That is Geraldine Edwards, the rock groupie who was one of the two women the Penny Lane character was based on in Almost Famous. The picture was taken in 1975 when she was eighteen years old. A year later, Playboy offered her an opportunity to appear in their magazine and she turned them down.
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That is true, according to Chris Blackwell and the liner notes on Pressure Drop. The picture was taken in October of 1975, when Geraldine Edwards was eighteen years old. She had met Robert Palmer that same year. Chris Blackwell, who was the owner of Island Records, the label Robert Palmer was signed to from 1974 to 1989, quoted in 1987 "In my opinion, Geraldine Edwards sold as many copies of Pressure Drop as did Robert Palmer. Quite a few men bought the album just for it's cover photo. It was risque but I went with it. The seventies were a time of expansion in every way, including the widening of boundaries and what was considered socially acceptable. It shocked some but I as willing to take the risk."
Drop The World
The term comes from the shipping term "drop shipment". Retailers of music typically receive shipments from their own central warehouse for cataloged on-hand titles to replenish inventory. The exception are "drop shipments" that are shipped (dropped) directly from the vendor. These "drop shipments" most often comprise of new releases that coincide with a specific release date.
Such a classic, iconic ad! Miss Dorian Leigh (Parker) was the model. She was the sister of Love Pat model Suzy Parker. Her father didn't approve of Dorian's modeling and made her drop the Parker from her name. Rumor is that Charles Revson wanted to marry Dorian.
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