Nice shot of the
Rainbow above on the
Silver, Platinum & Gold Lp. Below
David Ruffin is rushing down
Vine St. just North of
Molly's Burgers. He's actually headed right to the strip of
Hollywood Blvd. pictured on the
Racer X back cover, which is the image to his right. Maybe he's running up for a quick peek inside the
Cave strip joint, but most likely he had a transaction pending up on
Yucca.
The "Lonely Street" that
David Remsing is standing on? That would once again be the blvd. of broken dreams, in the same vicinity as the
Racer X cover. The
George Jones pictured above is contemplating a burrito @
Dos Burritos, which was directly west of the
Pantages. It's now on the opposite side of the street about a block down. He's actually standing in front of the famous
Frolic Room sign. I believe
Randy Newman is on a downtown
LA overpass...
Aah, two classic Sunset Strip covers, picturing the
Whisky a Go Go in its prime along with a nice shot
PJ's on the
Freddy Cannon cover.
The Crusaders take a stroll down
Rodeo drive. The next row returns us to the dirty blvd -- not somewhere that I would crawl & writhe around on, but then again I'm not in
WASP. To the left of
Blackie we have the back of that
George Jones record, with a full view of said sign. I'm sure that there was once frolic to be had at the
Frolic Room, but the last time I walked in, there were 3 losers and a jukebox blaring
Pearl Jam. Instead of rockin out to "Evenflow," I frolicked on down to
Musso & Frank.
Musso & Frank is
Hollywood's oldest resturant, and their sign can be seen in the background on the LP to right of the
WASP record.
Some classic theatre shots.
The Rialto is still standing in
South Pasadena, but is in pretty rough shape. Of course you have
Graumans Chinese Theater in the center and then the
Palladium, which has been renovated to look very much like it did on this
Jerry Gray LP. A couple of eastside shots, including a nice pic of the
Paramount Ballroom, surround the
Muffs. You'll have to stop by the buy counter and ask
Ronnie where they're at in the photo; he told me once but I've forgotten. I think it's in the
Wilshire area, but I might be off on that one. Below we have a shot of the old
Capitol Records Melrose Ave studio. The shoes I'm currently wearing came from the
Supply Seargeant, pictured in the surreal take on
Hollywood Blvd. that adornes the
Little Feat record below. And finally, back to the
Pantages, which was photographed and then painted over for this
Mancini record.
