I’ve been waiting for someone to do a video like this. You’ve got some good ones. Most I’ve owned at one time or another. A few other ones are Foghat Live (cutout), Head East’s self titled (street sign), Three Dog Night, Hard Labor (with the peel off band aid), and TDN, Seven Separate Fools (a deck of cards).
May's Music - Yes, I forgot about the medical record file. Not all of them could be peeled. I think there were 3 different types. One flipped up. Then, they banned that cover. So, they put an actual sticker over existing copies. The final version is just printed (can not be peeled).
Alice Cooper - From the Inside It has various flaps and doors to open up. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Cut out windows on cover Rolling Stones - Some Girls Cut outs to faces on inner sleeve Sublime - Greatest Hits Cover is a big matchbook.
Yes, I'll break that Cooper album out, on our next Gimmick cover show. I showed the Some Girls album on my Banned/censored covers show. I Could always show it again.
The second Ambrosia LP “Somewhere I’ve Never Traveled” had a cover that when folded out formed a pyramid with faux rainbow reflection that was supposed to be a crystal catching the light. Grand Funk’s 1973 album “We’re An American Band” was always to resemble a metallic gold (the vinyl was supposed to resemble translucent gold hue. 1974’s “Shinn’’ On” had w pair of cardboard glasses. One lens blue and one red. Alice Cooper had a cardboard (like a shipping box) where the vinyl was contained. Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Where Here” wad wrapped in blue plastic where the album was contained. You couldn’t see the actual album cover unless you took off the blue shrink wrap. There’s just a couple. I enjoyed this video. Keep up the good work.
Nut gone Ogden's flake by The Small Faces.An absolute classic with a gatefold cover that opens up into a four leaf clover thing.It's quite unique for the time and a great album to listen to.Very hard to find this album in the original form.
When I see that Alice Cooper album, I'm always reminded of when it was the talk of the classroom when it came out. I was a Senior in high school ('72) This really cute cheerleader-type girl was discussing it with our History teacher, a big Alfred Hitchcock looking guy. She was talking about the real practical use of the panties, and she goes, "You can actually wear em! Er...well not YOU!" The whole class busted out laughing. 😝
The better the album cover, the better the music back in the day! Thanks for the trip down a foggy memory lane. How about Led Zep - In Through The Out Door - where inside a brown wrapper was one of six different bar room scenes. Wetting them brought out the colors. Rock On!
Dude, that was awesome. I love it when they put so much work into the albums. There's an album I got at Wal-Mart called The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane. And it's like a very old school cover from back in the early days of the phonograph. It is a gatefold and you can see the list of their hit songs. And on the other side, you can see Little Nipper looking at the speaker horn of an old record player. You know, "His Master's Voice"? And inside it comes with a regular die cut sleeve but also came with an old style printed inner sleeve. The album came out in the early 70's. So the record I have is a reissue. I was floored when I saw that. If you don't have that album, get it. You would get a kick out of it. I had found some of the old Chicago albums at 2nd & Charles. Like Chicago Live at Carnegie Hall, I think it was? And the whole thing was complete. It has the booklet, and it has the posters. I also have a couple of their other albums and those came with posters. And one more thing, that Rolling Stones album with the lenticular picture on the front came out in 1967. The same year The Beatles had released Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. This is my first time watching your video.
Just getting in to record collecting and I really enjoyed your video...I like oddball unusual things so to see such unique covers and all seems like fun type of records to add to a collection...thank you for the informative and fun video...I am subscribed now too...lol...
Nobody ever talks about the Reagan Recession in the '80s. Where I lived, all the shopping centers went bust and the stores were full of weird flea markets and military surplus stores. I also built up my record collection then, buying all the '60s oldies that I couldn't afford to buy when I was a kid. How was I to know there would be a massive oldies revival and all that stuff would be reissued and played on the radio? I was afraid all my music would disappear, if I didn't search it out and save it. Now I've got bins of half-trashed used 45s, and three times as many albums as I had bought growing up. Plus a bazillion cassettes, and then boxes of CDs. I don't even play any of it, because it's recorded in my brain and I can play back any of it at will. The stuff I really love is there.
I just picked up a few gimmick album covers myself including that Give Us a Wink. Others were Jethro Tull's Stand Up with the caricatures of the band that pop up when it is opened & Ambrosia's "Somewhere I've Never Traveled" with the fold out pyramid. ELO's Out of the Blue should also be mentioned with its UFO fold out
hi jamie! i had no idea there were so many novelty album sleeves! i do have the schools out one though. i will be looking for that la woman for sure! cheers, eldude.
This is some pretty cool stuff. I never did get into records too much being born in 86. I did however buy singles and sampler cds for their extra content in the late 90s early 2000
Hi Jamie, Thanks for another very entertaining show. When you mentioned Focus, I just remember their At the Rainbow album which has a very good cover design as well. I don't have that one but here is an idea: If you have played that live album before, you should be amazed at the way Thijs van Leer introduced the band by singing it out. It isn't a great album but that intro alone is worth the money and it also makes it one of the very best, maybe on par with MC5's obscene intro and the Doors' Close to you --Got to give you credit that I never noticed that from the audience until I saw your show! Maybe one day, you can put together an episode with just great live intros!
Good List, great album covers. The Monkees - Head movie soundtrack album - also had a metallic reflective front cover. The Alice Cooper album after the two you showed - Muscle of Love - came in a bulky corrogated cardboard box. Took up way too much shelf space, nightmare for retailers. And if anyone has the Stones Sticky Fingers with the Warhol zipper cover - leave it unzipped so the pressure is on the record label and not on the album grooves. Speaking of Andy Warhol - Velvet Underground and Nico aka "peel slowly and see". White album cover with a yellow vinyl banana peel covering a pink banana. And I think I might still have that Jefferson Airplane Long John Silver stash box somewhere...
