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PICTURE COVERS – ILLUSTRATED PREHISTORIC

CAVEPEOPLE

NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA In order by country and release dates

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ARGENTINA

PC-ICP-AM1 Argentina 1981 LP: LA GUERRA DEL FUEGO Perf: (Studio Orchestra) (Film Music) LP: RCA Red Seal ABL 1 4274 (Gatefold) Artist: (Color) (?) Notes: A very rare and dramatic LP cover for the 1981 film, Quest for Fire. One of the poster illustrations for this film occupies the center of the cover showing Naoh holding aloft the fire cage. He is flanked by Amoukar and Gaw while Ika crouches in front. On either side of this motif are enlarged profiles of Ika on the left and Naoh on the right. At the bottom from the left: a charging mammoth, a hairy primate Neanderthal with a stick club, a line of attacking tribesmen, another Neanderthal with a raised stick club, another with a forked stick carrying (fire coals?), and finally a screaming Neanderthal. For more information about the cave-inspired film cues on this album see under Film Music – Prehistory. Ref: Quest for Fire LP, Discogs

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BRAZIL

PC-ICP-AM2 Brazil 1972 45: Troglodyte (Cave Man) Perf: The Jimmy Castor Bunch (Rock – RK# ) Label: RCA Victor 101.4019 Illust: (Color) (?) Notes: The Brazilian single picture sleeve had three prehistoric men walking to the right: the center one carries a club and the two others behind are a more primitive species. For more information see under Rock Music – Soul. Ref: The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Troglodyte, Brazilian 45, Discogs

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MEXICO

PC-ICP-AM2 Mexico 1970 45: El hombre de las nieves Perf: Hotlegs (Rock) Label: Philips 6205-004 Illust: (Color) (?) Notes: A foldout 45 single picture cover showing the evolution of modern man, but using the same illustration of a prehistoric caveman repeated seven times, in increasing size from the left (on the back cover) to the right (on the front cover). This is the original Hotlegs version of their hit song, given a Spanish title here. For more information see under Rock Music – Neanderthal Man. Ref: Hotlegs, El hombre de las nieves 45, Discogs _____________________________________________________

UNITED STATES

PC-ICP-AM3 United States ca.Late 1950s Musical Postcard: You Always Hurt the One You Love Perf: Spike Jones (Popular) Label: Musical Postcard Company; 630 W. Adams St.,

Chicago, IL Illust: (Color) (?) Notes: This may well be the earliest known prehistoric cavepeople record cover.

It’s an illustration of an overweight caveman holding his girlfriend by the hair and bending over to kiss her head after just knocking her out with his club. This gives a new twist to the usual fifties caveman-cavewoman theme where here the caveman is apologetic for his obnoxious behavior. This is an oversized rectangular postcard, measuring 6 inches by 9 inches, made to be played at 33⅓rpm. The illustration was overlaid with a transparent plastic material into which the grooving was impressed. The un-punched-out spinal hole can be barely seen (on left) where “33⅓” is printed on the back side of the postcard.

The song is a pop standard, written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher, first recorded by Spike Jones in 1945. However, the release date of this musical postcard is very difficult to pin down: it would have to be later that 1949 because it’s long playing and the style of the illustration seems to place it around the late 1950s or maybe 1960. The record seller told how he found this postcard along with many other old postcards – They “were actually found in the top of an old Tobacco barn in Franklin, TN. The original owner was a WW2 pilot and once out of the military had opened a laundromat with a store front, back in the 50's/60's.” (Cline 2017) Ref: Cline, Matt 2017, eMail dated 14 March 2017, Murfreesboro, TN Meyers, Harold 1955, Caveman Cartoons, Avon Publications Inc., New York, NY, 95p. Unusual Types of Gramophone Records, Unusual Materials & Uses, Wikipedia You Always Hurt the One You Love, Song History, Wikipedia

