The record store is Peaches. Have you forgotten Two of a Kind? Shame on you!
(Photos are via the Miami Herald)
Archive Page 23
Inside the Record Store, 1979/1983
Published September 29, 2015 Record Stores , Records (LPs) and Cassettes 1 CommentHeinz Edelmann Cover Art for The Lord of the Rings (Klett-Cotta, 1969/1970)
Published September 29, 2015 Books , Cover Art , Lord of the Rings, The , Psychedelic Art 2 Comments
Heinz Edelmann (1934-2009) is most famous for his distinctive design and art direction on the Beatles-inspired Yellow Submarine (1968), but his Lord of the Rings covers—for the first German edition, translated by Margaret Carroux with help from Ebba-Margareta von Freymann—are a very close second. (Unfortunately, I could only find a larger scan of the Fellowship of the Rings cover.) There was nearly a Lord of the Rings movie starring the Beatles, if you remember.
A German paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings was also published by Klett-Cotta featuring new, equally mesmerizing cover art by Edelmann, as seen below, but I’m not sure about the year: Amazon Germany has it at 1977. The books came in a slipcase featuring additional art. You can see more of the case here. Note the shifting position and condition of the ring—is that the Eye of Sauron inside?—in this edition, .
(Images via Tolkien Collection, Sci-fi-o-Rama, and Design is Fine)
Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
Published September 28, 2015 '80s Decor/Design/Fashion , Record Stores , Records (LPs) and Cassettes , Shopping Malls 10 Comments
Just before grand opening, August 3, 1972
Grand opening, August 3, 1972
Swimming pool demo, 1974
Car show, 1975
Christmas shoppers, 1977
Mall centerpiece, 1981
Mall centerpiece, 1981
The Gap, 1981
Record store, circa 1984
All of the photos are via MLive, where you can see more, including the original floor plan. Jackson, Michigan’s Westwood Mall is still around.
Can anyone see what the poster is on the record store wall—just to the right of mom’s head? I have another shot of a mall Gap store here.
UPDATE: Thanks to all who identified the Cyndi Lauper poster. The Welsh Piper found the actual item (below).
Concept Art for Return of the Jedi ‘Speeder Bike’ Arcade Cabinet, 1983
Published September 25, 2015 Arcade Cabinets/Coin-Ops , Atari , Video Games 1 Comment
The game was unproduced, sadly, but what a cool concept. “Wizz Bang” all the way! Note that steering on the last cabinet design is “similar to Battlezone,” a very popular Atari cab released in 1980. The art is from Atari Coin-Op Division Records via the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play, a repository housed at The Strong National Museum of Play.
Dungeons & Dragons Party Plates (C.A. Reed, 1983)
Published September 25, 2015 D&D , D&D Non-Gaming Merchandise 3 Comments
There’s a whole line of party supplies, in fact. I’ll post more next week.
More Empty Shopping Malls, 1985
Published September 24, 2015 '70s Decor/Design/Fashion , '80s Decor/Design/Fashion , Shopping Malls 4 Comments
Music Lovers in the Library, 1978
Published September 24, 2015 '70s Decor/Design/Fashion , Libraries Leave a Comment
The photos are from the 1978 World Book Encyclopedia entry on Library, courtesy of John Ronald/Flickr. If you care to read my cynical remarks on a culture that believes it no longer needs libraries, try here (and here, in much longer form).
The Lord of the Rings Vinyl Sculpture Banks: Gollum and Aragorn (Tolkien Enterprises, 1978)
Published September 23, 2015 Lord of the Rings, The 1 Comment
`Hobbit T-Shirts’ and `Come to Middle Earth’ Ads in Rolling Stone (December, 1977)
Published September 22, 2015 Ads , Board Games/Tabletop Games , Counterculture (1960s) , Lord of the Rings, The 1 Comment
The Quest of the Magic Ring board game, seen below, was published in 1975 by Land of Legend, the placer of the ad on the right. You can see more photos at Board Game Geek. The first board game based on Tolkien’s work is probably Conquest of the Ring (Hobbit Toy and Games, 1970).
The ad image is via Butterfly Mind, where you can see more of the Rolling Stone issue. “Come to Middle Earth” and “Frodo Lives!” were slogans adopted by the counterculture starting in the late 1960s.
Middle Earth Discount Records and Tapes, Circa 1977
Published September 22, 2015 Counterculture (1960s) , Lord of the Rings, The , Record Stores , Records (LPs) and Cassettes 1 Comment
I found the photo at Michael Poulin’s Flickr and subsequently discovered the Middle Earth Records Memorial Page. The music store and head shop opened in 1969 and closed in 2007. Business card below.
2 Warps to Neptune 