Dem Bones

Halloween; a great excuse for a vinyl display. And so I have gathered together some records with a skull and bones connection for the creepy occasion.

 

 

It’s all in the name

I just don’t have enough Toussaint related vinyl to do the display that I said last week that I was trying to create. I could have if when I found that Dr John album earlier this year the owner hadn’t lost the record inside! Toussaint produced that one and it would have helped me to do a Toussaint triptych, but oh well.

What vinyl treasures have I assembed for this week’s display?

The theme this week is all about having an album title that is a pun or subtle joke on the artist’s name.

 

 

More Muppets

Since I featured The Muppets for last Friday’s song, I thought to have them also for this week’s Record Display.

 

 

A different vinyl display

I was all set to display a Tolkien inspired record cover triptych but the third record is so obscure I am having trouble locating where I catalogued it. It will be up next week so for now, why not check out what someone else is doing with record covers, namely mashing them up. I found this via the blog Voices of East Anglia.

Woody Allen Vinyl

Of late @lunacinemas has been tweeting about Woody Allen and I have been loving it. The spur is Woody’s upcoming Midnight In Paris which will be out soon. As a show of support to all this online Woody Allen affection I thought I would make this week’s vinyl triptych all about Woody.

Medievel Vinyl

There are certain records that just the sight of them cause me to start singing a significant track. Maybe this is a diagnosable condition. Here is an example. I was thrilled to have found a copy of Cucumber Castle, the 2 man Bee Gees album that Barry and Maurice did after Robin left for a solo career in the late 60′s. Having played it over and over I have become victim to another of their aching ballads, in this case “Don’t forget to remember me”, and now whenever I look upon this cover I immediately conjure up that song in my mind. The song IOIO also lurks in there somewhere.

More Bee Gees

My Bee Gees phase has yet to come to an end. One thing that I am really fascinated by, apart from the incredible song writing with so many sing along stick in your head poppy numbers, is the saga of the early membership.

Bee Gees phase

I’m going through a Bee Gees phase at the moment. Regular readers might remember how I recently picked up a Bee Gees compilation that featured a cover photo of the band when they had four members. Filing this find away I of course took the time to look at my other Bee Gees records and made the discovery that they once had 5 members. The attitrition of Bee Gees is the theme of this week’s display.

May the fourth be with you

In recognition of the upcoming Star Wars day on May 4, I have put together a vinyl display for the occasion.

Looking back

Perhaps it was because there was a record collector meet on eslewhere yesterday that the pickings at the Sunday swap meet were so few. I did come away though with Derek and Clives’ first album (I’ll play that one loud to annoy the neighbours) and a Bee Gees compilation. This particular Bee Gees record has four band members on the cover. That’s right – four! It wasn’t always only the 3 brothers Gibb. I wonder whatever happened to that fourth guy…