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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 2d

A mocked up label for John Denver's GREATEST HITS in FINAL DESTINATION (2000, dir. James Wong)

An LP with the label reading John Denver Greatest Hits

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 9d

Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass's WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS (A&M, 1965) in S01E03 of FREAKS AND GEEKS

A still from FREAKS AND GEEKS featuring the great Linda Cardellini

The cover of the Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 9d

And check out the sick SNFU patch on the punk rocker in the background of this shot.

A girl recoils after being slapped while a cool chick in the back looks on in shock

Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 9d

Jerry Butler's JERRY BUTLER! (Pickwick) in HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II (1987, dir. Bruce Pittman)

A screenshot from HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II with a couple in a booth at a diner. To their left is a jukebox. Some album covers are tacked to the wall behind them.

The cover of the Jerry Butler compilation - JERRY BUTLER!

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 9d

Some great Cancon™️ in HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II (1987, dir. Bruce Pittman): a poster for a gig by Ontario experimental band Violence and the Sacred

A bulletin board featuring a poster advertising a gig by Violence and the Sacred with the band Blunt Instruments opening up.

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 10d

Not an album but there's a sweet KISS poster in the Alexander Hamilton High cafeteria in PROM NIGHT (1980, dir. Paul Lynch)

A scene from PROM NIGHT. In the background, a KISS poster.

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 18d

Episode also features some sweet cassette tapes including Grand Funk Railroad, Stephen Stills, Buck Owens, and Tennessee Ernie Ford

A dashboard with a bunch of cassette tapes on it.

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 18d

Jimmy Newman's SINGS COUNTRY SONGS (Decca, 1966) in COLUMBO S01E07 "Blueprint For Murder"

A still from Columbo with the good lieutenant holding a copy of a Jimmy Newman album

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 18d

(top row) Fleetwood Mac's BARE TREES (Reprise, 1972) and HEROES ARE HARD TO FIND (Reprise, 1974), Japan's QUIET LIFE (Ariola, 1979), and Anthony Phillips's SIDES (Arista, 1979)

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 18d

From THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1983, dir. Rob Reiner)

(bottom row) BATTLE OF THE GARAGES (Vox, 1981) The Boys Choir of Vienna's CHRISTMAS VOICES & BELLS (Holiday, 1980), Bobby Helms' JINGLE BELL ROCK (Mistletoe, 1973)

Artie Fufkin wants you to kick this ass for a man.

The Boys Choir of Vienna's album Christmas Voices and Bells

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 18d

...and Curtis Mayfield's SUPER FLY (Curtom, 1972)

The cover of Curtis Mayfield's SUPER FLY album

Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 18d

Also featured: Miles Davis's SKETCHES OF SPAIN (Columbia, 1960), Run DMC's TOUGHER THAN LEATHER (Profile, 1988), Nas's ILLMATIC (Columbia, 1994), Dionne Warwick's MAKE WAY FOR DIONNE WARWICK (Scepter, 1964)...

The cover of Miles Davis's SKETCHES OF SPAIN album

The cover is Run DMC's album TOUGHER THAN LEATHER

The cover of the album MAKE WAY FOR DIONNE WARWICK

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 18d

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's THE MESSAGE (Sugar Hill, 1982), KRS-One's RETURN OF THE BOOM BAP (Jive, 1993), and Otis Redding's THE DOCK OF THE BAY (Volt, 1968) in HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (2025, dir. Spike Lee)

The cover of the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album THE MESSAGE

The cover of KRS One's album Return of the Boom Bap

The cover of Otis Redding's THE DOCK OF THE BAY

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 23d

Talking Heads' MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD (Sire, 1978) (Warner Bros., 1983) and Randy Newman's TROUBLE IN PARADISE in SORRY/NOT SORRY (2023, dir. Caroline Suh and Cara Mones)

Megan Koester in SORRY NOT SORRY on her couch in her apartment. A scary ventriloquist doll is to the right. Behind her on the wall are framed covers of a Talking Heads album and a Randy Newman album

The cover of Talking Heads' MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD

The cover of Randy Newman's TROUBLE IN PARADISE

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · 27d

The Tokens' THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT (RCA Victor, 1961) in S2E1 of HIGH POTENTIAL

The album in question sitting on top of a turntable

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · Sep 3

Cliff Richard & the Shadows' THE YOUNG ONES (Columbia, 1961) in "Live from the Grill-O-Mat Snack Bar, Paignton" (S02E05) of MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS

A still from an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring Connie Booth knitting in her bedroom.

The cover is the soundtrack to THE YOUNG ONES, recorded by Cliff Richard and the The Shadows

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · Sep 1

Crass's "Reality Asylum" b/w "Shaved Women" single (Crass, 1979) in CRASS: THE SOUND OF FREE SPEECH (THE STORY OF REALITY ASYLUM) (2023, dir. Brandon Spivey)

A copy of the first Crass 45 open to the essay by Eve Libertine

The cover of the first Crass 45 Reality Asylum/Shaved Women.

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · Aug 2

Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers' BONGO FURY (Discreet, 1975) and Bill Chinnock's BADLANDS (Atlantic, 1978) in PAULINE AT THE BEACH (1983, dir. Eric Rohmer)

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · Aug 2

And the mocked up album covers for Brian Slade's THE BALLAD OF MAXWELL DEMON and LIPSTICK TRACES.

Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · Aug 1

Gilbert O'Sullivan's I'M A WRITER, NOT A FIGHTER (MAM, 1973) and The Osmonds' LIVE (MGM, 1972)

Gilbert O'Sullivan's I'M A WRITER, NOT A FIGHTER and The Osmonds' LIVE

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · Aug 1

Some album covers found in VELVET GOLDMINE (1998, dir. Todd Haynes)

Bob Dylan's GREATEST HITS VOL. II (Columbia, 1971) and Petula Clark's COLOR MY WORLD/WHO AM I (Warner Bros., 1967)

Bob Dylan's GREATEST HITS VOL. II and Petula Clark's COLOR MY WORLD/WHO AM I

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · Jul 27

Igor Stravinsky / Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York performing SUITE FROM PETROUCHKA (Columbia, 1948) in THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (2025, dir. Wes Anderson)

A still from THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME featuring Benicio del Toro in a bathtub.

The cover of the album referenced in the main post.

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · Jul 27

Mock album cover for Glenn Gould's recording of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas No. 11, 12, and 13, made for THIRTY-TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD (1993, dir. François Girard), featuring the face of actor Colm Feore.

A pair of hands holding the album mentioned in the main text.

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · May 24

T. Rex's T. REX (Fly, 1970) in PEE WEE AS HIMSELF (2025, dir. Matt Wolf)

Paul Reubens in his dorm room at Cal Arts with a copy of the first T. Rex tacked to the wall.

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Cinematic Vinyl @cinematicvinyl.bsky.social · Apr 29

A lotta fake records in S3E1 of THE CLEANER

Greg Davies and a child in a fake record shop.

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