Great thread idea... I too am sticking to the pre-1995 rule, though this is easy as most of the most memorable times in my early days buying porn mags took place during this time. In fact, the late 1980s and early 1990s were the best time for me - it was a pleasure just looking up at the top shelf!
Club International v18 n10 (1989)
This has special memories as the first copy of
Club I ever bought myself, having just turned eighteen. I had bought mags before as a seventeen year old but they were Playboys - there was something of a frisson as I paid up for this one though as I knew when I got home I'd be providing myself with a feast of the finest quim.
The cover was just delectable - the pretty brunette
Donna in a sweet yet sexy one piece, a smile that would melt anything and showing off that girl next door look that slowly started to disappear from top shelf covers in the late 1990s.
Club International v19 n2 (1990)
Just sighting the lovely
Ginny on this cover was an instant cue for me to reach up and grab a copy. Sweet, sexy and everything in between, this cover has that understated look that was prick-stiffening. I had some great times with this magazine, and still have two copies today - just in case I might have an "accident" with one of them.
Club International v20 n3 (1991)
The image of blonde
Clare (Mikki Brenner) with her jeans pulled down to show off her peachy bottom is one that would remain with me long after I first clapped eyes on it - it was just the idea of her going commando that seemed to turn me on. I could imagine myself just slipping her one from behind there and then.
Club International v21 n13 (1992)
I can't remember the name of this model (she was never named in the magazine), but the sight of that bare bottom amidst all of the lingerie finery is a captivating image. Iff she were just top spread those legs a little wider, you'd see the lot.
Men Only v57 n1 (1992)
Nothing is as striking as a lithe blonde honey in shocking pink lingerie, and better still full-bottomed knickers. The sight of
Kim Wetherby's lovely rump covered in that pink lace with a good view of her gusset was enough to get the blood pumping, and I would love to have just shot my entire load over that taut fine material.
Mens' World v6 n5 (1994)
A real show-stopper of a cover image of
Kia Delao (or "Amy Knight" as she was called in this issue). Coyly covering her tits with her hands, her tan-lined pubic region is strategically covered the the tiniest piece of white material. I'd almost have a heart attack fantasising about what was beneath.
Mens' World v7 n8 (1995)
Some strategic soaping from the delicious
Evie Stewart, one of the sweetest girls to appear in a top shelf publication. Evie never opened her legs up and showed any pink in her photosets (in the days when girls could show pink without holding open) but this cover shot is probably one of the sexiest ever. In an age where editors now get lazy with blobs, stars and photoshopped bikini bottoms, this is a cover classic.
Mens' World v7 n13 (1995)
Lucy Halloran in sexy black lingerie, a cover made by her gorgeous red hair, "come fuck me" facial expression and the clincher - being a mere microsecond away from pulling that pesky pair of knickers aside to show off her ginger muff. I could have cum - and often did - by just looking at that cover.
Playboy August 1990
I bought my first issue of
Playboy at the age of seventeen in 1989, when
Erika Eleniak was spinning a basketball on the cover... She was then PMOM later that year, and not long afterwards she got her role in Baywatch. The thought of her in that skimpy red one-piece was boner-inducing, and combined with that coy look was always going to be a winner.
Playboy August 1994
Elle McPherson is stunning to look at with those long and slender stockinged legs, but what makes this cover stand out is its sheer simplicity. No reference to any other content, articles and features... Just "Elle".