Some error occured while loading the Quick View. Please close the Quick View and try reloading the page.
Eric Godtland has worked in the record industry for over 35 years, and collected records since turning 12 in 1977. As manager of the American band Third Eye Blind from 1995 he traveled the world, exploring record stores in every country, adding to his collection. Sexy covers were not a priority, but always welcome.
When Godtland switched to managing, and touring with, Village People in the 2010s he encountered such eccentric, comical and erotic covers in far-flung countries he concentrated on acquiring every sexy record cover ever produced. And he succeeded. The hundreds of covers in this book come from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Most are from small labels with limited production that were never seen outside their countries of origin. They range in age from Music Out of the Moon, the first electronic album, 1947, to punk band Dwarves Concept Album, 2023. Genres go from mainstream pop to Japanese jazz, German schlager, raunchy comedy and uncensored sex talk. The artists are well-known: Rolling Stones, James Brown, Charlie Mingus, 2 Live Crew and Queen; cult favorites: Chicks on Speed and comic Blowfly; and frankly profane: Sex Organs, V8 Wankers and The Pleasure Fuckers. All used sex to sell their music, as we’re using their wise decision to sell this sexy, surprising, entirely hilarious book.
“Captures this ever-persistent pursuit of sexiness.”
“Sexy Record Covers shows hundreds of album covers that have one thing in common: they are revealing, wicked, and frivolous.”
“When Dian Hanson and Eric Godtland review the history of music album artwork, some of which is highly sexualized, for their book Sexy Record Covers, they do so with the cheerful eye of record collectors... Humor and sex work surprisingly well together, even across decades.”
“I’ve collected sexy records since 1977. Most are small label, small production, local distribution releases from the 1960s through the ’90s. In many cases I may have the only extant copy, or one of very few, in the world. Which is why I wanted this book to exist.”