This exhibition of over 700 hilariously bad record covers is the collection of Steve Goldman. In his own words:
“To get in my collection, the covers have to be unintentionally funny. I want records where the designers have tried to do something that’s gone horribly wrong. It can’t just be a performer in bad clothes or with an ugly face- though there are a couple that have gone in that were irresistible.
And it all has to be good clean family fun- I don’t collect any record covers that are gory, violent, sexist, homophobic or racist”.
Steve, who suffered a stroke, is staging the exhibition in aid of Different Strokes, a charity helping younger stroke survivors.
www.instagram.com/worstrecordcovers
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Book
“The Art of the Bizarre Record Sleeve”, published by Easy on the Eye books, is a glossy book containg over 200 of the covers, with research and text by Simon Robinson, who discovered the stories behind the covers.
You can order it here:
https://easyontheeyeshop.co.uk/product/the-art-of-the-bizarre-vinyl-sleeve/
Media
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbcu4HRlefY/
www.instagram.com/worstrecordcovers
www.facebook.com/worstrecordcovers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-59173827
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001sv8x
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crg45qd7q0eo
https://twitter.com/BBCLeeds/status/1463552982868496389
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife/worlds-worst-record-covers-display-7048036
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