In 85, Pete Shelley released an album called Heaven And the Sea. The plastic sleeve covering the cardboard had vertical bars matched with 2 drawings on each side of the album. When you slid the plastic sleeve over the carboard one, the drawings animate themselves. One the back side. It's a fish which appears to swim with beautiful colors. On the top, it's an abstract scene which is just a fascinating in its movement. One of the most creative artwork that I know of.
Couple more are "In Concert" - Rare Earth- shaped like a backpack, you pulled the record out of the top 'flap', which was secured by a string that wrapped around a cardboard washer (another protruding element to mar adjacent records!). Also, early copies of "Live at Leeds" would open like a folder with pockets filled with assorted Who odds and ends - a very realistic contract for their 'one(1) hour show at Woodstock, $12,500 flat', a shot of Pete holding his axe over his head while in mid-jump with partial "Tommy" lyrics scribbled on the back, a poster from the band's early days at the club on Warxour Street, various doodles and paperwork, etc, etc.... Sure wish I still had it, very hard to find. Cheers!
I have only inserts for life it leads but the record was trashed. I should look for that rare Earth album, they were a very good band, But I only have a couple of their records.
Now THAT vinyl collection is awesome!!! That’s one thing I’ve been wondering is does anyone put a bit of thought into what kind of collection they can build that not everyone and their grandmother will have plus there’s a bit of a challenge to it which is what I like most about it!!! I’ve always tried to build collections that would be a challenge and not many around! You’re missing “THE VELVET UNDERGROUND and NICO” with the Andy Warhol banana on cover that can be peeled from 1967 I think? Anyway, just subscribed and looking forward to more cool videos! ✌️
I have an old peeled VU & Nico . It will be on the next covers show. My collection is what I like, I like a lot, but it's not about the quantity (many collectors have much more). It's the quality : content & condition. Thanks for the compliment.
You may want to check out vinyl releases by Zoviet France, a UK Ambient experimental group from the 80ies. Their covers were made of Felt, Aluminium foil, Sand Paper and other strange materials.
Man! Those were the days! Besides the gimmick ones were the elaborate covers with boxes, gatefolds, posters, repro documents, calendars, etc., etc. Now I have miniature CD versions, some I've made myself from LP photos.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery (1973 Manticore) has that gimmick fold out cover. Hawkwind's Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975 United Artists), the original UK pressing, folds into a giant shield. US pressing of Focus' Focus 3 (1972 Sire) came with a die-cut cover, some versions had a rainbow effect for the "Focus 3" logo. UK pressing of Curved Air's Second Album (1971 Warner) has a die-cut fold out cover, although the cover is rather thin. Dave Mason's Alone Together (1970 Blue Thumb) not only has a cool gimmick fold out that's shaped out but comes in splatter colored vinyl. A couple of Family albums have gimmick covers including Fearless (1971 United Artists) features overlapping flaps, while Bandstand (1972 United Artists) is a gimmick shaped cover in the shape of an early television plus a die-cut where the screen is. The UK pressing on Reprise goes one further by putting a plastic cover over the screen part.
Always love a trip down memory lane.... Thanks for posting 👍 Obviously The Beatles with Sergeant Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Revolver & Abbey Road Then the fabulous artwork of Roger Dean with the futuristic Yes album covers, particularly... Yessongs, Topographic Oceans and Relayer. ELP.. Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery. Deep Purple... Book of Talisyn, In Rock and Burn. Status Quo.... Pile-driver, Quo and On the Level. Now for a few lesser known ones... Mike Oldfield... The Complete Mike Oldfield. It has a dramatic shot of a bird (swallow ?) fishing above a body of water.... Elton John.... Captain Fantastic Artwork, though a little off the wall, fascinating. Steve Hackett... Voyage of the Acolyte. (Honourable mention to several Early Genesis albums) The Strawbs.. Halcyon Days With a lovely shot of a colourful Kingfisher. Finally.... A spin off from The Strawbs - Hudson Ford... Free Spirit. In the shape of a fuel can ! God, there's so many !!!
A couple of worthy mentions 1. The Groundhogs - "Who Will Save The World?" (1972 United Artist Records) 2. Jethro Tull - "Stand Up" (1969 Reprise Records) 3. T.I.M.E. - "Self-Titled" (1968 Liberty Records)
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 They were a short lived Psychedelic rock band that only put out 2 albums: Self-titled (1968) and Smooth Ball (1969) The latter album is the best one, a lot heavier sound. You can look it up on youtube.
Forgot Grand Funk's "Shinin' On" with the 3-D album and glasses. Velvet Underground's banana LP with the removable sticker. Public Image LTD's Metal Box with the album in a film canister.
I really enjoyed the video, I had a lot of those albums back then, cool to see them again! It all went away when CD’s came out, I miss that, they were good times! Do you remember the Dave Mason album that the vinal was all different colors?👍👍
Back when I had a bit of a vinyl collection, I remember finding a used Thick as a Brick with the complete paper. I was amazed by the quantity of reading material this had! I remember hearing about Stand Up from Jethro Tull as well, which was a double gatefold. When You opened it, the cartoon drawings of the band members would "stand up" like a pop up book. I've never actually seen one. Would you by any chance have it? Also I remember Gentle Giant's In a Glass House I had found used, but was in a really bad shape... ELP's Brain Salad Surgury opened up in a special way in the front. Nothing too fancy but still cool. Those are the ones I remember at this moment...
Great collection. Let's not forget: Rick Wakeman's No Earthly Connection and its mirror cylinder so you could view the "distorted" images properly. Alice Cooper From The Inside: Opening the doors to the asylum and seeing poor Alice in the Quiet Room.
Artificial Paradise (The Guess Who) from wiki: The album is likely best remembered for its record jacket and inner sleeve, which is an extensive lampoon of direct mail advertising. The cover mentions The Guess Who only in passing.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 The original had the plastic window as well (not sure about the inserts; I'll check later, mine is in tatters - it was played a lot a long time ago)
Great episode! Other ones are Physical Graffiti (die cuts like Some Girls) and In Through the Out Door (4 different album covers all with a paper bag ) by Zeppelin. Stereotomy by Alan Parsons
The New Seekers Live at the Royal Albert Hall DLP had The New Seekers Model Theatre Kit, as seen on the cover of the album, to glue together. I've still got mine within the album.
