Magazine covers: eyes on stalks - Page 8

bharriy · March 23rd, 2016, 08:40 AM

Hi,

My first mag was Penthouse, Summer 1974.

Like Jenkinson & many more of you I found a small newsagents a bit out of the way where a 14 year old could get away with it. I stuck Debbie Monro (for it is she) down the top of my trousers & up my jumper & got on the bus. Look at those legs & that side boob. What a gorgeous shot. Woe! My form teacher from school (I kid you not) got on the bus & sat next to me: "Hello, how are you today, what are you up to etc etc." Eventually I got home, a little sweaty. It was a revelation! It was the first time I ever came.

My favourite from that year is this Men Only:

I got it because unlike Penthouse at that time it had: "Not for sale to persons under 18 years of age," on the cover. Some great sets in there.

I could stick a mag in the top of my trousers, inside my jumper or jacket & ride my bike home!

Very memorable! I must say that I am grateful to Restoration201 for his stirling efforts at Creamcheese. I hope everything turns out ok with the hosting, it's a wonderful resource.

I enjoyed reading this thread, thanks to all.

**southernboy** · March 27th, 2016, 11:48 AM

One good thing about growing up in Spain in the 80-90s was the great popularity of Interviu magazine, a weekly hybrid publication that mixed political news coverage and sensationalism with pictures of nude women (sometimes celebrities, sometimes adult models). The magazine was almost ubiquitous, I remember seeing it at home, or when visiting other family members, and even at the barbershop. And nobody cared if children saw it, in fact we didn't pay attention to such a "boring magazine" until our early teens.

In 1988 there was a national "Sabrina vs. Sam Fox" "tits-war" (Sabrina had had a very famous wardrobe malfunction at the 1987 end-of-the-year TV program, so she was very popular). These are the first covers I remember taking a closer look, as my friends and I followed the debate.

Another fun thing was that Grupo Zeta, the owner of Interviu, was the distributor of Penthouse in Spain, and also was (and still is) also the editor of El Periódico de Catalunya, the newspaper my parents read. And sometimes they adverted the magazines in the newspaper, so I had pictures of the covers at home, at the age when I started to find them interesting... Evidently, these adverts were wanking material until I was old enough to buy mags, so I have very good memories about many magazine covers.

This one from 1991 featuring Spanish singer Marta Sanchez I remember very well, first I saw the cover in the newspaper ad, cut it out and kept it. Some days later my dad bought the mag, and at the first opportunity, when I was alone at home, I hurried to open it and see the entire pictorial.

Anyway, I prefered the Penthouse adverts, with their different style of pictures:

This one was one of my favourites:

And four nipples that hypnotized me:

I didn't like her face, but found extremely hot what she was doing with her hands:

More great covers:

Obviously, after some years of cover admiration, the first magazine I bought (on my sixteenth birthday) was Penthouse... that's a clear example of advertising working well

I found this one very erotic, with the model totally nude except the jewelry:

And another favourite of mine:

I continued buying Penthouse, and later I started to choose between the other magazines in the shelf (Cheri, Chic, High Society...), always buying the one with the most promising cover.

**Girlfan** · March 31st, 2016, 10:21 AM

Mayfair was never a magazine I bought much - especially in its pre-Paul Raymond days - but they did do some appealing covers. I was rather taken by this image of Louise Freeman back in the summer of 1984. I believe I bought this from the John Menzies' bookstall on Liverpool Lime Street Station at the time.

No way could you put out a cover like that and sell it in a regular newsagent nowadays!

**bloke57** · March 31st, 2016, 11:40 AM

Eee! Luxury. We'd 'av dreamed of 'avin' a front cover on our magazines.

The main "porn baron" at our school worked for a local newsagent. But, under the sale or return arrangement, the covers of unsold mags were returned for a refund. So all the mags he got hold of had the main body but no cover. Not that we cared much!

**Girlfan** · April 5th, 2016, 02:51 PM

Back in the early 1990s, Men Only and Club were on fire, and could do no wrong in my eyes: I think I must have bought at least 95% of the issues from those two for about 6 or 7 years on the trot.
MO could always be relied on for trouser-testing covers back then - here's a few I remember well as putting my eyes "out on talks":

Vol 57:03 with the lovely Helen Hanson

Double the fun on the cover of Vol 59:10 with Jo Guest and Sammy Walker

Natasha Lester flaunted her perfect bum on the cover of Vol 59:11

Another pairing, this time Sharon MacKintosh & Maria Sheriff

Fabulous stuff!

