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Post by sepiatone on Mar 25, 2023 15:30:25 GMT
When I was a kid, a buddy of mine's Dad and older half-brother put together a Heathkit stereo unit. Built it into a bookshelf unit they already had in their basement. It was around 1960-'61, and most of us kids who were his friends had only heard of stereo, but never a stereo phonograph. He too, would play the stereo "sound effects" albums Heathkit provided for them. We astounded to the sound on the records bouncing back and forth(yeah, trains, jet planes and cars) and circling the basement. And I do believe that's when the seed of my becoming an "audiophile" was planted. I'm sure there were plenty of LPs like this available as stereophonic home sets grew in popularity....  Sepiatone |
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Post by NoShear on Mar 25, 2023 19:22:26 GMT
The Alucard upload here includes something of a(rtwork) composite of Gentle Giant's debut gatefold (1970) and the UK version of Three Friends (1972):
The eponymous Gentle Giant 'mascot' and font was used for the North American release of Three Friends since Gentle Giant's first two albums had not previously been released in Canada nor the United States.
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Post by NoShear on Mar 25, 2023 21:00:20 GMT
When I was a kid, a buddy of mine's Dad and older half-brother put together a Heathkit stereo unit. Built it into a bookshelf unit they already had in their basement. It was around 1960-'61, and most of us kids who were his friends had only heard of stereo, but never a stereo phonograph. He too, would play the stereo "sound effects" albums Heathkit provided for them. We astounded to the sound on the records bouncing back and forth(yeah, trains, jet planes and cars) and circling the basement. And I do believe that's when the seed of my becoming an "audiophile" was planted. I'm sure there were plenty of LPs like this available as stereophonic home sets grew in popularity.... Sepiatone, your Heathkit drop within the context of albums here reminded me of Radio Shack which sold both Heathkits and my first stereo system: I hope all is well for you and your family... |
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Post by sepiatone on Mar 26, 2023 14:31:25 GMT
NoShear? Welcome! You probably know me better as Whitefang from Talk Music.  Yeah, was sorry to see Radio Shack gone. I used to, in latter days, go there for a can of tuner cleaner every now and then for cleaning my receiver. Back in the "day" I knew some guys that would go there to buy replacement speakers for their guitar amps, and some clever enough to get all they needed to build their own amps from scratch. The Radio Shack outlet I used to patronize is now a Domino's pizza place. Sepiatone |
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Post by NoShear on Mar 26, 2023 15:02:48 GMT
NoShear? Welcome! You probably know me better as Whitefang from Talk Music. Yeah, was sorry to see Radio Shack gone. I used to, in latter days, go there for a can of tuner cleaner every now and then for cleaning my receiver. Back in the "day" I knew some guys that would go there to buy replacement speakers for their guitar amps, and some clever enough to get all they needed to build their own amps from scratch. The Radio Shack outlet I used to patronize is now a Domino's pizza place. Sepiatone Thanks, Sepiatone... Nah, I only know you as sepiatone from days of TCM Message Boards. Again, I found your Heathkit story fascinating in light of the company's connection with stereo-related Radio Shack. |
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Post by NoShear on Mar 27, 2023 16:43:18 GMT
At least two Henry Diltz/Gary Burden collaborations were album art of my youth:   |
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Post by sepiatone on Mar 30, 2023 15:57:53 GMT
This one shown already? If so, I apologize.  Sepiatone |
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Post by I Love Melvin on Mar 31, 2023 13:29:33 GMT
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Post by sepiatone on Mar 31, 2023 15:18:05 GMT
Bootlegs were a whole other kind of cover story. They were pretty bare bones to start with, then gradually got more elaborate. The first one I bought was at a newsstand in San Francisco in early 1970, "Live'r Than You'll Ever Be", a recording of the recent Stones concert in Oakland. It was just a white cover with an ink stamp of the title and inside a red label for Lurch Records, credited to The World's Greatest Rock Band. The quality was decent, considering.  ![]() HA! Starting to see some acerbic humor in the title of singer/songwriter Chris Smither's live recording CD titled, "Live as I'll ever be". He or someone at his label just might have had that bootleg too. But really, the only bootleg I ever had was a Hendrix bootleg with just a plain grey sleeve with all the scant info done in a standard typewriter font. Sepiatone |
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Post by NoShear on Mar 31, 2023 17:09:40 GMT
The Alucard upload here includes something of a(rtwork) composite of Gentle Giant's debut gatefold (1970) and the UK version of Three Friends (1972): The eponymous Gentle Giant 'mascot' and font was used for the North American release of Three Friends since Gentle Giant's first two albums had not previously been released in Canada nor the United States. |
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Post by sepiatone on Apr 2, 2023 15:57:48 GMT
Here's one from Weather Report....  Plaza Real Sepiatone  |
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Post by NoShear on Apr 3, 2023 15:30:01 GMT
Bootlegs were a whole other kind of cover story. They were pretty bare bones to start with, then gradually got more elaborate. The first one I bought was at a newsstand in San Francisco in early 1970, "Live'r Than You'll Ever Be", a recording of the recent Stones concert in Oakland. It was just a white cover with an ink stamp of the title and inside a red label for Lurch Records, credited to The World's Greatest Rock Band. The quality was decent, considering. I Love Melvin, LIVE r than you'll ever be appropriately reminded me of the following faux front which is said to have been inspired by the Rolling Stones bootleg: The celebrated live album's Crackling noises are thought to have emanated from a faulty cable connection. |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Apr 5, 2023 19:51:35 GMT
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Post by I Love Melvin on Apr 5, 2023 22:52:46 GMT
When you've got Radio Shack in your corner you know you've made it. Reminds me of these young ladies from the old Lawrence Welk Show. :format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-8586193-1464561600-8808.jpeg.jpg) |
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Post by I Love Melvin on Apr 7, 2023 20:06:28 GMT
The Kinks got sidetracked for a while in the 1970's doing "concept" albums. After The Who's Tommy a lot of bands took a shot at it. In 1969 they did the "soundtrack" for a television project which never materialized, Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire).  In 1971 The Kinks did the soundtrack to a British film called Percy. It wasn't necessarily a concept album per se but the songs were related thematically. :format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4777668-1473170167-5488.jpeg.jpg) In 1973 and 1974 they did Preservation Act1 and Preservation Act 2, centering on themes of money, power and corruption. 
That was followed in 1974 with another television-oriented project, Soap Opera, a song cycle about the limits of fame, particularly in the music business.  :format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6482544-1503148280-5309.jpeg.jpg) After that came Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975), the last of their concept albums, about how strictly enforced punishment can work against society in the long run. It was the last of their "theatrical" recordings and their final album at RCA. After that they changed labels but had taken such a sharp, lengthy turn into that kind of narrative that their popularity probably never fully recovered. Still one of my all-time favorite bands, though. :format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6626803-1423394122-7815.jpeg.jpg) |
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