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Favorite LP Gimmick

RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
edited September 2010 in Strut Central
Not sure when it began but the first examples of LP gimmickry I know of was in '61-'62 when the Cameo/Parkway label included pictures of the artist and bonus 45's with their LP's.

Capital copied the bonus 45 around the same time.

By the time the mid-60's rolled around posters were almost expected with rock LP's.

Some of my favorites have been the Raspberries scratch and sniff sticker....the Zeppelin III die-cut wheel......and the KISS "Love Gun".

What's your favorite record gimmick?
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  • SunfadeSunfade 799 Posts
    The 3 Feet High and Rising proof of purchases.
  • disco_chedisco_che 1,115 Posts


    The Three Sounds - Beautiful Friendship LP has the most gorgeous fold-out pop-up cover I ever saw. Can't find a picture of the opened up gatefold with added booklet. Typeface, color-scheme, shapes. This cover is closest to perfection.
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    street_muzik said:

    Cosign...
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    I thought laser-etched vinyl had some potential, but after the Split Enz and live Styx records it seemed to fade away.
  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
    funky16corners said:
    street_muzik said:

    Cosign...

    what's the deal w/this? rolling papers or something?

    b/w

    GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK F16!
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    willie_fugal said:
    funky16corners said:
    street_muzik said:

    Cosign...

    what's the deal w/this? rolling papers or something?

    Exactly.

    They didn't stop there either. Los Cochinos had a weird die-cut cover, Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album was designed to look exactly like the title (with an additional page of photos), and then there was Sleeping Beauty, which had the cover rounded off so it looked like the biggest pill in the world when you opened it up:

  • bobtheorangebobtheorange 432 Posts

    I always thought this was cool.
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
  • SunfadeSunfade 799 Posts
    This one was nice...first heart shaped single?

  • PunditPundit 438 Posts
    One of the first TISM singles was a 7" inside a 12" cover sealed on all four sides, so it just rattled around inside and you have to rip the cover to listen to the single.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    bobtheorange said:

    I always thought this was cool.

    what is it?
  • leonleon 883 Posts
    There was this punk band that had sandpaper inside the sleeve, always thought that was cool!
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Any album cover with a mirror on it!

    Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
    Graham Central Station - Mirror
    Albert Brooks - Comedy Minus One
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts


    Turn the whatchamacallit on the right and you can change what Buddah artist shows up in the slot above.

    Bell had a similar concept (another label sampler called Dial A Hit, with a telephone instead of Buddah's scale), but it didn't show the artists' pictures, just their names.
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    the paper panties inside alice cooper - schools out

    the sir nose poster inside the parliament record

    the peddlers album that looks like a packet of matches
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts



    Still got my bought-at-the-time o.g. of this, even though a pressing/mastering fault rendered most of it unplayable.
  • JustAliceJustAlice 1,308 Posts
    Masta Ace Sitting on --Chrome-- LP
    Madonnas 'Like a Prayer' was Scented.
    DK/Jelo Records with Newspapers.
    I always like fabric covers..velvets and faux leathers
    Are free digital downloads considered a gimmick?
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    DocMcCoy said:

    Still got my bought-at-the-time o.g. of this, even though a pressing/mastering fault rendered most of it unplayable.

    I've got one too. From PROBE by any chance?
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    willie_fugal said:
    funky16corners said:
    street_muzik said:

    Cosign...

    what's the deal w/this? rolling papers or something?

    b/w

    GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK F16!

    Yeah, giant leaf of rolling paper. I still have a copy with the paper intact that I found at a flea market


    b/w

    Thanks!
  • bluesnagbluesnag 1,285 Posts
    pickwick33 said:
    bobtheorange said:

    I always thought this was cool.

    what is it?

    That's the soundtrack to the Bollywood movie "Shalamar". I wish I had that fold out version. Pretty bad-ass.

    I guess my favorite gimmick in general is the elaborate foldout cover. I like Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" cover, which folds out to a whole newspaper with about 8 pages, with articles and a crossword puzzle and all kinds of shit.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    J i m s t e r said:
    DocMcCoy said:

    Still got my bought-at-the-time o.g. of this, even though a pressing/mastering fault rendered most of it unplayable.

    I've got one too. From PROBE by any chance?

    Might have been. I actually got it for Christmas...
  • BreezBreez 1,706 Posts
    I'm with you Rock. I always thought the Love Gun was pretty slick.

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    DocMcCoy said:
    J i m s t e r said:
    DocMcCoy said:

    Still got my bought-at-the-time o.g. of this, even though a pressing/mastering fault rendered most of it unplayable.

    I've got one too. From PROBE by any chance?

    Might have been. I actually got it for Christmas...

    I can imagine the letter...
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    The P-Funk Earth Tour LP had a poster and a t-shirt iron on decal that said "Take Funk To Heaven in '77!" that was pretty cool. A friend of mine actually used his decal a few years ago, but you see reprints of the shirt around now.
  • strataspherestratasphere Blastin' the Nasty 1,035 Posts
    The Soft Machine s/t on Probe
    Jesse Hill - Naturally ( not that good musically )
    Jethro Tull - Stand Up
    Annette Peacock - I'm The One ( RCA )
    The Sylvers II
    Freda Payne - Contact
    Ruth Copeland - I Am What I Am
    War - A Black Man's Burdon ( MGM ) came with a 1.00 insert for a dollar off a war concert
    Hawkwind - Space Ritual
    Parliament - A Motor Booty Affair ( featured a die-cut interior gatefold Atlantis themed pop-up )
  • DustedDonDustedDon 830 Posts
    beegees "velvet cover"


    tool "lateralus" is really cool

  • francozola0francozola0 129 Posts
    Always liked the Nu Yorican Soul mock Cuban cigar box some of these came complete with a cigar in tube. I think my vinyl emporium vendor helped himself to mine. No proof though.

    http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-92374-1112463301.jpg
  • channonchannon 65 Posts


    the die-cut glasses were cool
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