**Girlfan** · April 6th, 2016, 08:58 AM

Just one today, but what a corker: dates from sometime in the mid-1990s, I think.

Club International: Tina Hayes: Nurses Uniform

Do I have to explain any more????

**Girlfan** · April 8th, 2016, 09:07 AM

This thread really has highlighted to me how important the cover on a magazine was: I was never one for standing casually in the newsagent, thumbing through the latest wares on offer from the top shelf - I was more usually a quick in, quick out, and hope no-one recognises me sort of chap. The result was that a quick scan of the covers on offer usually determined what I bought.
I went through a period in the 1990s where I was inordinately "into" girls wearing nurse's uniforms, (see Tina Hayes, above), and, considering that Emma Caesari was one of my favourite girls from the time, you can imagine that I didn't hesitate that long before handing over my £1.40 for this copy of Razzle:

Emma is the girl to the right, of course, and though I was never one for daft Razzle Romps - anything involving custard, baked beans or the like - this one had a bit more about it. A good deal of water has passed under the bridge since Escort Vol 11 Number 6 first appeared in my local newsagent's in the Summer of 1993, but I still have my copy safely stashed away.

PS, in case you are interested, the full Razzle set featured on this cover can be seen here: http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...9&postcount=57

messieman · April 8th, 2016, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Girlfan

This thread really has highlighted to me how important the cover on a magazine was: I was never one for standing casually in the newsagent, thumbing through the latest wares on offer from the top shelf - I was more usually a quick in, quick out, and hope no-one recognises me sort of chap. The result was that a quick scan of the covers on offer usually determined what I bought.
I went through a period in the 1990s where I was inordinately "into" girls wearing nurse's uniforms, (see Tina Hayes, above), and, considering that Emma Caesari was one of my favourite girls from the time, you can imagine that I didn't hesitate that long before handing over my £1.40 for this copy of Razzle:

Emma is the girl to the right, of course, and though I was never one for daft Razzle Romps - anything involving custard, baked beans or the like - this one had a bit more about it. A good deal of water has passed under the bridge since Escort Vol 11 Number 6 first appeared in my local newsagent's in the Summer of 1993, but I still have my copy safely stashed away.

PS, in case you are interested, the full Razzle set featured on this cover can be seen here: http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...9&postcount=57

Yeah the cover was always important for appealing to your lustful eye on the old style porn mags. Mayfair covers were always my favourite and I would linger on the cover girl as a prelude to the wanking delights within.

Though I was never a Parade fan myself, I can see why you grabbed this issue. The black thong is such a slutty underwear item and these two darlings wear them so dick-stiffeningly well. I love the way each is pulling at the material of the other's and we're treated to two quite different wonderful views of their gorgeous bottoms. I've never paid much attention to these two lassies before but I'll be spending some jack off time with them now.

**Historian** · April 23rd, 2016, 01:17 AM

I guess one instance when the cover pic really had to grab you by the balls and have your eyes on stalks, was when the first issue of a new magazine hit the newsstands. Case in point, the first issue of 'New Talent' in 1994/5 or thereabouts. The covergirl in her white lingerie certainly must have caught my eye enough to have me picking up a copy of a new mag I'd never seen before...

She's Rachel Brill Edwards, whose glamour modelling career seems to have consisted of little more than this appearance in New Talent, and a set for the UK edition of Penthouse, who put her on their cover as well- If she ever did anything else, it sure hasn't turned up on VEF yet...

The New Talent cover shot wasn't actually from the set featured in the mag, but the Penthouse shoot. Usually, when the a cover pic doesn't marry up with what's in the mag it can be a cause of disappointment, but not here- As I share Girlfan's interest in girls in nurses uniforms, Rachel's actual NT shoot came as a very nice surprise, and is still a favourite...

**Girlfan** · May 12th, 2016, 09:04 AM

Quite possibly the last real, paper magazine I ever bought new: It is from 1998 or 1999, I think - I saw it and just couldn't resist the lovely Karen White on the cover. She's one of my all-time favourite models.

