Comic Album
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 1994 Marvel Comics WOLVERINE Trading Card Album Binder with Batman $2.41 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 15h 31m |
 1950s CALVERTS EAGLES DAN DARE MINT UNUSED ALBUM $16.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 19h 25m |
 GLADSTONE COMIC ALBUM SERIES 19 WALT DISNEYS UNCLE SCROOGE 1989 VERYFINE PLUS $5.75 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 7h 21m |
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 2 New BCW Comic Book Starter Kits Album +Binder Pages + Bags + Topload Holder $38.99 Time Remaining: 20d 14h 2m Buy It Now for only: $38.99 |
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 LEAF SUPER HEROES COLLECTORS ALBUM SERIES 1 SECRET ORIGIN STORIES DC MINI COMIC $9.99 Time Remaining: 14h 30m |
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 Superman Movie I and II Collectors Album 2 book lot Oversize $14.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 14h 58m |
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 Astro City Family Album Hardcover HC Kurt Busiek Alex Ross $8.98 Time Remaining: 3d 21h 36m |
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 Super Heroes Stamp Album from USPS 1998 2000 All 10 Issues $2.02 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 18h 30m |
 160 Pages of Vintage Playboy Funnies Comic Strips in a album $19.99 Time Remaining: 2d 8h 5m |
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 Four Color 726 VG+ 45 off white pages Duck Album Disney Dell 1956 $1.25 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 19h 12m |
 WALT DISNEYS LADY AND THE TRAMP ALBUM 634 DELL FOUR COLOR 1955 LOOK FN+ $7.50 Time Remaining: 11h 58m |
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 Hero Alliance Pied Piper Graphic Album 1 Comic Book $9.88 Time Remaining: 22d 14h 18m Buy It Now for only: $9.88 |
 1978 DC Superman 33 1 3 LP Story Album Peter Pan Records Sealed 8211 $2.40 Time Remaining: 1d 21h 35m |
 1980 Eclipse Graphic Album Series 3 Detectives Inc $11.99 Time Remaining: 2d 38m |
 THE FLINTSTONES COMIC ALBUM EARLY 1970S UK HANNA BARBERAS COULOURING BOOK $7.89 Time Remaining: 1d 14h 17m |
 Star Wars Album 1977 1977 VF $33.70 Time Remaining: 29d 5h 32m Buy It Now for only: $33.70 |
 Spirou album 278 $15.00 Time Remaining: 16h 14m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
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 Gladstone Comic Album 1987 1st Series 3A NM $22.50 Time Remaining: 25d 1h 38m Buy It Now for only: $22.50 |
 Tribe Press Pass Super Panel Album 1065 of 15000 COA $8.83 Time Remaining: 1d 2h 26m |
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 100 pc BCW 1 pocket COMIC Book PAGES for Album $14.95 Time Remaining: 16d 14h 21m Buy It Now for only: $14.95 |
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 BATMAN The Dark Knight Collectible Stickers Album Figurines Factory Set NEW $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 12m |
 500 BCW 33 1 3 RECORD MUSIC ALBUM SOFT POLY SLEEVES $49.50 Time Remaining: 3d 9h 31m Buy It Now for only: $49.50 |
 XMen The Wedding Album Magazine VF NM Marvel Comic 1994 $1.96 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 6m |
 Australian Wild West Album Fine $0.98 Time Remaining: 3h 12m |
 1977 STAR WARS ALBUM Official Collectors Edition $7.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 16h 51m |
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 Kurt Busieks Astro City Family Album 1999 Hardcover HC Alex Ross $9.99 Time Remaining: 5d 15h 59m |
 1975 Batman Power Records Story Album $0.99 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 31m |
 MIGHTY THOR COLLECTORS ALBUM MARVEL LANCER PAPERBACK PB 1966 $29.99 Time Remaining: 27d 16h 11m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 The Lone Ranger Comic Album no2 1958 $7.89 Time Remaining: 2d 1h 37m Buy It Now for only: $8.38 |
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 Comic Album 18 Three Stooges F 60 1962 $24.95 Time Remaining: 28d 14h 2m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 WALT DISNEYS DUCK ALBUM FOUR COLOR 726 1956 FINE $3.99 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 56m |
