Sunday, April 8, 2018

DIRE STRAITS - MAKING MOVIES











Artist: Dire Straits
Album Title: Making Movies
Label: Warner Brothers
Catalog: BSK 3180
Year: 1980
Genre: rock
Grading: VG+ cover / VG+ LP
Sleeve design: Neil Terk
Concept: Neil Terk
Cover photo: not applicable
Grade: * star

About all I can say about this one is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Come to think of it, with the exception of ... well I can't think of an exception, that describes most of the songs on the album.

THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTER - "PLASTIC DREAMS"














Artist: The Modern Jazz Quartet
Album Title:: Plastic Dreams
Genre: jazz
Company: Atlantic
Catalog; SD 1589
Year: 1971
Country/State: US
Grade: VG+ cover / VG+ LP
Comment: gatefold sleeve
Rating: ** stars


My wife happened to see this album sitting on my desk and had a massive fit - what it that?  I have to agree.  Rather tasteless.  The fact it came out in 1971 makes it no less tasteless ...    Guess I'm kind of surprised that early 1970s retailers would have carried this one.