VINYL MADNESS

Ah the eighties the heady days of coloured vinyl, but there was another far more sinister trend back then: Shaped Vinyl.
Yes Records in strange shapes spinning on the turntables of the eighties. Some of the actual records are quite good or half decent but the majority of shaped vinyl offerings were truly awful records by awful bands with awful names making awful music. Major acts like Elton John, Tina Turner,Queen, Kate Bush and Pete Townshend issued these monstrosities also. My favourite is John Cooper Clarkes offering summing up ludicrous trends both in design and song, a double A produced by Martin Hannet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M5iHJizaXw

Gimmix

John Cooper Clarke

Gimmix / I married a monster from outer space

Orange Triangle shaped vinyl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EptGBiLYW7U

i married a monster from outer space

Mike Post

Hill Street Blues Theme

Cop car shaped vinyl

Cameo

Word Up

Cameo totem pole shaped vinyl

The police

Don’t stand so close to me

Badge shaped vinyl

Fat Larry’s Band

Stubborn kind of fellah

Fat Larry shaped vinyl

Donna Summer

This time I know its for real

Heart shaped vinyl

Men without hats

Safety dance

Dancing couple shaped vinyl

AC DC

Guns for hire

AC DC logo shaped vinyl

Stray Cats

Sexy and seventeen

Unflattering rendering of band shaped vinyl

Samantha Fox

I wanna have some fun

Sam Fox busting a pose shaped vinyl

Bad Manners

That’ll do nicely

Buster Bloodvessel’s head shaped vinyl

Reyker

Funkmeister

Tastless Nazi dominatrix shaped vinyl

The Pogues

Sally Maclennane

Woman in a wheel barrow being pushed by a bloke shaped vinyl

OMD

Locomotion

Choo Choo train shaped vinyl

ZZ Top

Sleeping bag

Pharoah in shades shaped vinyl