Ever buy a record for the cover alone? (ebay score)

Steve G · January 25th, 2008, 04:02 PM

Very excited about this, looks a goodie and if not Ill just hang the sleeve on my wall.

now you cant do that with a cd.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=150207271495

JimiBryant · January 25th, 2008, 04:07 PM

never ever seen that one, but it's Chet Atkins so it can't be bad ya know! I used to buy records based on cool covers ALL THE TIME!!

SINCASTER · January 25th, 2008, 04:32 PM

Rolling Stones / Their Satanic Majesties Request.
Original 1967 3-D cover.
The fact that the music was great was a bonus.

Doug Ferguson · January 25th, 2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SINCASTER

Rolling Stones / Their Satanic Majesties Request.
Original 1967 3-D cover.
The fact that the music was great was a bonus.

+1 That's a vinyl LP I wish I still had just for the cover alone. "Through the Past Darkly" was another cool Stone LP cover, with its octagonal shape. Jewel cases just don't seem to provide the greatest medium for eye-catching cover art.

Nogbad · January 25th, 2008, 04:56 PM

A Few... Including these two!

dibber124 · January 25th, 2008, 05:08 PM

Also liked the music:

jazztele · January 25th, 2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Nogbad

A Few... Including these two!

louvin brothers= great covers

Telelicious · January 25th, 2008, 05:32 PM

First LP I ever bought was for the inside cover. Led Zeppelin 4.
The music turned out OK too.

DrewB · January 25th, 2008, 05:35 PM

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass: Whipped Cream & Other Delights

stxrus · January 25th, 2008, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DrewB

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass: Whipped Cream & Other Delights

that was one sexy cover, for the day

i bought American Flag's 1st just because of the cover and the hot blonde in the decopage sizzzzzzzle

steve

MandyMarie · January 25th, 2008, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Durtdog

That looks like a buddy of mine's uncle.

That gets right back to Roger Miller's "My Uncle Used to Love Me But she Died" haha!

I've bought a TON of records just because of the cover - but I actually think it can be done with CD's too...I bought this CD when I was 17 just because of that crazy cool cover! :

Lost_N_Austin · January 25th, 2008, 08:58 PM

Yep! The bad part was having to buy a turntable to play them on.

But it was worth the trouble.

L_N_A

Fret Wilkes · January 26th, 2008, 12:10 AM

I stumbled on this one whislt perusing the "cut outs" at Atlantic Mills in Olneyville, RI 1973. A WINNER and still one of my favorites.

gastronome · January 26th, 2008, 10:31 AM

I've bought a number of LP's because of the cover. Got burned more often than not. Every once in a while, though, I'd find a real gem. These two immediately come to mind:

austintele · January 26th, 2008, 11:41 AM

Soundgarden's louder than love album. I didn't know anything about the band but I saw that cover in 1990 and I had a feeling it would rock; it does

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klasaine · January 26th, 2008, 01:21 PM

Yeah. EVERY "Ohio Players" record! Great music too.

unzari · January 26th, 2008, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by klasaine

Yeah. EVERY "Ohio Players" record! Great music too.

QFT!

RiverDog · January 26th, 2008, 03:29 PM

Sugar Ray - Lemonade And Brownies

Steve G · January 26th, 2008, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by copytekk

Sugar Ray - Lemonade And Brownies

Flippin' eck.
Yup, that beats Chet Atkins. Sorry Chet.

DJG105 · January 26th, 2008, 04:53 PM

I have yet to actually listen to it, I don't own a working record player, it just hangs on the wall, bought it for 2 bucks.

after a google search looking for that album cover, i found this cover by the same artist:

quite a drastic difference between the two.... I definitely wouldn't hang the second on my wall.

Rizo · January 26th, 2008, 05:06 PM

The Small Faces!

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I've bought a number of LP's because of the cover. Got burned more often than not. Every once in a while, though, I'd find a real gem. These two immediately come to mind:

I went to a record show last night (like an art gallery with record covers hanging on the wall) and that album was one of my favorites, it was round though. Looked great. There was a Barbaro record (an eastern European rock band I think) that had an awesome cover, with bull horns coming out of a bull dozer. Wish I could find a pic.

John Backlund · January 27th, 2008, 12:30 AM

Yep!

There wasn't even a record in this one, but who cares with a creepy cover like that?

Tim73 · January 27th, 2008, 08:06 AM

I've done it a few times - more so when I was younger. There have been a fair few misfires but there is no better feeling then when you strike lucky.

