SUPERFICIALITY INDULGENCE GLAMOUR AND LUST. FOR HOLLYWOOD AT ITS BEST, CAMP AND KITSCH SUPREME. “Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.” MARLENE DIETRICH.

Monday, November 14, 2011

CELEBRITY ALBUM COVERS: Famous people on L.P's





















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1-4: Bombshell JAYNE MANSFIELD, 5-7: Sex Kitten actress/singer BRIGITTE BARDOT, 8-9: 50's Pin-Up BETTIE PAGE, 10: model & actress TINA LOUISE (Gilligan's Island) 11: pin-up model & actress JULIE NEWMAR (Batman's CATWOMAN), 12: actor beefcake JEFF CHANDLER, 13: actress ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY (Bewitched) 14: actor ROBERT MITCHUM 15: Sex Queen comic actress MAE WEST 16: 60's top model JEAN SHRIMPTON 17: Sex Kitten actress/anti war campaigner JANE FONDA (Barbarella) 18: actress & French Icon CATHERINE DENEUVE (Belle De Jour) 19: Horror actor & art collector VINCENT PRICE 20: Gay playwright & legendary wit NOEL COWARD

Sunday, November 13, 2011

COOL ALBUM COVERS: LOUNGE, POPULAR, JAZZ.





















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I love old vintage cool album covers, even some very camp ones, because they're fun to collect, and its a lost era of design. Some LP covers become iconic for their design or illustration, others for grabbing attention for their over the top models and layout. A lot of orchestrated covers had to grab our attention in some way, so glamorous women often adorned these L.P's, or a sight gag or theme. Sex sells of course, and people bought these L.P's because they sold a lifestyle or a theme you wanted to experience. Soft music for a candlelight dinner, Esquivel or Dave Brubeck for a swinging party.