Album Covers That Would Not Exist w/o Hairspray

[JSngry]

Then again, that might well be a wig. But let's pretend!

[Larry Kart]

Then again, that might well be a wig. But let's pretend!

It's neither -- it's the nest for a large family of borer ants.

[Dave James]

[JSngry]

Not to change the subject, but I read the other day where Ms. Lewis' nifty "Hello Stranger" was recorded in Chicago. That's the Dells doing background vocals, and none other than John Young playin the organ. Did not know that Mr. Young was in the habit of doing such work!

Perhaps he carried borer ants with him wherever he went.

[Larry Kart]

Not to change the subject, but I read the other day where Ms. Lewis' nifty "Hello Stranger" was recorded in Chicago. That's the Dells doing background vocals, and none other than John Young playin the organ. Did not know that Mr. Young was in the habit of doing such work!

Sounds like a reasonable fit.

[Larry Kart]

Not to change the subject, but I read the other day where Ms. Lewis' nifty "Hello Stranger" was recorded in Chicago. That's the Dells doing background vocals, and none other than John Young playin the organ. Did not know that Mr. Young was in the habit of doing such work!

Perhaps he carried borer ants with him wherever he went.

Nice track, background vocals especially. Young's part didn't exactly strain his skills.

[JSngry]

Nice track, background vocals especially. Young's part didn't exactly strain his skills.

But it did call upon his sense of taste, so in a real sense, it played to his one of his strengths. And The Dells...hey, The Dells. Yeah, always.

No matter, Lewis' behind-the-beat phrasing on that one is one of my favorite pop treats of the era. Sooooo sensual in a Still-Young-And-Not-Yet-Jaded kind of way.

Maybe it was the borer ants?

[Larry Kart]

Nice track, background vocals especially. Young's part didn't exactly strain his skills.

But it did call upon his sense of taste, so in a real sense, it played to his one of his strengths. And The Dells...hey, The Dells. Yeah, always.

No matter, Lewis' behind-the-beat phrasing on that one is one of my favorite pop treats of the era. Sooooo sensual in a Still-Young-And-Not-Yet-Jaded kind of way.

Maybe it was the borer ants?

Speaking of sensual female singers, I got to start a thread about that Francis Wayne Atlantic album I just listened to.

[JSngry]

Now there was a borer ant!

[Larry Kart]

Now there was a borer ant!

Really? Her "My One and Only Love" with Al Cohn is something else. And her "Speak Low" is pretty darn smoldering. (Both from "The Warm Sound.") I admit, her voice can be rather "purplish" for some tastes, but whatever else Wayne might have had going for her, there were sound musical reasons why she was Mrs. Neal Hefti.

[JSngry]

Sorry, I was thinking of Francis Faye. Really. Francis Wayne was fine.

My bad, big time.

Now, back to the topic:

[DukeCity]

[JSngry]

[clifford_thornton]

Vanity-press records of young goofy girls singing about Jesus, yes.

Britny Fox, no.

[Dave James]

Love in vein courtesy of the scrumptious Marian Sensabaugh:

[brownie]

[mikelz777]

[Dave James]

This is photo shopped, but I couldn't resist:

[A Lark Ascending]

[jostber]

[brownie]

[jostber]

[Dan Gould]

[mikeweil]

[brownie]