No one cracks a whip like Harrison Ford.
― nickn, Friday, 16 November 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
the very best thing about Last Mango In Paris is the sunglass-modified sunburn that Buffett has acquired on his Parisian vacation.
― Bing The Mighty Seat (sic), Friday, 16 November 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
that tie's been through some times
― omar little, Friday, 16 November 2018 23:45 (five years ago) link
Greg "Fingers" Taylor - harmonicaI remember somebody I knew was going on tour playing bass in this guy’s band and it was supposedly kind of a big deal. Come to think of it there was another person from that place and time who lived in the same apartment complex and recorded with Sonny Fortune. /Idontknowwheretopostetc
― Recnac and my 📛 is Yrral (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 November 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
Okay, found an article about that band:https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19910720-1991-07-20-9107220087-story.html
― Recnac and my 📛 is Yrral (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 November 2018 00:21 (five years ago) link
The Beach House on the Moon picture looks like he's off to drain the lizard.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 17 November 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
The song "Last Mango in Paris" literally ends with him reading the words of the chorus off a bathroom wall.
Seems like he was trying to write a Warren Zevon song or something:
I had a third world girl in BuziosWith a pistol in each handShe always kept me coveredAs we moved from land to land
I had a damn good run on Wall StreetWith my high fashion model wifeI woke up dry beneath the African skyJust me and my Swiss Army knife
I ate the last mango in ParisTook the last plane out of SaigonTook the first fast boat to ChinaAnd Jimmy there's still so much to be done
― President Keyes, Monday, 19 November 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
yeah, scans as a jolly rewrite of "lawyers, guns and money" specifically.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 November 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
I had a college housemate who loved, somewhat looked like, and seemed to model his persona on Jimmy Buffet. I couldn't help but like the guy.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 19 November 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Recnac and my 📛 is Yrral (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 00:39 (five years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41S3CAQ06JL.jpg
Joe Ely – Musta Notta Gotta Lotta
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
feel like we must've had this before but i couldn't spot it...
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51vBeh6YmYL._SS500.jpg
Cactus – 'Ot 'N' Sweaty
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R7MfQqqYObk/TXoN_hTqTMI/AAAAAAAAATs/EnO0XSExEJ4/s400/LeDi-1-f.jpg
Legs Diamond - A Diamond Is A Hard Rock
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link
i can confirm that i recall being grossed out by the cactus cover once before. ugh.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
Ott'n'Sweaty
― Jacob Lohl (stevie), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
Saw this one in the wild the other day, can't remember if it's already been posted:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/814nXLm0l4L._SX355_.jpg"I Didn't Know They Still Made Records Like This" - of course it's a Warners Loss Leader for the win.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 23 November 2018 10:02 (five years ago) link
I posted that one once - I remember struggling to find images of it after seeing it in the bin.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 23 November 2018 13:01 (five years ago) link
I’d never heard of the Loss Leaders series... great mail-order copy here (now I see where labels like Matador got some of their schtick): https://www.discogs.com/label/41348-Loss-Leaders
― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Friday, 23 November 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
This cover art concept is great (if you get the reference); and the track list looks terrific: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Whole-Burbank-Catalog/master/321050What’s the final song?!
― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Friday, 23 November 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
Warner was cool, man
Also found on some were humorous, bizarre interstitial audio material—clips from old records and movies, short skits, found sound, etc.--and most albums featured clever, humorous cover art and liner notes. Most of the 1970s albums were compiled and annotated by Barry Hansen, better known as Dr. Demento.
― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Friday, 23 November 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
I don't get the reference on that Whole Burbank Catalog but the tracklist is kind of amazing
― The Poppy Bush AutoZone (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 November 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/larger.jpg
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 November 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
Ahh not familiar
― The Poppy Bush AutoZone (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 November 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it was a staple of (post-)hippie culture; my dad had a bunch of editions on his shelf when I was growing up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Earth_Catalog
― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Saturday, 24 November 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y9N0g_PJ1kU/T-xNazntTxI/AAAAAAAACcI/xyFRYWe0Sqo/s400/Album+cover+Johnny+Carroll.jpg
Johnny Carroll – Do You Want To Touch Me
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71B8WdN2jsL._SL1280_.jpg
Maxwell Plumm – We Can Work It Out
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71kGHLHYkiL._SY355_.jpg
Detective - It Takes One To Know One
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
xpost I assume that's named for a cover of the Beatles song, which I admit is a pretty lame way to title your album. Looking them up, they apparently have one named.... "A Taste of Plumm."
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
I kind of doubt that they can work it out tbh, just based on the photo
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
Bevis Frond keepin' the dream alive...
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0014336001_10.jpg
We're Your Friends, Man
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
is that Johnny Carroll a private press? it's pretty great (as far as this thread goes obv)
― sans lep (sic), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
not exactly a private press but on a tiny independent that only had about twenty releases. there was a follow up to that album, perhaps inevitably called 'Touch Me Again'...
https://i.ibb.co/XXX0Q9t/touchmeagain.jpg
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
Irish? Or Scottish?
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
brummie of unknown ancestory, assume it's mostly straight simian tbh
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
Orang O'Tan
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
now sold as a twofer "Touch Me Again/I'll Fuckin Kill Ya"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
b/w Jeannie Sealy's "Don't Touch Me"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
this is the rear of the first sylvester album (yes, that sylvester). does it mean what i think it means?
https://i.ibb.co/sv7HLZL/IMG-E1471.jpg
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
idgi(?)
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
(just putting that here because you would be the people to ask - i don't think it's horrible btw)
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
s.o.m.f. = sat on my face?
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
haha, is that a known abbreviation(?) what's that a photo/depiction of, anyway?
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:04 (five years ago) link
idgi either
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
amyl nitrate i guess
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
oh shit, that's not the first sylvester apparently. first one has versions of southern man and a whiter shade of pale on it, kind of want to hear that now
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:12 (five years ago) link
This is from Joshua Gamson’s Sylvester biography. Fwiw, he places it in the context of the growing acrimony between Sylvester and his band:
“Sylvester does not appear on the back of the Bazaar album cover. Instead, there are pictures of the band members, and beneath them their own cryptic inside joke: “Why is the Hot Band smiling? Because they have S.O.M.F.” (“S.O.M.F.” was Hot Band code for Sit on my Face.) On the front is a photo of Sylvester, with long flowing hair, turquoise Indian jewelry, and light makeup. He is not smiling.”
(I tried and failed to upload a photo of the book page with the quote)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 14 December 2018 09:29 (five years ago) link
ah thanks bc! so somf in the sense that they've taken advantage of sylvester perhaps? but then the amyl makes no sense
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Friday, 14 December 2018 10:13 (five years ago) link
It does if “sit on my face” is in the context of eating ass though
― sans lep (sic), Friday, 14 December 2018 10:37 (five years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/h7DT3bhBax5pVeONJFBvIDf4daA=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3282069-1509105025-4066.jpeg.jpg
has this one been done yet?
― Bênoit Balls (stevie), Monday, 24 December 2018 08:56 (five years ago) link
i don't think so!
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, 24 December 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link