Worst Armenian CD Cover Nomination # 1

Armenian Music Review will be nominating the TOP 10 worst Armenian CD album covers in the next couple of months with an open vote to determine the winner in November 2005. If you have any nominations, please send a JPEG or JIFF to my email address at raffi@pomegranatemusic.com for consideration.

This first nomination is the CD cover to Guy Chookoorian's "Guy Chookoorian does the apple tree song and other hits". Back in the 1960's and 1970's Middle Eastern music played by Armenian musicians were sometimes "dumbed down" and translated into english lyrics and performed in Vegas and other outpost cities. This musician apparently had quite a following and the songs are so dated and so bad it's good. Check it out for yourself. www.cdbaby.com/chookoorian2 As far as the cover goes, this is pure hilarity. They took a picure of Guy in a tree with a costume from the old 40's "Ali Baba" costume with a zourna and painted some apples on to the cover. You can't make this shite up. Nominee #1.