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The Art of Album Covers.
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Original photograph used by Raymond Pettibon whilst designing Sonic Youth's 1990 album 'Goo'. Pictured are Maureen Hindley and David Smith. Both were key witnesses in the Moors Murders trial. Maureen was Myra Hindley's sister.
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Original photograph used by Raymond Pettibon whilst designing Sonic Youth's 1990 album 'Goo'. Pictured are Maureen Hindley and David Smith. Both were key witnesses in the Moors Murders trial. Maureen was Myra Hindley's sister.
The Art of Album Covers.
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New Orleans Mardi Gras, 1974.
Photo by Bruce Gilden.
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Used by Magazine on the 1981 release, 'Magic, Murder and the Weather'.
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New Orleans Mardi Gras, 1974.
Photo by Bruce Gilden.
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Used by Magazine on the 1981 release, 'Magic, Murder and the Weather'.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Photo taken by Charles Hewitt for a Picture Post fashion feature on swimwear - 'Glamour In The Swim', published 1954.
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Used by Blur on their debut album 'Leisure' released 1991.
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Photo taken by Charles Hewitt for a Picture Post fashion feature on swimwear - 'Glamour In The Swim', published 1954.
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Used by Blur on their debut album 'Leisure' released 1991.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Poster for the Ken Loach film 'Kes', released 1969. The poster features the 14yr old David Bradley who played the part of Billy Casper in the film.
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Used by The Bluebells on the 1982 release 'Forevermore'.
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Poster for the Ken Loach film 'Kes', released 1969. The poster features the 14yr old David Bradley who played the part of Billy Casper in the film.
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Used by The Bluebells on the 1982 release 'Forevermore'.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Rose and Lily at Café Lehmitz in Hamburg, late 1960's.
Photo by Swedish photographer Anders Petersen
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Used by Tom Waits on Rain Dogs, released 1985.
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Rose and Lily at Café Lehmitz in Hamburg, late 1960's.
Photo by Swedish photographer Anders Petersen
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Used by Tom Waits on Rain Dogs, released 1985.
The Art of Album Covers .
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Two boys peeing on wasteland by Ellesmere St in Farnworth, 1938.
Photo by Humphrey Spender.
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Used by Everything but the Girl on the cover of their album ‘Love not Money’, released 1985.
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Two boys peeing on wasteland by Ellesmere St in Farnworth, 1938.
Photo by Humphrey Spender.
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Used by Everything but the Girl on the cover of their album ‘Love not Money’, released 1985.
The Art of Album Covers.
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The cover of Astounding Science Fiction, October 1953 issue. Painting by Frank Kelly Freas.
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Used by Queen on News of The World, released 1977 .
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The cover of Astounding Science Fiction, October 1953 issue. Painting by Frank Kelly Freas.
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Used by Queen on News of The World, released 1977 .
The Art of Album Covers.
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Outtakes from the photo session for the cover of Bob Dylan's “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” album.
Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo on Greenwich Village’s West 4th Street in February 1963.
Photos by Don Hunstein.
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Outtakes from the photo session for the cover of Bob Dylan's “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” album.
Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo on Greenwich Village’s West 4th Street in February 1963.
Photos by Don Hunstein.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Photo of Ian McKaye's brother Alec, taken by Susie J Horgan.
Used on the Minor Threat EP, released 1984.
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Photo of Ian McKaye's brother Alec, taken by Susie J Horgan.
Used on the Minor Threat EP, released 1984.
The Art of Album Covers
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"Finding a kid for the cover of the Stiff Little Fingers single Gotta Gettaway wasn't easy. I went to a South London council estate to search for him. I spotted this kid, and I asked him if I could take a photo, he was perfect." - Janette Beckman
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"Finding a kid for the cover of the Stiff Little Fingers single Gotta Gettaway wasn't easy. I went to a South London council estate to search for him. I spotted this kid, and I asked him if I could take a photo, he was perfect." - Janette Beckman
The Art of Album Covers
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Jones Beach, Long Island, 1978.
Photo by Joe Szabo.
Used by Dinosaur Jr on Green Mind, released 1991.
The girl remains unidentified.
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Jones Beach, Long Island, 1978.
Photo by Joe Szabo.
Used by Dinosaur Jr on Green Mind, released 1991.
The girl remains unidentified.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Paul Simonon about to smash up his bass during a show at The Palladium, New York City on 21st September 1979.
Photo Pennie Smith
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Used on the London Calling album, released 40yrs ago today. #LondonCalling
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Paul Simonon about to smash up his bass during a show at The Palladium, New York City on 21st September 1979.
Photo Pennie Smith
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Used on the London Calling album, released 40yrs ago today. #LondonCalling
The Art of Album Covers.
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Series of photos of Japanese model and actress Sayoko Yamaguchi taken by Hideki Fujii.
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Used by Steely Dan on the 1977 release 'Aja'
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Series of photos of Japanese model and actress Sayoko Yamaguchi taken by Hideki Fujii.
