Bobby Caldwell album cover

‘The label had their lead single, but there was still a glitch: Caldwell’s image. We did a shoot for the album cover, and my hair was down to my shoulders and (the shoot) was done on the beach. And for them, I guess they got skittish with going to black radio with somebody who was whiter than a loaf of bread,’ says Caldwell… Determined, Caldwell took matters into his own hands and mocked up his own album cover – an evocative image of a mysterious man sitting on a park bench. ‘It was me who came up with the idea of a silhouette, which I actually drew, based on a photo that had been taken,’ he says. ‘I had a piece of acetate. There was a photo of me on a bench, I traced the photograph and filled it all in to make it silhouette. Everyone just loved it – problem solved and we were able to make the release in time.’
 – from The White Lie That Broke Bobby Caldwell on Black Radio by Jered Stuffco, April 6, 2015