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Rod Stewart – Blondes Have More Fun, or do They?



Artist: Rod Stewart
Album: Blondes have more fun, or do they?
Release Date: 1978
Catalog number: Warner Bros. BSP 3276



Featuring the song, “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, this was the seventh release from the Rock crooner from across the great pond. Rod Stewart, Blondes Have More Fun Picture Disc *

Whitesnake – 1987


Whitesnake, 1987 Picture Disc

Artist: Whitesnake
Album: 1987
Release Date: 1987
Catalog number:EMI EMC P 3528-B


Whitesnake, 1987 Picture Disc

This LP was by far the biggest success for Whitesnake. With songs like “Here I go Again” and “Is This Love”, the album reached “Platinum” with over 6 million copies sold in the U.S. alone. Around 10,000 of these picture discs were produced world-wide.

Quartz – Against all Odds


Quartz, Against All Odds Picture Disc

Artist: Quartz
Album: Against All Odds
Release Date: 1983
Catalog number: Heavy Metal Records HMRPD 9


Quartz, Against All Odds Picture Disc

Side BPrinted and pressed in the United Kingdom.

Side A

  1. Just Another Man
  2. Madman
  3. Too Hard to Handle
  4. Hard Road
  5. Tell Me Why

Side B

  1. The Wake
  2. Buried Alive
  3. Silver Wheels
  4. Love ‘Em and Run
  5. Avalon
  6. (It’s) Hell Livin’ Without You

Heart – Magazine


Heart, Magazine Picture Disc

Artist: Heart
Album: Magazine
Release Date: 1978
Catalog number: Mushroom MRS-1-SP


Heart, Magazine Picture Disc

An unusual looking pic-disc from the Wilson sisters of Canada. There were 100,000 individually numbered copies made of this album.


Heart, Magazine Picture Disc


Heart, Magazine Picture Disc

Electric Light Orchestra – Ticket to the Moon


Electric Light Orchestra, Ticket to the Moon Picture Disc

Artist: Electic Light Orchestra
Album: Ticket to the Moon
Release Date: 1981
Catalog number:Jet JETP 12018


Electric Light Orchestra, Ticket to the Moon Picture Disc

This album art is reminiscent of the graphics which appear on the “Boston” albums. The disc is a 12″ single and contains the song “Here Is The News” on the flip side. This record is a product of the U.K.

Black Crowes – Jealous Again

Artist: The Black Crowes
Album: Jealous Again (12in.)
Release Date: 1990
Catalog number: DEF/Amer. DEFAP 412

 

This is a 12in. single featuring “Jealous Again” from the “Shake Your Money Maker” album on side one. “Waitin’ Guilty (previously unreleased)/Thick N’ Thin” on side two. This disc was pressed in the U.K. Black Crowes, Jealous Again Picture Disc

Megadeth – Rust in Peace

 

Megadeth Rust in Peace Picture Disc

Artist: Megadeth
Album: Rust in Peace
Release Date: 1990
Catalog number: Capitol ESTPD 2132

 

Megadeth Rust in Peace Picture Disc

On this, the forth album released by Megadeth, the standout song is unquestionably “Hanger 18”.

Meat Loaf – Dead Ringer

Meat Loaf, Dead Ringer Picture Disc
Artist: Meat Loaf
Album: Dead Ringer
Release Date: 1981
Catalog number: Epic EPC 11 83645Meat Loaf, Dead Ringer Picture Disc
Featuring Cher on the title track, this album composed by Jim Steinman, produced by Todd Rundgren, and performed by Meat Loaf, went to the top of the charts in the United Kingdom.

This copy of “Dead Ringer” was pressed in the U.K. An American version was also pressed on the Epic label and distributed “promotionally”.

Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction

Guns N Roses, Appetite for Destruction Picture Disc

Artist: Guns N’Roses
Album: Appetite For Destruction
Release Date: 1987
Catalog number: Geffen 24148

Guns N Roses, Appetite for Destruction Picture Disc
This was the debut album for Guns N’Roses. It went on to sell over 20 million copies and established Guns N’Roses as a major force within the Metal scene. This disc displays the controversial cover of a woman being raped by a robot. Because of the uproar, the image was quickly replaced with another.

This record was printed and pressed in Mexico and is very difficult to acquire.

Jimi Hendrix – Red House

Jimi Hendrix, Red House Picture Disc
Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Album: Red House
Release Date:Unknown
Catalog number:Unknown

Jimi Hendrix, Red House Picture Disc

Side B

 

Printed and pressed in the United Kingdom.

A product of the United Kingdom, this album contains songs from Hendrix’s early years. In addition to “Red House” you will find “Uranus Rock”, “Room Full Of Mirrors” and “Let Me Go”.

The LP includes a color booklet with Hendrix and other performers. From all appearances, this album is “unauthorized”.