You can of couse link the two versions of the name. I just don't think that it is merited in this case.
They never appear as 'The Hoodoo Gurus' anywhere else other than this sleeve. It looks as though it was just very poor quality control by the art dept.
I'll amend the band name to remove the incorrect The.
Just did an album by Modern Lovers already listed as "The'" so went with it. Is there a way of making both names appear on the same list to avoid duplication on this technicality. There are a lot of bands that fall into this category (The) Fleshtones are just one other example. In this case though it is definitely Hoodoo Gurus.
As the name of the band only ever appears as 'The Hoodoo Gurus' on the sleeve of this release. They are 'Hoodoo Gurus' on the labels. Would it make sense to drop the 'The' completely?