John Morton – “The Syrenes with Bobby Meyers” 45 rpm Record With Picture Sleeve, 1981

“The Syrenes with Bobby Meyers” (Side A: “Jennifer Gymshorts;” Side B: “Exasperation”), 1981.

45 rpm record with color offset paper sleeve; 7 x 7 in.

John Morton was a founding member of the pioneering Cleveland punk band, “The Electric Eels.”  Moving to New York to pursue an art career, Morton curated the Murder Suicide & Junk show at ABC No Rio.  For the indie music company Mustard Records, he providing cover art for an Electric Eel  single and for a single by another Cleveland band, “The Syrenes.”  These very limited-issue records were sold at the store at the Ritz Show, a Colab-sponsored exhibition in Washington DC.