Best Ever Albums

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

bobbyb5 — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:56:48 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/25/2017 04:56

Fischman wrote:

I loved my original Jethro Tull Stand Up, which actually stood up when you opened it:

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That's wild. I never knew it did that. My older brothers had that album, but I guess I never opened it up. Ha ha. I would have been surprised

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

Fischman — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:13:03 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 09/25/2017 00:13

I loved my original Jethro Tull Stand Up, which actually stood up when you opened it:

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Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

bobbyb5 — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:50:44 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/24/2017 18:50

Hayden wrote:

Romanelli wrote:

I don't seek out things like this (I do love a great album cover, but I'm more concerned with the music)...but I do have this.

My former sister in law used to work as a nanny. One of her clients was Sam Phillips, who was married to T-Bone Burnett. Knowing my love for the film and the soundtrack, she was able to get one of these for me. It's a promo only copy of the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack in a cd sized Dapper Dan tin.

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Dope. Could've made a great vinyl pressing.

I agree though, not all to into novelty releases. Typically, they don't fit on shelves well. The CD pressing of Everything That Will Happen Will Happen Today is pretty cool though.

That thing with the house on it is fucking awesome.

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

RoundTheBend — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:21:49 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/24/2017 18:21

Besides what's been listed already, I'm really only remembering boxed set stuff, which usually has extra goodies/different packaging, but I wouldn't really call it anything special.

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

Graeme2 — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 05:24:14 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 09/24/2017 09:24

Yeah I have that version of ladies and gentlemen.... A single cd in a blister pack as mentioned. The version you want though is each of the tracks on their own 3 inch cd in a large blister pack.

After an unopened version of this in mint condition?
https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/607356?ev=rb

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

Hayden — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 16:54:51 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/23/2017 20:54

Romanelli wrote:

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Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

bobbyb5 — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 16:47:01 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/23/2017 20:47

Romanelli wrote:

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Thats cool as hell. There's lots of cool promo stuff

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

Romanelli — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:28:43 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 09/23/2017 12:28

I don't seek out things like this (I do love a great album cover, but I'm more concerned with the music)...but I do have this.

My former sister in law used to work as a nanny. One of her clients was Sam Phillips, who was married to T-Bone Burnett. Knowing my love for the film and the soundtrack, she was able to get one of these for me. It's a promo only copy of the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack in a cd sized Dapper Dan tin.

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Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

CharlieBarley — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 01:52:39 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/23/2017 05:52

Mercury wrote:

I loved reading the beautiful back and forth you two had. Honestly warmed me heart a wee bit.

No special vinyl for me. Except I do have a Leys Get it on vinyl with a weird pattern on it, colored kinda pink and white. I don’t remember. I’ll see if I can find it.

I also have that spiritualized CD, I think. Wait, maybe not. No. Nevermind. I just looked and it’s a normal box with some features you mentioned. I have a couple cool CDs with like special packaging, but I forget which and I just checked and I couldn’t find them. Still a bit drunk from the Father John Misty show. Speaking of which, I think he releases his albums with awesome instructions on how to listen, and with strange features. Everyone who bought a hard copy of I Love you Honeybear probably got the same cool unusual packaging he loves to do.

Okay bye

Cheers Mercury
I am just getting into Father John Misty
He is really ace.

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

Mercury — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:52:09 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 09/23/2017 04:52

I loved reading the beautiful back and forth you two had. Honestly warmed me heart a wee bit.

No special vinyl for me. Except I do have a Leys Get it on vinyl with a weird pattern on it, colored kinda pink and white. I don’t remember. I’ll see if I can find it.

I also have that spiritualized CD, I think. Wait, maybe not. No. Nevermind. I just looked and it’s a normal box with some features you mentioned. I have a couple cool CDs with like special packaging, but I forget which and I just checked and I couldn’t find them. Still a bit drunk from the Father John Misty show. Speaking of which, I think he releases his albums with awesome instructions on how to listen, and with strange features. Everyone who bought a hard copy of I Love you Honeybear probably got the same cool unusual packaging he loves to do.

Okay bye

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

bobbyb5 — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:48:22 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/23/2017 04:48

Stover75 wrote:

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I wish I did - especially PIL's Metal Box on vinyl, a real collector's item. Your collection sounds good mate.

I have the vinyl of Led Zeppelin 3 with the famous kaleidoscopic wheel but they are ten-a penny. Now you have motivated me to find some novelty vinyl! Luckily vinyl stores are springing up all over the place where I live. Must scour a couple of them.

The only album I have with a novelty value is a CD of Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space. It is a cardboard box done up like a medicine packet. The CD inside is placed in an opened foil packet and there is a stuck-on piece of white paper like a doctor's precscription which advises you to play twice a day to relieve symptoms. That's all I have.

As well as PIL I would like to own a copy of Sticky Fingers with the zipper, and it would be great to own a copy of The Velvet Underground And Nico with the peelable banana. Isn't one of the bananas pink or something? Or luminous?

Oh and an early pressing of The Beatles White Album on vinyl would be great to own too, in mint condition.
I don't ask much!! Maybe I'll own them one day.

That Spiritualized sounds awesome. I've never seen that before. I don't know anybody with the Velvet Underground with the peelable banana. They must be very rare. I forgot all about Led Zep but I used to have it. And what's different about the early pressing of White Album?
And I just added another one to my list above, Uriah Heep. Do you know that one?

I didn't know the Uriah Heep album, it looks cool. They are going for between £35-£80 here on ebay UK. I have heard of Uriah Heep but never heard them. Will definitely give them a listen soon.

