Category Archives: music

record labels

Elvis’ Christmas Album. Elvis Presley. 1957.

museum piece

Piece: Liberace’s Christmas Cards.

Where: Liberace Museum. Las Vegas, NV.

record labels

1976.

mccartney directs

No good could possibly come of this: Paul McCartney assists with directing Give My Regards to Broadstreet. Peter Webb. 1984.

(for other such indulgences see here and here)

on your sleeve

Dirk Bogarde does that sing-talkin’ thing on his one and only LP, the truly inessential Lyrics for Lovers. 1960.

the stickers on records

Ready to Die. The Notorious B.I.G. 1994.

advertising

1976.

record labels

Stupid Stupid Stupid. Black Grape. 1997.

watching the wheels

A handwritten to-do list up for auction on this site gives us a glimpse into John Lennon‘s Howard Hughes years. It seems as though Lennon had trouble understanding the technological mumbo jumbo coming out of the mouth of the “HBO guy” during his last encounter with him and has decided to delegate interacting with him to some underling (possibly Fred).

Also we see that items on his reading list include this book about the Hope Diamond and possibly this book written by Margaret Trudeau. And while you’re at it can you ask Sam Green about returning that Thor Heyerdahl book? We also see that weighing on his mind was the status of his hair dryer and learn that the hook on the bathroom door was kicking Lennon’s ass. Rock and Roll.

on your (inner) sleeve

Inner sleeve of The Cost of Living EP. The Clash. 1979.