Three Dog Night Hard Labor “Birthing Cover” & Replacement Cover
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I think one great line of vinyl collecting is when initial issues of LP covers are changed due to complaints from record company executives, from censors, from the buying public or simply due to errors in judgment.
Remember the Beatles “Butcher Cover” and the Mamas & the Papas “Toilet” Cover? Or how about the Dave Clark Five “No-Instruments” Cover or Blind Faith’s “Topless Girl” Cover? And don’t forget Three Dog Night’s “Nude” Cover and Roxy Music’s “Underwear Ladies” cover. Replacement covers were issued for all of these original covers.
There are 2 LPs in this auction:
LP#1:
· “HARD LABOR” LP by Three Dog Night
· This is ABC Dunhill Records DSD 50168.
· This LP was released in 1974.
· This LP became known as Three Dog Night’s “Birthing Cover”.
· This cover was considered to be objectionable or in “bad taste”, because the front cover pictures a bird-like creature in stirrups on a medical examining table giving birth to a vinyl record. It was re-released with a revised cover that had a big band-aid over the “birthing” image.
· The band Three Dog Night has the distinction of having not one but two of their original LP covers withdrawn. The first was the original cover of their “It Ain’t Easy” LP (known as “The Nude Cover” but they, in fact, were not nude, just wearing orange body suits).
· The ORIGINAL “BIRTHING COVER” is in NICE VG+ CONDITION with some light overall wear on both front and rear slicks but a bit more on the rear. There is a tiny drill hole near the top right corner. The front cover image is NICE and CLEAN. This is a GATEFOLD COVER.
· It was issued with a manila file folder (with a “birth record sheet” inside) with the LP title on the tab. The manila file folder was attached at the opening with a perforation, but it is now separated (which often happened with this LP). In fact, often the manila file folder is missing from this LP altogether.
· The VINYL for the “Birthing Cover” is in NEAR MINT CONDITION.
But in this auction, in addition to the “Birthing Cover”, the high bidder also receives the replacement “Band-Aid Cover”!
LP#2:
· “HARD LABOR” LP by Three Dog Night
· This is ABC Dunhill Records DSD 50168.
· This LP was released in 1974.
· This LP is the REPLACEMENT COVER that has a LARGE BAND-AID positioned to cover the complete scene of the creature in stirrups on the medical examining table giving birth to a vinyl record.
· This “Band-Aid Cover” is in VG+ CONDITION with light overall wear including at the top areas of the front and rear cover. There is a tiny drill hole near the top right corner. This Replacement Cover is also a GATEFOLD COVER with the same image inside as the first cover.
· It was also issued with a manila file folder (with a “birth record sheet” inside) with the LP title on the tab. The manila file folder is still partially attached at the opening with a perforation. (Often the file folder is separated from the LP cover and missing from this LP altogether, but this one is still partially attached.
· The VINYL for this cover is in NEAR MINT MINUS CONDTION. (The labels shown are the same on both LPs)
THIS IS A GREAT “BEFORE & AFTER SET” of Three Dog Night’s “Hard Labor” LP! So, win this auction and you win 2 Skynyrd LPs and their covers! These 2 LPs go hand-in-hand and would look great framed in someone’s “vinyl room”.
FYI: I primarily list Beatles and related LPs for auction and am accustomed to using the COVER/SLEEVE GRADES and RECORD GRADES listed and described on page 8 of Perry Cox’s Price Guide for the Beatles American Records. These grades are Good+ (G+), Very Good Minus (VG-), Very Good (VG), Very Good+ (VG+), Near Mint Minus or Very Good++ (NM- or VG++), Near Mint (NM), Mint Minus (M-), and Mint (M or MT) to VISUALLY GRADE this LP, so please know the descriptions of these grades before bidding. Please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. And please check my other auctions for other records you may want to add to your collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish on the same weekend. Winning bidder must remit payment within 5 days of auction close by PayPal. Add $4.00 for shipping to a U.S. address via media mail with tracking.
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