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Used by Steely Dan on the 1977 release 'Aja'
The Art of Album Covers.
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Southend, 1977.
From Chris Steele-Perkins book 'Teds'
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Used by Ian Dury And The Blockheads on 'Sueperman's Big Sister'.
Released on Stiff Records, 1980
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Southend, 1977.
From Chris Steele-Perkins book 'Teds'
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Used by Ian Dury And The Blockheads on 'Sueperman's Big Sister'.
Released on Stiff Records, 1980
The Art of Album Covers
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David Wojnarowicz’s “Buffalo” is one of the most haunting artistic responses to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Made in the wake of his own HIV-positive diagnosis, evoking feelings of doom and hopelessness. #RIP
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Used by U2 on the 1992 release 'One'
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David Wojnarowicz’s “Buffalo” is one of the most haunting artistic responses to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Made in the wake of his own HIV-positive diagnosis, evoking feelings of doom and hopelessness. #RIP
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Used by U2 on the 1992 release 'One'
The Art of Album Covers .
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Fête Forain, Zurich, 1980.
Photo by René Burri.
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Used by The Chemical Brothers on the single "Leave Home", released 1995.
First single released from their album Exit Planet Dust.
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Fête Forain, Zurich, 1980.
Photo by René Burri.
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Used by The Chemical Brothers on the single "Leave Home", released 1995.
First single released from their album Exit Planet Dust.
The Art of Album Covers.
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The Red Ceiling, Greenwood, Mississippi, 1973.
Photograph by William Eggleston.
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Used by Big Star on Radio City, released 1974.
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The Red Ceiling, Greenwood, Mississippi, 1973.
Photograph by William Eggleston.
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Used by Big Star on Radio City, released 1974.
The Art of Album Covers
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Handcuffed, New York City, 1978.
Photo by Leonard Freed.
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Used by George Michael on Outside (The Mixes), released 1998.
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Handcuffed, New York City, 1978.
Photo by Leonard Freed.
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Used by George Michael on Outside (The Mixes), released 1998.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Soirée mariage Drissa Balo, 1967.
Photo Malick Sidibé
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Used by Orchestra Baobab on Pirates Choice, released 2015.
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Soirée mariage Drissa Balo, 1967.
Photo Malick Sidibé
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Used by Orchestra Baobab on Pirates Choice, released 2015.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A young protester with “Vote” painted on his forehead walking in the Selma March, 1965
Photo Bruce Davidson.
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Used by Father Father on
We Are All So Very Happy, released 1991.
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A young protester with “Vote” painted on his forehead walking in the Selma March, 1965
Photo Bruce Davidson.
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Used by Father Father on
We Are All So Very Happy, released 1991.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Boys Escaping C.S. sas fired by British soldiers, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1971
Photo Don McCullin
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Used by Killing Joke on their debut studio album, released on 5th October 1980.
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Boys Escaping C.S. sas fired by British soldiers, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1971
Photo Don McCullin
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Used by Killing Joke on their debut studio album, released on 5th October 1980.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Masks ca. 1930–1939.
By Emmanuel Sougez
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Used by Bauhaus on 4AD, released 1983.
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Masks ca. 1930–1939.
By Emmanuel Sougez
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Used by Bauhaus on 4AD, released 1983.
The Art of Album Covers.
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The Specials photographed in Coventry, 1979.
Photos Chalkie Davies
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Used by the The Specials on their debut album, Released October 1979.
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The Specials photographed in Coventry, 1979.
Photos Chalkie Davies
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Used by the The Specials on their debut album, Released October 1979.
The Art of Album Covers
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Fleeing A Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936.
Photo by Arthur Rothstein
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Used by Woody Guthrie on Dust Bowl Ballads, released 1940.
#ThisMachineKillsFascists
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Fleeing A Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936.
Photo by Arthur Rothstein
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Used by Woody Guthrie on Dust Bowl Ballads, released 1940.
#ThisMachineKillsFascists
The Art of Album Covers.
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Girls dancing at a club in Wolverhampton, 1978.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
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Used by on the Wanted Soul compilation, released 2017.
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Girls dancing at a club in Wolverhampton, 1978.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
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Used by on the Wanted Soul compilation, released 2017.
The Art of Album Covers. .
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Da Nang, South Vietnam, 21st Sep 1967.
Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn, 20, of Columbus, Ohio during Operation Ballistic Charge.
Image © Bettmann Archive
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Used by The Smiths on Meat Is Murder, released 1985.
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Da Nang, South Vietnam, 21st Sep 1967.
Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn, 20, of Columbus, Ohio during Operation Ballistic Charge.
Image © Bettmann Archive
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Used by The Smiths on Meat Is Murder, released 1985.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A photograph of a tornado near Jasper, Minnesota in 1927.
Photo by Lucille Handberg.