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 Gladstone Comic Album 1987 1st Series 4R FN $1.80 Time Remaining: 25d 1h 38m Buy It Now for only: $1.80 |
 1961 COMIC ALBUM 16 Featuring The FLINTSTONES VG+ Cond $8.99 Time Remaining: 1d 19h 27m |
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 Four Color 649 VG FN 50 off white pages Duck Album Disney Dell 1955 $2.25 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 19h 5m |
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 1000 BCW BRAND RECORD ALBUM SIZE COVERS SLEEVES $76.89 Time Remaining: 29d 16h Buy It Now for only: $76.89 |
 Lancer HULK COLLECTORS ALBUM Paperback Book 1966 by Steve Ditko Jack Kirby $20.00 Time Remaining: 5d 15h 43m |
 RARE GI Joe Sticker Collector Album With Decoder Mint Condition $5.55 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 17m |
 Planet Comics Giant Superman Album No 24 of 44 1974 Fair $3.90 Time Remaining: 29d 5h 27m Buy It Now for only: $3.90 |
 DELL WALT DISNEYS DONALD DUCK ALBUM 726 DELL FOUR COLOR UNCLE SCROOGE 1955 $4.99 Time Remaining: 20h 20m |
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 DELL WALT DISNEYS DONALD DUCK ALBUM611 DELL FOUR COLOR UNCLE SCROOGE 1954 $4.99 Time Remaining: 20h 24m |
 INCREDIBLE HULK COLLECTORS ALBUM MARVEL LANCER PAPERBACK PB 1966 $24.99 Time Remaining: 27d 16h 8m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
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 1967 THE PHANTOM COMIC ALBUM No 2 RARE Edt $7.90 Time Remaining: 5d 12h 4m |
 Gladstone Comic Album Special 1989 2A NM $16.90 Time Remaining: 25d 1h 42m Buy It Now for only: $16.90 |
 Four Color 840 Walt Disneys Duck Album 12 VG F 1957 $7.99 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 26m |
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 DC Comics Superman Wedding Album White Deluxe Cover Edition $5.99 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 54m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 |
 Gladstone Comic Album Special 1989 2R NM $16.90 Time Remaining: 25d 1h 42m Buy It Now for only: $16.90 |
 DC Comics Superman The Wedding Album John Byrne Art Cover $4.99 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 56m |
 Four Color 586 FN VF 70 ow white pages Duck Album Disney Dell 1954 $0.50 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5d 18h 55m |
 Gladstone Comic Album Special 1989 4R NM $16.90 Time Remaining: 25d 1h 42m Buy It Now for only: $16.90 |
 Flash Album 1 Fine Australian Kenmure Press 1970s black white reprints RARE $24.99 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 51m |
 THE SANDY KOUFAX ALBUM HOWARD LISS 1966 HC DODGERS PICS $9.99 Time Remaining: 19h 42m Buy It Now for only: $11.99 |
 1996 DC Comics Superman The Wedding Album 1 Mint Condition $0.99 Time Remaining: 18h 25m |
 100 BCW 1 pocket 8 1 2x11 Magazine Document Photo ALBUM PAGES FREE SHIP $23.99 Time Remaining: 19d 23h 55m Buy It Now for only: $23.99 |
 Gladstone Comic Album 19 1st Series 1989 VF $5.95 Time Remaining: 3d 9h 43m |
 Four Color 838 Bugs Bunnys Life Story Album SEE FREE SHIPPING OFFER $6.99 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 26m |
 X THIEVES GRAPHIC ALBUM 1 $2.99 Time Remaining: 25d 11h 41m Buy It Now for only: $2.99 |
 Tanks Combat Album 1 First Issue Production Proof Comic $49.99 Time Remaining: 2d 19h 49m |
 Lancer SPIDER MAN COLLECTORS ALBUM Paperback Book 1966 by Steve Ditko CLASSIC $25.00 Time Remaining: 5d 15h 43m |
Comic Album
Historic and Controversial Album Covers-part One
When CD’s were first introduced in the early 80's, they were the “next best thing” in the music world. Certainly an upgrade from cassette tapes, CD’s conveniently packed the music and artwork into a neat, small package. But one of the major flaws is the lack of cover art you get with a CD, especially when you compare it to the vibrant, lifelike album cover art you get with vinyl records.
In this three part series about album cover art, we will explore some of the most legendary album covers of all time, look at some of the most controversial album covers as well as gauge the impact that major retailers have on cover art. Let’s start with a band that broke the ground for many of their other fellow musicians.
