#l.a. express

[312cards]

Steve Young, 1984 Topps USFL

[majikalconcepts]

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“We Live This (Remix)” by Havoc, Big Noyd, & Roxanne Shante    

“Aye yo, we live this, eat, sleep, shit this”

[vinyl-artwork]

 L.A. Express - Shadow Play, 1976.

Cover art by Joni Mitchell.

[thesobsister]

Joni Mitchell, "Court and Spark"

My first Joni album, and this is its first song and title track. When I heard it as a teen sobsister, I was introduced to a bunch of situations between people then that I'd been nowhere near experiencing personally--some of which I've yet to experience, for good or ill. But the gorgeous playing, singing and writing on this album--the L.A. Express backing her--were a tremendous introduction to her and to some of the foundational themes of her work.

[musicsnobs]

ROLLING STONES VS. TOM SCOTT

Lookee here...This is a nice duo of up close and personal crotch shots from a pair of early 70's albums.  It must be said, equal time was given to both sexes here, and interesting how both have their hips pitched to the right. Oh-and both feature saxophone players!

'Sticky Fingers' was a first for the Stones in a few different ways.  It was their first album of the 70's (1971) and the first album released on their own label.  It is also the first full length that Mick Taylor appears on and it is the debut of the Stones iconic tongue and lips logo.  It boasted a cover from hot-shot artist and art fag, Andy Warhol.  Many thought the package on the cover was that of Jagger, but no one really knows who it was.  Warhol had shots of several friends and lovers taken and didn't reveal whose shot he used (the artwork was his idea, the photography was actually Billy Name). The cover caused some controversy and different versions of the album's artwork were used in countries where a bulging crotch was considered too much.  It also caused problems amongst retailers because initial pressing with a real zipper were ruining the other albums next to it.

Oh, and of course the album featured their saxophonist Bobby Keys,which aside from crotches in denim is the main thing which ties these two records together.

'Tom Scott and the L.A. Express' was released in '73.  Like the Stones album before, it features a nice close up of someone's denim clad crotch, and some nice hips to boot!  Though to many outside of Jazz freaks, this probably would have gone unnoticed (aside from teens looking at the cover) until the late 80's rolled around and people started snooping in record bins.  One track in particular off this album has gotten loads of mileage due to sampling, "Sneakin' In the Back", which has been used by the likes of Madonna, Massive Attack, Barry Adamson and even 2pac!  He may not have gotten a big check for it then, but thanks to help from later artists, he should have earned a bit of extra change.