Rena’s Rounded Rear!

A fabulous view of 1960’s UK glamour model Rena Brown from behind showing off her rather nice round rear. There’s something different about this shot as she poses on that chair looking over her shoulder with a pout for the camera. One assumes that’s a kids chair rather than Rena having an over-sized bottom! A great shot sent over from Kevin who is selling this original and others over on his eBay page here

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Who’s Who on Electric Ladyland Cover (1968)

The Jimi Hendrix Album ‘Electric Ladyland’ is 50 years old this year and one of it’s controversial and banned covers back then featured a bevvy of naked beauties posing on a black background. Several years ago I got asked if I could identify any of the models and back then my knowledge was lacking, but now I’ve been asked again and on revisiting the cover I realize that I can now name several of the models and recognize several more.

Back then the cover photographer, David Montgomery, said he found the girls in The Speakeasy nightclub in London, which may be true. But I know those I’ve identified were also well known glamour models appearing in many of the magazines back then and worked for the likes of Harrison Marks and Russell Gay. I’ve numbered the models I can now identify and the list is below, plus a few I recognize and have images of but have no name.

1. Jenny Lane
2. Maria Frost
3. Nicole Yerner
4. Cindy Neal
5. Rena Brown (Reine Sutcliffe?)
6. Maya Zell
7. Ann Day?
8. Nichola Austine
9. Unknown but Familiar (Worked with GHM)  
10. Samantha Bond 
11. Helga Berk

The two blondes front left also look familiar, but can’t put a name to the lovely faces. Anyone recognize any other models?

One of the models named Reine Sutcliffe was interviewed in Melody Maker in 1968. “It makes us look like a load of old tarts. It’s rotten. Everyone looked great, but the picture made us look old and tired. We were trying to look too sexy, but it didn’t work out.”

Thanks to Les for contacting me and asking to look at it again 🙂

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Rena Brown in Pigtails (1968)

Rena Brown another late 1960’s model that worked with Harrison Marks, but more on the film side than appearing in his publications. She appeared in ‘The Nine Ages of Nakedness’, as well as one of the characters in the Pattern of Evil’ film.  I’ve seen several shots of her in leather outfits with whips, so assume they come from the films, but this is a more demure shot of her from Girl Illustrated Souvenir Edition No.2 (1968)
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Rena Brown

A side profile of Rena Brown on the dungeon set and taken from the pages of New Kamera No.1 (1969). Rena appeared in the GHM movies ‘The Nine Ages of Nakedness’ and had a more substantial role in ‘Pattern of Evil’ and several shots of her in black leather outfit on the dungeon set appear in later editions of Kamera.

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