Silly request - 70s album

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The spouse and I got (well, more like adopted, given the buying experience at the local Apple Store :slight_smile: ) new iPhone 4Ses on Friday, and on Saturday he found a case he liked for his–it looks like the cheesiest of cheap 1970s cassette tapes, complete with label.

So now he wants to do it up like one of those stereotypical high schoolers’ cassettes from the '70s, so he’s looking for the name of an album to put on it. Here are his criteria:

  1. It has to be no older than mid to late 60s, though he’d prefer the 70s since that’s when he was a kid.
  2. It has to be an album that was reasonably popular, so people will recognize it. No obscure bands.
  3. The title of the album has to connect somehow with the fact that it’s covering an iPhone–so anything about communication, talking, electronics, telephones, etc. All I could come up with off the top of my head were songs, not albums: “Communication Breakdown” by Led Zeppelin and “Telephone Line” by ELO. But he wants an album.

Any ideas? I told him I’d toss it out to the wisdom of the Dope to see what you guys come up with. Thanks in advance!

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Quadrophenia, by the Who?

London Calling — the Clash

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Frampton Comes Alive.

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T Rex, Electric Warrior Can he include the cover graphic?

Actually, if he can include an album cover image, then he has to use Dark Side of the Moon.

Of course, there’s always Electric Ladyland.

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‘Call Me’ - Al Green

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Ok, you’re Al Green. :smiley:

(Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)

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Communiqué - Dire Straits
This Year’s Model - Elvis Costello
Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
London Calling - The Clash

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Billboard Top 50 albums for each year from 1960 on (navigation at the bottom).

If it isn’t on one of these lists, it doesn’t meet your criteria # 2.

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My husband suggests a Beatles album on the Apple label. :stuck_out_tongue:

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So what did he choose?

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Station to Station, Bowie?

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I have that phone cover and I love it! But every time I write something on it, the writing rubs off. :mad: I have tried permanent marker and even dry erase marker. If you can get something to work, please let me know what you used.

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Hey, all!

Thanks for the suggestions! I passed them all along to him, as well as perusing the list that **DonLogan **posted and suggesting some more. He finally decided that none of the albums really fit what he was looking for, so he decided to go with three singles: “Call Me” by Blondie, “Hello Goodbye” by the Beatles, and “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” by Steely Dan.

He used a thin Sharpie–he only did the writing yesterday, so no idea yet if it’ll stay put. If it does I’ll report back, NotherYinzer.

Thanks again to everyone who made suggestions!

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Brain Salad Surgery would be my choice if I ever purchased an iPhone. Not for the title your looking for, I meant my choice of what to do next.

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Every Picture Tells a Story by Rod Stewart fits pretty well with the camera and facetime.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Picture_Tells_a_Story