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Fake Records

RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
edited January 2011 in Strut Central
Certainly not on the level of Mingering Mike....but I am intrigued by any/all "fake" records.

Found this one today and it was apparently a gimmick for an Advertising Awards Show.

The fake label is pasted on the a Readers Digest Pop Vocal LP.

Post up your fake records.



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  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    What's that fuggin board game that looks exactly like a record jacket?
  • speakmumblesspeakmumbles 447 Posts
    nite becomes night becomes nite again.
  • minneapminneap 541 Posts
    My roommate's dad handed these off to us recently. A little clever.

    IMAG0091-1

    IMAG0092

    IMAG0093

    IMAG0094

    They all contain the same 12" cardboard cut out.

    IMAG0095
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    minneap said:

    They all contain the same 12" cardboard cut out.

    IMAG0095

    It'd be a cruel joke to take a variation of those, put them inside LPs you only have the covers for and then seed them into used record stores.
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    minneap said:
    My roommate's dad handed these off to us recently. A little clever.

    They all contain the same 12" cardboard cut out.

    IMAG0095

    I see these all the time and have always wondered where they were sold...Record Stores? Card Shops? Ads in the back of Men's Magazines??
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    The_Non said:
    What's that fuggin board game that looks exactly like a record jacket?

    There's a bunch of these, this was a popular gimmick in the 70's.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    minneap said:
    My roommate's dad handed these off to us recently. A little clever.

    IMAG0091-1

    IMAG0092

    IMAG0093

    IMAG0094

    They all contain the same 12" cardboard cut out.

    IMAG0095

    You need Communist Party Songs and Great Piano Pieces to complete the set.

    I thought these were mainly sold at magazine/cigar shop/newsstands. These downtown business served mostly businessMEN in the 60s. They sold stag magazines, Red Foxx records, and FAX records which mostly featured a comedian named Bernie Greene (as I recall) and had naked ladies on the cover.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    I forgot 2.
    The best one is:


    Also Music For Hangovers:


    Fixed
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts


  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    Horseleech said:
    The_Non said:
    What's that fuggin board game that looks exactly like a record jacket?

    There's a bunch of these, this was a popular gimmick in the 70's.
    It involves a castle or somethin, medieval-y, D&D style movez.
  • jamesjames chicago 1,863 Posts
    The_Non said:
    What's that fuggin board game that looks exactly like a record jacket?

    Kensington.

    One time I was geeked because I thought I'd pulled a still-in-the-shrink John Bartel Thing record, but it turned out to be a calendar featuring pictures of cats. Boo.
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    james said:
    The_Non said:
    What's that fuggin board game that looks exactly like a record jacket?

    Kensington.

    One time I was geeked because I thought I'd pulled a still-in-the-shrink John Bartel Thing record, but it turned out to be a calendar featuring pictures of cats. Boo.

    Hahah! Yeah Kensington, fuck that shit. Also a drag about Bartel cat raer. What do you do with a calendar when it's not that year anymore? And I'm also seeing dealers just putting laserdiscs in their record boxes, like "yeah, it's a movie, you know you want it."
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    My brother found this on at a Flea Market in Kentucky last summer.

    I can just imagine that some dude told his co-workers about the LP he had made and put this together as proof....even hand painted the label.

    Either that or it's a prototype for an LP that never got made.

    Mingering Mike Meets Lynyrd Skynyrd



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