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Used by Siouxsie & The Banshees on Tinderbox, released 1986.
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A photograph of a tornado near Jasper, Minnesota in 1927.
Photo by Lucille Handberg.
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Used by Siouxsie & The Banshees on Tinderbox, released 1986.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Coeurs Volant (Fluttering Hearts) by French painter, Marcel Duchamp 1961.
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Inspiration for Buzzcocks, Ever Fallen in Love...
Released 1978
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Coeurs Volant (Fluttering Hearts) by French painter, Marcel Duchamp 1961.
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Inspiration for Buzzcocks, Ever Fallen in Love...
Released 1978
The Art of Album Covers.
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A still from the D. W. Griffith film 'The Sorrows of Satan', released 1926.
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Used by Bauhaus on 'Bela Lugosi’s Dead', released 1979.
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A still from the D. W. Griffith film 'The Sorrows of Satan', released 1926.
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Used by Bauhaus on 'Bela Lugosi’s Dead', released 1979.
The Art of Album Covers
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Mike Wells' tragic image of a severely malnourished kids hand resting in a Catholic monk’s hand in Uganda, 1980.
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Used by Dead Kennedys on 'Plastic Surgery Disasters' released 1982.
As per previous releases, the album commentary bled onto its cover art
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Mike Wells' tragic image of a severely malnourished kids hand resting in a Catholic monk’s hand in Uganda, 1980.
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Used by Dead Kennedys on 'Plastic Surgery Disasters' released 1982.
As per previous releases, the album commentary bled onto its cover art
The Art of Album Covers.
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Neil Young passing an elderly woman at 3rd & Sulllivan as Graham Nash looks on, New York City, June 1970.
Photo Joel Bernstein
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Used on Neil's “After The Gold Rush” live album, released 1970.
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Neil Young passing an elderly woman at 3rd & Sulllivan as Graham Nash looks on, New York City, June 1970.
Photo Joel Bernstein
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Used on Neil's “After The Gold Rush” live album, released 1970.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A postcard titled 'End of the Trail'
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Used by The Clash on 'Give 'Em Enough Rope' released 1978.
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A postcard titled 'End of the Trail'
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Used by The Clash on 'Give 'Em Enough Rope' released 1978.
The Art of Album Covers.
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English Bull Terrier, Spike.
Photographed in London by Welsh photographer Simon Larbalestier, 1989.
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Used by the Pixies on 'Here Comes Your Man'.
Released 1989 .
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English Bull Terrier, Spike.
Photographed in London by Welsh photographer Simon Larbalestier, 1989.
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Used by the Pixies on 'Here Comes Your Man'.
Released 1989 .
The Art of Album Covers
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Mudhoney's Mark Arm and Steve Turner in mid-song collision.
Photo Charles Peterson
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Used by Mudhoney on their debut E.P. Superfuzz Bigmuff, released 1988
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My opinion, this recording was the seminal grunge recording, nobody came close to bettering this
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Mudhoney's Mark Arm and Steve Turner in mid-song collision.
Photo Charles Peterson
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Used by Mudhoney on their debut E.P. Superfuzz Bigmuff, released 1988
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My opinion, this recording was the seminal grunge recording, nobody came close to bettering this
The Art of Album Covers.
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Girl playing at the side of a car in New York, 1980.
Photo by Helen Levitt.
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Used by Buffalo Tom on the 1993 release - Sodajerk.
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Girl playing at the side of a car in New York, 1980.
Photo by Helen Levitt.
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Used by Buffalo Tom on the 1993 release - Sodajerk.
The Art of Album Covers
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Teenage girls at dusk in Salford, Manchester, 1969.
Photo Nick Hedges
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Used by @SteveMasonKBT on the 2019 release, About the Light.
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Teenage girls at dusk in Salford, Manchester, 1969.
Photo Nick Hedges
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Used by @SteveMasonKBT on the 2019 release, About the Light.
The Art of Album Covers.
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'Humanly Impossible' - Self-portrait by Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer, 1932.
Bauhaus-Archive.
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Used by Tanit on Can An Actor Bleed, released 1983.
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'Humanly Impossible' - Self-portrait by Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer, 1932.
Bauhaus-Archive.
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Used by Tanit on Can An Actor Bleed, released 1983.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A Limbo competition at a festival in Brixton, 1974.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
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Used on the Wanted Afrobeat compilation, released 2017.
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A Limbo competition at a festival in Brixton, 1974.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
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Used on the Wanted Afrobeat compilation, released 2017.
The Art of Album Covers
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'It was taken in pitch black in my bathroom with a flash' - Maria Mochnacz on her image of PJ Harvey which was used on PJs 2nd album 'Rid of Me', released 1993.
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'It was taken in pitch black in my bathroom with a flash' - Maria Mochnacz on her image of PJ Harvey which was used on PJs 2nd album 'Rid of Me', released 1993.
The Art of Album Covers.
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The Cristal Gazer, 1904.