By that time covers were beginning to rapidly decline in quality: crudely "drawn-on" knickers, dots etc. were starting to appear, and the day of the specially shot cover picture was almost done. Happily, Karen didn't suffer that ignominity.

March 23rd, 2016, 08:40 AM	#71
bharriy Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 2 Thanks: 445 Thanked 26 Times in 1 Post	Up the Jumper Hi, My first mag was Penthouse, Summer 1974. Like Jenkinson & many more of you I found a small newsagents a bit out of the way where a 14 year old could get away with it. I stuck Debbie Monro (for it is she) down the top of my trousers & up my jumper & got on the bus. Look at those legs & that side boob. What a gorgeous shot. Woe! My form teacher from school (I kid you not) got on the bus & sat next to me: "Hello, how are you today, what are you up to etc etc." Eventually I got home, a little sweaty. It was a revelation! It was the first time I ever came. My favourite from that year is this Men Only: I got it because unlike Penthouse at that time it had: "Not for sale to persons under 18 years of age," on the cover. Some great sets in there. I could stick a mag in the top of my trousers, inside my jumper or jacket & ride my bike home! Very memorable! I must say that I am grateful to Restoration201 for his stirling efforts at Creamcheese. I hope everything turns out ok with the hosting, it's a wonderful resource. I enjoyed reading this thread, thanks to all.

March 31st, 2016, 10:21 AM	#73
Girlfan Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: England, 'Up North! Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 65,934 Thanked 80,762 Times in 2,314 Posts	Mayfair was never a magazine I bought much - especially in its pre-Paul Raymond days - but they did do some appealing covers. I was rather taken by this image of Louise Freeman back in the summer of 1984. I believe I bought this from the John Menzies' bookstall on Liverpool Lime Street Station at the time. No way could you put out a cover like that and sell it in a regular newsagent nowadays! __________________ Girlfan Last edited by Girlfan; March 31st, 2016 at 04:48 PM.. Reason: Re-upped missing image

April 5th, 2016, 02:51 PM	#75
Girlfan Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: England, 'Up North! Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 65,934 Thanked 80,762 Times in 2,314 Posts	Back in the early 1990s, Men Only and Club were on fire, and could do no wrong in my eyes: I think I must have bought at least 95% of the issues from those two for about 6 or 7 years on the trot. MO could always be relied on for trouser-testing covers back then - here's a few I remember well as putting my eyes "out on talks": Vol 57:03 with the lovely Helen Hanson Double the fun on the cover of Vol 59:10 with Jo Guest and Sammy Walker Natasha Lester flaunted her perfect bum on the cover of Vol 59:11 Another pairing, this time Sharon MacKintosh & Maria Sheriff Fabulous stuff! __________________ Girlfan Last edited by Girlfan; April 5th, 2016 at 02:55 PM.. Reason: Corrected wrong image uploaded

April 6th, 2016, 08:58 AM	#76
Girlfan Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: England, 'Up North! Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 65,934 Thanked 80,762 Times in 2,314 Posts	Just one today, but what a corker: dates from sometime in the mid-1990s, I think. Club International: Tina Hayes: Nurses Uniform Do I have to explain any more???? __________________ Girlfan

April 8th, 2016, 09:07 AM	#77
Girlfan Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: England, 'Up North! Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 65,934 Thanked 80,762 Times in 2,314 Posts	This thread really has highlighted to me how important the cover on a magazine was: I was never one for standing casually in the newsagent, thumbing through the latest wares on offer from the top shelf - I was more usually a quick in, quick out, and hope no-one recognises me sort of chap. The result was that a quick scan of the covers on offer usually determined what I bought. I went through a period in the 1990s where I was inordinately "into" girls wearing nurse's uniforms, (see Tina Hayes, above), and, considering that Emma Caesari was one of my favourite girls from the time, you can imagine that I didn't hesitate that long before handing over my £1.40 for this copy of Razzle: Emma is the girl to the right, of course, and though I was never one for daft Razzle Romps - anything involving custard, baked beans or the like - this one had a bit more about it. A good deal of water has passed under the bridge since Escort Vol 11 Number 6 first appeared in my local newsagent's in the Summer of 1993, but I still have my copy safely stashed away. PS, in case you are interested, the full Razzle set featured on this cover can be seen here: http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...9&postcount=57 __________________ Girlfan

