Framed Vintage Albums

1960 Connie Francis album – wonderful cover. Great wall art for your favourite vintage lover … or music lover … or Italian … or person that likes Italian things. I was going to write something funny in Italian but I don’t speak Italian so my plan fell to the ground.

Fabulous Russ Conway cover. Cool and kitsch in equal measure. I’m quite sure one of the ladies is his sister … or he’s a Mormon … or maybe they’re just good chums. Whatever they are, they’re mighty pleased to be going to the pictures … no doubt going to see some cool European thing …maybe a Truffaut or Rossellini … probably not a Bunuel – they don’t look in the mood for one of his.

Very cool cover. Don’t think that the hand gestures are on the record .. not sure how you’d do that which is a shame as I’m guessing they are an integral part of speaking Italian .. that’s not racist is it ? I don’t want to generalise .. I would think that every culture uses a multitude of … never mind .. cool image, good on a wall.

So …. Bimbo … it’s called Bimbo …. I find this funny …. perhaps you just know a Jim Reeves fan … either way it’s a great gift. Did I mention it’s called Bimbo ?

Harry Belafonte – so cool you could keep fresh milk near him for days.

The awesome Eartha Kitt – long before she, sadly, became rhyming slang.

Fantastic cover picture that looks great on a wall. I do, however, have one or two issues – firstly, I’m a bit disconcerted by the floating arm … is there a person on the other end or has she stuck a stuffed appendage on the wall for the purpose of practice ? Secondly and much more importantly, never leave records on the floor especially out of their sleeves – pure madness. Having said that, I am a fan of the sofa .. very nice.

Classic 60’s cover – fantastic trippy image. For your own wall or as a gift for embraceable you .. or lovable you .. or squidgable you .. or other forms of you that I probably can’t write here .. or should that be ‘them’ .. embraceable them .. for you to keep for you or to give to them not you to give to you .. unless it’s for you and not them … but it’s a great Valentine present so probably for them .. but if you want to keep it then that’s up to you, I’m not here to tell you who you can or can’t give things to .. it’s your life.

The person on the cover is not Henry Mancini … having said that I haven’t actually checked what he looks like so … but I’m sure if this is him we’d have heard about it.

Fabulous cover on this 1965 album … even if you have no love for Petula you’ve got to love this cover ….. haven’t you ? Young Sally’s stage name of Petula was invented by her father, Leslie Clark; he joked it was a combination of the names of two former girlfriends, Pet and Ulla … not too sure how that went down with Mrs Clark. If you are a big Petula fan I have the framed sheet music of Downtown if you’re interested.

Burt Bacharach tunes … Burt Bacharach .. a name that sounds even better in a strong scouse accent. Apparently they thought the listening pleasure of this album would be enhanced by having an attractive lady on the cover – unless she’s a soloist on the record of course then it would be a bit more relevant.

It’s the Hump ! … the Dink ! The dude with the sideburns from outer space ! It says 12 great songs plus Release Me … does that imply that Release Me isn’t a great song … if it doesn’t, shouldn’t it say 13 great songs including Release Me ? Am I thinking about this too much ?

Fantastically kitsch bit of wall art. Great gift for your many sided friends – I’m sure we all know at least one dodecagonaphrenic. Apparently young Ray has 12 sides although apart from Love God / maths teacher / King of personal grooming, I’m not sure what they all are. You will be thrilled to know that the record is included.

Record is included should you wish to get down with his smoothness – you don’t need to wear a similar jacket to enjoy this but it may help. Fantastic gift for the Love Machines out there.

Fantastic cover – don’t know much about this record other than it was released in 1974 – hence, I’m assuming, the ’74 in the title – but as Samuel L. Jackson said, to assume makes an ASS out of U and Me so perhaps it refers to something else …… can’t think of anything though ……………… nope must be 1974.

Wonderful cover – 1967. Paul Mauriat – his back catalogue features over 1000 titles and has sold more than 40 million copies ………….. no, me neither. Still, great cover art.

60 minutes of a person discussing contemporary and revisionist Western themes of revenge and retribution, the place of Native Americans in the genre and the struggles of the classic cowboy in the civilised world ……………… not really ….. groovy theme tunes is what it is.

Bruno Leonardo Gelber. A tremendously interesting looking individual and esteemed Argentine pianist. Apparently, he specialises in the Classical and Romantic repertory, but came late to Rachmaninoff, due to the stubbiness of his fingers. Good to know.

Andy Sings Songs of Scotland – as opposed to his usual output of death metal. Lemmy and Bruce Dickinson often quote Andy as an inspiration … that might be untrue. Excellent gift for a Scottish person – you may not have picked up on the Scottish theme of this album but trust me, it’s there. In fact, all that’s missing is Kenny Dalglish eating haggis with a set of bagpipes.