Buying Porn Magazines, was it a turn on for you? - Page 20

**Sharkhunter** · April 3rd, 2015, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Hugh_Wang

Is it me or are the covers on magazines these day just not as enticing as they were?

Nope, it's not you. Covers these day are crap, and I am actually in the middle of a small project to post the covers of all my Club International mags from 1988 (when I first started buying it) and 2010 (when I stopped on account of its massive drop in quality and class) on here.

I have a theory about this. Back in the day before the interwebs when mags were the go-to place for non-moving picture porn, there were such things as "magazine shoots". A model would head off to a studio, and have photos taken for top shelf magazines. Part of this would be the "cover shoot", which would produce photographs purposed to tease and titillate. Nothing showing, but sexy as hell and made to catch the eye of the top-shelf browser.

The perfect cover would be a girl in a tight-fitting top, leaving you dreaming of the treats underneath. The shortest of short, short arse-skimming miniskirts, that again left you fantasising. Arms coyly crossed over a pair of lovely, shapely breasts. The tiniest of nipple-shielding bikini tops. A smidgeon of soap covering the nipples and naughty bits or an inconveniently placed piece of material. Check out two covers below, for example of Evie Stewart and Kia Delao.

These were photos taken for cover shots.

They just don't bother these days - instead, mag editors just take one half-decent looking photo from a couple of hundred of digital examples, and put an ugly dot or star over the nipples. It's lazy, completely lame, and not a turn on in the slightest. They simply down draw me to them or make me dream like they used to.

Great story about the hottie buying the porn mag btw. Wow. I think I might well have rolled the dice and gone after her. Well, I say that now...

**Girlfan** · April 7th, 2015, 11:33 AM

Precisely, Sharky. I remember (way) back in 1980 when 18-year-old me was particularly taken with this cover of Knave:

I'd never bought Knave before (and I think I only ever bought one or two other copies in the 20+ years I regularly bought such magazines), but on seeing that cover, with that bit of fur strategically covering the girl's er, fur, I knew I had to buy that issue. Cue a tour of the town's newsagents to find one that was empty and far enough away from home, and the mag was mine. I seem to remember that the cover was the best picture of that girl, actually.

I agree 100% Sharkhunter, look at a typical cover of today:

Class: 0, turn on value: 0, percentage chance of me wanting to buy that magazine: 0%

SimonJones · June 8th, 2015, 02:23 PM

different mags do covers differently. I still get very excited buying magazines. Some covers still knock me sideways

Monkeywench · June 25th, 2015, 01:24 PM

I used to get a real kick out of buying mags but couldn't do it if there was someone else in the newsagents.

I remember on occasion getting up at 6.00 in the morning to head over to the newsagents just as it opened then heading straight back to bed.

Yes the covers were better then. I used to completely base my choice on the cover alone. Club, Mayfair, men's world always had the best covers.

I remember some pretty basic but effective photoshopping of underwear onto an otherwise naked model. Or a strand of hair to cover a nipple.

**Sharkhunter** · June 25th, 2015, 07:12 PM

I hear you about wanting to buy a mag when the shop was empty Monkeywench... Schoolkids, grannies... What a nightmare!

I liked the covers with strand of hair covering the nipples, but the photoshopped underwear... Some of the efforts were beyond amateurish!

**old alal** · June 26th, 2015, 05:48 AM

"Slightly" off topic, but indulge me please. A friend and neighbour's parents when I was young had a small string of Chemist shops. He was the Pharmacist, she was a glorified shop assistant. It was her (my friends mum) who used to regale us with stories of us chaps buying condoms and lubricant. The same embarrassment, same need to have an empty shop, people often coming in two or three times until they actually bought what they really wanted. She had some customers who bought the same thing at the same time of the day of the week (usually a Friday) She said that she would say "the usual" to a few customers even if the shop was busy, and hand over a bag she had got ready in advance to save embarrassment. I guess she would have been great in a newsagent.

this was a time when homosexuality was still very much in the closet, and she new all of her gay customers, by what they purchased. She also told of times when some guys were as she put it " particularly lucky" as they came back in later in the weekend for more.

Sorry to drift, but I thought it pertinent.

stiv837 · July 24th, 2015, 09:26 PM

Back in my teens Iused to go to a discount store to buy my favorite magazine, High
Society. The store was in an old house and one of my female classmates named Kim worked there. I would go to the magazine rack pick out what I wanted and then take it up to the counter. While my classmate rang up my purchase, she would look at me like I was the biggest piece of perverted trash she every waited on. She was from a fairly wealthy family and was stuck up, she was tall and thin with short brown hair and no tits and a very skinny ass. After I would go home with my new magazine I would jerk off thinking about her, even though she wasn't my type.
One time in school she leaned over in front of me and I could see down her top, she didn't have a bra on. She had no tits, just nipples , of course I jerked off thinking about this many times also.

salpecam · July 26th, 2015, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by wobble60

...as I paid for a couple of mags, the [...] young woman behind the counter gave me a huge beaming smile and a big wink - 'wank well with them' she said [...]

