LP vs CD Packaging

There's no doubt that CDs and now downloaded music files are great but... remember vinyl LPs? Sure they became warped and got scratched but they often had cool artwork and packaging. Coloured vinyl, lyric sheets, Gatefold sleeves, all made LPs worth collecting and gave you something to enjoy without even having to play them. You don't get the same feeling with CDs. I least I don't.

Back in the mid-80s a magazine called Video World often ran adverts in the back for 'naughty' videos, all of which were of course subject to the strict British Censorship (I mean certification) of the time. One of the ad's ran this picture of 'Margaret'. Personally it wasn't the thought of tacky Brit VHS erotica that interested me about the picture, it was the LP cover on the settee!



All of these years I've believed it to be a rear view of the obscure The Two-Fold Aspect Of Everything by Bill Nelson. This double LP collection of b sides and 4 track demo tapes is not the sort of thing I'd strip my clothes off to - even if I was being videoed. I guess I'll never know whether it is that LP or not. This will remain one of life's little mysteries. Perhaps, even now, over 20 years later, 'Margaret' is playing it on her music centre turntable. Just a little fantasy of mine.