Monthly Archives: August 2009

WTFness From Waterloo-Creepiest Bad Album Art Ever?

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I’m not sure what to say here. The imagery from Waterloo makes me think of both Queen (no idea why) and Cannibal Holocaust. Maybe it’s because the guy has the entire band in his mouth? This album artwork begs so many double entendres it’s not even funny to think about.

The worst part about this is that deep-down Hubble telescope view of this guy’s nose. Ugh. And WTF is that inside this poor wretch’s mouth, anyway? A heart-shaped lace doily? Whatever the artist was smoking on this one, I would like a jumbo-sized pile of, please.

Dario Argento Blood Is Red LP Collection

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Five original soundtrack albums from Dario Argento films on 180 gram vinyl with delicious gatefold sleeves. I scored one of these limited edition collections, called Blood Is Red, and I have to say the vinyl junkie in me is VERY pleased indeed. The films are Cat o’ Nine Tails, aka Il Gatto A Nove Code,  Four Flies on Grey Velvet aka Quattro Mosche Di Velluto Grigio, Profondo Rosso, Suspiria and Tenebre.

I have seen these selling for upwards of $175, so I was very happy to score mine for well under $70 and in tasty condition, too! Cat o ‘Nine Tails is a very underrated soundtrack, and it definitely gets lost in the shuffle compared with Tenebre and Suspiria. Any Goblin fan will swoon over this collection but the Morricone lover in me insists on giving the maestro his due as well.
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Seriously Bad Album Covers

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We here at Turntabling are proud of the little collection of WTF album covers, but Nick DiFonzo’s book really takes the cake. Seriously Bad Album Covers displays 50 years and over 250 pages worth of the worst album covers ever. This import features a whopping 225 covers with a variety of wretched concepts, butt-ugly musicians and rotten excesses. Any vinyl junkie should add this to their collection of vinyl-related ephemera. This is hours and hours of entertainment just waiting to be had.

One day we are hoping that Taschen dedicates one of their luxuriously assembled editions to awful art, but until then this tome is probably THE authority on crapola covers.