One of the pioneering bands to take advantage of album cover art and its power of marketability were, of course, one of the most famous groups of all time, the “Beatles.” From such famous album covers as “Yesterday and Today” (1966), “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967) and even including the simplicity of the “White Album”, the Beatles certainly took full advantage of the allure of a great album cover (it didn’t hurt that the music is legendary).
In fact, their album “Yesterday and Today” (also known as the “butcher album”) is highly collectible and, if you have an original, highly priced and is one of the holy grails of record collecting. Although Capitol Records recalled the album, many were released as promotional material to DJ’s and critics. Only then did the uproar ensue. You see, the Beatles were tired of Capitol Records chopping up their albums and repackaging them (the songs on this particular release are album cuts from previous Beatles’ albums including “Help!” and “Revolver”), so they posed with decapitated baby dolls, slabs of meat and fake blood as kind of a quasi protest, not ever thinking it would go out to the public. Capitol Records quickly intervened and recalled thousands of record albums and pasted over the “butcher cover” with what is now known as the “trunk cover” (just a picture of the fab four with a large trunk).
The Beatles also have one of the greatest album covers of all time (it was selected by Rolling Stone Magazine as the best) and the group won a Grammy Award (for Best Album Cover) in 1968 for the legendary album cover for “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” Created and designed by Jan Haworth and Peter Blake, the cover features the group posing with a collage of famous singers, composers, comedians and other worldly figures including Lenny Bruce (comic), Edgar Allen Poe (writer), W.C. Fields (comic), Fred Astaire (actor), Bob Dylan (musician), Marlon Brando (actor), Marilyn Monroe (actress) and Karl Marx (philosopher/socialist), among many others.
But there were a few people that were originally intended for the front cover, but were excluded, for a variety of reasons. For instance, Jesus Christ was omitted because the album was released just a few months after John Lennon had declared that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Adolf Hitler was removed at the insistence of Parlophone Records. EMI requested that the image of Mahatma Ghandi be removed fearing his presence on the cover would offend the Indian Market. Legendary actress Mae West initially refused, but relented after the Beatles sent her a personal letter. Additionally, an image of Leo Gorcey was omitted because he had requested a fee for the use of his likeness. (For a complete list of exactly who is on the cover, please visit: http://math.mercyhurst.edu/~griff/sgtpepper/people.html)
Moreover, these two Beatles’ albums exemplify the power of a great album cover (and in the Beatles case, great music). The albums also bring to the forefront the power that record companies have and the restraints that they can utilize to control the overall album cover package. With this in mind, let’s explore some banned and controversial album covers.
One of the most notorious and controversial albums of all time is “Two Virgins,” which was released in 1968 by “John Lennon and Yoko Ono.” On the front cover was a full frontal picture of both, completely nude, and on the back was a nude picture from the behind. Paul McCartney had tried to convince Lennon not to release the cover because of the controversy it would certainly create. In some jurisdictions, the albums were impounded as obscenity and distributors were forced to sell the release in plain brown wrap wrappers. Incidentally, even with this provocative and disturbing cover, the album was not a best seller, as it lacked significant content (it was full of bird noises, tape loops, misplayed organ snippets and other assorted sound effects).
In that same year, “Jimi Hendrix” released “Electric Ladyland,” which featured him with a harem of naked women. The album created massive controversy and was ultimately banned in the U.S. But, it seems that the re-done artwork for the U.K. version did not arrive in time, so Jimi and the girls are available in the U.K. version. The cover was not banned in Europe and import copies of the album have always been the most sought after imported record in the U.S. The album was reissued in the U.S. with a picture of Jimi’s face (minus his ladies of course).
In 1969, the super group “Blind Faith” (members Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Steve Winwood) released their lone album together, appropriately entitled, “Blind Faith.” What wasn’t appropriate was photographer Bob Seidemann’s picture of a topless pre-pubescent girl holding a silver space ship. The album was then reissued with an alternate cover which showed a photograph of the band. According to Seidemann, her fee for the picture was a “young horse” which was purchased for her by Blind Faith’s band manager Robert Stigwood.
In part two of our series, we will again explore some famous and controversial album cover art.
About the Author
Author Robert Benson writes about rock/pop music, vinyl record collecting and operates http://www.collectingvinylrecords.com, where you can pick up a copy of his ebook called
"The Fascinating Hobby Of Vinyl Record Collecting."
Contact Robert at robert@collectingvinylrecords.com
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