The first time I bought a mag in an ordinary newsagent, the female sales clerk said "that will keep you warm"! It was winter though.

I made a point of trying to buy them from her for months afterwards

Polart · July 30th, 2015, 01:11 AM

Back when I was a teenager (and actually too young to buy them

) there was a paper shop about 20 mins walk from where I lived. Far enough away so no-one knew me or my family, but close enough. I knew, roughly, when the new mags came out and I would skip school for a "special day".

I looked forward to this day more than anything. The walk to the shop was thrilling. It was actually more exciting if someone was in the shop, trying to look innocent (or at least not that obvious what I was doing). Having to wait just that little bit longer was like being teased. Knowing I was only 15/16 and that it was wrong was even better too.

Picking the latest issues from the top shelf, and taking them to the counter I had a semi. The shopkeeper knew me after a few months doing this, and gave me a free newspaper to hide my illicit purchases.

So I'm already getting aroused and by the time I got back home I was completely rigid. Never made it past the first girl before spurting all over myself, but being a horny teenage boy it would only take the 2nd pictorial to have me ready again.

**Grouchy** · July 30th, 2015, 03:01 PM

In the early 1970's I worked in the city of Hull though didn't live there.. Well known amongst my locally based colleagues was a shop on Midland Street that was well known in the area as the place to buy porn. This, of course, was in the day when hardcore porn was difficult to get hold of. It used to come off the boats at Hull docks - many of them bringing timber from Scandinavia. It wasn't long before I had to check this place out..

It was like something out of a cheap comedy film.. "Gentlemen" - many of them in the classic "dirty raincoat" - would walk up and down Midland Street past the shop several times before suddenly diving into the doorway hoping that no-one noticed.

Inside, the place was very dimly lit, stank of stale cigarettes and was nothing more than three tables set out with books and magazines, all of them with a sliver of sellotape on them to stop you "browsing" Men would stand, hands in pockets, for ages just looking at the covers. I have known blokes stand well over half an hour just looking at the covers before picking one up and handing it to a figure that lurked in the doorway of the back room. It was a weird, almost surreal experience shopping in there.

I never did know the name of the owner of the shop but recall he was a big chap - well over six feet tall and built like a brick whatsisname.. He would emerge from the shadows, take the magazine and the cash, then disappear again before re-emerging with a brown bag containing the goods.. Anyone spotted handling the goods or trying to get a sneak peek at the inside contents was thrown on the street..

You had to be well known as a regular before anything "hardcore" would be sold to you..

The place was knocked down in a redevelopment of the area sometime in the early eighties. I never saw the proprietor again, though another shop selling porn quite openly opened up just around the corner. It was run by a local chap and his son and catered for the local porn connoiseur for some years. Despite being raided by the police many times it always managed to keep trading until it was also swallowed up in the building boom. The beauty of this place was that you could rent 8mm CC films for a nominal charge and against a refundable deposit.

Long before the days of videos of course... Watching porn in those days required a commitment :-)))

April 7th, 2015, 11:33 AM	#192
Girlfan Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: England, 'Up North! Posts: 2,299 Thanks: 65,959 Thanked 80,813 Times in 2,316 Posts	Precisely, Sharky. I remember (way) back in 1980 when 18-year-old me was particularly taken with this cover of Knave: I'd never bought Knave before (and I think I only ever bought one or two other copies in the 20+ years I regularly bought such magazines), but on seeing that cover, with that bit of fur strategically covering the girl's er, fur, I knew I had to buy that issue. Cue a tour of the town's newsagents to find one that was empty and far enough away from home, and the mag was mine. I seem to remember that the cover was the best picture of that girl, actually. I agree 100% Sharkhunter, look at a typical cover of today: Class: 0, turn on value: 0, percentage chance of me wanting to buy that magazine: 0% __________________ Girlfan Last edited by Girlfan; May 27th, 2015 at 04:07 PM.. Reason: Re-upped image

June 25th, 2015, 07:12 PM	#195
Sharkhunter Gusset Man & Jizzmaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wanking, but not the city in China Posts: 2,043 Thanks: 5,200 Thanked 34,738 Times in 2,027 Posts	I hear you about wanting to buy a mag when the shop was empty Monkeywench... Schoolkids, grannies... What a nightmare! I liked the covers with strand of hair covering the nipples, but the photoshopped underwear... Some of the efforts were beyond amateurish! __________________ "Birth Control Tip #2431: Shoot your load in a girl's mouth or on her face instead of inside her sweet bits. Result: no expensive burden, stretch marks or saggy tits". To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

June 26th, 2015, 05:48 AM	#196
old alal Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: UK Posts: 3,197 Thanks: 22,904 Thanked 35,082 Times in 3,165 Posts	"Slightly" off topic, but indulge me please. A friend and neighbour's parents when I was young had a small string of Chemist shops. He was the Pharmacist, she was a glorified shop assistant. It was her (my friends mum) who used to regale us with stories of us chaps buying condoms and lubricant. The same embarrassment, same need to have an empty shop, people often coming in two or three times until they actually bought what they really wanted. She had some customers who bought the same thing at the same time of the day of the week (usually a Friday) She said that she would say "the usual" to a few customers even if the shop was busy, and hand over a bag she had got ready in advance to save embarrassment. I guess she would have been great in a newsagent. this was a time when homosexuality was still very much in the closet, and she new all of her gay customers, by what they purchased. She also told of times when some guys were as she put it " particularly lucky" as they came back in later in the weekend for more. Sorry to drift, but I thought it pertinent. __________________ Old alal's First Rule Of Breasts To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. When you've seen one pair of breasts.........you want to see every pair of breasts!

