Big Beat Steve Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 A question to those who may have wide-ranging tastes in music from the (pre-mid-70s) vinyl era: The below photo came up on a classic car forum and of course people started wondering about the LP this guy in his very 70s-ish garb is holding. (The UK license plate of the Jag E dates from 1973 so this and the other cars in the car park might date the pic - and the vinyl) Anybody have any idea for identification? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 The image is not showing up for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted September 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Strange ... Anybody else have this problem? It is there (two, in fact), and I've uploaded pics via the same image hoster here before - without any apparent problems. Just in case (a wild shot): If you do not see the pic but a link can you click on the link or copy/paste the link in yur browser to see the pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 (edited) I can see the images. But I don't recognize the album. Edited September 14, 2017 by HutchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 I am guessing that the guy holding the record is also the guy on the album cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Is that a camo'ed helmet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 I think it's Sphitt Pheckler - Walls Come Down Or Else!!! That album was HUGE over there back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 4 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: I am guessing that the guy holding the record is also the guy on the album cover. Enlarging the cover reveals you're right - but it's impossible to read the writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) may not be right: Edited September 15, 2017 by clifford_thornton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 How pathetic. The guy in the picture should have been holding a Morricone giallo score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 10 hours ago, mikeweil said: Enlarging the cover reveals you're right - but it's impossible to read the writing. At first I thought it was writing...I actually thought it might be a classical album on RCA. But I then enlarged the picture and saw I was off-base. What looked like writing (in the upper center of the cover) now looks like an emblem (something like the Cadillac logo) with some ballroom ceiling lights behind it. It might be a dance/disco album...which would place it a little later than 1973. Maybe something in the Queen mold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Gotta be that Little Richard LP. Look again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 2 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: Gotta be that Little Richard LP. Look again. Not sure. The guy holding the LP looks like the guy on the cover, and the color of the sports jackets are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 2 hours ago, mjzee said: Not sure. The guy holding the LP looks like the guy on the cover, and the color of the sports jackets are different. ? It's clearly the Little Richard LP. Look at the whole cover, not just the human figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted September 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 The more I think about it and look at that LP cover scan the more I think that it might very well be that Little Richard LP on the Contour budget label. The blueish tint/discoloration of the 70s photograph print alters the colors, but if you take this into account and look at the proportions as well as the spotlight reflections to the left and right of Little Richard on this cover, things look like they match. A record I would not have thought of - despite the fact that actually I USED to own this LP (bought it during a school class Easter holiday trip to London in 1975 - coincidence ...). I sold it off long ago, though, because those live recordings were just horrible, at least to my ears. Not the real (Specialty) thing by a long shot. Thanks for your perspicacity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Big Beat Steve said: the spotlight reflections to the left and right of Little Richard... Yes, these make it pretty obvious, along with the other details that match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 13 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: may not be right: Respect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 I beg to differ. It just has to be the guy holding the LP. The colors of the spotlight reflections are all wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 "Perfect" colors for a cover left in a sunny record store window for months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 It's got a Bihari Bothers pedigree! https://www.discogs.com/Little-Richard-Little-Richard-Sings-His-Greatest-Hits-Recorded-Live/release/2634144 Per the item pictured: https://www.discogs.com/Little-Richard-The-Incredible-Little-Richard-Sings-His-Greatest-Hits-Recorded-Live/release/2660363 Title on labels: The Incredible Little Richard (Sings His Greatest Hits Recorded Live) Printed and made in Italy. 70s budget reissue of Modern MST 100. Printed on back cover and on labels: 1) "An Original Kent/Modern Recording". In fact that is an original Modern recording. 2) "Mono recordings electronically reprocessed to give stereo effect". In fact there are stereo recordings, just as on original Modern release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted September 16, 2017 Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 13 hours ago, rostasi said: "Perfect" colors for a cover left in a sunny record store window for months. Possibly, but the record might have been in mint condition too. This is a photograph (by a camera of unknown quality) taken out in the sun, from a distance, and we don't know if the image has since faded. I still see bluish on the left and reddish on the right (spotlights), and everything else matches perfectly in terms of the cover's layout. Zero doubt. Now, everybody back to work on that Steve McQueen LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'm with Clifford here, great spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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