Smash Hits ’72
Maybe this cover was partially inspired by this legendary, and now long defunct, aftershave. Interestingly, only two years later everybody was kung fu fighting. And it was a little bit frightening. Label: MFP 50048 1972 1970s Covers
Tijuana Sound of Living Brass
Sleeve Notes: Presenting Mr. Arranger, Ray Martin, and the Living Brass in another exciting north/south, pop/traditional musical adventure through the world of sound. The colors are red and gold, muted sometimes by the oranges of twilight There’s a Kind of … Continued
Million Sellers
Another example of the “covers” budget albums so prolific during the seventies and early eighties. The sound was inevitably disappointing if you had a clear and fixed memory of how the actual records sounded. Or do you disagree? Let us … Continued
Alan Moorhouse and his Bond Street Brigade
Sleeve Notes: If you have never before heard Alan Moorhouse and his Bond Street Brigade then you have really been missing something! Most of the tunes on this album are very well known, but it\’s unlikely that you have ever … Continued
Pye Chartbusters Vol. 3
Sleeve Notes: Take a long and careful look at the titles on this latest Chartbusters and then sit back and reflect where you saw them before. If the titles ring a bell in the memory then it’s because the place … Continued
Hot Hits Vol. 13
Label: MFP 50041Model: Hella RützPhotography and Sleeve Design: Jack Wood 1972 1970s Covers
Hot Hits Vol. 10
Label: MFP 5260 Photograph: Peter Meech/Sleeve Design Terry Beard 1972 1970s Covers
Tom McClure – Tribute to Jim Reeves
Sleeve Notes: Jim Reeves did more than any other artiste to extend the appeal of Country music far beyond the confines of Nashville. It began with a haunting ballad called Four walls, recorded in 1957. Till then, Jim had been … Continued
12 Tops – Today’s Pop Hits Vol. 02
One of our more risqué covers and a fine example of the cover’s importance in compensating for the unremittingly poor versions inside of the “pop hits” of the day. The model on this cover is Ingrid Steeger who also appeared on … Continued
Top of the Pops Vol. 28
Sleeve Notes: HEY THERE, GOOD LOOKING …… this album is the finest gift you can give to any pop friend, relation, wife, husband, girl friend, boy friend, or whoever – for birthdays, for anniversaries – or just because. Every issue … Continued