"Reflections" original cover

[sup_fan]

oh i always liked the cover! i think it was a cool design and interesting

the back cover i was less excited about

[jobucats]

oh i always liked the cover! i think it was a cool design and interesting

the back cover i was less excited about

I also loved the cover. The back cover, from the day I got it, bothered me because of the my perceptions of the photo of Diana. I never quite understood if there was something wrong with her left shoulder [[as you're looking at the picture). To the right looks like a strap from a gown. What's on the left? That's always been a mystery to me. [[I am not sure if I attached the photo correctly)

[danman869]

[QUOTE=jobucats;584700]I also loved the cover. The back cover, from the day I got it, bothered me because of the my perceptions of the photo of Diana. I never quite understood if there was something wrong with her left shoulder [[as you're looking at the picture). To the right looks like a strap from a grown. What's on the left? That's always been a mystery to me. [[I am not sure if I attached the photo correctly)

Hi Jobucats... That picture did always look odd, didn't it? Turns out, having FINALLY found other photos of that gown in the ensuing years, it's a strap [[embroidered/beaded?) on the girls' left shoulders and basically a pretty simple gown the rest of the way down. To my non-professional opinion, it looks like a 1966, off-the-rack gown which the girls were still buying until about mid-1966 when the more 'serious' sequined and beaded gowns from pro designers started becoming a steadier part of their stage wardrobe. In that photo on the back of the album with the way it's cropped, the 'strap' on one side looks odd--almost like a guitar strap--and then the dark shadow on Diana's other shoulder, I believe, is coming from the microphone she's holding.

I've attached another photo of the girls in these gowns--I believe from the same appearance at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. There are other shots at the same venue in different gowns, too. This would not be one of my favorite "rare" gowns worn by the girls... but it's still neat to see it, right?

[jobucats]

[QUOTE=danman869;584709]

I also loved the cover. The back cover, from the day I got it, bothered me because of the my perceptions of the photo of Diana. I never quite understood if there was something wrong with her left shoulder [[as you're looking at the picture). To the right looks like a strap from a grown. What's on the left? That's always been a mystery to me. [[I am not sure if I attached the photo correctly)

Hi Jobucats... That picture did always look odd, didn't it? Turns out, having FINALLY found other photos of that gown in the ensuing years, it's a strap [[embroidered/beaded?) on the girls' left shoulders and basically a pretty simple gown the rest of the way down. To my non-professional opinion, it looks like a 1966, off-the-rack gown which the girls were still buying until about mid-1966 when the more 'serious' sequined and beaded gowns from pro designers started becoming a steadier part of their stage wardrobe. In that photo on the back of the album with the way it's cropped, the 'strap' on one side looks odd--almost like a guitar strap--and then the dark shadow on Diana's other shoulder, I believe, is coming from the microphone she's holding.

I've attached another photo of the girls in these gowns--I believe from the same appearance at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. There are other shots at the same venue in different gowns, too. This would not be one of my favorite "rare" gowns worn by the girls... but it's still neat to see it, right?

Thanks, danman869. I can add your response to my list of answers another one of life-long mysteries which have perplexed me. I had thought also that strap [[which turned out to be gown) was a guitar strap [[however, I've only seen one picture of Diana holding a guitar and that was on a Jet Magazine cover...ha ha. And that other shoulder shadow makes her shoulder looked like she had been injured.

[sup_fan]

[QUOTE=danman869;584709]

I also loved the cover. The back cover, from the day I got it, bothered me because of the my perceptions of the photo of Diana. I never quite understood if there was something wrong with her left shoulder [[as you're looking at the picture). To the right looks like a strap from a grown. What's on the left? That's always been a mystery to me. [[I am not sure if I attached the photo correctly)

Hi Jobucats... That picture did always look odd, didn't it? Turns out, having FINALLY found other photos of that gown in the ensuing years, it's a strap [[embroidered/beaded?) on the girls' left shoulders and basically a pretty simple gown the rest of the way down. To my non-professional opinion, it looks like a 1966, off-the-rack gown which the girls were still buying until about mid-1966 when the more 'serious' sequined and beaded gowns from pro designers started becoming a steadier part of their stage wardrobe. In that photo on the back of the album with the way it's cropped, the 'strap' on one side looks odd--almost like a guitar strap--and then the dark shadow on Diana's other shoulder, I believe, is coming from the microphone she's holding.

I've attached another photo of the girls in these gowns--I believe from the same appearance at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. There are other shots at the same venue in different gowns, too. This would not be one of my favorite "rare" gowns worn by the girls... but it's still neat to see it, right?

this was their debut at the Fairmont in San Fran. Played there from 5/19 - 6/8/66. so not even a full year after their Copa debut. Once they played the Copa, they pretty much made similar debuts in similar clubs across the US [[i'm just listing some of the bigger clubs and the first time at that level of club in each city)

Safari Room - San Jose in Sept 65
Lincoln Center - NYC Oct 65
Blinstrub's - Boston, Oct 65
Latin Quarter - Philly, Oct/Nov 65
Lyric Theater - Baltimore, Nov 65
Twin Coaches - Pitts, Dec 65
Shamrock Hilton - Houston, Deb 65
Eden Rock - Miami, Dec 65
Roostertail - Detroit, Jan 66
El San Juan Hotel - Puerto Rico, Jan 66
Kiel Opera House - St Louis, March 66
The Cave - Vancouver, May 66
Venetian Room - San Fran, May/June 66
Flamingo Hotel - Vegas, Sept 66
Latin Casino - Philly, March 67


For that Fairmont engagement, they had a bunch of new gowns which they debuted

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[Circa 1824]

To the right looks like a strap from a gown. What's on the left? That's always been a mystery to me. [[I am not sure if I attached the photo correctly)

I always thought it was a shadow on her right shoulder.

[sup_fan]

at least i think the first pic i posted of Flo doing People at the mic is them at the Fairmont. now that i see it larger [[vs on my phone), i'm not sure