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Category: Album Cover Art

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: The London Sessions Act One

August 10, 2022August 9, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf in London. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: The London Sessions Act One

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Laughing In Rhythm

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cover art by Joe Sacco. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Laughing In Rhythm

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer

July 27, 2022July 26, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Mickey Spillane meets Stan Purdy. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Day For Night

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cover art by Thomas Ewerhard. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Day For Night

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Crusade

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

The blues forever. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Crusade

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Space Escapade

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Get spacy with Les Baxter. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Space Escapade

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Goo

June 8, 2022June 7, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Goo to you. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Goo

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Vagabonds Of The Western World

June 1, 2022May 31, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cover art by Jim Fitzpatrick. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Vagabonds Of The Western World

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Black Coffee

May 18, 2022May 17, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Have a cuppa joe with Miss Peggy Lee. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Black Coffee

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: All Polka, All The Time

May 11, 2022May 10, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Polka ’til you drop. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: All Polka, All The Time

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Polka Pie

April 27, 2022April 26, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Don’t eat the Polka Pie. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Polka Pie

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Music For Cooking With Gas

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

It’s a gas, gas, gas. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Music For Cooking With Gas

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Rio

April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Are You Hungry Like The Wolf? Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Rio

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Attack Of The Smithereens

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Rocking the sideshow with the Reens. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Attack Of The Smithereens

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Meet The Supremes

March 30, 2022March 29, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Meet Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Meet The Supremes

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Franck Symphony In D Minor

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Adrastos goes classical. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Franck Symphony In D Minor

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Here’s Jonathan

March 16, 2022March 15, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

The comedy stylings of the late great Jonathan Winters, Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Here’s Jonathan

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: De Stijl

March 9, 2022March 11, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

The White Stripes second album. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: De Stijl

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Even great artists such as Jimmy Smith have the occasional silly album cover, but this is ridiculous. It should be called Who’s Afraid Of A Chick In A Wolf Mask? The album itself is excellent. Here it is in the … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

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Album Art Cover Wednesday: Songs For Any Taste

February 16, 2022February 15, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

A feast for the eyes and ears from the Velvet Fog. Continue reading Album Art Cover Wednesday: Songs For Any Taste

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Time

February 9, 2022February 8, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

I selected the cover of this 1999 compilation album because I’m impressed by the leg kick by the then 58-year-old Richie Havens. I like the frame as well. Here’s the whole damn album via Apple Music: Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Time

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Rendezvous With Marlene

February 2, 2022February 1, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

I learned of this album while searching for a Berlin song to post after the Jay Rayner segment in the last Saturday Odds & Sods. What’s not to love about a cover featuring Marlene Dietrich? Here’s the whole damn 2020 … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Rendezvous With Marlene

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: I’ll Cry Tomorrow

January 26, 2022January 25, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Strictly speaking, I’ll Cry Tomorrow is an EP, not a LP. But I wanted to follow up on Monday’s Susan Hayward influenced post. In I’ll Cry Tomorrow Hayward played hard drinking Lillian Roth a singer-actress with a mother of a … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: I’ll Cry Tomorrow

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Telly Savalas

January 19, 2022January 18, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Telly sings. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Telly Savalas

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Think Tank

January 12, 2022January 11, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Take it to the Banksy. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Think Tank

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Pussy Cats

January 5, 2022January 4, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Harry Nilsson meets John Lennon. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Pussy Cats

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Victim To Villain

December 29, 2021December 28, 2021 Peter Adrastos Athas

I had never heard of the band New Years Day until I consulted with Mr. Google. Their goth-metal music isn’t my cup of tea but I dig this cover: If you’re feeling victimized by such a short post, this song … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Victim To Villain

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Twas The Night Before Christmas

December 22, 2021December 21, 2021 Peter Adrastos Athas

Merry Liberace. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Twas The Night Before Christmas

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: La Costa Perdida

December 15, 2021December 14, 2021 Peter Adrastos Athas

Camper Van Beethoven are a band whose music is as quirky as their name. The 2013 album La Costa Perdida has a cover as quirky as both. FYI, the title means The Lost Coast. The artist is Michael Wertz who … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: La Costa Perdida

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Album Cover Art Wednesday: Dicky Doo & The Don’ts

December 8, 2021December 7, 2021 Peter Adrastos Athas

All roads lead to Get Back at First Draft this week. John Lennon made a joke about Dicky Doo & The Don’ts in one of the episodes. Wondering if it was just another Lennon joke, I did some research. It … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Dicky Doo & The Don’ts

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