Album Covers

The Names, Calcutta/Postcard, Factory Benelux, Belgium 7-inch, 1982

Section 25, Crazy Wisdom, Factory Benelux, Belgium 12-inch, 1985

Cockney Rejects, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, EMI, UK 7-inch, 1980

Life, Better, Factory Benelux, Belgium 12-inch, 1985

Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Talking in the Dark, Radar Records, UK promotional 7-inch, 1979. PS, (if you couldn't tell) this is a Barney Bubbles design!

Album Covers

A Flock of Seagulls, Talking, Cocteau Records UK 7", 1981. Front above, and back below

Billy Idol, Hot in the City, Chrysalis Records US 7", 1982. Front above, and back below

Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Live at Hollywood High, Columbia Records Canada 7", 1979. Front above, and back below.

1980 Album Covers

It was coincidental that I chose all covers from 1980 today.

The Attractions, Single Girl, F-Beat UK 7-inch, 1980.

Elvis Costello's backing band put out a single and an album (Mad About the Wrong Boy) in 1980. I never heard any of it, but I want to! At least one of their songs ("Sad About Girls") was recorded by them with Elvis. This cover is most likely a Barney Bubbles!

 The B-52's, Private Idaho, Warner Bros. US 7-inch, 1980

Desmond Dekker, Israelites, Stiff Records UK 7-inch, 1980.

Also probably designed by Barney Bubbles.

Elvis Costello, High Fidelity, F-Beat UK 7-inch, 1980.

The center area is a hole, showing the label on the record, which was bright lime green! 

Also probably by Barney Bubbles.

Delta 5, Try/Colour, Rough Trade UK 7-inch, 1980

Miscellaneous Nonsense

Essie nail polish

Vintage mini-dress by 60's artist Peter Max

Interior of Elvis Costello's Armed Forces (1978) by Barney Bubbles.

Candy!!!

Miscellaneous

Joan Jett

Moschino Couture suit, 1990. Funny! Make sure to look at the detail.

Sandra Ackerman, Die Springer, 2006

Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello with Suicide in 1978. There's another guy in there who I can't identify.

Cute girl wearing Boy London.

Miscellaneous

Post-Punk luminaries. Siouxsie Sioux, writer Jonh Ingham, Steve Severin and John Lydon, Paris, 1976. Photo by Ray Stevenson. Make sure to closely check out Siouxsie's outfit.

Interior of Elvis Costello's "Armed Forces", by Barney Bubbles. Everything about this album is always an influence!

Pretty!

 Back of the sleeve for Devo's "Satisfaction" 7-inch.

Miscellaneous

Scene from Paris is Burning


Steve McQueen


Elvis Costello's right leg, above. Left leg, below.



Marisa Berenson

The MacManus Gang: Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)

Ok, this song comes from the Alex Cox movie "Straight to Hell." I've never seen it, though I want to really bad. I just know it's going to be FILLED with awesome shit, because it stars people like the Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello, pre-fame Courtney Love, The Pogues, Grace Jones, and Dennis Hopper.

The song is basically by Elvis Costello. Not sure why there is a different band name, maybe something to do with contracts.

Still from the Outsiders

Ray Caesar, In the Hall of Ages. I would describe his work as sweet and gross.

Edwige Belmore

David Hockney, Skaters in Venice

Miscellaneous

This is a part of a Virgin Records dust cover, it's most likely from an XTC album from around 1979 or 1980, but it's possibly one of their generics.

Yeah! I posted a song by these guys a while back, but just found the cover. "Hail Unlikely" can be downloaded from this page.

Scene from Kenneth Anger's film "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome"

I know that in my own life I have had possibly 3 versions of this album (all with different songs in different orders), but this is crazy talk.

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