Jorge · January 27th, 2008, 08:13 AM

Yes I have my friend!

edgetone · January 27th, 2008, 10:03 AM

Sure have. And scored a good one when I was a kid...

telex · January 27th, 2008, 10:11 AM

I bought this in high school because of the cover.

DrewB · January 27th, 2008, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Jorge

Yes I have my friend!

Holy cow, they printed the cover backwards! That's gotta be a rare one!

rockawayrocks · January 27th, 2008, 01:09 PM

Mom's Apple Pie (original cover)

For those of you who have seen the cover, it's obvious to you why it's probably inappropriate to post the picture....

Califatboy · January 27th, 2008, 03:04 PM

Bought just for the cover? Hell ya!!

Just about any Roxy Music album of the 70s...

Telarkaster · January 28th, 2008, 09:55 PM

I don't know why. I just had a feeling it would be trippy...

Califatboy · January 28th, 2008, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Telarkaster

I don't know why. I just had a feeling it would be trippy...

No kidding...Eno plays like "lead revox"...

bendecaster · January 29th, 2008, 02:26 AM

Jethro Tull-Thick As A Brick
Blind Faith- the original one, not with the band in b&w.

greggorypeccary · January 29th, 2008, 06:13 AM

Back around '91 I was looking through some vinyl and saw this:

I knew it would be good! (I didn't know who they were at the time).

Paul in Colorado · January 29th, 2008, 12:00 PM

There was a band called Trapezoid that started out as a hammered dulcimer quartet. By their third album, "Now and Then" they'd added two women to the band. I saw the album at Tower Records in San Francisco and the stark B&W cover just grabbed me. I immediately bought it and it became a favorite. A few years later I became the band's sound engineer and office assistant. It all started with the album at Tower Records.

Dennis68 · May 5th, 2008, 10:00 AM

Album covers, a lost art? Wow, some wacky covers here! LOL!

aunchaki · May 5th, 2008, 11:08 AM

I'll not post a pic, but I've got Blind Faith's album with the topless redhead on the jacket. I bought it for the music, however, so it doesn't qualify...

Oh what the heck!

refin · May 5th, 2008, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by edgetone

Sure have. And scored a good one when I was a kid...

Ditto on that first King Crimson cover.........sold me.

RichardWitt · May 5th, 2008, 11:41 AM

I got this one from a Salvation Army Op' Shop for 50c about 3 weeks back.

Had no idea who Dennis Coffey was, just thought this guy looked like one cool dude!
Turns out he was one of the session guitarists who played alot of what was coming out of Motown back in the day!
I haven't played it yet, but it sits right in front of me every day at the computer begging to be played.

I thought it would be a wall-hanger at best?

chet · May 5th, 2008, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Nogbad

A Few... Including these two!

Was that Stefan on that first cover?

How's that second album sound? I'll have to keep an eye out for it. :-P

chet · May 5th, 2008, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Lost_N_Austin

Yep! The bad part was having to buy a turntable to play them on.

But it was worth the trouble.

L_N_A

I just got that Roy Buchanon LP a couple of months ago. How is it? I haven't played it yet. :-P

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Telelicious Banned Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Seattle Age: 45 Posts: 403	First LP I ever bought was for the inside cover. Led Zeppelin 4. The music turned out OK too.

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Fret Wilkes Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Harmony, R.I. Age: 52 Posts: 1,500 47 Photos	I stumbled on this one whislt perusing the "cut outs" at Atlantic Mills in Olneyville, RI 1973. A WINNER and still one of my favorites. __________________ See, I didn't reconize ya when ya first drove up till ya stuck yer hand out and wove then I seen right off who ya was and knowd ya.

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klasaine Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: los angeles, ca Age: 47 Posts: 2,450 10 Photos	Yeah. EVERY "Ohio Players" record! Great music too.

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DJG105 Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SI, NYC Posts: 285 4 Photos	I have yet to actually listen to it, I don't own a working record player, it just hangs on the wall, bought it for 2 bucks. after a google search looking for that album cover, i found this cover by the same artist: quite a drastic difference between the two.... I definitely wouldn't hang the second on my wall.

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Tim73 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Berkshire, England Age: 36 Posts: 2,386 19 Photos	I've done it a few times - more so when I was younger. There have been a fair few misfires but there is no better feeling then when you strike lucky. __________________ Born in the '70's & in my mind, still living there now...

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