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Name that Album Cover
Category: Music...
Posted Tuesday, May 03, 2005 at 09:11 PM [GMT-6]

I apologize for the lack of posts lately (although it has crossed my mind that there are some to whom this is nothing less than an answer to prayer). I think the nasty weather has short-circuited all three of the synapses in my brain that are dedicated (parttime, anyway) to creativity, which has led to more watching of network TV than usual. Did you know that you can watch "Law and Order" 24 hours each day, on every channel? Anyway, that's totally irrelevant to the point of this post, which is to say...hey, look! A baby squirrel...

Now, how about a contest in which I scan a portion of the cover of an obscure album and ask you to identify the title and the artist? Well, that's what I thought you'd say, but I'm doing it anyway. Here 'tis:

Don't bother checking the image URL; there's no clue here!

A hint? Sure. 1983.

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Comments

Morris Day and the Time

Posted by: denise at May 3, 2005 09:22 PM

Denise, do I strike you as the kind of person who would own a "Morris Day and the Time" album?

Don't answer that.

Anyway, good guess...but no. Feel free to play again! ;-)

Posted by: Eric at May 3, 2005 09:26 PM

Hunky Eduardo and the Cuban Coconuts...

I haven't a clue.

But this is great idea! I love it! Can I play the same game over at TT?

Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at May 3, 2005 09:43 PM

Hunky Eduardo and the Cuban Coconuts...

Oh, if you only knew... Close, but no, um, cigar.

Sure, you can play this game at your own joint, although you may have to pay me royalties, depending on how successful yours is. ;-)

Posted by: Eric at May 3, 2005 09:49 PM

The Ramones?

Posted by: Linda at May 3, 2005 10:58 PM

Sorry, Linda...that's not it.

Posted by: Eric at May 4, 2005 06:28 AM

Isn't that the soundtrack to "West Side Story: Miami Vice Edition" ?

Posted by: Brian at May 4, 2005 06:51 AM

Eric, you just never really know about people especially when it comes to the music they like.

ok, it's the Fabulous Thunderbirds, then.

Posted by: denise at May 4, 2005 07:26 AM

Brian, that's it! [Not] I sense desperation.

Denise, I see that you recall that I at least possess a Fab T-bird album, but this picture isn't related to it.

Posted by: Eric at May 4, 2005 08:10 AM

Okay, this is a wild stab in the dark, and only because you said cowtown pattie's guess was close... and I've never heard of Hunky Eduardo etc...

Kid Creole and the Coconuts?

Posted by: jim at May 4, 2005 09:27 AM

Jim, I've probably mislead folks with my reply to Pattie...Kid Creole isn't correct, but it's a group (aha! that's a clue...) with a similar campiness, and even more obscurity. Think "one hit wonder," only this group released only one album, period.

And although the album was released in '83, the lone semi-hit from it didn't chart until early '84.

Posted by: Eric at May 4, 2005 09:35 AM

Um..."misled"?

Posted by: Eric at May 4, 2005 09:40 AM

Dexy's Midnight Runners and "Come On Eileen"?

Tommy Tutone and "867-5309"?

UNCLE

Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at May 4, 2005 11:07 AM

I'm working up a new scan that will display a bit more of the album cover, to provide more clues.

I wouldn't do this for just anyone, you know...

Posted by: Eric at May 4, 2005 11:39 AM

"Don't bother checking the image URL; there's no clue here!"

Hey, I don't read Agatha Christie for nuthin'!

Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at May 4, 2005 02:48 PM

Just when I think I'm being overly paranoid...you affirm my suspicious nature!

Actually, it's just a matter of thinking, "now, what would I do if I was desperate?" ;-)

Posted by: Eric at May 4, 2005 02:54 PM

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