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Turntabling Art

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Yep, we’re branching out. You might have noticed the Turntabling Etsy Store to the right, and in addition to the used vinyl records and tees I’m selling there, I’ve also started offering turntabling and DJ-themed art. What you see here are the first two–there is much more to come in many forms including more art prints, some turntable-related tees and more.

Vinyl isn’t just a format, it’s a way of life…at least around the Turntabling.net office. I’m pretty wrapped up in the vinyl junkie lifestyle–crate digging on an obsessive basis, writing about it, blogging it, traveling thousands of miles out of my way to buy and sell it. Can’t help myself, either–call me hopeless.

So it was only natural that I’d resort to making art about it…click on the images or drop by the Turntabling Etsy shop to see more.


If you have a particular image or set of images you’d like to see made into a fine art print or series, drop me a line via Etsy and I’d be happy to discuss doing custom work. You can also reach me here: jwallace (at) turntabling (dot net).

WTF Album Covers: Donny Osmond Disco Train

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Brace yourself.

There are three really awful things going on in this photograph. #1- Donny Osmond is wearing a cape. #2, he’s also wearing flared trousers. #3–Donny Osmond is wearing a FRICKIN CAPE.

Why were so many singers obsessed with trains in the 70s?Donny Osmond isn’t the only one, there’s a ton of singles featuring the locomotive; Love Train, City of New Orleans, Train in Vain, you name it…people, there are OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO SING ABOUT. Enough with the damn trains already. Nobody writes a ballad about a unicycle or a pair of rollerblades, do they? No. They write about bleedin’ TRAINS.

Donny here wants to simultaneously derail a train and kill all the passengers AND destroy this Elton-John-wet-dream piano in the process. This photograph is clearly an indication that Donny Osmond is predisposed to domestic terrorism and he should be investigated by the FBI and the TSA.

But I keep coming back to THE CAPE. Why? It’s bad enough that Donny Osmond has another record out, but the cape really tears it for me. “Does Liberace know you’re raiding his wardrobe?” Continue reading WTF Album Covers: Donny Osmond Disco Train →

WTF Album Covers: Raven The Pack Is Back

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Brace yourself; what follows is one of the most brain-twistingly wrongheaded album covers in heavy metal history. What WERE these lunks thinking when they approved THIS image to sell their album for Atlantic Records?

WOW! This is a staggering achievement. It manages to be cheesy, stupid, AND sports related at the same time! According to the legend of this pile of flaming crap, a corporate label hack got a hold of this band, pressured them to make the record as commercial as possible and these poor metal schmucks wound up having HORNS and KEYTARS overdubbed on their record.

I’m no fan of metal, but I can sympathize with a band that has its musical vision turned into the sonic equivalent of Sesame Street but a guy in a necktie. Poor, misguided Raven. They should have told the photographer AND the corporate hack to get stuffed…but what can you do? Except brace yourself for inclusion in the Hall of Shame.