Great vid! Maybe 4 more: Stones "Through the Past Darkly Vol. 2" , ELP "Brain Salad surgery" , "Dark Side of the Moon" and Zeppelin "In Through the Out Door".
I was looking for Mannfred Mann's Earth Band The Good Earth lp Early owners of each copy of The Good Earth were entitled to rights over 1 square foot of the earth situated at Llanerchyrfa in the County of Brecon, in Wales. The inner sleeve included a coupon that had to be sent for registration. This was part of the promotion activities linked to the album that had ecological inspirations. There was no swindle and thousands of fans were registered. Registration could be done on or before 31 December 1975.[3]
1975 at the age of 15 was about the time I first heard the lp , but didn't know about the offer I was stone at the time with some people I just met, I bought the lp eventually but not before solar fire and Nightingales & Bombers
I guess no one else here remembers The Groundhogs - "Who Will Save The World?" (1972 United Artists) with the fold out comic book story of the band as superheroes, illustrated by Stan Lee. Also had like a couple of gimmicky cut out adverts. I was so mesmerized by the album when I was a little kid in the 80's. The music is wonderful as well.
PG didn't really have 'moveable' people. In Thru the Outdoor had a water paint inside. The album was released with 6 different covers - hiding in a paper bag.
The album in the thumbnail was the first LP I ever bought with my own money. I had inherited and been given records for a few years before, but that was the first one for me.
Awesome! I was wondering if you'd include some Alice Cooper. I had to get 3 copies of Billion Dollar Babies, in order to make one complete one. I now own six copies of School's Out. I have four of the panties. White, pink, and blue. As for the yellow, they're in really bad condition, and may just be the white ones, badly stained over time.
1977 the Sweet "Give Us A Wink" LP had a feature that if you pulled the inner sleeve up and down, the outer cover had a hole that would give you a wink. Cool! 1974 Neil Young On the Beach had a paisley print design on the inside of the outer cover. Odd but cool. Just a few I noticed.
I know this is not a rock album, but the soundtrack to Andromeda Strain had a unique jacket. The disc was hexagonal in shape and did not go into a sleeve, but was on the jacket. There were six "leaves" that folded over and interlocked to hold the disc.
Jimmy Page wrote something in cursive with a heat pen in the clear center part of the vinyl on Led Zeppelin III. I was surprised you didn’t point it out. Did you know about that? If not, check out your LZIII vinyl. 👍🎸✌️
I bought that again after being stolen many years ago.The pop up one was hard to find but was re released and remastered by Steven Wilson just like the original.I was excited to get it back again.Brilliant !
The first pressings of Monty Python's Instant Record Collection (English import) had a cover that opened up into a 12 inch square cube that looked like a stack of records .
2 albums by Raspberries from 1972 & 1973 respectively: the first self-titled album had a "Scratch & Sniff" sticker on it that smelled (sort of) like raspberries; the album Side 3 not only had a picture of a pint cardboard carton of raspberries but was shaped like one as well.
I remember back in the late'79's early '80's I think it was Soviet France the name of the group that had album covers made from Burlap, and Aluminum Foil, and Artificial Grass, were some of there album covers I pretty sure they were important albums there was an import record store in Niagara Falls called Pop Tones that had all kinds music back then .. Dead Kennedys, Huska Du, Alan Ginsberg, Christian Death,. To make a few used to be on main Street near the Niagara River my Buddy and myself used to go there and pick up a few albums every one and a while... I miss that place as well as the albums for putting a tape together for the car always loved listing to music a a 24 beer case full of cassettes in the car back then ...Just so much rare music Dial-A-Poem &. How Many More Lies Just really rare stuff you would probably never find again...
As we say in the U.K. 'Back In The Day', PIL released their first album as 3, 12" in a Metal Tin. I still have Motorhead : No Remorse from 1984, a double album in a BLACK LEATHER sleeve. On the Bronze label cat MOTOR 1. 823301-1 . On the L.P.s the cat number is PROLP 5. Crazy 3 cat numbers for the same L.P.
I did not know about the leather cover. And as late 84! I remember wher my cousin in NYC showed me the PIL tin. When it 1st came out. I wonder if he still has it?
Didn't read all of the comments so I don't know if this was mentioned but inside of The Who Live at Leeds are a bunch of memorabilia items like a rejection letter.
There is a giant poster, along with lots of other things like the rejection letter sent to "The High Numbers" from Decca records. Looks like Decca changed their mind! Maybe a bill for some equipment that was destroyed. I still have the album...too tired to go look.
It's great reading all the comments. I realise I have more gimmick record covers than I tought. One record that doesn't seem to be mentionned is Bob Marley's Catch A Fire with its zippo cover.
You missed on the LP *Seven Separate Fools* by Three Dog Night, packaged by ABC/Dunhill like a pack of cards. Album issued as DSD-50118 in 1972, contained the hit "Black & White".
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 I found my copy in s shop in Newcastle's now-long-defunct Hunter Shopping Village here in Australia. It was an American-issue copy, that's how I knew the catalogue number. I still have that LP. The group had only three Australian LPs, of which *Seven Separate Fools* was third and last. The local issue was as Probe SPTC-1.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 Yeah I was lucky to pick up the original Immediate records release, it came in a plastic bag with a metal snap closure that caused the damage as you mention for other covers. Are you familiar with Touch? Search for Seventy-Five by Touch on CZcams.
Just discovered your show so I don't know if you have covered a couple more The Who Live at Leeds had a lot of cool stuff packed inside also the Guess Who Artificial Paradise I enjoyed watching will watch older one also
No Cheech & Chong Big Bambu with the rolling paper or Los Cochinos with the stash cover in the car door liner? Classics!