Photo Gertrude Käsebier.
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Used by Cocteau Twins on The Spangle Maker, released 1984
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The Cristal Gazer, 1904.
Photo Gertrude Käsebier.
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Used by Cocteau Twins on The Spangle Maker, released 1984
The Art of Album Covers.
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'Portrait of Woman & Man' 1984.
Photos by Czech photographer Jan Saudek
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Used by Beautiful South on their debut album 'Welcome to the Beautiful South', released 1989.
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'Portrait of Woman & Man' 1984.
Photos by Czech photographer Jan Saudek
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Used by Beautiful South on their debut album 'Welcome to the Beautiful South', released 1989.
The Art of Album Covers.
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'East End Morning' - 1937.
Photo Bill Brandt.
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Used by Three Clouds In The Sky on
A Long Forgotten Day, released 1985
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'East End Morning' - 1937.
Photo Bill Brandt.
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Used by Three Clouds In The Sky on
A Long Forgotten Day, released 1985
The Art of Album Covers
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“5 Fingers Has the Hand! With 5 You Seize The Enemy!"
A John Heartfield image from 1928. A call to vote for the KPD and the five political candidates that were the greatest threat to Hitler.
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Used by System of a Down on their debut album, released 1998.
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“5 Fingers Has the Hand! With 5 You Seize The Enemy!"
A John Heartfield image from 1928. A call to vote for the KPD and the five political candidates that were the greatest threat to Hitler.
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Used by System of a Down on their debut album, released 1998.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Gorbals, Glasgow, 1948.
Photo Bert Hardy
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Used by Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley, Cymon Eckel, Steve Mayes, Pete Heller and the rest of the Boy's Own crew, on the 1st issue of their fanzine, released 1986.
#RIPAndrewWeatherall
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Gorbals, Glasgow, 1948.
Photo Bert Hardy
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Used by Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley, Cymon Eckel, Steve Mayes, Pete Heller and the rest of the Boy's Own crew, on the 1st issue of their fanzine, released 1986.
#RIPAndrewWeatherall
The Art of Album Covers.
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Photo by fashion photographer Guy Bourdin taken for Vogue in 1980.
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Used by Boz Scaggs on the 1980 release, Middle Man.
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Photo by fashion photographer Guy Bourdin taken for Vogue in 1980.
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Used by Boz Scaggs on the 1980 release, Middle Man.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Doing the Lambeth Walk, Bethnal Green, 1936.
Photo Bill Brandt
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Used by Andrew John & Lissa
Louise on A Life Story, released 1976.
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Doing the Lambeth Walk, Bethnal Green, 1936.
Photo Bill Brandt
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Used by Andrew John & Lissa
Louise on A Life Story, released 1976.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A little girl holds skulls over her eyes, Mexico City, 1984.
Skulls are part of the ritual of the Day of the Dead.
Photo A. Abbas
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Used by Buffalo Tom on the 1995 release, Sleepy Eyed.
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A little girl holds skulls over her eyes, Mexico City, 1984.
Skulls are part of the ritual of the Day of the Dead.
Photo A. Abbas
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Used by Buffalo Tom on the 1995 release, Sleepy Eyed.
The Art of Album Covers
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Revenge of the Goldfish is a photograph of an atrwork completed in 1981 by contemporary artist Sandy Skoglund.
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Used by Inspiral Carpets for the cover of their 1992 album, also titled Revenge of the Goldfish
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Revenge of the Goldfish is a photograph of an atrwork completed in 1981 by contemporary artist Sandy Skoglund.
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Used by Inspiral Carpets for the cover of their 1992 album, also titled Revenge of the Goldfish
The Art of Album Covers
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Grace Jones by artist/photographer Jean-Paul Goude.
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Used by Grace on her compilation album, Island Life, released 1985.
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Grace Jones by artist/photographer Jean-Paul Goude.
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Used by Grace on her compilation album, Island Life, released 1985.
The Art of Album Covers
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The Raft of the Medusa - an oil painting by the French painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault, 1818–19.
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Used by The Pogues on Rum Sodomy & the Lash, released on the 5th August 1985
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The Raft of the Medusa - an oil painting by the French painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault, 1818–19.
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Used by The Pogues on Rum Sodomy & the Lash, released on the 5th August 1985
The Art of Album Covers
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Some of the boys who attended the auditions at the Scala Theatre for 10 parts which are to be cast in the forthcoming production of 'Peter Pan', 1970.
Photo by Roy Jones
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Used by The Undertones on The Best of The Undertones: Teenage Kicks, released 2003
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Some of the boys who attended the auditions at the Scala Theatre for 10 parts which are to be cast in the forthcoming production of 'Peter Pan', 1970.
Photo by Roy Jones
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Used by The Undertones on The Best of The Undertones: Teenage Kicks, released 2003
The Art of Album Covers
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Beck's 1996 release Odelay used one of several photographs shot by Joan Ludwig for the July 1977 issue of the American Kennel Club’s Gazette.
