Hoots, etc.. 
Here are the results of a recent charity shop trip. the mission? Find some of the worst album covers by Scottish artists. Yep, while hippies were enjoying the Summer of Love in the 60's, and punks were being very angry in the 70's, there was still room for twee shortbread 'n' tartan output like this...

First up, a couple of men in kilts. Original, eh?





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I love this cover - I don't think it could get more boring if it tried. Illustrating a 'Scottish Dance Band' with a piece of rope hardly inspires confidence in the dance-ability of the music.



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Another man in a kilt, this time in a living room, with his trusty accordian close at hand.



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One charity shop had a whole section of Alexander Brothers albums. Here are two of the best covers.





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And finally, the swingingest family in Scotland...





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Brillianty bad... 
Honestly, where do you start with this cover?



First, there's the cheesy posing, second, the costumes. Then there's the names badges on the uniforms (and the scarves, oh the scarves), the chest hair, the medallion, the middle-distance stares, not forgetting the saccharine title of the album itself.

Congratulations to the Bee Gees for producing the cheesiest album cover I've seen so far!



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An awful Dutch cover (and an excuse to link to Eurotrash)... 
Again, I just bought this album for the terrible cover.



I can't read Dutch, but it looks like they're pretty popular in the Netherlands. It seems that the old guy on the left (the only one not wearing the hideous yellow suit but with the slightly yellow face) is Vader Abraham. Heck, they probably appeared in Eurotrash at one point (now, that was a good show!).



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Pope John Paul II Sings! 
Another charity shop find...



Sadly, at no point during this record does the pope give up the funk. Notice that the record is published by Utopia. This is pretty funny, as Utopia is a Greek concept, and not exclusively connected to Christianity. Read about it here.

The current pope, Benedict XVI, has recently abolished the state of limbo. George Clinton, on the other hand, wants to abolish the state of zero funkativity, which undoubtably benefits the human race better. I know who I'm going to follow...



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