Record company to artist:

"You are an idiot"
It reminded AlternateAthos of Michigan J. Frog...
[Maybe Michigan J. after ingesting a quart of STP fuel treatment?]

potatoes and melon(s)

Really not sure if this is Don "Randi" playing dressups, or if she's the baked potato referred to ....

Anyway, apart from the beautiful design , I'm kinda worried about what's going on where her left breast should be :


Is the 'L shape' scar tissue, with a "fun monster" next to it trying to distract us ??


Yep yep, completely natural .

Cat blowing dust out of its ass...

A perfect picture for a piano duo...

(Where's the Pledge multi-surface cleaner?)

Joe sucks a finger...

as the statue sucks some wine...Pretty risque

for the racial/sexual climate of 1960.

Now THERE'S a metaphor...

Baby you can drive my car

a cover for little men everywhere...

(thanks Newk for the contribution)

Vintage Crap

"We've got too much space!"

"Just stick it between 'Jimmy' and 'Dorsey'..."

Terrorist Attack!

(Max website address on cover...Crap quotient rises...)

(Nudist) Family Values

Piano arousal

Another "seminal" recording...

A "seminal" recording...

(with a "titular" reference to Ornette)

Doesn't seem like part of the series...

There. That's better! (love the shoes...)

Apparently she was a LOT more muscular than I imagined.

(sadly, the "Divas need love too" was not on the original version of this cover; it's the blog I found this on)

Foot Job

(Progressive Jazz/Rock Fusion 1974)

"Hating Jazz" What a concept...

Jug-head?

Apparently the inspiration for Bonsai Kittens!

Clever Bullfighting Theme...

...or earthquake disaster?


I have fixed the typo on this cover. You're welcome! --ish

These two somehow belong together.

They both exude "cheapness"...

Floating Clutter

"El Kabong"

Hey! Flush that...

big smelly chunk...

The rare Gilligan/Jim Henson Jazz Duets!

Another one from Alternate Athos, who is on a roll!

More Moon Gas...

Yellow Chunder

(he was looking kinda ill..)

Whew!!! No wonder the moon...

smells like green cheese...

(thanks to AlternateAthos for picture & caption)

"Art, what would you like on the cover?"

"A baboon would best represent my music"
"Sure. No problem..."

a year of crap!

Who would have thought there was so much crap in the world?
Happy first birthday Crap Jazz Covers!

Nothing sez "Future" like a fishbowl on the head...

Konkey Dong

It's like, how much more subtle could this be? and the answer is none. None more subtle.

(Simon says) Hmmm I'll try ....

Birth defect of the cool...

Billy Butterfield goes to NYU...

... and saves on his insurance.

(thanks to AlternateAthos for picture & caption)

A coffee cup? "Screw" you night and day...

and....a coffee cup????

Rotting meat...

Its the turkey from last Thanksgiving we forgot to eat!

Why Mr. Maeda's Group Was Never Big in England

They fished her out of the pond...

and buried her in the family plot...

Could these be more generic?

Too stoned to take a good picture...

[The floor flew up and smacked him on the head...]

The artist was badly injured...

but yes, he still lives there...