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the stickers on records

Posted on June 18, 2010 | 2 comments

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

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the stickers on records

Posted on May 6, 2010 | 2 comments

This optimistic sticker on the sleeve of The Beach Boys’s M.I.U. Album predicted that their weak cover of “Peggy Sue”, done in a Hooray for Everything-style arrangment, would be a hit. It only managed to make it to #59 on the Billboard charts. Is #59 considered a hit for an act that was once accustomed to regular top tens?

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the stickers on records

Posted on March 27, 2010 | Leave a comment

Radio. LL Cool J. 1985.

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the stickers on records

Posted on February 3, 2010 | Leave a comment

Topper Headon on Combat Rock. 1982.

Bonus sticker: Black Market Clash. 1980.

Detail of the little bit of weed that I think the previous owner of this copy of Black Market Clash got caught between the sleeve and the shrink wrap. Circa 1980.

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the stickers on records

Posted on January 19, 2010 | 2 comments

I can’t come up with anything better to call this one, but here’s a new feature on the stickers that were stuck on records. It’s pretty ephemeral and perhaps worth exploring I guess.

First up is the sticker that was stuck on first pressings of Thriller. 1982.

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