Vixens of Vinyl: The Alluring Ladies of Vintage Album Covers

By Benjamin Darling

Vinyl record albums--wow --they're back. Could it be for the swinging sounds and nightlife nostalgia? Mmmmaybe...but get a load of those covers. Barroom beauties, kittens in Capri pants, seductive sirens--enchantresses everywhere Vixens of Vinyl: The Alluring Ladies of Vintage Album Covers is a dazzling tour of over a hundred beguiling album covers, designed to appeal to the bachelor audiophiles of the hi-fi era. Such retro luminaries as Martin Denny, Esquivel, Andre Kostelanetz, Perez Prado, and many more draped their record sleeves with women whose charms transcended the strictly musical. Even the decidedly less hip entertainers like Lawrence Welk found they could reach a wolfish new consumer base with a little satin and cleavage. Vixens of Vinyl is a head-turning musical gallery of femmes from a decidedly pre-feminist era. Sure, vinyl is hot again--but the covers are hotter.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811831345
• ISBN13: 9780811831345
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 132 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 0.8" x 6.2"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Dedicated to the Lost Art of the Cheesecake LP Cover

As a little boy, I loved to sift through my dad's LP collection just to gaze upon those incredible album covers. The Martin Denny albums featuring cover model Sandy Warner were among my favorites. By the way, that IS Sandy Warner on the cover of "Exotic Percussion". She is a woman of a thousand beautiful faces!

cool little book

for the money, this is a cool little book. great layout and design. of course this is only the tip of the iceberg and several more volumes need to follow. better yet, a whopping huge volume with a hefty price tag should be devoted to this subject matter. 50s era george shearing lps (there are a couple in here) alone could fill a chapter. i can picture such a lavish book on my coffee table. if Mr. Darling needs more examples...