Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Your Mother Let You Out Wearing That?

I mean really...this is just bad.
This is the front cover, fairly reasonable, even if the hat's a bit cheesy.

Here's another Mathis album--they are both dated 1972. I am not sure which came first...guess I could google that :). This one is much more sartorially reasonable, although still representative of the era.

Why, he is almost handsome here!
It appears that the upper one is first, then the lower one. Just wondering.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

8 Tracks



A local thrift store had a good supply of 8 Track tapes the other day. This is just a sample of what was available. Other artists available were Bob Seger, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, Ted Nugent, Kansas, and the sound track "Nadia's Theme."

The irony of the CDs in the background is not lost on me.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Record Club

I don't know if record clubs still exist--I just can't imagine in this day and age that they have survived. They were still operating in the early 1990s, I do remember. It wasn't too bad a deal as long as you dealt with the picking of the selection. Otherwise you ended up with stuff you didn't want and paid too much for it to boot. It is fun to look at the featured artists here--who we still remember and who is lost in the groove-yard of time.

I am not sure when this is from--since cassettes and 8 tracks are offered I would guess late 1970s or early 1980s.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Cigarette Ads

It's not until you pick up an old magazine that you realize what hasn't been for several years--print ads for cigarettes. I am not sure if it was legislative fiat that removed print ads from magazines or a decision by publishers, but they have been gone for a long time.

This is not just an ad--but a contest--remember all the flap over merchandise affiliated with cigs--Joe Camel et. al.? A contest is unthinkable today.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Datsun: Demonstrating Ruggedness

Datsun worked some 1970s color and fonts into this illustration of their vehicles working it in rally races in tough conditions to appeal to 1970 readers of Outdoor Life magazine. Remember in 1970, gas was a pittance and the emphasis was on horsepower and performance. Only VW had really been able to penetrate the US market with its smaller cars--Japanese cars had not made as strong an impact at that time.