Tag Archives: record sleeves

ALBUM COVERS | A DOG’S LIFE

* ANIMAL LOGIC — Animal Logic  [1989] RUSH — Signals  [1982] ERIC CLAPTON — There’s One In Every Crowd  [1975] BLUR — Parklife  [1994] THE CRUEL SEA — Three Legged Dog  [1995] WEEZER — Raditude  [2009] RICK SPRINGFIELD — Working Class Dog  [1980] THE CHURCH — Priest = Aura  [1992] PAVLOV’S DOG — Pampered Menial  […]

MORE HEADLINE NEWS [COVERART #48]

Elvis Costello – Tokyo Storm Warning [12″, 1986] Ruth Wallis – Risqué [late 1950s] Beast – Lonely Nights [1984] Steve Race – Plays James Bond & Other Themes [1965?] * For the past year, most of the Coverart posts have consisted of a photo of two albums (above). Today I’m experimenting with a vertical series of individual […]

SEA OF JOY

My friend over the back fence invited me to come and hear his latest LP. Greg was two days older than me and we’d been playmates since our Mums met on the maternity ward. But in terms of musical sophistication, Greg was years, worlds, away from me. Not in terms of understanding how music worked; […]

TURNTABLE TRAVELS

As far as travelling was concerned, I was a late starter. Most of the people I knew had been somewhere outside of Australia, even if it was just a package trip to Bali (cue song, Redgum, 1984). Many had done the Europe thing and had come back somehow wiser, more knowing, more confident… more something. […]