The Worst Record Covers in the World

Some of the most dreadful – and unintentionally hilarious – record sleeves ever conceived are to go on display at Warrington Museum this month.

Collector Steve Goldman will present ‘The Worst Record Covers in the World’ at the historic venue between Saturday, 19 October, and Sunday, 19 January.

Steve’s weird and wonderful set includes around 500 obscure albums and singles that he has collected over seven years. For a record to make his collection, it simply has to be ‘sufficiently bad’ and make him laugh.

Usually this is due to a concept or design choice on the cover that has gone horribly wrong, inadvertently making it very amusing or cringe-worthy. But there are rules too. The artworks can’t be disgusting, gory, violent, sexist, homophobic, transphobic or racist. Just good, clean fun.