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM4 United States ca.1960-61 1. LP: ALLEY OOP Perf: (?) (Rock – RK-A# ) Label: Broadway BR 5002 2. CD: THE PURPLE CRITTER’S OLD FAVORITES (2005) Perf: (?) (Rock – RK-A# ) Label: 108th Street (?) Illust: (Color) Stauffer Notes: Shows a cross-eyed caveman (supposedly Alley Oop) waving a club as he rides a spiky-back red dinosaur. Nothing like the style of Vincent T. Hamlin’s drawings of Alley Oop. This illustration appeared on an early LP and much later on a CD. For more information see under Rock Music – Alley Oop - Early. Ref: Alley Oop LP, Discogs The Purple Critter’s Old Favorites CD, Allmusic

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM5 United States 1962 45: ALLEY OOP Perf: Hollywood Argyles (Rock – Alley Oop) Label: Wham 7037 Illust: (?) Notes: Shows a childlike drawing of a caveman standing and leaning with his left arm on the handle of his stone axe. Far from the style of Vincent T. Hamlin’s drawings of Alley Oop. For more information see under Rock Music – Alley Oop – Early. Ref: Hollywood Argyles, Alley Oop 45, Wham label, 45cat

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM6 United States 1962 LP: TRUCUTÚ Perf: Tommy Olvencia y su orquesta (Salsa – NC# ) Label: Fania (?) Illust: (Color) (?) Notes: Trucutú is the Spanish name for Alley Oop. The cover illustration shows a salsa orchestra, nine musicians dressed as cavemen playing their instruments in a prehistoric setting with a cave (on bottom right) and an active volcano. For more information see under Rock Music – Alley Oop – Related Songs. Ref: Discografia de Tommy Olvencia, Trucutú LP, malianteo

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM7 United States 1968 LP: STONED AGE MAN Perf: Joseph (Rock – RK# ) A. American LP: STONED AGE MAN

Scepter SRM 574 (mono) Scepter SPS 574 (stereo) B. British Bootleg Reissue CD: STONED AGE MAN (2005)

Radioactive RRCD 134 C. French Reissue CD: STONED AGE MAN (1993)

Eva EVA B35 & Eva EVA 852 128 Artist: (Color) Visconti Notes: Against a starry night sky with an enlarged moon, a caveman with beard and scraggly hair, dressed in a cheetah skin, which is ripped open down the left side, is seen in profile walking toward the left. He is carrying a long club in his left hand. This same painting is repeated on the back cover. One blogger-critic wrote – “The cover drawing of a cave man is completely apt. Joseph sings like he’s about to hit you in the head with a club. His gruff, gravely (sic) voice is completely perfect for [the] songs…” (Rockin-Hood 2009) For more information see under Rock Music – Psychedelic. Ref: Irwin, Bob 2013, Joseph, Stoned Age Man LP, Review, sundazed Joseph, Stoned Age Man CD, Amazon Joseph, Stoned Age Man LP, Discogs Rockin-Hood 2009, Joseph, Stoned Age Man LP, rockin-hood.blogspot.fr

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM8 United States 1972 LP: IT JUST BEGUN Perf: The Jimmy Castor Bunch (Rock – Soul) Prod. Co: RCA Victor Artist: (Color & Tinted) Corrigan A. American Releases: 1. LP: IT JUST BEGUN RCA Victor LPS 4640 2. LP: PHASE TWO RCA Victor LSP-4783 B. French 45: Luther the Anthropoid

RCA Victor 41.031 (Pic cover) C. Spanish 45: Troglodyte (Cavernícola) RCA Victor 3-10786 D. Portuguese 45: Troglodyte (Cave Man) RCA Victor 20 061 E. Italian 45: Troglodyte (Cave Man) RCA Victor N 1659 Notes: This sketch of a Neanderthal man in profile showing the receding forehead first appeared as a small part of a complex surrealistic painting on the cover of the "It Just Begun" LP album (bottom left on cover). No attempt has been made to list all the releases on LP and single for all the different countries that used this cover illustration. For this listing go to Rock Music – Soul – Troglodyte (Cave Man).