They had some good album covers for sure.
Jethro Tull - Stand Up with the popup band was a classic "gimmick" cover.
The best. I'll show it next time. But I did take it out on my 1st Tull show.
My favorite is Rick Wakeman "No Earthly Connection".
It's cover is anamorphic and comes with a mylar sheet to create a reflecting tube.
Cool cover.
if it's a good album , I should look for it. thanks
That's sounds intriguing, would love to see it in action. Don't see any youtube videos that show it
I have it
Another great one. The first pressing of Gentle Giant Octopus!
In the jar, yes!
Good video, thanks for showing us.
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.
I’ve been waiting for someone to do a video like this. You’ve got some good ones. Most I’ve owned at one time or another. A few other ones are Foghat Live (cutout), Head East’s self titled (street sign), Three Dog Night, Hard Labor (with the peel off band aid), and TDN, Seven Separate Fools (a deck of cards).
Thanks. Those are great suggestions. I have the Fog Hat one.
I've had that 3 dog night often as a seller and I've never seen one where the band aid comes off but I know what's underneath.
May's Music - Yes, I forgot about the medical record file. Not all of them could be peeled. I think there were 3 different types. One flipped up. Then, they banned that cover. So, they put an actual sticker over existing copies. The final version is just printed (can not be peeled).
Great trip down memory lane!
Thanks. Check out my part 2 video.
Alice Cooper - From the Inside
It has various flaps and doors to open up.
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Cut out windows on cover
Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Cut outs to faces on inner sleeve
Sublime - Greatest Hits
Cover is a big matchbook.
Yes, I'll break that Cooper album out, on our next Gimmick cover show.
I showed the Some Girls album on my Banned/censored covers show. I Could always show it again.
Would also add Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys - Traffic
Very cool!! I have a King Biscuit Boy album that came in a burlap bag cover over the cardboard.
Cool. Sonny Boy Williamson?
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 King Biscuit Boy played harmonica but he wasn't Sonny Boy. He also played with a Canadian group named Crowbar.
Thoroughly enjoyed that. Thats exactly why we love records.
Thank you Alan.
The second Ambrosia LP “Somewhere I’ve Never Traveled” had a cover that when folded out formed a pyramid with faux rainbow reflection that was supposed to be a crystal catching the light.
Grand Funk’s 1973 album “We’re An American Band” was always to resemble a metallic gold (the vinyl was supposed to resemble translucent gold hue. 1974’s “Shinn’’ On” had w pair of cardboard glasses. One lens blue and one red.
Alice Cooper had a cardboard (like a shipping box) where the vinyl was contained. Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Where Here” wad wrapped in blue plastic where the album was contained. You couldn’t see the actual album cover unless you took off the blue shrink wrap.
There’s just a couple. I enjoyed this video. Keep up the good work.
Thanks. I'll do another show on covers someday, I'll use your suggestions on the ones I have
Alice Cooper---"Muscle Of Love" packaged in a corrugated cardboard box.
Nut gone Ogden's flake by The Small Faces.An absolute classic with a gatefold cover that opens up into a four leaf clover thing.It's quite unique for the time and a great album to listen to.Very hard to find this album in the original form.
Do you have a copy of this one ? People would love to see it !
I don't have that one. Just the boring reissue.
Remember ATCO? Their records were thick, and were raised on the edge, Work well with automatic record changes
When I see that Alice Cooper album, I'm always reminded of when it was the talk of the classroom when it came out. I was a Senior in high school ('72)
This really cute cheerleader-type girl was discussing it with our History teacher, a big Alfred Hitchcock looking guy. She was talking about the real practical use of the panties, and she goes, "You can actually wear em! Er...well not YOU!" The whole class busted out laughing. 😝
Thanks for sharing that story.
Really enjoyed this video!!!
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. I have a part 2 you might like too.
The better the album cover, the better the music back in the day! Thanks for the trip down a foggy memory lane. How about Led Zep - In Through The Out Door - where inside a brown wrapper was one of six different bar room scenes. Wetting them brought out the colors. Rock On!
Thanks for the compliment. I sold a couple of those Zeppelin albums. I didn't wet them l. Now I wish I had. They weren't in good condition anyway.
Putting Water On In Through The Out Door Made A Regrettable Mess &Makes A Scrachy Surface To The Vinyl&Warps The Record Label
The dust sleeve is where the 'hidden' watercolors are. Learned this back in 1980; art school buddy of mine. Hey, Bernie....how's it goin', man!?
The Small Faces “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” also came in a round package.
Yea. Unfortunately mine's a reissue.
Amazing covers
Thanks. I'm working on a followup
this guy must be on to something, great hair for someone so old. keep it up! i'm almost that old, no grey hair.
As long as it stays in , it could turn gray, but it's not even doing that! Lol
I'm grateful.
Dude, that was awesome. I love it when they put so much work into the albums. There's an album I got at Wal-Mart called The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane. And it's like a very old school cover from back in the early days of the phonograph. It is a gatefold and you can see the list of their hit songs. And on the other side, you can see Little Nipper looking at the speaker horn of an old record player. You know, "His Master's Voice"? And inside it comes with a regular die cut sleeve but also came with an old style printed inner sleeve. The album came out in the early 70's. So the record I have is a reissue. I was floored when I saw that. If you don't have that album, get it. You would get a kick out of it. I had found some of the old Chicago albums at 2nd & Charles. Like Chicago Live at Carnegie Hall, I think it was? And the whole thing was complete. It has the booklet, and it has the posters. I also have a couple of their other albums and those came with posters. And one more thing, that Rolling Stones album with the lenticular picture on the front came out in 1967. The same year The Beatles had released Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. This is my first time watching your video.
Thanks Jimmy for the insight. I have that "Worst Of" album, cool packaging like you say.
Very cool LPs.