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The dog is a Komondor, a breed also referred to as “mop dogs” or “Hungarian sheepdogs”
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Beck's 1996 release Odelay used one of several photographs shot by Joan Ludwig for the July 1977 issue of the American Kennel Club’s Gazette.
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The dog is a Komondor, a breed also referred to as “mop dogs” or “Hungarian sheepdogs”
The Art of Album Covers
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Portraits of Miles Davis by Lee Friedlander. Lee was a commercial photographer working on contract assignments and commissions by labels like Atlantic, Columbia, and Capitol.
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One of the portraits was used on Miles Davis' In a Silent Way, released 1969
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Portraits of Miles Davis by Lee Friedlander. Lee was a commercial photographer working on contract assignments and commissions by labels like Atlantic, Columbia, and Capitol.
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One of the portraits was used on Miles Davis' In a Silent Way, released 1969
The Art of Album Covers
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Elliot Richardson Press
Conference, Austin, 1973
Photo Garry Winogrand.
Richardson was a lawyer and a member of Nixon's cabinet. As U.S. Attorney General, he was a prominent figure in the Watergate Scandal.
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Used by Interpol on Marauder, released 2018
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Elliot Richardson Press
Conference, Austin, 1973
Photo Garry Winogrand.
Richardson was a lawyer and a member of Nixon's cabinet. As U.S. Attorney General, he was a prominent figure in the Watergate Scandal.
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Used by Interpol on Marauder, released 2018
The Art of Album Covers
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Ferry Commuters, Staten Island, New York, 1946
Photo Gordon Parks.
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Used by Cafe Soul All Stars on
Urban Jungle.
Released, 2005
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Ferry Commuters, Staten Island, New York, 1946
Photo Gordon Parks.
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Used by Cafe Soul All Stars on
Urban Jungle.
Released, 2005
The Art of Album Covers
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Diving Board, Salton Sea, California, 1983.
Photo by Richard Misrach
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Used by @Lloyd_Cole on Lloyd Cole And The Commotions 1984 - 1989
Released 1989
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Diving Board, Salton Sea, California, 1983.
Photo by Richard Misrach
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Used by @Lloyd_Cole on Lloyd Cole And The Commotions 1984 - 1989
Released 1989
The Art of Album Covers
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Eurythmics, Paris 1986
Photo Gered Mankowitz
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“I started working with Annie & Dave with ‘The Tourists’ and this image for ‘Revenge’ was the last shoot I did with them, although Dave insisted on using a terrible painting that was based on my photo!”
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Eurythmics, Paris 1986
Photo Gered Mankowitz
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“I started working with Annie & Dave with ‘The Tourists’ and this image for ‘Revenge’ was the last shoot I did with them, although Dave insisted on using a terrible painting that was based on my photo!”
The Art of Album Covers
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Mardi Gras with Bouboutte, Louis, Robert and Zissou, Paris 1903.
Photo Jacques Henri Lartigue.
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Used by The Children on their self titled album The Children, released 1989
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Mardi Gras with Bouboutte, Louis, Robert and Zissou, Paris 1903.
Photo Jacques Henri Lartigue.
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Used by The Children on their self titled album The Children, released 1989
The Art of Album Covers
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A 17yr old Millie Small by Michael Ochs Archives
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Used by Millie on her hit single 'My Boy Lollipop' released 1964.
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Millicent Small - 6th October 1946 - 5th May 2020. #RIPMillie
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A 17yr old Millie Small by Michael Ochs Archives
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Used by Millie on her hit single 'My Boy Lollipop' released 1964.
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Millicent Small - 6th October 1946 - 5th May 2020. #RIPMillie
The Art of Album Covers
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Kraftwerk, New York circa 1975.
Photo by the Maurice Seymour studios.
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Photo used on the original German pressing of Trans Europa Express, released 1977.
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Florian Schneider-Esleben -
April 1947 – April 2020 #RIP
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Kraftwerk, New York circa 1975.
Photo by the Maurice Seymour studios.
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Photo used on the original German pressing of Trans Europa Express, released 1977.
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Florian Schneider-Esleben -
April 1947 – April 2020 #RIP
The Art of Album Covers
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Looking South, Glasgow, 1960.
Photo by Oscar Marzaroli
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Used by Deacon Blue on their debut album Raintown, released 1987.
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Looking South, Glasgow, 1960.
Photo by Oscar Marzaroli
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Used by Deacon Blue on their debut album Raintown, released 1987.
The Art of Album Covers
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Suzi Quatro – London 1973
Photo Gered Mankowitz
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Used by Suzi on 48 Crash / Little Bitch Blue, released 1973
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“This is from the first of many sessions I did with Suzi and was the image that launched her career” - Gered Mankowitz
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Suzi Quatro – London 1973
Photo Gered Mankowitz
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Used by Suzi on 48 Crash / Little Bitch Blue, released 1973
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“This is from the first of many sessions I did with Suzi and was the image that launched her career” - Gered Mankowitz
The Art of Album Covers
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April 1979 issue of Vogue.
