Gualberto Castro - Controversial Album Cover

Controversial Album Cover

In 1980, Gualberto Castro’s mega song hit “Que Mal Amada Estas” by Roberto Cantoral, came out in an album with the same name as the hit. Gualberto and his wife designed the album cover with himself laying down between the shapely legs of dancers who stood in French cut leotards above him. The legs belonged to his wife, sister-in-law, and a friend of the family, who were all dancers. This was a take-off on Mickey Rooney’s stage production publicity of “Sugar Babes.” The album cover caused scandal in the conservative Mexican record market so much so the album sold out quickly and the lead song “Que Mal Amada Estas” became a big hit for Gualberto. Ten years later, CBS, the publisher of the album changed the album cover to a genetic photograph without Gualberto’s image. To this day, it is unknown why CBS changed the image.