Thanks
Loads of covers, none of which outstay their welcome. Nice job!!
thanks Andrew.
Thank You Sir..........I greatly enjoyed goin back in time with you!👍
You are welcome and much thanks for commenting.
Just getting in to record collecting and I really enjoyed your video...I like oddball unusual things so to see such unique covers and all seems like fun type of records to add to a collection...thank you for the informative and fun video...I am subscribed now too...lol...
Your welcome and thank you. Good luck record hunting
Cool.
Also Curved Airs 2nd album is cool album art too.
I should be looking for their albums. Hope it's not too late. Thanks for the reminder.
Awesome vid, I had bought most of these albums at flea markets in the early 80s for dirt cheap. Wish I still had them.
I wish I bought more then too. Thanks for the compliment.
Nobody ever talks about the Reagan Recession in the '80s. Where I lived, all the shopping centers went bust and the stores were full of weird flea markets and military surplus stores. I also built up my record collection then, buying all the '60s oldies that I couldn't afford to buy when I was a kid. How was I to know there would be a massive oldies revival and all that stuff would be reissued and played on the radio? I was afraid all my music would disappear, if I didn't search it out and save it. Now I've got bins of half-trashed used 45s, and three times as many albums as I had bought growing up. Plus a bazillion cassettes, and then boxes of CDs. I don't even play any of it, because it's recorded in my brain and I can play back any of it at will. The stuff I really love is there.
I just picked up a few gimmick album covers myself including that Give Us a Wink. Others were Jethro Tull's Stand Up with the caricatures of the band that pop up when it is opened & Ambrosia's "Somewhere I've Never Traveled" with the fold out pyramid. ELO's Out of the Blue should also be mentioned with its UFO fold out
Sounds like you got some good ones. Thanks for mentioning.
Cool, fun video.
Thanks
What about Alone Together by Dave Mason? I always liked that fold out. And the multicolored spin art vinyl is a big bonus. No two are alike.
Now I know what to look for. Thanks
This was so good! Thanks, what a brilliant collection of pure gold!
Thanks for the compliment. Stsyed turned for a part 2
hi jamie! i had no idea there were so many novelty album sleeves! i do have the schools out one though. i will be looking for that la woman for sure! cheers, eldude.
Thanks for the comment. Good luck and have fun looking the records you want.
Those Uriah Heep & Sweet albums are absolutely killer, great music.
They sure are
This is some pretty cool stuff. I never did get into records too much being born in 86.
I did however buy singles and sampler cds for their extra content in the late 90s early 2000
I hope you still have those 45s . It's never too late, to turn to vinyl. Thanks for the comment.
Hi Jamie,
Thanks for another very entertaining show. When you mentioned Focus, I just remember their At the Rainbow album which has a very good cover design as well. I don't have that one but here is an idea: If you have played that live album before, you should be amazed at the way Thijs van Leer introduced the band by singing it out. It isn't a great album but that intro alone is worth the money and it also makes it one of the very best, maybe on par with MC5's obscene intro and the Doors' Close to you --Got to give you credit that I never noticed that from the audience until I saw your show! Maybe one day, you can put together an episode with just great live intros!
I don't have that one either. But thanks for the idea, we have so many.
Good List, great album covers.
The Monkees - Head movie soundtrack album - also had a metallic reflective front cover.
The Alice Cooper album after the two you showed - Muscle of Love - came in a bulky corrogated cardboard box. Took up way too much shelf space, nightmare for retailers.
And if anyone has the Stones Sticky Fingers with the Warhol zipper cover - leave it unzipped so the pressure is on the record label and not on the album grooves.
Speaking of Andy Warhol - Velvet Underground and Nico aka "peel slowly and see". White album cover with a yellow vinyl banana peel covering a pink banana.
And I think I might still have that Jefferson Airplane Long John Silver stash box somewhere...
Thanks. I'd like to get that Monkees album. I have a couple Muscle of Loves
I have to keep those Muscle if Love albums separate from the others, So I don't crush them.
That sucks that most of these gimmick album covers were more easily susceptible to damage. Great video
Thanks. I have 3 of those Grand Funk albums. The other 2 are scratched.
In 85, Pete Shelley released an album called Heaven And the Sea. The plastic sleeve covering the cardboard had vertical bars matched with 2 drawings on each side of the album.
When you slid the plastic sleeve over the carboard one, the drawings animate themselves. One the back side. It's a fish which appears to swim with beautiful colors. On the top, it's an abstract scene which is just a fascinating in its movement.
One of the most creative artwork that I know of.
Sounds great. I have not seen that. But you described it quite well. Now I have to see it
Couple more are "In Concert" - Rare Earth- shaped like a backpack, you pulled the record out of the top 'flap', which was secured by a string that wrapped around a cardboard washer (another protruding element to mar adjacent records!). Also, early copies of "Live at Leeds" would open like a folder with pockets filled with assorted Who odds and ends - a very realistic contract for their 'one(1) hour show at Woodstock, $12,500 flat', a shot of Pete holding his axe over his head while in mid-jump with partial "Tommy" lyrics scribbled on the back, a poster from the band's early days at the club on Warxour Street, various doodles and paperwork, etc, etc.... Sure wish I still had it, very hard to find. Cheers!
I have only inserts for life it leads but the record was trashed. I should look for that rare Earth album, they were a very good band, But I only have a couple of their records.
Led Zeppelin’s in through the out door came with a paper bag in the original copys. I have it and its cool
My favorite is Cheech & Chongs "Big Bambu" album with the giant rolling paper in the inner sleeve
I remember it well, until we smoked it.
Now THAT vinyl collection is awesome!!! That’s one thing I’ve been wondering is does anyone put a bit of thought into what kind of collection they can build that not everyone and their grandmother will have plus there’s a bit of a challenge to it which is what I like most about it!!! I’ve always tried to build collections that would be a challenge and not many around! You’re missing “THE VELVET UNDERGROUND and NICO” with the Andy Warhol banana on cover that can be peeled from 1967 I think? Anyway, just subscribed and looking forward to more cool videos! ✌️
I have an old peeled VU & Nico . It will be on the next covers show. My collection is what I like, I like a lot, but it's not about the quantity (many collectors have much more). It's the quality : content & condition. Thanks for the compliment.