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Inspiration for the cover and title of The Human League album Dare, released 1981.
Oakey wanted the album to look like an edition of Vogue magazine. Cover designed by Philip Adrian Wright and graphic designer Ken Ansell.
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April 1979 issue of Vogue.
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Inspiration for the cover and title of The Human League album Dare, released 1981.
Oakey wanted the album to look like an edition of Vogue magazine. Cover designed by Philip Adrian Wright and graphic designer Ken Ansell.
The Art of Album Covers
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Appiani family tomb in the Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno in Genoa – Italy, by Demetrio Paernio (1851 – 1912).
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A photo of this tomb by french photographer Bernard Pierre Wolff was used for the cover of the ‘Joy Division’ album ‘Closer’
#IanCurtis40
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Appiani family tomb in the Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno in Genoa – Italy, by Demetrio Paernio (1851 – 1912).
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A photo of this tomb by french photographer Bernard Pierre Wolff was used for the cover of the ‘Joy Division’ album ‘Closer’
#IanCurtis40
The Art of Album Covers
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Bernard Pierre Wolff's image of the Ribaudo family tomb, also located in the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno and sculpted by Onorato Toso circa 1910.
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Used by Joy Division on the 12" release of Love Will Tear Us Apart, released June 1980
#IanCurtis40
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Bernard Pierre Wolff's image of the Ribaudo family tomb, also located in the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno and sculpted by Onorato Toso circa 1910.
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Used by Joy Division on the 12" release of Love Will Tear Us Apart, released June 1980
#IanCurtis40
The Art of Album Covers
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Crowd at Coney Island, 1940.
Photo Weegee
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Used by George Michael on Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1, released 1990.
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Crowd at Coney Island, 1940.
Photo Weegee
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Used by George Michael on Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1, released 1990.
The Art of Album Covers
La pendule, Paris, 1956.
Photo Robert Doisneau
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Used by Siren on Becoming Wheels, released 1997
La pendule, Paris, 1956.
Photo Robert Doisneau
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Used by Siren on Becoming Wheels, released 1997
The Art of Album Covers
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Ian and Baxter Dury outside Axfords underwear and lingerie shop at 306 Vauxhall Bridge Road, close to Victoria Station.
Photo Chris Gabrin 1977.
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Used by Ian on New Boots and Panties, released 1977.
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Ian and Baxter Dury outside Axfords underwear and lingerie shop at 306 Vauxhall Bridge Road, close to Victoria Station.
Photo Chris Gabrin 1977.
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Used by Ian on New Boots and Panties, released 1977.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Nancy, Danville, Virginia, 1969.
Photo Emmet Gowin
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Used by Cat Power on Headlights, released 1994.
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Nancy, Danville, Virginia, 1969.
Photo Emmet Gowin
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Used by Cat Power on Headlights, released 1994.
The Art of Album Covers
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Chris Cornell flanked by Soundgarden bandmates Ben Shepherd and Kim Thayil.
Photo by Kevin Westenberg who said of the photo “it was just one glorious accident.”
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Used by Soundgarden on Superunknown, released 1994.
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Chris Cornell flanked by Soundgarden bandmates Ben Shepherd and Kim Thayil.
Photo by Kevin Westenberg who said of the photo “it was just one glorious accident.”
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Used by Soundgarden on Superunknown, released 1994.
The Art of Album Covers
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Two terrified African American girls flee police officers during a race riot in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. This is the second night of the riot, which began in Harlem, 1964.
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Used by The Roots on Things Fall Apart, released 1999
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Two terrified African American girls flee police officers during a race riot in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. This is the second night of the riot, which began in Harlem, 1964.
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Used by The Roots on Things Fall Apart, released 1999
The Art of Album Covers
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Bob Dylan and Sally Grossman during the cover shoot for Bringing it All Back Home, released 1965.
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“Bob Dylan not only sees the world around him changing but also understands it, while it is blurry for everyone else.” - Photographer Daniel Kramer.
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Bob Dylan and Sally Grossman during the cover shoot for Bringing it All Back Home, released 1965.
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“Bob Dylan not only sees the world around him changing but also understands it, while it is blurry for everyone else.” - Photographer Daniel Kramer.
The Art of Album Covers
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Dancers in Harlem, 1956 by African American photographer Roy DeCarava.
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Used by World Saxophone Quartet on Dances And Ballads, released 1987
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Roy was tormented by this image, he explains why in the text below.
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Dancers in Harlem, 1956 by African American photographer Roy DeCarava.
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Used by World Saxophone Quartet on Dances And Ballads, released 1987
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Roy was tormented by this image, he explains why in the text below.
