TRAMLINE "SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE"

Artist: Tramline

Album: Somewhere Down the Line
Label: A&M

Catalog: SP 4208
Year: 1968
Genre: blues-rock
Grading: VG+ cover / VG+ LP
Quantity: 1

Art Designer/Photography:  C.C.S. Advertising Associates LTD

Grade: **** star

Even though I have no idea where this photo as taken, I ride the Washington DC Metro system a lot, so this one rang a chord with me.   Decent mid-'60s English blues-rock album too boot.

SHOCKING BLUE - HAM

Artist: Shocking Blue

Album: Ham
Label: Pink Elephant

Catalog: PE 877.038-G
Year: 1972

Art Designer/Photography:  unknown 

Grade: * star

 

Seriously ?   A slab of ham for an album cover ?    Admittedly, it was a delicious looking cut of meat, but ya' would have thought they could have come up with something a little more creative.   Maybe it was meant as a pro-Vegan statement ?   Doubt it.

GASOLIN' - HERGE

Artist: Gasolin'

Album: Gasolin'
Label: CBS

Catalog: S 64685
Year: 1971

Art Designer:  Herge 

Grade: **** stars

 

Unless you happen to be a fan of TInTin, I doubt many Americans are familiar with the work of the late Belgian comic book illustrator Georges Prosper Remi (aka Herge).  I've always loved his unique style and as far as I know, this was the only album cover he ever did.