, Thursday, 1 June 2017 14:44 (seven years ago) link
Infinite Content needs a dishonorable mention in here just for being a lazy as fuck album title
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 1 June 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
ok so that album is called Everything Now which is even lazier
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 1 June 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/UTsaEKW.jpg?1
The joke here is that her middle finger's raised a little bit, right? Like when kids hold up three fingers and say "read between the lines."
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 4 June 2017 10:21 (seven years ago) link
Kursaal Flyers, "Chocs Away!" (1975)
http://skullrecords.de/images/product_images/original_images/kursaal_flyers-chocs_away-lp.jpg
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Monday, 12 June 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
CAPTAIN PARALYTIC AND THE BROWN ALE COWBOYS - MIKE HARDING
http://media.oxfam.org.uk/images/products/HighStDonated/Zoom/hd_100794803_01.jpg?v=1
― André Ryu (Neil S), Friday, 23 June 2017 13:55 (seven years ago) link
omg WHAT, why would anybody choose THAT elton john title to... wow. the tracklisting for that is also pure gold btw.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
that's dude's a comedian though, with other albums called Flat Dogs and Shaky Pudden, and Foo Foo Shufflewick & Her Exotic Banana
― President Keyes, Friday, 23 June 2017 14:13 (seven years ago) link
ehhh still counts imho, a great many people who had their own album to do were hoping to get a chuckle out of us. just a bit of fun from those low-stakes, shaggy cut-ups and their easy-going rockin'.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:21 (seven years ago) link
btw re: the Stanky Brown Group brought up slightly upthread:
https://img.discogs.com/2ehC98xyvMLMrjZp_K3Koknpneg=/fit-in/600x603/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2615226-1484583974-4817.jpeg.jpg
If The Lights Don't Get You the Helots Will (1977)
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:24 (seven years ago) link
Oh and:
https://img.discogs.com/q_Zzi4Ndud1xYprH8ehKnzvxy94=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3480436-1411662532-4376.jpeg.jpg
Our Pleasure to Serve You (1976)
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:29 (seven years ago) link
("Misery Loves The Stanky Brown Group" would have also been good tbh. I just can't imagine being at one of these jokers' concerts and being like, shit yeah, I gotta get in the merch line and take me home a copy of that!)
Turns out the Oxfam online store is a trove of this stuff. Another "comedy" album
RIOTOUS ASSEMBLY -- BILLY CONNOLLY
http://media.oxfam.org.uk/images/products/HighStDonated/Zoom/hd_100767468_01.jpg?v=1
― André Ryu (Neil S), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:47 (seven years ago) link
album covers from the 70s done in a claustrophobic style
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
Previously displayed upthread, I spotted I Didn't Know They Still Made Records Like This in the wild:https://img.discogs.com/Ffz07bv3yKb7KGp1i1EdUUw_Pq0=/fit-in/600x601/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6349009-1424112499-7145.jpeg.jpg
Confused that there was no artist listed on the spine, I realized is was a label sampler from Warners. Looking it up on Discogs, the whole Warners Lost Leaders series from 1969 to 1980 has a pulse on album naming through the decade. The Big Ball from 1970, with Tull and Family and a whole bunch of GTOs captures the nudge-wink bluster. Troublemakers with Gang of Four and PiL and Devo captures 1980 right down the the hazard stripes on the cover. Supergroup in 1976, Collectus Interruptus in 78, before the dinosaurs are truly under siege from New Wave.
https://www.discogs.com/label/41348-Loss-Leaders
I suppose 1975 is peak Got My Own Album to Do aesthetic.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Sunday, 25 June 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link
Excellent.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Sunday, 25 June 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link
Extra points for The Whole Burbank Catalog riffing on The Whole Earth Catalog.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 25 June 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link
Got My Own Album to Do aesthetic tracks tightly with the rise and fall of embroidered denim.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Sunday, 25 June 2017 22:19 (seven years ago) link
Well done bendy! Yeah I remember it being hard to look that one up... oddly, I also saw it out in the wild again recently, tho it could have been the same copy as I saw the first time...
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 25 June 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link