Dig them shins!

Another album from the long line of Living Guitars...albums. Nice track selection!

'What is a shindig?', you ask. (right?!) Here's the answer, straight from the nondescript back cover:

We know now, don't we, gang? :-)

The dog days of summer

...are here and it isn't even summer yet. Sweet mercy was it annoyingly hot and humid here today! :p Anyway...

Cute cover. No info, though. Let's take a look at the back...

Nothin'. Couldn't get my camera to focus properly, either. That text in the top right corner is just the album number.

The name of the group and album title is on the spine, but mine is actually a bit damaged, so I could only guess at the full name[s]! :p I guess I'll have to look in the gatefold (and what if it was sealed? Haha.)...

Aha! Duffy. "Just in Case You're Interested..." Yes, I am! The funny thing is, it only lists their first names. No idea who is who in the pic, either. I had to go to the internet to find out more. (I had to be specific and add the album title, since there's also the current British pop tart Duffy) Turns out this is a British hard rock album from 1971. The lineup comprises: Stuart Reffold (vocals), Barry Coote (guitar), Joe Nanson (keyboards), Patrick Sarjeant (bass), Will Wright (drums).

Here's the excellent "Rock Solid" (but you'll really want to hear the whole album!):

Odd connection I just discovered!: Whilst looking at the pop singer Duffy's wiki entry (again, here), it turns out her full name is Amie Ann Duffy. The fourth track of Side 1 of this album is called..."Amie"! :o She was only born in 1984, so I wonder if maybe her parents liked this album and...nahhhhh. :p

Get your fill of The Phillips

CLASSIC religious family cover or what?!

Picture from the back. Notice that the parents have no names. (unless those are their names, which would be really weird...) Anything to it? (nah...) Pretty fancy chair mom is sitting on!

Produced by Doug McKenzie!

 

 'Beauty album, eh?'

Alrighty, then.

Bananas!

Please tell me someone out there gets the title reference when they see what this album is... ;)

Bent Fabric! Great name. More on it here. (and it makes perfect sense!)

Bit of a biography on the back, as is the norm.

Now, still wondering about the "Bananas!" thing? Well, I...think I'll still let people find that out for themselves. ;) In the meantime, here is the song "Alley Cat". You'll probably recognize it almost instantly.

K-tel's Music Machine

Well, this cover was a pleasant surprise for me, especially as I love Forbidden Planet!

This could've been a great cover, but because of the pictures of the singers at the bottom, I feel it falls into the 'good, but could've been great' category. ;) Must've been from some publicity shoot. (I would imagine there are many copies of the robot out there, so this could've been for anything!)

Again, could've been great, and in a way is kinda cooler than the front cover in that he looks like a DJ here (what a sound system!), but marred again by the extra pictures. Still, nice packaging overall!

Long before he went crazy...

...Mel Gibson was in such classics as the Mad Max movie. In this case, Beyond Thunderdome...

Surprisingly, the DVDs and Blu-rays of this movie use this cool cover art too! So many times, they make some stupid new cover featuring a shot of the main character superimposed over a flashy logo that bears no resemblance to anything in the movie or original art. :(

Typical movie stills/song lyrics gatefold. Didn't have to be a gatefold, so this is a nice touch.

Nothing special on the back, though the large image is eye-catching. I've actually still only seen the original. Liked it, didn't love it.

Here's the video for Tina Turner's memorable hit "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)":

What a voice! :)

Uh oh, more dancercising!

I've posted Barbie Allen's first album (here) and here is the long awaited (?) sequel.

All those smiles are completely spontaneous, right? :p 

If you checked out the first album, you'll have noticed by now that they felt the need to split up the word 'dancercise' into its component words, because, uh...people are dumb? Heh.

Dig them stylin' togs!

So many shiny, happy people. Barbie look like she's just about to start crying in that top pic.

Sample of the instruction booklet. (obviously)

What?! They sell other things too?

YOWZA! $38.00 for the dance sweats! That's 1981 money. According to an online inflation calculator, that would be $97.31 in 2013! Not to mention the shipping price, of course.