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Post by ericvonha on May 29, 2022 12:35:57 GMT
Who owned it back in the day?
It may have been found? This young YouTuber does some great videos of antique cars and here it is...
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Post by duckbarman on May 29, 2022 22:47:16 GMT
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Post by luxexterior on May 30, 2022 8:10:46 GMT
The '73 gets my vote.  |
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Post by bil on May 30, 2022 8:25:06 GMT
But it's a series Seventy Five....did they know back then in '73?
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Post by mary on May 30, 2022 19:54:32 GMT
But it's a series Seventy Five....did they know back then in '73? The first generation of the Cadillac series Seventy-Five was produced for model year 1936. Back then, Cadillac just numbered the different model types instead of giving them names. They produced the Series 67, 70, 72, 75 and others starting in the 1930's and 1940's. The 1973 Fleetwood Seventy-Five was in the tenth generation of the Series Seventy-Five model. |
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Post by Aggie87 on May 30, 2022 22:17:04 GMT
...it's hard to make a case for a 1976 car to feature on the cover of a 1975 record... Nowadays you can buy a 2023 auto starting in late summer/early fall of 2022. In fact Kia was selling its 2022 Stingers and Carnivals back in March of 2021. So it's not entirely impossible to make that case, assuming the same thing happened back in the 70's. I have no idea on what year the car on the cover is regardless. |
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Post by ericvonha on May 30, 2022 23:46:58 GMT
Kinda curious where the car came from.. radio promo ride? Venue transportation? Planned photography promotion via ?
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Post by Buck on Jun 1, 2022 4:18:44 GMT
In that time, that model of Cadillac was the default limo vehicle. No serious competition from other makes then. Once we'd hit "limo" success, that was the vehicle that would carry us, from airports and to and from shows, in America at the time, anywhere in the country. "Cad" limos wuz it. For "On Your Feet," no other car would have been expected.
Funny, that as the '70's progressed, all American cars got crappier and slower with gov't pollution regs, but the early era Cad limos remain today a symbol of quiet elegance and competence. They were comfy!
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Post by eastmark on Jun 1, 2022 15:10:11 GMT
What Id give to be in one of those rides mid 70s. Special times. A blur Im sure. 😁
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Post by joe on Jun 2, 2022 1:54:26 GMT
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees !! From: www.hotrails.co.uk/bociaq/features/oyfooyk.htm" What model of car is that on the cover...?
I'm afraid that I am certainly no kind of authority on American automobiles - in general, I can offer only the following observations: they're too big, use far too much petrol, and are probably a bugger to park.
So I'm especially indebted to Mary off the BDTE for informing me that the car parked outside the church on the "On Your Feet" album cover is indeed a 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five...
Here's the advert for the Fleetwood Seventy-Five (minus the diplomatic flags):
Cadillac Advert
And some general info on the car:
1973 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five "
You guys could have went with this version: (from classiccardb.com/cadillac/164956-1973-miller-meteor-cadillac-hearse-electric-3-way-funeral-coach.html ) (picture wouldn't display - go to website above)
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Post by joe on Jun 2, 2022 2:15:26 GMT
What Id give to be in one of those rides mid 70s. Special times. A blur Im sure. 😁 Unfortunately I was probably in one of these in late 1972. Can't remember exactly what model, but was definitely a large black Cadillac. Not a happy day at all to say the very least. |
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Post by eastmark on Jun 2, 2022 9:16:29 GMT
Once we'd hit "limo" success, that was the vehicle that would carry us, from airports and to and from shows, in America at the time, anywhere in the country. "Cad" limos wuz it. Joe Im sorry to hear that. I was actually referring to the comment Buck made regarding BOC limo rides to and from shows. Thats the ride Id have gotten a kick out of ! Mark |
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Post by ericvonha on Jun 2, 2022 13:01:31 GMT
As a kid in the 70's, Cadillacs were "the thing". If you had a Cadillac, you had money. As Buck stated, it was a status symbol. The Europeans and Asian imports hadn't come onto the seen yet and Cadillac was an icon of American excess and a product of the industrialization age. Back then, $100 bills were a big deal! So, when I grew up, I had to have one (or many). Ha! Avatar car = '77 Deville with a blood red interior and wire wheels. Sopranos edition  |
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Post by joe on Jun 3, 2022 1:29:58 GMT
Once we'd hit "limo" success, that was the vehicle that would carry us, from airports and to and from shows, in America at the time, anywhere in the country. "Cad" limos wuz it. Joe Im sorry to hear that. I was actually referring to the comment Buck made regarding BOC limo rides to and from shows. Thats the ride Id have gotten a kick out of ! Mark Mark, I know, no sweat. It just triggered an old memory out of the blue when I took a good look at the car. You never know if you would have been kicked out or not. I was at a party quite a while back and one of the girls I worked with brought her boyfriend. Somehow we got on the subject of concerts, groupies, different bands, etc. The Rolling Stones came up. The boyfriend was a hardcore Stones fan and always wanted to meet them (good luck). He had tried various tactics at other concerts to no avail, so he got brave one night and thought he would wait in the alley back where the limos were parked. Guards on a break or something so he started prowling the alley to find a place to hide. Guards came back sooner than he thought, so he just picked a limo, got in, ducked down and laid down between the front-back seats. Waited forever then the door on the other side opened and a guy said "HELLLOOO" in a British accent. Three guesses!! The guy thought he was screwed, but Mick had just came out for a smoke and asked the guy if he wanted to hide out in the limo with him for awhile. The end of the story is that Mick gave him the lighter which was one of the engraved signature MJ ones. And Mick got him past the guards. What are the odds! So you never know. Course what you could do yesterday is NOT what you can do today. |
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Post by duckbarman on Jun 4, 2022 11:38:29 GMT
Once we'd hit "limo" success, that was the vehicle that would carry us, from airports and to and from shows, in America at the time, anywhere in the country. Just remembered I had a few pix of BOC arriving by limo to a gig at Tulsa fairgrounds from July 1975 - complete with 2 kronos flags attached to the front:   |
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