Love album cover art?
Of course you do, you're no uncultured hillbilly scumbag!

Here are some great online resources and galleries for all y'all. Enjoy!

If you know of a site that cries out to be added to the list e-mail me.


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Mark shows off his record collection to stunning effect. (If I don't get my own copy of "Music to Read James Bond By" I will never be happy.)

Frank's Vinyl Museum Serious time-suck warning! Weird, weird albums...and the streaming audio so they can be truly appreciated. One has not lived until one has heard Mrs. Miller's rendition of "Downtown."

Bizarre
Record Covers
Some wonderfully f'ed up remnants of the late '70s/early '80s, but the real draw is the amazing array of Christian inspirational music/preach-a-longs.

Show and Tell
Music
Will loooooves record bins, and if there's a good earthquake that drops Bay Area rents so he can open a gallery like he ought to, I'll be at the door at 3 a.m. And probably drunk.

Cover Heaven Lots of standards, some strange European nudie covers and possibly the prettiest Web design you'll ever see.

It Crawled
From the Bins
Alas, there will never be new additions, and the navigation's shot to hell (tip: Start here and change the number at the end of the URL). But it does have George Jessel prattling on about Israel and a hallucinating weiner dog, so it can't be all bad.

Vinyl Lives! It's a store, but oh lord what a store! Worth browsing for the mind-bogglingly obscure titles alone...extremely tempting to buy just to hear what the heck it is!

PopCult
Magazine
Not as comprehensive as many of the others, but definitely interesting. Focuses more on the artistic design than the novelty of the albums.

Books
soundtracks
The Album Cover Art of Soundtracks
Lost Record
In Search of the Lost Record: British Album Art of the 50s to 80s
reggae
Stir It Up: Reggae Album Cover Art
100best
100 Best Album Covers
inthegroove
In the Groove: Vintage Record Graphics 1940-1960
exotiquarium
Exotiquarium: Album Art from the Space Age
vinylhayride
Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989
vixens
Vixens of Vinyl: The Alluring Ladies of Vintage Album Covers
Blue Note
Blue Note: Album Cover Art
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