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WTF Album Covers: Fortran 5 Avocado Suite

Joe Wallace — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:36:54 +0000

Maybe it’s just me having some kind of visual allergy to looking at people squatting on the toilet? Or is this a pretty lousy way to sell an electronica record?

I have to say though, I enjoy tracks on Avocado Suite. It’s blippy, noisy, abrasive, yet listenable and fun. Sort of Aphex Twin-y, but on operating on different substances…

Fortran 5 fans have a contingent of haters for this particular release, but in spite of the crap cover (sorry) I dig tracks like She Knows The Lot, and Radmen. Listen and decide for yo’self:

–Joe Wallace

WTF Album Covers: Space Age Bachelor Pad Sexism

Joe Wallace — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:19:14 +0000

I’m sure Elliot Lawrence didn’t think he was a sexist pig when he saw the cover for his own album, Music For Trapping, sitting there in the shrink wrap. But it’s hard to imagine the era where this sort of nyuk-nyuk lunkhead imagery didn’t even raise an eyebrow even a LITTLE.

The trophy heads are SO Norman Bates…this guy definitely seems like a serial killer in the making. He’s one step away from an episode of Dexter, to be sure. If Dexter had a time machine and a martini shaker, that is.

By the way, if you like the Turntabling WTF album cover collection, why not join us on Facebook for regular updates of atrocious album covers, bad album art, and etc? We’d love to have you in this growing little community of bad album cover lovers.

WTF Album Covers: AA Allen The Road Of No Return

Joe Wallace — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:34:16 +0000

Remember, kids–when you see the severed head of some goofball evangelist preaching the gospel to you, it’s probably time to LAY OFF THE ACID.

WTF Records: Country Moog by Gil Trythall

Joe Wallace — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:44:51 +0000

I was prepared to laugh Country Moog: Switched-On Nashville out of court as the most wrong-headed silly concept I’ve encountered in ages. But then I heard the Moog-i-fied cover of Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash. This could be the most brilliant piece of musical Dada EVER.

On some of these tracks, Trythall manages to make them sound nearly authentic in terms of having a C&W vibe–Foggy Mountain Breakdown nearly fools you into thinking there’s a real violin (sorry, fiddle) playing. Almost. The version of Floyd Cramer’s Last Date wouldn’t be that hard to translate–it sounds almost out of place here because it’s so…normal.

The version of Gentle On My Mind wouldn’t sound odd at all on an Italian Star Wars rip-off movie soundtrack…but I can’t help going back to that cover of Folsom Prison Blues–worth the price of the entire record.

This is a WTF album of the highest caliber. Country Moog — Switched On Nashville can’t be dismissed, it demands to be heard in all it’s effing bizarre glory. VCP is an awesomely mutated accomplishment!

WTF Records: Cerrone 3 Supernature

Joe Wallace — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:37:40 +0000

No, I haven’t got a damn CLUE what’s going on with this album cover. But isn’t that the best part? Trying to guess what was going through the minds of the people responsible for this is half the fun! See if you can guess what kind of record this is by looking at the album cover–no fair researching it on Google you cheaters! Is this 70s-era hard rock? Experimental farm animal acapella? Brian Eno-inspired ambient drones with an emphasis on medical jargon?

Nope. Wrong on all fronts. Take a listen to this via the clip below and marvel at how totally disconnected that cover is when viewed while listening to the actual music. Whaaaaaaat?

WTF Records: ELP Go Gibb

Joe Wallace — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:58:03 +0000

This album cover would make a LOT MORE SENSE if it had the words BEE GEES on it somewhere.

WTF Records Zine Debuts

Joe Wallace — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:42:16 +0000

Turntabling quietly released the first issue of WTF Records: The Turntabling Guide to Weird and Wonderful Vinyl for sale on Etsy last week. The first issue, along with issue #2 will also be available for purchase at the Turntabling booth at our appearances at Capricon 32, Horrorhound Weekend, Cinema Wasteland, and Days of the Dead Atlanta.

The zine–which is NOT a replacement for the WTF Records book, which is now in the photography stage–was up for sale for about 24 hours before it was getting orders and, a little bit later, positive reviews like the one at One Minute Zine Reviews, who had really nice things to say about Issue One.

And while we’re talking about One Minute Zine Reviews, if you’re into indie press pubs, zines and the like, OMZR is a really well done labor of love that also features a radio version–the first time I’ve ever heard of zine reviews being done on the air and syndicated to boot! Great stuff indeed.

So the cat is out of the bag–Turntabling has gone into print with our WTF Records zine, which is a supplement to the site and features exclusive, print-only content not found here or at our Facebook page.

Many thanks to One Minute Zine Reviews for all the kind words, and if you are a zine publisher and want to submit your zine for consideration at One Minute Zine Reviews, send all material to DJ Frederick at 36 West Main Street Warner NH 03278 USA.

As always thanks for reading…

–Joe Wallace