ERIC MERCURY "FUNKY SOUNDS NURTURED IN THE FERTILE FIELDS OF MEMPHIS THAT SMELL OF ROCK"

Artist: Eric Mercury
Album: Funky Sounds Nurtured In the Fertile Soil of Memphis That Small of Rock
Label: Enterprise

Catalog: ENS 1020

Year: 1972

Genre: soul
Grading: VG+ cover / VG+ LP
Cover Art: Ed Hocum

Art Direction: The Graffiteria/David Kreiger
Grade: * star

Interesting - the second Stax cover in a row.  Starts to make me realize there are way more "bad" covers than good ones.

So here's what I had to say about the art work in my comments on the album:

Well, without ever hearing a note, I can tell you this album deserves notoriety for at least two things:

• The Ed Hocum cover painting guaranteed minimal sales
• If the cover didn't put you off the album, then the cumbersome title was likely to finish off any desire to buy the LP.  It was certainly an interesting title for a guy born and nurtured in Toronto, Canada