The Art of Album Covers
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John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill doffer in Avondale Mills, Birmingham, Alabama, 1910.
Photo by Lewis Hine
.
Used on John Mellencamp
Performs Trouble No
More Live At Town
Mercury, released 2014
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John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill doffer in Avondale Mills, Birmingham, Alabama, 1910.
Photo by Lewis Hine
.
Used on John Mellencamp
Performs Trouble No
More Live At Town
Mercury, released 2014
The Art of Album Covers
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Dolma, a Tibetan girl from Chumbi Valley.
Photo by Pietro Francesco Mele
.
Used by Josef K. on The Farewell Single.
Released 1982.
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Dolma, a Tibetan girl from Chumbi Valley.
Photo by Pietro Francesco Mele
.
Used by Josef K. on The Farewell Single.
Released 1982.
The Art of Album Covers
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African American flood victims line up to get food and clothing from a Red Cross relief station after the Louisville floods in 1937.
Photo Margaret Bourke-White
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Used by Curtis Mayfield on his 1975 release, There's No Place Like America Today.
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African American flood victims line up to get food and clothing from a Red Cross relief station after the Louisville floods in 1937.
Photo Margaret Bourke-White
.
Used by Curtis Mayfield on his 1975 release, There's No Place Like America Today.
The Art of Album Covers
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A 1960s Chi Chi Rodriguez golf club cover.
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Image used by Devo on Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! released 1978.
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A 1960s Chi Chi Rodriguez golf club cover.
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Image used by Devo on Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! released 1978.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A Buck Rogers XZ-38 Disintegrator Pistol, manufactured in 1935 by Daisy.
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Used by Foo Fighters on their self titled debut studio album, released on July 4th, 1995
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A Buck Rogers XZ-38 Disintegrator Pistol, manufactured in 1935 by Daisy.
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Used by Foo Fighters on their self titled debut studio album, released on July 4th, 1995
The Art of Album Covers
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Photographer Robert Freeman was showing the Beatles potential images for the Rubber Soul album. He was projecting a portrait against cardboard when the cardoard fell back distorting the image.
McCartney said, “we felt that image fitted perfectly.”
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Photographer Robert Freeman was showing the Beatles potential images for the Rubber Soul album. He was projecting a portrait against cardboard when the cardoard fell back distorting the image.
McCartney said, “we felt that image fitted perfectly.”
The Art of Album Covers
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A page from the March 1978 issue of National Geographic.
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Part of which was used by Pavement on the 1994 release, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
.
A page from the March 1978 issue of National Geographic.
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Part of which was used by Pavement on the 1994 release, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
The Art of Album Covers.
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A Neal Boenzi photo of the smoggiest day in New York's history, the air pollution is estimated to have killed at least 169 people. The Smog covered the city from Nov 23 to 26, 1966.
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Used by Vampire Weekend on Modern Vampires Of The City, released 2013
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A Neal Boenzi photo of the smoggiest day in New York's history, the air pollution is estimated to have killed at least 169 people. The Smog covered the city from Nov 23 to 26, 1966.
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Used by Vampire Weekend on Modern Vampires Of The City, released 2013
The Art of Album Covers
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A composite with the head coming from Greuze’s The Souvenir c1787, and the body coming from Raphael’s Saint Catherine of Alexandria c. 1507.
Composite done by John Craig
.
Used by The Smashing Pumpking on Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, 1995
.
A composite with the head coming from Greuze’s The Souvenir c1787, and the body coming from Raphael’s Saint Catherine of Alexandria c. 1507.
Composite done by John Craig
.
Used by The Smashing Pumpking on Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, 1995
The Art of Album Covers.
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Ian MacKaye onstage during a Fugazi show in Washington, D.C. Photo taken by Jim Saah.
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Used by Fugazi on Repeater, released 1990
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Ian MacKaye onstage during a Fugazi show in Washington, D.C. Photo taken by Jim Saah.
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Used by Fugazi on Repeater, released 1990
The Art of Album Covers
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An Arthur Sarnoff painting entitled "Fido and the Clowns".
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Used by Butthole Surfers on Locust Abortion Technician, released 1987
.
An Arthur Sarnoff painting entitled "Fido and the Clowns".
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Used by Butthole Surfers on Locust Abortion Technician, released 1987
The Art of Album Covers
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Neville Watson, High Wycombe, UK circa 1984.
Photo Gavin Watson
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Used by The Shoes on Crack My Bones, released 2011.
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Neville Watson, High Wycombe, UK circa 1984.
Photo Gavin Watson
.
Used by The Shoes on Crack My Bones, released 2011.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Derry, Northern Ireland, 1979.
Photo Peter Marlow
.
Used by The Passage on
“Troops Out”, released 1981.
H/T @clevelandbeyond
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Derry, Northern Ireland, 1979.
Photo Peter Marlow
.
Used by The Passage on
“Troops Out”, released 1981.
