Under the category of WTF, is where I would place this little gem of an album cover, by German tenor saxophonist Max Greger. Yakety Sax Tanzparty mit Max Greger, was released in 1964. And if the art work on the front cover makes any sense to you, I’m all ears. To me, I’m just not getting it.
Source: rateyourmusic.com
Perhaps she was a stowaway in the trunk, and surprised the happy traveller as he opened his luggage? Or perhaps she is practicing her new Vegas act, in which she magically appears and disappears on and off stage via the trunk, while playing her sax?
On Yakety Sax Tanzparty mit Max Greger, Greger performs the following tunes¹:
- He’s A Real Gone guy
- Good Night My Dear
- Twist and Shout
- Hey Mr. Radetzky
- Lonely Star
- Side By Side – Tonight
- Gunfire
- Hey mr. Sax Man
- Baby Go To Sleep
- Hoots Mon
- Western-Waltz
- Yakety Sax
In case you’re wondering what Yakety Sax sounds like when Greger plays it, here it is courtesy of YouTube. Although it is from another album of his, I suspect it won’t be all that much different.
Oh, BTW, tanzparty means dance party. So you could see my confusion. The poor woman obviously didn’t get the memo. She thought it was a beach party.
Oh well, communication was so much harder in the 60s. What did we do before texting and Facebooking? Oh I know… we made phone calls… on phones that looked like this, or perhaps this. Or if we were stylish, maybe we had one of these. 😆
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@Gandalfe: It appears you are correct.
@Mark: And so are you. Her hands are indeed backwards.
So much for my idea that she was a sax player. Imagine that. 😈
It has also been pointed out to me that she is not wearing a bathing suit. She is wearing the quintessential “little black dress”. I guess I didn’t look at the picture too closely. :scratch: 😳
Oh well… So much for my critical deconstruction. Had I done this for a class, I’d have failed. I do know that some of my former profs do read my site, but the one most likely to do so regularly, is currently writing her comps. I think I’ll manage to sneak this one past her. If not, I’ll hear about in 2 weeks when we get together for breakfast. 😮
I think you are right Gandalfe also her hands are reversed to where they should be on the sax :scratch:
The whole picture has been flipped left-right: the writing is backwards, the tuba is backwards, and the saxophone keys are backwards.
Yup… It is true. Wow… My powers of observation have apparently totally left me.
Is it my imagination or is the mouthpiece upside down?