Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[steve ridgway]

Oh, that was rather congruous of me.

Looks like the above was part of a series from DG.

[steve ridgway]

Looks like the above was part of a series from DG.

[MusicTurner]

Oh, that was rather congruous of me.

... that one is, dare I say it, bloody funny ... 

[Brian]

Really it's the idea of Stockhausen hits that's much funnier than the actual (kinda nice) cover 

[MusicTurner]

Well, what looks like a children's-drawing, alien- or insect-, conductor-like figure, trapped inside a light bulb, does perhaps hint at some very deep layers of meaning, but doesn't really succeed, IMHO. Now, there may be some 'electrifying' or 'Sirius-reminiscent' music making here, but still ...

[steve ridgway]

Really it's the idea of Stockhausen hits that's much funnier than the actual (kinda nice) cover 

Precisely - who at DG thought this one up?

[Irons]

Someone actually came up with this!

[steve ridgway]

Someone actually came up with this!

Horrible - one can only hope people in 1963 Czechoslovakia had completely different aesthetic sensibilities.

[André]

Horrible - one can only hope people in 1963 Czechoslovakia had completely different aesthetic sensibilities.

The puppet on top is straight out of an animated film by Jiri Trnka.  They were a big cultural export back then in the Czech Republic, where puppetry is a traditional art. The other character though... 

[steve ridgway]

This album by the London Philharmonic Orchestra must be astounding indeed - I can't imagine what "frequencies beyond the range of human hearing" would sound like.

[steve ridgway]

The lady on the right who brought her own bar stool in for the photo shoot is making damn sure it goes home with her again.

[steve ridgway]

"Harry" - if you don't plug any wires in it can't blow up.

[Florestan]

The lady on the right who brought her own bar stool in for the photo shoot is making damn sure it goes home with her again.

How you find these Electrecord covers is beyond me, Steve.   

[steve ridgway]

How you find these Electrecord covers is beyond me, Steve.   

Honestly Andrei I haven't been looking in your record collection.

[Florestan]

Honestly Andrei I haven't been looking in your record collection.

You'd have looked in vain, I don't have any of the ones you posted. 

[steve ridgway]

You'd have looked in vain, I don't have any of the ones you posted. 

Now you've given me the clue I'm searching Discogs for Electrecord to see what your country was like in the old days.

[Florestan]

Now you've given me the clue I'm searching Discogs for Electrecord to see what your country was like in the old days.

If you ask me, most things were worse yet there were a few that were better --- but I greatly prefer the here and now to the back then.

[steve ridgway]

If you ask me, most things were worse yet there were a few that were better --- but I greatly prefer the here and now to the back then.

True, the food here wasn't the best.

[71 dB]

"Harry" - if you don't plug any wires in it can't blow up.

I think my grandparents from my mother's side had this system. Sirtaki music was played on it, but because I was something like 10 years old I kind of liked the music.   

[TheGSMoeller]

We've seen this pose before, but based on the size of their heads their faces are definitely pressed against each other...





At least create some depth between the subjects...