French Spanish Portuguese Italian The cover sleeve of the French & Spanish singles has a detail of just this sketch taken from the LP cover "It Just Begun." The French pic cover, “Luther the Anthropoid,” is tinted light green and the Spanish 45, “Troglodyte,” is in full color.

The Portuguese picture cover for the single 45, “Troglodyte,” had just the head of the Neanderthal man in profile. Whereas the Italian 45, “Troglodyte,” used a detail of the bottom left portion of the "It Just Begun" LP and blacked out the central part of the illustration. Then for their 1972 "Phase Two" LP it was used again as a sort of trademark placed within a very small medallion in the bottom right corner of the back cover. Ref: The Jimmy Castor Bunch, It’s Just Begun LP, Discogs The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Luther the Anthropoid 45, Discogs The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Troglodyte, Spanish 45, Discogs The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Troglodyte, Portuguese 45, Discogs The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Troglodyte, Italian 45, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM9 United States 1974 LP: BUTT OF COURSE … Perf: The Jimmy Castor Bunch (Rock – Soul) Prod. Co: Atlantic Records A. American LP: Atlantic SD-18124 B. British LP: Atlantic K 50120 C. French LP: Atlantic SD 18.124A (stereo) D. West German LP: Atlantic ATL 50120 E. Spanish LP: Atlantic HATS 421-159 F. Italian LP: Atlantic W 50120 (1975) G. Greek LP: Atlantic A 0102 (1975) H. South African LP: Atlantic ATC 9572 I. Japanese LP: Atlantic P-8564A J. Australian LP: Atlantic SD 18124 Artist: (Not credited) Notes: The front cover has a cartoon color drawing of the cave woman character, Bertha Butt, half-dressed in an animal skin, dancing on the grass with her hands up in the air. A black super-hero, Jimmy Castor as The Everything Man, dressed in a blue costume with a yellow cape and boots appears in a flash on the right and points at her. On the back cover is a cartoon panel with 9 drawings illustrating part of the lyrics of this soul song: the first stanza, the chorus, and the last two verses of the third stanza (see Rock Song Lyrics – A to D). Starting top left and working right and down this is the list of drawings – The party was jumping when Bertha got off her stump The whistles were blowin’ and everybody did the bump But all the time Bertha had been workin’ on a goodie… Now folks call it The Bertha Butt Boogie When Bertha did her boogie, she started The Bertha Butt Boogie The Troglodyte… Leroy… Luther… And the Butt Sisters all knew That The Bertha Butt Boogie was now the thing to do. For more information see under Rock Music – Soul. Ref: Jimmy Castor Bunch, Butt Of Course… LP, All countries, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM10 United States 1974 Compilation LP: TROGLODYTE: THE BEST OF JIMMY

CASTOR BUNCH Perf: The Jimmy Castor Bunch (Rock – Soul) Prod. Co: RCA Victor Records A. American Compilation LP: RCA ANL1-0877 B. Italian Compilation LP: RCA TLC1-7063 C. Greek Compilation LP: RCA RCLP 20045 Artist: Craig Kramer

Notes: The front cover illustration has Jimmy Castor sticking his head in the hole of poster board painting of a naked caveman holding a club standing in front of a surrealistic nature scene. His hands hold the board and his legs stick out at the bottom. In the nature scene a fish flies by Jimmy’s head, a python threatens the caveman’s right arm, and a lion prowls in the grass at the right. The animals in the grass are drawn in a style resembling the French painter Henri Rousseau. Ref: The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Troglodyte: The Best of The Jimmy Castor Bunch LP, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM11 United States 1976 LP: WACKY WINNERS – VOL. 1 Perf: Puff ‘n Toot Singers (Rock – Alley Oop – RK-A# ) Label: Peter Pan 8175 Artist: (?) Notes: The cover has collage of different comic book characters and other types, including a caveman carrying a huge club. For more information see under Rock Music – Alley Oop – Later. Ref: Puff ‘n Toot Singers, Wacky Winners – Vol. 1, Discogs Puff ‘n Toot Singers, Wacky Winners – Vol. 1, 45worlds

