[JPL] Attractive Covers and Sex Sell Music
tomthejazzman
tomthejazzman at embarqmail.com
Fri Jan 9 22:59:11 EST 2009
Your mention of Japanese releases a few years back on the Venus Label, I
think,
and they had to redo the cover photo for release in the USA.
Too much female personal area showing graphically and it wasn't the
breasts.
It did contain good music.
Tom
Jaythomasjazz at aol.com wrote:
> That reminds me of a conversation I had with Buddy Catlett...he said he got
> into music to get girls....well he went on to play with Pops and Basie and a
> very long list of people...
>
>
> In a message dated 1/9/2009 7:40:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> tomthejazzman at embarqmail.com writes:
>
> Wynton told me years ago that while an early teenager he
> had no interest in Jazz, but Ellis showed him where the
> Jazz LPs were filed. In the front of the box was a Miles Davis
> LP with the photo of Fran Davis with Some Day My Prince Will Come.
> When he was ready to explore Jazz that was the first LP he checked out.
>
> Not a bad first step even if for the wrong reasons.
>
> ALOHA
> Tom
>
> Jaythomasjazz at aol.com wrote:
>
>> As far as I can see it's always been the same. when I was first buying
>> records I was going for the music even in spite of blatant " lizard brain
>>
> sex
>
>> bait" covers.
>> No biggie....
>> I remember when my friend Larry fuller did a CD for a Japanese label with
>>
>
>
>> Ray Brown....it was called Naked Walker or something like that ...it was a
>>
>
>
>> scream really....a naked lady walking... shot from the rear. She had panty
>>
> hose
>
>> on maybe... hmmmm
>> Let's face it sex sells....is it good for "art"? ... probably not but
>>
> as
>
>> long as everything is a for profit deal....that's the biz!!
>> the sad thing is the fleeting nature of that kind of thing....they would
>>
> not
>
>> be able to do that with so many great singers because they age!
>>
>> In a message dated 1/9/2009 6:59:47 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> tomthejazzman at embarqmail.com writes:
>>
>> Oh, and BH will be happy with male participation. Ha.
>>
>> Jae Sinnett wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What got the folks talking? Unfortunately, it wasn't the music. Streak
>>>
> the
>
>>>
>>>
>> Grammy Awards Scott and then release a CD. Make sure to get a photo of
>>
> you
>
>> in the buff running across the set and use that as the CD cover. There ya
>>
> go.
>
>> They'll certainly be talking about the CD. A weak attempt at humor there
>>
> but
>
>> you get the point.
>>
>>
>>> Jae Sinnett
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Scott Whitfield <scott at bicoastalmusic.net> wrote:
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>>>> Subject: [JPL] Response to Elias/Monheit packaging discussion
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