The MP3 generation doesn’t know about this great stuff
I'm afraid not. But once in a while, one of them catches on
Excelente colleccion y presentacion, te mando un saludo desde Zacatecas- Mexico.
Gracias Miguel
Me facina tu coleccion de vinylos saludos y estoy al pendiente de tis maravillosos videos.
I’ve still got my “School’s Out” Handy Wipes panties around the album.
Cool. Hang on to that.
You may want to check out vinyl releases by Zoviet France, a UK Ambient experimental group from the 80ies. Their covers were made of Felt, Aluminium foil, Sand Paper and other strange materials.
Wow, interesting. Thanks
Man! Those were the days! Besides the gimmick ones were the elaborate covers with boxes, gatefolds, posters, repro documents, calendars, etc., etc. Now I have miniature CD versions, some I've made myself from LP photos.
Sure were. You got a whole package, when you bought a record back them.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery (1973 Manticore) has that gimmick fold out cover. Hawkwind's Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975 United Artists), the original UK pressing, folds into a giant shield. US pressing of Focus' Focus 3 (1972 Sire) came with a die-cut cover, some versions had a rainbow effect for the "Focus 3" logo. UK pressing of Curved Air's Second Album (1971 Warner) has a die-cut fold out cover, although the cover is rather thin. Dave Mason's Alone Together (1970 Blue Thumb) not only has a cool gimmick fold out that's shaped out but comes in splatter colored vinyl. A couple of Family albums have gimmick covers including Fearless (1971 United Artists) features overlapping flaps, while Bandstand (1972 United Artists) is a gimmick shaped cover in the shape of an early television plus a die-cut where the screen is. The UK pressing on Reprise goes one further by putting a plastic cover over the screen part.
Yes ELP . I will show that oneness time. Thanks.
I'm still working on the Hawkwind.
And I have a couple of the other too. I have to do a part 2 show.
That "JA" logo on the grocery bag of the Jefferson Airplane album was a take-off on the old A&P grocery chain logo.
I remember those food stores in New York. They must have had them in California too
Always love a trip down memory lane.... Thanks for posting 👍
Obviously The Beatles with Sergeant Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Revolver & Abbey Road
Then the fabulous artwork of Roger Dean with the futuristic Yes album covers, particularly... Yessongs, Topographic Oceans and Relayer.
ELP.. Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery.
Deep Purple... Book of Talisyn, In Rock and Burn.
Status Quo.... Pile-driver, Quo and On the Level.
Now for a few lesser known ones...
Mike Oldfield... The Complete Mike Oldfield. It has a dramatic shot of a bird (swallow ?) fishing above a body of water....
Elton John.... Captain Fantastic
Artwork, though a little off the wall, fascinating.
Steve Hackett... Voyage of the Acolyte. (Honourable mention to several Early Genesis albums)
The Strawbs.. Halcyon Days
With a lovely shot of a colourful Kingfisher.
Finally.... A spin off from The Strawbs - Hudson Ford...
Free Spirit. In the shape of a fuel can !
God, there's so many !!!
Some good one mentioned there.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 I'd like to think so. Almost every one is high class in content as well as having a dynamic looking cover 👍
A couple of worthy mentions
1. The Groundhogs - "Who Will Save The World?" (1972 United Artist Records)
2. Jethro Tull - "Stand Up" (1969 Reprise Records)
3. T.I.M.E. - "Self-Titled" (1968 Liberty Records)
TIME. that's new to me. I'll check it out.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 They were a short lived Psychedelic rock band that only put out 2 albums: Self-titled (1968) and Smooth Ball (1969) The latter album is the best one, a lot heavier sound. You can look it up on youtube.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 TIME stands for Trust In Man Everywhere...or something like that.
Love seeing these gems... Started my record collection after my parents gave me their collection... It had the Grand Funk that looked like a coin...
Cool, I'm glad you enjoy those records. They gave them to the right person.
Forgot Grand Funk's "Shinin' On" with the 3-D album and glasses. Velvet Underground's banana LP with the removable sticker. Public Image LTD's Metal Box with the album in a film canister.
I really enjoyed the video, I had a lot of those albums back then, cool to see them again!
It all went away when CD’s came out, I miss that, they were good times!
Do you remember the Dave Mason album that the vinal was all different colors?👍👍
Thanks. I'm glad I could bring back memories of the good old days. I know of the Dave Mason record, but never see the splatter vinyl version
Back when I had a bit of a vinyl collection, I remember finding a used Thick as a Brick with the complete paper. I was amazed by the quantity of reading material this had! I remember hearing about Stand Up from Jethro Tull as well, which was a double gatefold. When You opened it, the cartoon drawings of the band members would "stand up" like a pop up book. I've never actually seen one. Would you by any chance have it? Also I remember Gentle Giant's In a Glass House I had found used, but was in a really bad shape... ELP's Brain Salad Surgury opened up in a special way in the front. Nothing too fancy but still cool. Those are the ones I remember at this moment...
I know, it must have taken a long time to come up with all that. Most of it went over my head at 14.
Oh yes I have Tull's "Stand Up". I show and play some of if on my Jethro Tull part 1 show.
love the captain beyond OG.
subbed you, cheers Ron
Thanks. I like that one better than their 2nd.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 I agree I've had all 3 of their records the 1st one is phenomenal the other two I no longer own
Great collection.
Let's not forget:
Rick Wakeman's No Earthly Connection and its mirror cylinder so you could view the "distorted" images properly.
Alice Cooper From The Inside: Opening the doors to the asylum and seeing poor Alice in the Quiet Room.