March 27th, 2016, 11:48 AM	#72
southernboy Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Catalonia Posts: 919 Thanks: 386,740 Thanked 14,949 Times in 924 Posts	One good thing about growing up in Spain in the 80-90s was the great popularity of Interviu magazine, a weekly hybrid publication that mixed political news coverage and sensationalism with pictures of nude women (sometimes celebrities, sometimes adult models). The magazine was almost ubiquitous, I remember seeing it at home, or when visiting other family members, and even at the barbershop. And nobody cared if children saw it, in fact we didn't pay attention to such a "boring magazine" until our early teens. In 1988 there was a national "Sabrina vs. Sam Fox" "tits-war" (Sabrina had had a very famous wardrobe malfunction at the 1987 end-of-the-year TV program, so she was very popular). These are the first covers I remember taking a closer look, as my friends and I followed the debate. Another fun thing was that Grupo Zeta, the owner of Interviu, was the distributor of Penthouse in Spain, and also was (and still is) also the editor of El Periódico de Catalunya, the newspaper my parents read. And sometimes they adverted the magazines in the newspaper, so I had pictures of the covers at home, at the age when I started to find them interesting... Evidently, these adverts were wanking material until I was old enough to buy mags, so I have very good memories about many magazine covers. This one from 1991 featuring Spanish singer Marta Sanchez I remember very well, first I saw the cover in the newspaper ad, cut it out and kept it. Some days later my dad bought the mag, and at the first opportunity, when I was alone at home, I hurried to open it and see the entire pictorial. Anyway, I prefered the Penthouse adverts, with their different style of pictures: This one was one of my favourites: And four nipples that hypnotized me: I didn't like her face, but found extremely hot what she was doing with her hands: More great covers: Obviously, after some years of cover admiration, the first magazine I bought (on my sixteenth birthday) was Penthouse... that's a clear example of advertising working well I found this one very erotic, with the model totally nude except the jewelry: And another favourite of mine: I continued buying Penthouse, and later I started to choose between the other magazines in the shelf (Cheri, Chic, High Society...), always buying the one with the most promising cover.

March 31st, 2016, 11:40 AM	#74
bloke57 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Unaffordable housing Posts: 4,923 Thanks: 31,646 Thanked 68,928 Times in 4,921 Posts	Eee! Luxury. We'd 'av dreamed of 'avin' a front cover on our magazines. The main "porn baron" at our school worked for a local newsagent. But, under the sale or return arrangement, the covers of unsold mags were returned for a refund. So all the mags he got hold of had the main body but no cover. Not that we cared much!

April 23rd, 2016, 01:17 AM	#79
Historian Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 4,029 Thanks: 102,514 Thanked 93,974 Times in 4,024 Posts	I guess one instance when the cover pic really had to grab you by the balls and have your eyes on stalks, was when the first issue of a new magazine hit the newsstands. Case in point, the first issue of 'New Talent' in 1994/5 or thereabouts. The covergirl in her white lingerie certainly must have caught my eye enough to have me picking up a copy of a new mag I'd never seen before... She's Rachel Brill Edwards, whose glamour modelling career seems to have consisted of little more than this appearance in New Talent, and a set for the UK edition of Penthouse, who put her on their cover as well- If she ever did anything else, it sure hasn't turned up on VEF yet... The New Talent cover shot wasn't actually from the set featured in the mag, but the Penthouse shoot. Usually, when the a cover pic doesn't marry up with what's in the mag it can be a cause of disappointment, but not here- As I share Girlfan's interest in girls in nurses uniforms, Rachel's actual NT shoot came as a very nice surprise, and is still a favourite...

May 12th, 2016, 09:04 AM	#80
Girlfan Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: England, 'Up North! Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 65,934 Thanked 80,762 Times in 2,314 Posts	Quite possibly the last real, paper magazine I ever bought new: It is from 1998 or 1999, I think - I saw it and just couldn't resist the lovely Karen White on the cover. She's one of my all-time favourite models. By that time covers were beginning to rapidly decline in quality: crudely "drawn-on" knickers, dots etc. were starting to appear, and the day of the specially shot cover picture was almost done. Happily, Karen didn't suffer that ignominity. __________________ Girlfan