Rabbit
Too Much Rock 'n' Roll
By all accounts,
this album is a completely serious work
and for that I am eternally grateful. Fronted
by hardworking lead singer Dave Evans (who
was apparently in an early incarnation of
AC/DC), Rabbit's 'Too Much Rock 'n' Roll'
is one of the prized LPs in my collection,
a gift from an old friend in Australia.
With a look that can only be described as
what happens when a spandex factory explodes,
it may be the single greatest rock LP cover
of all-time. I desperately want Evans to
tour the States so I can get my copy signed.
Irvin Martin
It's a Wonderful, Wonderful Life
If you're gonna
put not one but two wonderfuls in the title,
things have gotta be pretty good for Irvin
Martin, right? I mean he's got that snazzy
blue suit and a keen looking dog. Oh, wait,
seems like he's been totally blind since
1955, too. Damn.
Extra Strength
Tylenol® Anyone?
Sacred Denial
I can still
remember where I was working when I bought
my copy of this lawsuit waiting to happen...
I was actually working for McNeil, the company
that makes Tylenol, which had just weathered
its second product tampering scandal. The
music's pretty typical North Jersey metal/hardcore/thrash
from the era with songs like "Cheap
High", "Tylenol", "Tuff
Shit", "Moral Majority" and
more. I always found it amusing that they
bothered to put the Registered Mark on the
front cover next to the word Tylenol as
well as the acknowledgement that Tylenol
is a registered trademark of Johnson &
Johnson. (For more about Sacred Denial check
out the
following thread.)
Jesus Loves
Cowboys
Laverne & Family
Okay, so Jesus
loves cowboys, but what about dopey-looking
twerps? I particularly enjoy the cowboy
attire on what I'm guessing is LaVerne's
hubby (far right)... nothing says Wild West
like a white three-piece suit with a black
"cowboy" hat adorned with a multi-colored
scarf. Having lived through this era, I
actually feel for the older son, a pudgy
Jason Bateman lookalike squeezed into a
horrific display of Sears couture.
Finger Lickin
Good
Dennis Coffey
They always
say save the best for last, but I've definitely
saved what I believe to be one of the most
outrageous covers I've ever witnessed for
the end. Yes, that's a young black woman
with a finger stuck inside the waistband
of her panties. Yes, that's a bucket of
chicken. Yes, it's stuck between her legs.
And yes, the album is called 'Finger Lickin
Good.' Yet another inexplicable Oklahoma
thrift store find, the back cover features
our cover model hugging the bucket of chicken
-- WHICH HAS A MAN'S ARM COMING OUT OF IT!
The sheer audacity and outrageousness of
the cover begins to explain such ditties
as "If You Can't Dance to This You
Got No Business Havin-Feet" and a ballsy
swing – and a miss – at David
Bowie's "Fame."
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