Album Cover of the Week

Album Cover of the Week: Alice Cooper, School’s Out

Chris Holmes
posted on June 11, 2021
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I’d say this album cover is quite appropriate for this time of year. It’s the 1972 rock classic School’s Out (Warner Bros. Records ‎– BS 2623), and boy does this one have a lot.

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Album Cover of the Week: Arthur Lyman on Broadway

Chris Holmes
posted on March 19, 2021
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Folks, this one has it all. Matching outfits, leis, pants up to the belly button, at least three tubes of Brylcreem, a vibraphone (or is it a marimba?), and state of the art photo editing. It’s

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Album Cover of the Week: Jonah Jones, I Dig Chicks

Chris Holmes
posted on August 29, 2016August 30, 2016
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I Dig Chicks (Capitol Records ST/T 1193, 1959) is more properly billed to the Jonah Jones Quartet, but I’m not about to quibble. This cover is at once way too on the nose and supremely clever.

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Album Cover of the Week: Percy Faith and His Orchestra, North and South of the Border

Chris Holmes
posted on April 13, 2016May 4, 2016
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It’s been far too long since the last entry in this series, but I had to revive it for this quaint, mid-century beauty. It’s Percy Faith and His Orchestra, North and South of the Border