THE ROLLING STONES: Some Girls 1978 Vinyl LP LUCILLE BALL COVER
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THE ROLLING STONES: Some Girls ?? 1978 Vinyl Record EX LP LUCILLE BALL COVER!!. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
COLLECTOR ITEM – the cover art became the source of legal action when some of the celebrities whose faces were used threatened to sue the Stones’ for using likenesses without permission. The list of angry celebrities included Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (on behalf of her late mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch and the estate of Marilyn Monroe.
The legal pressure forced a quick re-issue that saw the album cover redesigned with the celebrity faces removed, including those that did not launch legal action. Well, that was with one exception. Ex-Beatle George Harrison’s face remained but all the others were replaced with black and punk style garish colours. The wording “Pardon our appearance – cover under construction” was added to more or less explain the somewhat unpolished look of the cover.
Hand-drawn faces were used in a third version of the album cover which accompanied a 1986 CD reissue along with the original Valmore ad design.
It is also interesting to note that although the cover art of ‘Some Girls’ did ruffle the features of some fairly big-name celebrities, the designer did not get penalized by the Stones. Instead, Corriston was commissioned with the task of designing the next three album covers for the band.
Oh, and Rolling Stone lead singer Mick Jagger apologized to Minnelli one night at a party the two attended at the New York discotheque Studio 54.
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