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM12 United States 1982 LP & CD: QUEST FOR FIRE Perf: (Studio Orchestra) (Film Music) American LP: RCA Red Seal ABL 1-4274 (Gatefold) Canadian LP: RCA ABL 1-4274 Dutch LP: (Titled: Strijd om het Vuur)

RCA BL 14274 Swedish CD: Milan CD FMC 1 (1987) Artist: (Color) (?) Notes: One of the poster illustrations for this film was used for the sound track music album in four countries. It shows Naoh holding aloft the fire cage. He is flanked by Amoukar and Gaw while Ika crouches in front. For more information about the cave-inspired film cues on this album see under Film Music – Prehistory. Ref: Quest for Fire, American LP, Discogs Quest for Fire, Dutch LP, Discogs Quest for Fire, Swedish CD, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM13 United States ca.Early 1980s Compilation LP: MEMPHIS JUG BAND Perf: Memphis Jug Band (Jazz – Blues) Label: Yazoo 1067 Artist: (Color) Robert Crumb Notes: The back cover has an assortment of 12 cartoon vignettes showing the characters depicted in the various blues songs included on this LP compilation of material recorded by the Memphis Jug Band in the late 1920s. This vignette is for, “Cave Man Blues,” a humorous double-entendre blues number about coal miners where Stanza II refers to Floyd Collins. Crumb decided to depict the black caveman in the traditionally humorous fashion, wearing a leopard skin and carrying a club, as he drags off his woman by the hair. A volcano smokes in the distance. For more information about the cave-inspired music on this album see under Jazz Music – Blues.

Ref: Memphis Jug Band, Yazoo Compilation LPs, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM14 United States 1987 Maxi EP: THE MISSING LINK Perf: Post Mortem (Hard Rock) Label: New Renaissance NRR 19 Artist: (Color) Drew Elliott, 1987 Notes: A cartoon of a yellow tyrannosaurus with two naked cavemen climbing on its back. Two more naked cavemen agitate their twisted clubs at the feet of the monster. A fifth caveman looks around at the leader of this rock band, John McCarthy, who is drawn (from photo) standing in the right foreground. For more information about the cave-inspired music on this album see under Rock Music – Hard Rock. Ref: Post Mortem, The Missing Link EP, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM15 United States 1990 CD: THE RETURN OF THE NEADERTHAL MAN Perf: The Fringe (Free Jazz) Label: Northeastern NR 5006-CD Illust: Tom Menihan Notes: Shows a stubble-bearded prehistoric (Neanderthal) man looking back over his right shoulder at us. In the distance is a portion of the planet earth showing the Atlantic Ocean and an outline of the east coast of the United States. The interior is almost wholly occupied by a sprawl of skyscrapers. This drawing carries over to the backside of the 2-page liner notes showing Texas and part of the Midwest. For more information see under Jazz Music – Free. Ref: The Fringe, The Return of the Neanderthal CD, Allmusic The Fringe, The Return of the Neanderthal CD, CDUniverse

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM16 United States 1991 12” Maxi 45: TROGLODYTE (CAVE MAN) Perf: The Jimmy Castor Bunch

(Soul – RK#) Label: Rams Horn RHR 3872 Illust: Tim & Siegfried Notes: Shows a long-haired bearded caveman with his arms held out ready to tackle anything. The same illustration was used on the label of this 12-inch maxi vinyl. For more information see under Rock Music – Soul. Ref: Jimmy Castor, Troglodyte (Cave Man), Rams Horn Records, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM17 United States 1995 Compilation CD: THE BEST OF THE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH Perf: The Jimmy Castor Bunch (Rock – Soul) Label: Rhino R2 72209 Illust: Overton Loyd

