Category Archives: on your sleeve

foreign apples

Today we’ll take a look at the always amazing Apple Records 45 sleeves from around the world (with a focus on John and Yoko). All of these images are taken from ebay. Above we have a Stand By Me from Japan. 1975. (Below is from Germany and below that Portugal.)

The French 45 of Yoko’s Mrs. Lennon. 1971.

Japan.

The front and back of Plastic Ono Band’s Power to the People 45. Israel. 1971.

Japan.

France. (familiar image)

Yoko’s Now or Never. France. 1973.

Mind Games. Japan. 1973.

Yoko’s No No No. U.S. 1981. (Not on Apple.)

The Beatles. Ballad of John and Yoko. Portugal. 1969.

Whatever Gets You thru the Night. Germany. 1974.

Instant Karma! Japan. 1970.

Imagine. Japan. 1971. (Though this release seems to be from well after that–possibly 1975. Possibly later.)

Be-Bop-A-Lula. 1975. (Looks like a reissue to me and not on Apple.)

Nobody Told Me. U.S. 1984. (Not on Apple.)

Happy Xmas (War Is Over). Japan. 1971.

Here’s a mind-blowing Give Peace A Chance 45 from Israel that uses a pic of The Fabs instead of The Plastic Ono Band. Amazing! 1969.

tony curtis is dead

Tony Curtis, dead at 85.

With Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones. 1958.

With Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot. 1959.

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Freak Scene. Dinosaur Jr. 1988.

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The fantastic cover of Nancy Sinatra’s second LP. It’s oddly similar to the back cover of her first LP (below). Couldn’t the old man spring for another photo shoot?

cute couple alert

Nancy and Lee as they appear on the back of Nancy’s Sugar LP.

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The FoundationsBuild Me Up Buttercup in a generic Uni Records sleeve. 1968.

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Jan and Dean Meet Batman. 1966.

the stickers on records

Price tag seal on John Ono Lennon‘s Instant Karma! 45. 1970.

paul on ram

Bottom image credit.

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The cover of the French edition of the Zabriskie Point Soundtrack (1970) sure beats the American version.

Above is a photo that I found on ebay of the American version—the image is slightly cropped on the left but it’s more or less intact. I have a copy of this album that I bought at a yard sale that’s in terrible condition—or at least the sleeve is. It looks like it was rescued from a fire only to be thrown into a flood. Here’s a glimpse of the back of mine with its “The Pink Floyd” tracklisting.