Album Covers - Beyond the Norm

[pmsummer]

Black Moses -- Issac Hayes

Unfolded like this.

 

[pmsummer]

Bark -- Jefferson Airplane

Came in a grocery bag.

 

[spartanmanor]

Cheech and Chong: Big Bamboo with rolling paper:

 

[similost]

Forgot about the Issac Hayes.. I've got that album too and thought it was pretty cool when I first opened it.

 

[pmsummer]

Any linen-covered/tipped-title sheet boxed set from Archiv Produktion.

 

[turbomustang]

sweet-give us a wink=pull the sleeve and the eyes wink

Cheech and Chong-big bambu=huge rolling paper inside

 

[qdrone]

Captain Beyond

self titled, cover is 3d.

 

[pmsummer]

Striking It Rich -- Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks



It was a giant matchbook.

 

[pmsummer]

The Beatles -- The Beatles

You could draw your own cover illustrations with an accessory pack.

You could also eat the slip sheets.

 

[pmsummer]

Happy To Meet You - Sorry To Part -- Horslips

The jacket was die-cut to look like a concertina.

 

[pmsummer]

Alone Together -- Dave Mason

Already mentioned, but it folded out so you could hang it on a wall, with a pocket for the LP.

 

[similost]

Thanks PM.. that's why I couldn't remember what it was with the cover, but I knew it was something different.

 

[meggy]

Soft Machine I with the movable cogs.

Quicksilver with the silver foil.

 

[pmsummer]

Julie Is Her Name (Vol. 1 and 2) -- Julie London

Just because they were really beyond the norm at the time. 3-D in their own way.

 

[jancumps]

Sing it Again Rod, die cast to look like a whiskey glass

 

[SA-708]

Public Image Ltd.'s Metal Box: Three 12" records in a metal film canister, embossed with the band's logo.

The Return of The Durutti Column: debut album featured a sandpaper sleeve, which was a discarded idea for PiL's debut.

 

[tubed]

Julie Is Her Name (Vol. 1 and 2) -- Julie London

Just because they were really beyond the norm at the time. 3-D in there own way.

Yes, her eyes are rather large.

 

[similost]

Public Image Ltd.'s Metal Box: Three 12" records in a metal film canister, embossed with the band's logo.

The Return of The Durutti Column: debut album featured a sandpaper sleeve, which was a discarded idea for PiL's debut.

ooooohhhhhh.. Never seen that.. I'm gonna have to look for one of those sets...

 

[Urchinn]

Watch out, similost, this was reissued a few years ago (vinyl and can)...so don't pay big bucks for a second press.

 

[similost]

Yeah.. I saw there was a 2006 reissue already.. but I have found an original 79 release that looks to be in really nice condition.. starting at $70...