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Surprising as it may seem, we do all this out of an abiding love of music and culture. You might not know that we have other careers too. Dawn is a successful artist and sells her art all over the world from here >
I’ve managed to become a best-selling author with some 21 books to my name; 16 mystery crime novels, 2 rock n roll adventures set in California and three books about football (soccer) for which I’ve twice been nominated, first for Football Writer of the Year and secondly for Sports Book of the Year and you can get my books here >
Of course, my protagonist has a huge record collection and his best mate runs a record shop. Well, they say write about what you know!
If you don’t read the website, you won’t know that I own a huge vinyl collection that is over 12,000 records when you account for 12” singles and 7”ers as well as albums. So I’m rarely short of inspiration for t-shirts.
This week we have 9 new designs for you, all from my collection.
First up is a 1976 live EP by Man. As you know, I love Man and Bananas is one of their classic tracks best heard live. Next is the second Kingdom Come album which didn’t sell but is very good proggy stuff, which had a striking cover. We Can’t Dance, the album and range of other releases all featured lovely artwork by Felicity Roma Bowers. Camel’s I Can See Your House From Here came out in 1979, so it was obviously unfashionable, at least in UK, so I think it only made #45, but it’s an excellent record that never got the exposure it deserved. I just loved the cover of the Hunter Thompson Fear And Loathing book which I’ve been re-reading. It’s 52 years since the 1972 campaign and yet it throws much light on this year. Citizen Steely Dan is an early 90s box set of their entire career at that point. I think it looks very smart.
Barry Jackson’s artwork for Trans is super distinctive. His covers for ZZTop, Britny Fox and others really stand out. Trans is one of those records which sounds better now than on release. Counterparts is one of Rush’s highest charting records and a great, effective Hugh Syme cover. If you’re of a certain age, you probably hold Cockney Rebel in fond regard. This is their first record and didn’t trouble the charts but was a great folk/pop hybrid.
That’s it for this week’s niche offerings. I hope something tickles your synapses either t-shirt-wise or to explore musically.
