The first cover was obviously inspired by the great David Stone Martin who did some of the most amazing and collectable covers in jazz history......
Covers for the French edition of the famous ESSEX sides......
The original ep cover for the "black board jungle " soundtrack .The one that started it all.The French title "graine de violence " means :" seed of violence".......
Can't beat this one right !!?........
In France the ep was teenager's favorite format as it allowed them to stack records on the turntable and dance for "hours" without flipping records ........
Few days ago ,Matt of RIVET-HEAD fame, posted some interesting ep covers and i've promised him that i'll reciprocate with some rare European one .Here they're.... some of my favorite French ep covers.i've chosen Bill Haley, because he was without a doubt at the origin of the R'N'R craze in France .Back in 1955 ,after the release of Richard Brooks "blackboard jungle" every French teenager wanted to get his hands on a copy of the now seminal movie's soundtrack.For my part i started collecting records back in 1977 after the first season of "happy days"probably for the same reason :I couldn't get this intro out of my head ....I had to have this record .So the first step was to dig into my friends and family's vinyl collection ,the second was to go to my favorite record store and ask the owner ,if he had some ol' inventory that he wanted to get ride of.Well the rest is all about a never ending quest for rare platters ......
Beautiful stuff! Let me know if you ever have extras to sell or trade!
ReplyDeletei'll do another post soon with some gene vincent and others .......
ReplyDeleteMy father told me when he has listen for his first time r'n r. It was Bill Haley during a christian summer camp in 1955 or 56. Of course Jesuists forbidden listen to the evil music. They seem to be very worried beyond this phenomen that they didn't expect.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, all these covers are fantastic. Hum Gene Vincent clap clap clap clap i'm impatient to see your treasures.