June 8th, 2015, 02:23 PM	#193
SimonJones Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 10 Thanks: 20 Thanked 79 Times in 8 Posts	different mags do covers differently. I still get very excited buying magazines. Some covers still knock me sideways

June 25th, 2015, 01:24 PM	#194
Monkeywench Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 33 Thanks: 37,441 Thanked 309 Times in 32 Posts	I used to get a real kick out of buying mags but couldn't do it if there was someone else in the newsagents. I remember on occasion getting up at 6.00 in the morning to head over to the newsagents just as it opened then heading straight back to bed. Yes the covers were better then. I used to completely base my choice on the cover alone. Club, Mayfair, men's world always had the best covers. I remember some pretty basic but effective photoshopping of underwear onto an otherwise naked model. Or a strand of hair to cover a nipple.

July 24th, 2015, 09:26 PM	#197
stiv837 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: North of hell Posts: 373 Thanks: 18,176 Thanked 5,105 Times in 386 Posts	Back in my teens Iused to go to a discount store to buy my favorite magazine, High Society. The store was in an old house and one of my female classmates named Kim worked there. I would go to the magazine rack pick out what I wanted and then take it up to the counter. While my classmate rang up my purchase, she would look at me like I was the biggest piece of perverted trash she every waited on. She was from a fairly wealthy family and was stuck up, she was tall and thin with short brown hair and no tits and a very skinny ass. After I would go home with my new magazine I would jerk off thinking about her, even though she wasn't my type. One time in school she leaned over in front of me and I could see down her top, she didn't have a bra on. She had no tits, just nipples , of course I jerked off thinking about this many times also.

July 30th, 2015, 01:11 AM	#199
Polart Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The Mid Lands Posts: 240 Thanks: 9,724 Thanked 4,430 Times in 237 Posts	Back when I was a teenager (and actually too young to buy them ) there was a paper shop about 20 mins walk from where I lived. Far enough away so no-one knew me or my family, but close enough. I knew, roughly, when the new mags came out and I would skip school for a "special day". I looked forward to this day more than anything. The walk to the shop was thrilling. It was actually more exciting if someone was in the shop, trying to look innocent (or at least not that obvious what I was doing). Having to wait just that little bit longer was like being teased. Knowing I was only 15/16 and that it was wrong was even better too. Picking the latest issues from the top shelf, and taking them to the counter I had a semi. The shopkeeper knew me after a few months doing this, and gave me a free newspaper to hide my illicit purchases. So I'm already getting aroused and by the time I got back home I was completely rigid. Never made it past the first girl before spurting all over myself, but being a horny teenage boy it would only take the 2nd pictorial to have me ready again.

July 30th, 2015, 03:01 PM	#200
Grouchy Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 396 Thanks: 6,252 Thanked 4,389 Times in 372 Posts	In the early 1970's I worked in the city of Hull though didn't live there.. Well known amongst my locally based colleagues was a shop on Midland Street that was well known in the area as the place to buy porn. This, of course, was in the day when hardcore porn was difficult to get hold of. It used to come off the boats at Hull docks - many of them bringing timber from Scandinavia. It wasn't long before I had to check this place out.. It was like something out of a cheap comedy film.. "Gentlemen" - many of them in the classic "dirty raincoat" - would walk up and down Midland Street past the shop several times before suddenly diving into the doorway hoping that no-one noticed. Inside, the place was very dimly lit, stank of stale cigarettes and was nothing more than three tables set out with books and magazines, all of them with a sliver of sellotape on them to stop you "browsing" Men would stand, hands in pockets, for ages just looking at the covers. I have known blokes stand well over half an hour just looking at the covers before picking one up and handing it to a figure that lurked in the doorway of the back room. It was a weird, almost surreal experience shopping in there. I never did know the name of the owner of the shop but recall he was a big chap - well over six feet tall and built like a brick whatsisname.. He would emerge from the shadows, take the magazine and the cash, then disappear again before re-emerging with a brown bag containing the goods.. Anyone spotted handling the goods or trying to get a sneak peek at the inside contents was thrown on the street.. You had to be well known as a regular before anything "hardcore" would be sold to you.. The place was knocked down in a redevelopment of the area sometime in the early eighties. I never saw the proprietor again, though another shop selling porn quite openly opened up just around the corner. It was run by a local chap and his son and catered for the local porn connoiseur for some years. Despite being raided by the police many times it always managed to keep trading until it was also swallowed up in the building boom. The beauty of this place was that you could rent 8mm CC films for a nominal charge and against a refundable deposit. Long before the days of videos of course... Watching porn in those days required a commitment :-)))