Reply With QuoteCararra - Disco King is by far the cheapest tackiest cover I can find. Its beyond description.
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Do you have any favourite HI-NRG record sleeves in your collection.. any that are REALLY tacky ??
I was looking through some of mine last night and did have a laugh at some of these...
EARLENE BENTLEY - I GOT YOU COVERED (Dodgy 80s perm with tacky red feather boa)
CAROL WOODS - NEVER SATISFIED (Another dodgy (purplish) hair do !!
SEVENTH AVENUE - THE LOVE I LOST (3 blokes in tacky black/white cycling short type thingys)
CAROL JIANI - SUCH A JOY HONEY (Outrageous Tina Turnerish hairdo with tacky broach clipped to some kinda headscary thing)
MAN 2 MAN - Who knows what evil ? - extremely camp/Cloney type look !
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Cararra - Disco King is by far the cheapest tackiest cover I can find. Its beyond description.
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Don`t recall that one, it must have slipped the net.Originally Written by BearUK
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
The worst hi-nrg 12" sleeve artwork I've seen is the one for Midnight Sunrise's 'On The House' from '86; Ian Levine at his fattest dressed as a gangster!!!:o :???: (also Damon Rochefort is with him in the picture & he now writes scripts for Coronation Street!!!!:o )
...ya gotta beat the street......
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Nice one Dave...:lol: I had forgotten about that one ! tacky as FCUK :lol:
Damon Rochfort... I remember him from that 90s group NOMAD
Indie Release [Level 4]
Pretty much any of the Seventh Avenue stuff on Nightmare especially this one for "Armed Robbery" with the guys in tiny shorts at the gym on the front and just wearing draped towels in the shower room on the back.
Oh and what about some of Sabrina's sleeves? This one was always a bit of an embarassment:
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Good choices.. I have both those releases.. i remember buying that Seventh Avenue release way back in `87 from HMV..Odd looks from the staff behind the counter :DPretty much any of the Seventh Avenue stuff on Nightmare especially this one for "Armed Robbery" with the guys in tiny shorts at the gym on the front and just wearing draped towels in the shower room on the back.
Oh and what about some of Sabrina's sleeves? This one was always a bit of an embarassment:
Indie Release [Level 4]
And some of the Vicki Shepard Loading Bay releases were rather over the top. I espcially like the one of her in the fork lift mirroring the Loading Bay Logo!
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Correct! He seems to try his hand at anything.:-D
...ya gotta beat the street......
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Does anyone have the 12" Ian Levine did with Lily Savage? That has a pretty bad cover if I remember correctly !
Indie Release [Level 4]
I haven't heard the song but is this the sleeve you mentioned?
Pretty funny, is the song any good?
Platinum Record [Level 8]
I do recall that release. never bought the 12" but have it on one of the Nightmare copilation albums...classic cover :lol:
Indie Release [Level 4]
OK, I just have to say this is a great topic. I did some web searching and dug up pictures of some of the sleeves you guys mentioned that I hadn't seen that I thought I'd share for anyone else who hasn't seen them.
EARLENE BENTLEY - I GOT YOU COVERED
CAROL JIANI - SUCH A JOY HONEY
MAN 2 MAN - Who knows what evil ?
SEVENTH AVENUE - THE LOVE I LOST
Is this the Midnight Sunrise 12" you guys were talking about? The 12"s I saw for "On The House" all had a black and white cartoon cover. This one does have "On The House" on the b-side though.
I couldn't find the Carol Woods or "Disco King" though.
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I'm not sure all of these are 'tacky' really...just of their time. The 80's were a bit o.t.t. after all !
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Classics....... 8-)OK, I just have to say this is a great topic. I did some web searching and dug up pictures of some of the sleeves you guys mentioned that I hadn't seen that I thought I'd share for anyone else who hasn't seen them.
EARLENE BENTLEY - I GOT YOU COVERED
CAROL JIANI - SUCH A JOY HONEY
MAN 2 MAN - Who knows what evil ?
SEVENTH AVENUE - THE LOVE I LOST
Is this the Midnight Sunrise 12" you guys were talking about? The 12"s I saw for "On The House" all had a black and white cartoon cover. This one does have "On The House" on the b-side though.
I couldn't find the Carol Woods or "Disco King" though.
Indie Release [Level 4]
The glamour shots of Earlene Bentley and Carol Jiani especially are awesome, totally 80s.
Test Pressing [Level 2]
Love the 'LIME' cover, girl with the cocktail glass....
Also i think it was Bobby O - I cry for you, a Roy Lichtenstien picture of just one tear, very pop art
Masterpiece, you should have seen it - That rainbow in the moonglow. Masterpiece, you've got to live it - That new dawn tomorrow!
Gold Record [Level 7]
<<Good choices.. I have both those releases.. i remember buying that Seventh Avenue release way back in `87 from HMV..Odd looks from the staff behind the counter :grin:>>
LOL
I remember buying MAN 2 MAN "Energy is Eurobeat" 12inch in a used record store and the 3 guys beind the counter passed around the jacket to watch the back cover with the locker and the I NEED A MAN picture !!!
From then on my sister bought these tacky covers for me !!!
KRIS
Platinum Record [Level 8]
I recall having to order many of the hi-nrg records as my local store did not stock that kinda music. When the records arrived the bitch behind the counter always made some snide comment about me buying this "trashy gay music" and asking me where I had heard these tracks...
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Think Nightmare definitely take the prize for the worst covers. Some of them were just plain horrendous :lol:
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
& often the music contained inside was pretty horrendous too!:icon_mrgreen: ;)
...ya gotta beat the street......
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Yea pretty much :lol:
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