Mine are:
Most Unusual - Deed to a square foot of land in The Manfred Mann's Earth Band "The Good Earth" album.
Coolest - AC/DC keychain bottle opener in the "Bonfire" CD boxed set which I've used practically every day for over 10 years!
2007-11-21 01:51:17 · 11 answers · asked by Beatle fanatic 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Edit: 80's Man - I forgot about that one!
2007-11-21 01:56:59 · update #1
Edit: Smiley, I have the original Tull covers they are awesome. I'll have to check my Alice Cooper ones to see if I have those originals. I was looking more for stuff included with the album or CD instead of just the album covers themselves.
2007-11-21 04:10:09 · update #2
Edit: Flanders, I'll have to check those out.
2007-11-21 05:09:14 · update #3
Edit: Bowser, awesome, that's going on my Xmas List!
2007-11-21 05:11:57 · update #4
the rolling papers i got with my cheech and chong album.
2007-11-21 01:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by 80'S MAN part time visitor 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Alice Cooper -
'Schools Out' - The original album cover would fold out into a school desk, and it came wrapped in a girls white cloth panties (undergarments). I still have those panties!
'Billion Dollar Babies' - The album cover was a giant snake skin wallet complete with a giant dollar bill depicting Alice.
Hawkwind -
'Space Ritual' had an cover that would fold out into a giant poster.
'In Search of Space' - Featured a cool interlocking die cut design fold out poster cover along with a large 24 page booklet titled 'The Hawkwind Log' written by Robert Calvert.
Beggars Opera - 'Pathfinder' also used the giant folding poster theme.
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - 'The Good Earth' came with an actual land deed entitling you to 1 square foot of land in the Welsh country side.
Grand Funk Railroad - 'Shinin' On' came with 3-D glasses that were part of the front cover. Once you removed them from their perforated fastening, you could stare at the album cover artwork, and the inner sleeve which were 3 dimensional...wow!
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 'Tadpoles'. The cover was designed in such a way, that when the inner sleeve was slide outward, the band members eyes would move back and forth on the front cover.
Frumpy - 'All Will Be Changed' had a unique sliding piece of plastic covering the gatefold cover, that when slid back and forth gave some pretty trippy visual effects on the inside of the cover.
King Biscuit Boy - 'Good Uns' came in a canvas sack complete with a draw string.
Jethro Tull -
'Stand Up'. Had childrens book type 'pop up' characters of the band inside of the gatefold cover on original pressings of the album.
Thick as a Brick - The album cover was designed to look like a news paper, complete with 12 whole pages.
Blodwyn Pig - 'Getting to This' had an actual board game that you could play on the inside of the gatefold.
I own many other obscure/rare albums, complete with spinning dials, fold out posters etc, but those are a few anyways. Great question!
Edit - I just remembered that the Kiss 'Love Gun' album came with that little cardboard gun, that when pulled downwards with the right velocity would pop open, making a 'BANG' sound! Haa Haa!
Silver ~ Rose ~ Wolf - Tell your Dad to hang onto that Beatles album with the inserts. I still have a few copies of that one myself!
2007-11-21 11:04:46 · answer #2 · answered by Smiley 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only cool things I've ever gotten from LPs are posters. Like the photos in the Beatles' White Album. Classics!
2007-11-21 09:54:29 · answer #3 · answered by Fonzie T 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree with 80's MAN! The huge rolling paper in Cheech and Chong's Big Bamboo album would be my choice. Those were the days!
2007-11-21 10:12:25 · answer #4 · answered by Harvest 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I came to LP buying *very* late, but I had a 7" single of 'Nightrain' by Guns N' Roses that included a sew-on patch of the GN'R 'band skulls' image.
I think my dad may have had the original 'Sgt. Pepper' LP by The Beatles, with the sheets of bits to cut-out.
2007-11-21 12:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The stereoscope eyes that are part of Tool's 10,000 Days album are pretty interesting, some cool artwork in the booklet with those on.
2007-11-21 10:02:53 · answer #6 · answered by kucletus 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Iron Maiden box set, "Eddie's Archive".
The box is a metal casket embossed with Eddie's face, and contains three double CDs and a solid pewter shot glass with Eddie's face on the bottom. Plus an IM "family tree" scroll secured with a metal Eddie ring.
Looks like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Eddies-Archive-Iron-Maiden/dp/B00006SM7R
Blood sold separately, I believe : )
2007-11-21 12:45:30 · answer #7 · answered by Bowzer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I bought "Misfits Meet The Nutley Brass" (it's space-aged pop retro-lounge covers of Misfits songs), it came with a free drink coaster. It's a really nice one too. Not the paper kind you find in bars, but the cork kind you find at home.
2007-11-21 10:05:53 · answer #8 · answered by Master C 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The 'free syringe' offer when you joined the 'Scott Weiland fan club' included in the STP albums in the 90's were a little weird.
2007-11-21 10:53:13 · answer #9 · answered by Stupid Flanders 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I always liked the zipper on the Stones' "Sticky Fingers" LP (the original vinyl) and the naked bicycle race poster in Queen's "Jazz".
2007-11-21 10:04:03 · answer #10 · answered by The Atomic Punk 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