Dennis Catron :: Guitarist

LP Covers
My collection of Cheesecake Covers!

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As far back as 2nd grade, the first thing when meeting someone was to thumb through their record collection to see if it was gonna work out between you two. My ultra-cool sister was eight years older than me, and starting in 1964, started turning me onto British Invasion bands like The Zombies, The Dave Clark 5, of course The Beatles, and everyone else. I especially liked all the girl singers (Petula Clark, Sandie Shaw) and the dreamy reverb in all the recordings. When I was old enough to look for myself, life revolved around cut-out bins and hunting down the most obscure bands (mostly British) I could.

Once I found the bargains at thrift stores, I started noticing all the camp covers from the 50's. A lot of generic big band stuff, usually with some 50's babe on the cover to sell the thing. The first time I brought one home I felt a twinge of guilt over it, like this wasn't the point of my record hunting and would cheapen my collection of music. Then I started running into more and more record geeks who collected only covers, finally visiting Lovell's in uptown Whittier who had the entire place decorated in camp sleeves. I was sold and my guilt disappeared. Being a serious collector and a perv who loves 50's girl covers can go hand in hand, especially if you have a den to decorate. Enjoy!!

P.S... Here's an interview with Emphera.com and myself regarding my Cheesecake record collection! » Link Here

My 1st cover, courtesy of CHOC Thrift in Santa Fe Springs. You can see why I started collecting these :-)

Perhaps the greatest cover of all time..!

Yup, that's a young Mary Tyler Moore. I have about five she did. What a hottie!

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