Pinocchio

Here's a slightly unusual and very old 10-inch record. I love how the colors came out.

We could walk around all day long

Another vibrant 45, courtesy of John Cougar Mellencamp.

This was done in a flatter, non-glossy style as an experiment.  Inspired by my incredibly talented friend, OneSevenNine, who is my favorite local artist and the coolest chick in all of Seattle, I'll tell you what.

Shoot that poison arrow

Super vibrant greens, blues, and brown on this ABC 45.

Although I was never a huge new wave fan, it takes me right back to the old 1982 MTV days of my youth.  We high school freshman were the generation MTV was invented for.  We watched it launch from the launchpad, followed by the Buggles. And now MTV isn't even MTV anymore and we are the demographic it couldn't care less about.  Things change...

Sippin' on a cherry soda pop

Brandy, by The O'Jays.  This record is pretty like shiny candy!  It is one of my smaller paintings, done on a 45 rpm record.

What is Life?

Here is a record painted in honor of Ray Charles, one of my heroes.  It hangs in an office now.

I had the privilege of seeing Ray Charles for my 11th birthday, at the now demolished Tower Theater in Houston.  It was one of the biggest thrills of my life.  Part of his encore included playing The Yellow Rose of Texas and the crowd went insane for it.  You know how proud Texans are...

Eyes of the World

This Wake of the Flood record was specially requested for a Grateful Dead lover living in Portland, OR. 

I really love how it came out.

Tin Umbrella Coffee is showing my records!

My records look great at the coffee shop.  And I am proud to be associated with this great place, where every latte is an artfully crafted, delicious masterpiece.

Check it out:

http://www.tinumbrella.com/2014/03/03/painted-reclaimed-records-by-rachelle-rose/

When you were young and your heart was an open book. You used to say, "Live and let live".

Live and let die.

I have a special fondness for movie soundtrack albums.

Bailes Regionales de Mexico! Yay, mariachi music!

Here's a perky mariachi album!
I have a special fondness for mariachi music.  When my husband and I got married, we had our reception for family and friends in Houston at the Cadillac Bar.  Our music was provided by a two-man mariachi guitar duo, whose program was about 75% Beatles music.
It was 100% awesome.

There's a message floating in the air

This record was painted for my friend, Kathy, in New Mexico.  She had asked me randomly if I had this album, and I did not.  But one day, just a few months later, I was at Goodwill looking for records, and this one was on the front of one of the stacks and jumped right into my basket.

Oh hai, Osmonds.

Really, it was just like that.

I know you'd like to hear and see this incredible song. Here ya go.  Man, I love this song.

CLICK FOR CRAZY HORSES by THE OSMONDS

What used to be right is wrong.

Here is a Columbia House 45 rpm, 7" single with the small spindle hole.  I'm sure you may be wondering, if you aren't record nerds like we are, why the hole is small and not the usual wide size like most American 45s.  For that fun tale, you must read about the histories of Columbia vs. RCA...bitter rivals...

What you say about his company is what you say about society.

Here is Rush's Moving Pictures!

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful.

Admit it.  You know you want to start singing The Logical Song.

There are times when all the world's asleep.

Exciting Rachro record news!

Ive been invited to show my records at a local coffee shop.  I feel honored!  What's cooler than hot, sweet coffee and psychedelic painted records on the walls?  Nothing, that's what.

Coming in March, 2014!

A little timey whimey lapsey Instagram video of my painted record

I like to paint on old, messed up records.

I like to paint on old records.

Here are some (but not all) of my one-of-a-kind creations.

They come from the thrift store, garage sales, or the garbage.  Most of the time, they are unplayable, and fatally scratched.

I rescue them from their loneliness and isolation and repurpose them into visual art.

Below are my records in chronological order, starting from about 2001.

This was one of my first painted records.
From approximately 2001.
The doves above now live in Houston.

Another very early record, around 2002-ish?

Also around 2002...

The record above now lives in California.

The actual dog (named Elvis) currently resides in Seattle.

The inspiration for this record came from the Victrola label, but I kind of had a "vision" for how it should look and what it should say while driving in my car, one summer afternoon. 

The octopus record above is from a dream that I had.  Yes, it is a girl with a live octopus living on her head.  Because that's how my subconscious rolls sometimes...

The Victrola 10-inch record above was auctioned off for a Theatre Off Jackson fundraiser in 2009.

My mom said that this one reminds her of the circus.

This unusually sized, 10-inch,  33 1/3 record is formerly part of a Russian language course.

This one went to a gallery in Houston.

The silver record above is going to a gallery in Houston.

 This 10-inch record had 8 waltzes about love and absinthe on it.
The background is a vibrant, metallic copper.

This record was a special request for a person who loves horses.

It was formerly a Steve Miller album.

This record was inspired by a lovely lady who likes stargazer lilies and whose favorite color is bright

purpley-violety-plum.

This is a 6-point mandala, like a lily, and the leaves have a ruffled look to them.  This record is very glittery and glam.

It lives in North Carolina.

This record was made for a guitar lover in Ohio.  He collects Gibsons.  The record has strings, frets, picks, and beautiful Les Paul-inspired guitars.  Of course, in "blues" - with metallic gold, aquamarine, and bright red accents.

This record used to be "The Ping Pong Sounds of Guitars in Percussion", by Eddie Wayne and his group.  It featured songs such as "The Village at 4am" and "Milt's the Man".  I wondered what these songs sounded like, so I went to YouTube in an attempt to search them up.
I couldn't find "The Village at 4am"  BUT ---I did find The Honeymoon Killers' version of "Milt's the Man".  I have no idea if their version is related to this record.  (Secretly, I hope it is.)
Still, please enjoy this musical link: MILT'S THE MAN.

Above is a totally metalllic, funky "gear" record, done for a gearhead guy in Oregon.

The 3 records and their close ups above were made as a jazz-themed set for a music professor and her husband in Illinois.  They are creating a jazz club and wanted to decorate with jazz records.  I was sent a photo of a Montreaux Jazz festival poster from the 90's and 3 records from jazz labels.  I themed the records to match the room (red, yellow, blue, green, black) and the poster.  On the green label record, I let the grooves of the songs determine the geometry of the shapes.  Because I'm jazzy like that sometimes.

For a business man who loves browns and greens...and also.........classic STEVIE WONDER!