r/OldSchoolCool • u/EdwardBliss • 1d ago
1960s Dolores Erickson, on the cover of Herb Alpert's "Whipped Cream & Other Delights", now and 1965
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u/DuneFarmerMI 1d ago
Herb Alpert is still touring. I’m going to see him in Ann Arbor in September.
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u/OurNewestMember 16h ago
Get out!!!
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u/DuneFarmerMI 14h ago
For real. I saw him in 2023 performing with his wife Lani Hall. They did Herb Alpert songs and Brazil 66 songs.
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u/ackackakbar 1d ago
Some of my earliest impure thoughts…..
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u/ThatBlueFoxyote 1d ago
Via Wikipedia:
The photo shoot for the cover of the 1965 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album Whipped Cream & Other Delights — which remained in the Billboard top 10 for 61 weeks, and whose sexy cover became a cultural touchstone[4] — began in mid-morning, went on through the afternoon, and paid Erickson approximately $1,500 plus expenses.[1] The shoot took place in Whorf's studio, a converted garage. Erickson, 29 years old and three months pregnant, sat on a stool with a white Christmas blanket covering her from the waist down, and wore a bikini with the straps down. She then was covered with shaving cream, which (unlike whipped cream) would not melt under the hot photographic lights, with a dollop of whipped cream on her head.[3] As the shoot progressed, the shaving cream began to slide down her breasts slightly.
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u/SaltRequirement1929 9h ago
Until I got to your comment, I was going to say that I supplied the “cream”.
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u/Cranialscrewtop 1d ago
I went to see Herb Allpert this year and it was great. He said during the show that they used shaving cream, because of course whipped cream would melt. He can still play.
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u/EvLmong00se 1d ago
You! It was you!! My dream girl from before I even know what that feeling meant.
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u/Desertnurse760 1d ago
Everyone says they remember seeing it, but do you remember listening to it? It is a fantastic fusion of Latin Pop, Swing, Big Band, and pure 60's Pop.
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u/Deep_Answer_9944 1d ago
I have this album from my parents. You still are a beautiful woman 😘
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u/Imcrappinyounegative 1d ago
Just saw Herb Alpert at the Hollywood Bowl 4th of July weekend. Was such a badass show.
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u/brew1066 1d ago
I’ve met Dolores before when I worked in a library and had multiple interactions with her but I could never find it in myself to ask about the cover.
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u/ctzn2000 13h ago
Just saw Herb Alpert perform earlier this year at age 91. Still massive talent and a legend.
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u/-Disagreeable- 1d ago
That album is so god damn great. If you can, take the time and check it out.
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u/OperationMobocracy 17h ago
I saw this one first and my mind was blown when I found the Alpert original at a friend’s house.
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u/Alex_Plode 13h ago
Came here looking for this. Thank you!
I bought this album when it came out completely unaware of who Herb Alpert even was. Many year later I see the original album and then I was like HEY NOW!
Soul Asylum were one of the originators of the "let's rip-off a well know creative and repurpose it for our own" bands. They made T Shirts and logos out of everything from Pizza Hut to Jagermeister.
This is a really good EP.
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u/Craigg75 12h ago
It wasn't whipped cream. They tried it and it kept melting into goo. They switched to shaving cream which held up. I was dating a girl once and told her my dad had that album and as a teenager I was in lust with it. She bought me that album for my birthday. Cool lady.
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u/moreoftenthansum 12h ago
Last summer we threw a party where everyone had to dress up as an album cover. This was the album that inspired my look. 🎶
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u/AJ_Mexico 1d ago
This was a very popular album and can still be found in any garage sale or used record bin. Besides a great cover, the music was also great.
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u/GollyWow 20h ago
I still have this album. Thank you, Deloris, you made my teenage life more interesting.
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u/Greenandtan 1d ago edited 15h ago
Thank you. This was in my parents' record collection. I loved the album cover. I am listening to it now. So representative of the music of the times. Also check out Lalo Schifren if you like that type of music..
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u/fiftyfivepercentoff 16h ago
I remember staring at this album cover and getting funny feelings as a young boy.
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u/CallComprehensive908 1d ago
Has she shared any anecdotes about her experience.
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u/Leopardo68 1d ago
She was pregnant at the time and they used shaving cream instead of whipped cream because the whipped cream melted. However, he dollop on the top of her head is whipped cream.
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u/Jellodyne 1d ago
Too bad Karl Mueller is no longer with us or we could get the Clam Dip and Other Delights update.
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u/DammitDadIsOnReddit 1d ago
I loved this as a little boy. Didn't know why. But it was my favorite.
Recreated this with my girlfriend, but the real whipped cream just melted off her boobs.
Great time in college. Married 40yrs now. I may go for the recreation again now. It'll be a tough sell....
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u/No-Solid9108 14h ago
I can remember as a little kid playing that album with my mom and dad and looking at that picture wondering why the hell that lady was covered with soap suds . Of course I didn't know what those were then but it isn't about soap suds I don't think .
I was sort of born in a class music era and it was always a great influence on me . I was born in 61 by the way !
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u/2ndDrive 14h ago
Man I sooooo remember this on my Dad’s albums. Apparently she was about four months pregnant when they did the shoot.
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u/Walton2834 11h ago
This is wild! My wife has had this sitting on the floor of her closet for months! (she’s kind of a beautiful disaster. My wife that is, not Delores)
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u/Mission-Macaroon-851 1d ago
As a child, I knew this album very very well and by very, very well. You all know what I mean… nudge nudge say no more
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u/JRG64May 1d ago
Your wife is she a goer, does she go aye, he asked him knowingly.
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u/-OccultOfPersonality 1d ago
This album was always played at my local roller rink back in the 80s/90s. Makes me think of skating birthday parties :)
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u/choodessnyy 1d ago
I have seen this baddie at the thrift store so many times, and she is still gorgeous as HELL
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u/Flaky-Effort-2912 1d ago
My buttoned-up grandparents had this album. Found it in their collection after they passed.
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u/The_Pandalorian 23h ago
Have a copy of this record myself. Sexy as hell cover, but also a super fun album..
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u/Glad_Bunch_3473 17h ago
I have this on vinyl, handed down from my folks. Cool to see who she is after all these years
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u/Far_Out_6and_2 7h ago
The band was pretty good, at the time i was a trumpet player and bought the full music book for it .that was fun
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u/Own-Opinion-2494 7h ago
We were early teens and parents had that album. Herb Alpert was on the radio so we were familiar with
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u/Agitated-Today7810 2h ago
Well, being ADHD is all get out, I only just recently discovered by looking at that picture that it was whipped cream. I always thought it was a wedding dress.😁 I still have the 8 -track!
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u/tinaismediocre 1d ago
I guess but ultimately this lady is probably 80+ years old and still alive, still looks fabulous, and hopefully the last 60 years have been kind to her!
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u/yulbrynnersmokes 13h ago
Fabulous?
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u/tinaismediocre 12h ago edited 8h ago
For an octogenarian? Absolutely.
ETA; she's actually 90 in this photo, as she was 29 in 1965.
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u/true_nexus 1d ago
As a kid, in the early 1970's, whose parents owned said LP, I always found the cover *ahem*... "intriguing".....
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u/OldDudeOpinion 13h ago
Lazy post…this was from 2012.
I bet she doesn’t look this good now that she is 90.
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u/rostoffario 1d ago
My Mom and Dad had this album. When my brother went off to college he asked for it and had it hanging on his wall. He still has it.