The Rolling Stones’ 1978 album, “Some Girls,” has lots of great songs on it like “Shattered” and “Beast of Burden,” but when it was first released, it looked for a while like it would be best-known for legal issues stemming from its cover. The original cover is on the left and it features the Stones and various Hollywood stars like Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Judy Garland and others, all appearing as if they were in a tacky ad for wigs, because you see them through die-cut windows in the cover sleeve. It’s fun and sort of playful, but the Stones didn’t get permission to use any of the stars’ likenesses, and subsequently got swamped in lawsuits almost immediately. Quickly, the cover was recalled and a new version was put out without the stars; that’s the one on the left. While the original is fairly hard to find, it’s not an expensive record—it’ll set you back about $12-15.