I keep hearing about that Wakeman album. I should look for it.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 When you do, make sure it has the little reflective mylar sheet inside.
"Let's all dress up like Hazards,
yeah man!"
- Paul McCartney
Very interesting=tx
Thank you
Artificial Paradise (The Guess Who) from wiki:
The album is likely best remembered for its record jacket and inner sleeve, which is an extensive lampoon of direct mail advertising. The cover mentions The Guess Who only in passing.
Oh I see. It has a cover that I might not even know who it was,, whole thumbing thru
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 The original had the plastic window as well (not sure about the inserts; I'll check later, mine is in tatters - it was played a lot a long time ago)
Great episode! Other ones are Physical Graffiti (die cuts like Some Girls) and In Through the Out Door (4 different album covers all with a paper bag ) by Zeppelin.
Stereotomy by Alan Parsons
Thanks. Definitely a part 2 coming one day.
The New Seekers Live at the Royal Albert Hall DLP had The New Seekers Model Theatre Kit, as seen on the cover of the album, to glue together. I've still got mine within the album.
That I haven't seen. Now I know. Thanks
Great vid! Maybe 4 more: Stones "Through the Past Darkly Vol. 2" , ELP "Brain Salad surgery" , "Dark Side of the Moon" and Zeppelin "In Through the Out Door".
Thanks. You will definitely see a couple of those on my part 2 video.
I have a Rolling Stones Through The Past Darkly that’s shaped like a stop sign... I don’t remember the year, but it’s ancient..
oh yea , I have that one. With their faces pushed up against the glass. Flattering image . That's what I like about them.
I was looking for Mannfred Mann's Earth Band The Good Earth lp Early owners of each copy of The Good Earth were entitled to rights over 1 square foot of the earth situated at Llanerchyrfa in the County of Brecon, in Wales. The inner sleeve included a coupon that had to be sent for registration. This was part of the promotion activities linked to the album that had ecological inspirations. There was no swindle and thousands of fans were registered. Registration could be done on or before 31 December 1975.[3]
I wondered about that. Fortunately the copy i got a few years ago, was not mailed in.
1975 at the age of 15 was about the time I first heard the lp , but didn't know about the offer I was stone at the time with some people I just met, I bought the lp eventually but not before solar fire and Nightingales & Bombers
"Brother" by Lon and Derrek Von Eaton (Apple records artists) had a zoetrope in it as well.
I'll have look that one up. There's a lot I haven't heard of. Thanks
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 here's a video of it in action. Not particularly amazing, but still kinda cool.
czcams.com/video/IBZ34Np0axs/video.html
Awesome!!!!!
Thanks
I guess no one else here remembers The Groundhogs - "Who Will Save The World?" (1972 United Artists) with the fold out comic book story of the band as superheroes, illustrated by Stan Lee. Also had like a couple of gimmicky cut out adverts. I was so mesmerized by the album when I was a little kid in the 80's. The music is wonderful as well.
I have that album! I wonder if it has the cut outs? I will break it out on my next "covers" show. Thanks
Alice Cooper's Muscle of Love had a stained box with goodies.
Yea. I'll be showing that one next
Ok now I see it.Yeah there were plenty of Bars with bands playing live ,back in the 70s.OBI in the summer.
Didnt Physical Graffiti have a moveable inner part to see different people in the buildings windows?
Led Zeppelin had some good album covers, didn't they.
Yes, I should get one of those!
So did Foghat "Live" & the Rolling Stones "Some Girls" albums. I believe the graphic artist Peter Corriston designed all three albums.
PG didn't really have 'moveable' people. In Thru the Outdoor had a water paint inside. The album was released with 6 different covers - hiding in a paper bag.
@@yrlic yes, Zeppelin also had a paper bag cover on their "In Through The Outdoor" album. I know 'cuz I have it !!
The album in the thumbnail was the first LP I ever bought with my own money. I had inherited and been given records for a few years before, but that was the first one for me.
A good album to start with. It took me a while to get that one. But I had the Foot stompin music 45 when it 1st came out.
Awesome! I was wondering if you'd include some Alice Cooper. I had to get 3 copies of Billion Dollar Babies, in order to make one complete one. I now own six copies of School's Out. I have four of the panties. White, pink, and blue. As for the yellow, they're in really bad condition, and may just be the white ones, badly stained over time.
Sounds like a great collection. Sometimes we have to piece them together.
1977 the Sweet "Give Us A Wink" LP had a feature that if you pulled the inner sleeve up and down, the outer cover had a hole that would give you a wink. Cool!
1974 Neil Young On the Beach had a paisley print design on the inside of the outer cover. Odd but cool. Just a few I noticed.
I think that was the last one I showed. Good album.
I know this is not a rock album, but the soundtrack to Andromeda Strain had a unique jacket. The disc was hexagonal in shape and did not go into a sleeve, but was on the jacket. There were six "leaves" that folded over and interlocked to hold the disc.
Wow. I remember that movie. I bet that one hard to find. Thanks
Never knew about the billion dollar bill how cool is that !
Bob Marley "Catch a Fire" with the Zippo.
Yea, I need to look for that one.
Jimmy Page wrote something in cursive with a heat pen in the clear center part of the vinyl on Led Zeppelin III. I was surprised you didn’t point it out. Did you know about that? If not, check out your LZIII vinyl. 👍🎸✌️
No, I did not. I'll look for it. Thanks
1969 Jethro Tull Stand Up, had a pop up of the band in the gate fold.
Yea , that's a good one.
I took that one out, on my 1st Tull show.
I bought that again after being stolen many years ago.The pop up one was hard to find but was re released and remastered by Steven Wilson just like the original.I was excited to get it back again.Brilliant !
Minor additions to the list are Low Spark and Shoot Out at Fantasy Factory by Traffic. Just the cut corners.
Yea. 2 records in a row. I will include, when I do a part 2.
The first pressings of Monty Python's Instant Record Collection (English import) had a cover that opened up into a 12 inch square cube that looked like a stack of records .
