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?
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