Notes: Bertha Butt, the prehistoric woman with the enormous thighs and ass, dances before Jimmy, the troglodyte toting his club. To the left in the background the three Butt sisters do the Bertha Butt boogie. A pterodactyl flies before the full moon. For more information see under Rock Music – Soul – The Bertha Butt Boogie . Ref: The Jimmy Castor Bunch, The Best of The Jimmy Castor Bunch LP, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM18 United States 1997 LP & CD: LATEST MENACE TO THE HUMAN RACE Perf: The Neanderthals (Rock – CGN# ) Label: (LP) No Hit LP 018 (CD – 2000) Get Hip 1063 Artist: (Color) (?) Notes: The five members of the original band are shown as monsters coming out of three very artificial-looking constructed garden caves. From left to right: the bassist as a phantom, the drummer as the creature, the vocalist as a werewolf, the bassist as a caveman, and the percussionist (maracas) as another caveman. None of the selections on this album are cave related. Ref: The Neanderthals, Latest Menace to the Human Race, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM19 United states 2000 Compilation CD: BE A CAVEMAN –

THE BEST OF THE VOXX GARAGE REVIVAL Perf: (Various artists incl. The Dwarves)

(Garage Rock – Be a Caveman) Label: Voxx (?) Artist: (Color) (?) Notes: A caveman with a huge mop of black hair hanging over his eyes wears leopard skin briefs and carries an electric guitar over his left shoulder. He is dragging a bikini-clad cave woman along the ground by her long hair. For more information see under Rock Music – Garage – Be a Caveman. Ref: Be a Caveman – The Best of the Voxx Garage Rivival, Amazon Be a Caveman – The Best of the Voxx Garage Rivival, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM20 United States 2002 CD: SHUTDOWN 2002 B. C. Perf: The Neanderthals (Cave Group Names) Label: American CD: Spinout 15 Spanish CD: Munster MR CD 251 Artist: (Color) (?) Notes: Four members of the band are shown in caricature dressed as cavemen riding in a dragster. They all have their mouths open as they roar and glare ahead; one drives, another carries a club, and two others have stone axes. They might all be riding in a hot rod, but they are clearly meant to be prehistoric. The Neanderthals band frequently dress in leopard skin furs for concerts. Three other cavepeople picture covers for this group are

included here: two on this page and one on the page titled Costumed Prehistoric Cavepeople – North America. The liner notes of this CD has five fearsome heads ready to be assembled and colored. None of the selections on this album are cave related. Ref: The Neanderthals, Shutdown 2002 B.C., Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM21 United States 2005 CD: IN SPACE Perf: The Neanderthals (Cave Group Names) Label: American CD: Spinout CD 002 Spanish CD: Munster MR CD 250 Spanish LP: Munster MR 250 Artist: (Color) (?) Notes: Four members of the band are shown wearing space helmets and dressed in leopard skins crouching in a half circle around a glowing fire under a starry night sky presumably on the moon. Large bones are scattered around the fire. The liner notes have an illustration of caveman dressed in leopard skin outfit with an “N” belt buckle. He’s wearing an eye mask and is leaning on a club and holding a space helmet. None of the selections on this album are cave related. Ref: The Neanderthals, In Space CD, Discogs

_____________________________________ PC-ICP-AM22 United States 2005 CD: CAVEMAN Perf: (Studio Orchestra) (Film Music – Prehistory) Label: Aleph 032 Artist: (Color) (Photographer unknown) Artist: (Unknown) Notes: For the cover photo of this CD see in this section under Costumed Cavepeople – North America. The inner tray card underneath the CD itself is a caricature drawing (shown here) of the six principal cave people in the film – from top, clockwise: Barbara Bach grabbing hold of the tail of a cartoon brontosaurus, Dennis Quaid throwing a huge boulder, John Matuszak striking with a huge club, Ringo Starr hitting the brontosaurus over the head with his club, Shelley Long hitting out with a frying pan, and another bearded caveman raising his stone axe. Four pterodactyls fly across the sky. For more information about the cave-inspired film cues on this album see under Film Music – Prehistory. Ref: Caveman CD, Soundtrack, Allmusic Caveman CD, Soundtrack, Amazon

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