Cool. I wonder if it fooled anyone.
2 albums by Raspberries from 1972 & 1973 respectively: the first self-titled album had a "Scratch & Sniff" sticker on it that smelled (sort of) like raspberries; the album Side 3 not only had a picture of a pint cardboard carton of raspberries but was shaped like one as well.
That sticker unpeeled must be hard to find. I should have at least one of those records. ?
Thanks. i was reading the comments to see if anyone mentioned these 2 LPs.
I remember back in the late'79's early '80's I think it was Soviet France the name of the group that had album covers made from
Burlap, and
Aluminum Foil, and
Artificial Grass, were some of there album covers I pretty sure they were important albums there was an import record store in Niagara Falls called
Pop Tones that had all kinds music back then ..
Dead Kennedys,
Huska Du,
Alan Ginsberg,
Christian Death,. To make a few used to be on main Street near the Niagara River my Buddy and myself used to go there and pick up a few albums every one and a while...
I miss that place as well as the albums for putting a tape together for the car always loved listing to music a a 24 beer case full of cassettes in the car back then ...Just so much rare music
Dial-A-Poem &.
How Many More Lies
Just really rare stuff you would probably never find again...
Cassettes was a great way to reproduce music.
Maybe Niagara Falls has a new record store?
Noted non-inclusions: 'Catch Afire' , The Wailers, styled as a giant Zippo lighter....."Big Bamboo', Cheech & Chong , giant Rizla package...'Ogdens Nut Gone Flake", Small Faces, die-cut circular tobacco tin.......good to see 'Ooh LaLa' included..
My Ogden's is a reissue. I don't have the others. Smoked big bamboo in the 70s.
As we say in the U.K. 'Back In The Day', PIL released their first album as 3, 12" in a Metal Tin. I still have Motorhead : No Remorse from 1984, a double album in a BLACK LEATHER sleeve. On the Bronze label cat MOTOR 1. 823301-1 . On the L.P.s the cat number is PROLP 5. Crazy 3 cat numbers for the same L.P.
I did not know about the leather cover. And as late 84! I remember wher my cousin in NYC showed me the PIL tin. When it 1st came out. I wonder if he still has it?
COOL ALBUMS WORTH A SMALL FORTUNE AS THAY ALL LOOK MINT AND WITH ALL THE STUFF YA GOT WITH ALBUMS POSTERS AND STUFF YEA
I try to keep them in good shape. And try to replace the ones I may have neglected as a teenager.
Cheech and Chong - Up In Smoke. Came with a rolling paper/table cloth.
Wait...wasn't that "Big Bambu" with the giant rolling paper?
@@BakedRBeans I believe you are correct, sir.
They did have another album with hidden pot in a car door.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 Yes....I think that one was called "Los Cochinos".Slide out the innersleeve, and see the inside of the door.
Didn't read all of the comments so I don't know if this was mentioned but inside of The Who Live at Leeds are a bunch of memorabilia items like a rejection letter.
Oh yea. I think I might have taken that one out on my Who show. The vinyl was trashed, so I need another one. But all the inserts were there.
There is a giant poster, along with lots of other things like the rejection letter sent to "The High Numbers" from Decca records. Looks like Decca changed their mind! Maybe a bill for some equipment that was destroyed. I still have the album...too tired to go look.
It's great reading all the comments. I realise I have more gimmick record covers than I tought.
One record that doesn't seem to be mentionned is Bob Marley's Catch A Fire with its zippo cover.
Someone just mentioned that Wailers record.. I don't see that one often.
You missed on the LP *Seven Separate Fools* by Three Dog Night, packaged by ABC/Dunhill like a pack of cards. Album issued as DSD-50118 in 1972, contained the hit "Black & White".
I sold that one once. I should have held on to it.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 I found my copy in s shop in Newcastle's now-long-defunct Hunter Shopping Village here in Australia. It was an American-issue copy, that's how I knew the catalogue number. I still have that LP. The group had only three Australian LPs, of which *Seven Separate Fools* was third and last. The local issue was as Probe SPTC-1.
I had every single one of those as well.
Good records, right.
'The Object' on Zeps 'Presence' album could have been obtained by writing at the time. The Object sells for thousands now.
Interesting album
No Blue Cheer "Vincebus Eruptum" with a textured cover.
I have that one. Maybe I should show it one day. Thanks for commenting.
An entertaining post thank you. Classic covers, but I have one question, why the paper sleeves?
Thanks for the compliment.
I put poly lined paper sleeves on most of my records, to protect them.
Cool got
Thanks
Cool idea and channel name lol, I subbed 😊👍🏻
Thanks. I hope you enjoy.
1974 Grand Funk Shinin On........3D cover with pop out 3 D glasses.
It wasn't too long ago. I got a copy of that one. A better album than I expected.
Just forgot to add this in the previous message: Why not another episode on records that still sound great in the wrong speed! Have a good day.
Good idea.. That will take some research. It could be fun.
Cheech and Chong..."Big Bamboo" with the rolling paper
Yeah. I wish I had that one! Good times, thanks.
I used the rolling paper at a Tull concert. Damn thing took half an hour to finish.
Also Wedding Album and Sleeping Beauty had special covers.
Jethro Tull - Stand Up. Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. Touch - Touch (1969).
I need to get an original Ogden's with the round cover . Mine in a reissue. I'll break Stand Up out next time.
@@jamiesvinylhideaway54 Yeah I was lucky to pick up the original Immediate records release, it came in a plastic bag with a metal snap closure that caused the damage as you mention for other covers. Are you familiar with Touch? Search for Seventy-Five by Touch on CZcams.
Eagles 1st album cover can be unfolded to create a 4 panel poster.
No wonder the used ones all have pin holes.
Just discovered your show so I don't know if you have covered a couple more The Who Live at Leeds had a lot of cool stuff packed inside also the Guess Who Artificial Paradise I enjoyed watching will watch older one also