I just read online about The Velvet Underground & Nico album. The first few thousand copies had a peelable banana bearing the legend "Peel slowly and see" and underneath the sticker was a flesh-coloured banana. Copies of those vinyls must be very rare, like you said, cuz they only made a few.

A quick check on ebay and I found they have re-issued the album on vinyl with a peelable banana sticker, at a reasonable price. They even have one on pink vinyl. I am a fan of coloured vinyl, even though I only own a handful of coloured vinyls.

Regarding the early pressings of The White Album, on vinyl, they were all stamped with an individual number, so the earlier the pressing the more collectable the vinyl is. To get a good condition early copy can set you back quite a bit of bread, I don't know how much.

I like colored vinyl too. I used to have more than I do now but now I just have a Dolly Parton 12" disco single on pink vinyl. I have a couple picture discs too, if you remember those. They were albums with a picture on them that they made in the 70s and 80s

I love picture discs but I don't own any - which ones have you got?

I have seen 3 recently, all quite expensive: Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World, Beatles Sgt Pepper and Jimi Hendrix' Electric Ladyland with the naked women on it. If I had more dough I would get them.

I have The Beatles Blue album (1967-70) on blue vinyl, there are loads of them about. I also have two recent gold vinyls: Bowie's Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust. That's all I've got. I did have Radiohead's OK Computer OKNOTOK on blue vinyl but I took it back to the record shop. I figured I would never play it to keep it mint so I bought the black vinyl instead becos I wanted to hear it on vinyl. I may regret letting go of that one.

Dolly Parton on pink vinyl is cool, I didn't know she did a disco track. What's it called?

I got Blondie parallel lines picture disc where it's a picture of Debbie Harry licking a record. David Bowie Let's Dance and Boston. The Dolly Parton is called baby I'm burnin, which isn't so hot. But the flip side is fantastic. It's a pretty much rock song called Two Doors Down. It goes "two doors down they're laughing and drinking and having a party....". It's her most awesome song. You were nuts to bring back that album, u should have kept it

I guess you are right. I was strapped for cash but I regret taking it back now. I would have kept it mint and all.
Those 3 picture discs sound great, the Blondie one especially, I have Parallel Lines in my Top 100, a great record. I have Lets Dance on CD and also Boston, I played that the other day. I was told they used to use the Boston album in music stores to demonstrate the quality of a record player because itis such a well-produced album. The founding member of Boston was a bit of a technical wizard, I believe. I used to volunteer on a Community Radio station 10-14 years ago as a DJ and More Than a Feeling became a bit of an anthem for the station.

Just checked out Two Doors Down, its pretty good.

Yeah that Boston album was famous for its fantastic engineering. It still sounds fantastic now so imagine what they thought when it came out. That's why I never get sick I love listening to More Than A Feeling. One of the greatest singles ever. I recently made a greatest singles chart and of course that's on it. Check out my greatest singles chart. Hold on I'll send you the link tell me what you think

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

CharlieBarley — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:38:59 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/23/2017 04:38

bobbyb5 wrote:

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Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

CharlieBarley — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:26:41 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/23/2017 04:26

Just played the Uriah Heep album: Look At Yourself. For a first listen it was very good, Bobby.

I liked particularly the tracks Look At Yourself and July Morning. I have always liked Led Zep and Sabbath in terms of 70s hard rock but I have only recently started getting into Deep Purple. Now it looks like I will get into Uriah Heep too. And they're all British. Marvellous!

Im terms of American rock bands I like Aerosmith a lot but I don't know their 70s albums just later ones from when I was growing up. Must listen to 70s Aerosmith. I also like 70s AC/DC but, Black in Back aside I don't like their stuff as much post 1980. I prefer the Bon Scott years. They're Australian although 3 of them originate from my home country of Scotland.

The one big classic rock band I just can't get into is Van Halen. I loved Jump, one of the best songs of the 80s, but I don't enjoy any of their other output.

The other two I quite like are Tom Petty and Steve Miller Band.

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

bobbyb5 — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:17:06 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/23/2017 04:17

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Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

CharlieBarley — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:09:18 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/23/2017 04:09

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Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

bobbyb5 — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:48:06 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/23/2017 03:48

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Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

CharlieBarley — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:20:07 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/23/2017 03:20

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Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

bobbyb5 — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 22:44:11 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/23/2017 02:44

I just thought of another cool one.

Alice Cooper. Muscle of Love..... it comes in a cardboard box that looks like a mailing container. Like the kind that you get in the mail. I've still got it but it's all tore up because it gets all smushed- up in between your other albums

Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

bobbyb5 — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 22:38:46 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/23/2017 02:38

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Re: Novelty album covers or album packaging

CharlieBarley — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 22:05:10 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 09/23/2017 02:05

I wish I did - especially PIL's Metal Box on vinyl, a real collector's item. Your collection sounds good mate.

I have the vinyl of Led Zeppelin 3 with the famous kaleidoscopic wheel but they are ten-a penny. Now you have motivated me to find some novelty vinyl! Luckily vinyl stores are springing up all over the place where I live. Must scour a couple of them.

The only album I have with a novelty value is a CD of Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space. It is a cardboard box done up like a medicine packet. The CD inside is placed in an opened foil packet and there is a stuck-on piece of white paper like a doctor's precscription which advises you to play twice a day to relieve symptoms. That's all I have.

As well as PIL I would like to own a copy of Sticky Fingers with the zipper, and it would be great to own a copy of The Velvet Underground And Nico with the peelable banana. Isn't one of the bananas pink or something? Or luminous?

Oh and an early pressing of The Beatles White Album on vinyl would be great to own too, in mint condition.
I don't ask much!! Maybe I'll own them one day.