The Worst Record Covers in the World

The Worst Record Covers in the World is a hilarious collection of over 650 dreadful record sleeves Steve Goldman has collected.

In Steve’s own words:

“To get into my collection the covers have to be unintentionally funny. I want a record where the designers have tried to do something that’s gone horribly wrong. It can’t just be a performer in bad clothes or with an ugly face – though there are a couple that have got in that were just irresistible. And it all has to be good clean family fun – I don’t collect any record covers that are disgusting, gory, violent, sexist, homophobic, transphobic or racist.”

You can hear what the records sound like – the weird, the funny, and occasionally, the good. We’ll hold a vote for your favourite Worst Record Covers. There are kids’ activities too – match the record to a part of its cover, and dress up as a sleeve. And there’s a book of the exhibition too.

“It’s not often that a museum exhibition leaves you snorting with laughter and tittering to yourself for the rest of the day, but I defy anyone to visit the world’s worst record covers without laughing out loud.”
– The Stoke Sentinel