H/T @clevelandbeyond
The Art of Album Covers
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A photo of a French airship taken during the 1st World War.
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Used by The Prodigy on Invaders Must Die, released 2009.
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A photo of a French airship taken during the 1st World War.
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Used by The Prodigy on Invaders Must Die, released 2009.
The Art of Album Covers
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'Dude 72' - adventure playground in London, 1972
Photo Mick Rock
.
This was going to be the original cover photo for the Mott the Hoople's All The Young Dudes, It was replaced before release.
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Used by Third Eye Blind on Out of the Vein, released 2003
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'Dude 72' - adventure playground in London, 1972
Photo Mick Rock
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This was going to be the original cover photo for the Mott the Hoople's All The Young Dudes, It was replaced before release.
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Used by Third Eye Blind on Out of the Vein, released 2003
The Art of Album Covers
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An old postcard found in a drugstore in Athens, Georgia.
.
Used by The Allman Brothers Band on Eat a Peach, released 1972
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An old postcard found in a drugstore in Athens, Georgia.
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Used by The Allman Brothers Band on Eat a Peach, released 1972
The Art of Album Covers
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Chris McClure, a friend of the band taken in the early hours of the morning in Korova bar, Liverpool.
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Used by Arctic Monkeys on Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, released 2006
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Chris McClure, a friend of the band taken in the early hours of the morning in Korova bar, Liverpool.
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Used by Arctic Monkeys on Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, released 2006
The Art of Album Covers
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Outtakes from the photoshoot for the New York Dolls debut album cover, released by Mercury Records, 1973.
Photos by Toshi Matsuo
.
Outtakes from the photoshoot for the New York Dolls debut album cover, released by Mercury Records, 1973.
Photos by Toshi Matsuo
The Art of Album Covers
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"La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses' (The Chimera Regarded All Things with Terror) - 1886.
By French artist Odilon Redon
.
Used by Magazine on 'Shot By Both Sides' released 1978
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"La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses' (The Chimera Regarded All Things with Terror) - 1886.
By French artist Odilon Redon
.
Used by Magazine on 'Shot By Both Sides' released 1978
The Art of Album Covers
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'Nurse of Greenmeadow' by artist Richard Prince
.
This series by Richard Prince influenced Sonic Youth for the 'Sonic Nurse' artwork, released 2004.
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'Nurse of Greenmeadow' by artist Richard Prince
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This series by Richard Prince influenced Sonic Youth for the 'Sonic Nurse' artwork, released 2004.
The Art of Album Covers
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Wales, 1965
Photo Bruce Davidson
.
Used by Soul Asylum on Let Your Dim Light Shine,
Released, 1995
.
Wales, 1965
Photo Bruce Davidson
.
Used by Soul Asylum on Let Your Dim Light Shine,
Released, 1995
The Art of Album Covers
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A photo taken by Peter Christopherson of Throbbing Gristle.
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Used by Everything but the Girl on Angel, released 1985.
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A photo taken by Peter Christopherson of Throbbing Gristle.
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Used by Everything but the Girl on Angel, released 1985.
The Art of Album Covers
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"My girlfriends brother was driving. This was in the winter of 1975 and I had just finished a rough couple of months in New York City. I decided to take a road trip and a storm hit" - David Michael Kennedy
.
Used by Bruce Springsteen on Nebraska - 1982
.
"My girlfriends brother was driving. This was in the winter of 1975 and I had just finished a rough couple of months in New York City. I decided to take a road trip and a storm hit" - David Michael Kennedy
.
Used by Bruce Springsteen on Nebraska - 1982
The Art of Album Covers
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Toots and the Maytalls, 1970.
Photo by Michael Ochs
.
Used on Sweet And Dandy: The Best Of Toots & the Maytals, released on Trojan in 2008.
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Rest in power Toots
.
Toots and the Maytalls, 1970.
Photo by Michael Ochs
.
Used on Sweet And Dandy: The Best Of Toots & the Maytals, released on Trojan in 2008.
.
Rest in power Toots
The Art of Album Covers
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Model Barbara Cheeseborough famously appeared on the cover of the first issue of Essence Magazine in 1970, a magazine written for African-American women.
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She also appeared on the cover of Funkadelic's 1971 release Maggot Brain.
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Model Barbara Cheeseborough famously appeared on the cover of the first issue of Essence Magazine in 1970, a magazine written for African-American women.
.
She also appeared on the cover of Funkadelic's 1971 release Maggot Brain.
The Art of Album Covers
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The Ziggy Stardust photo session was shot on Heddon Street, London by Brian Ward in Jan 1972
Bowie phoned Ward requesting a location resembling a "Brooklyn alley scene" where he could appear alone like an alien being.
.
Here are some of the outtakes
.
The Ziggy Stardust photo session was shot on Heddon Street, London by Brian Ward in Jan 1972
Bowie phoned Ward requesting a location resembling a "Brooklyn alley scene" where he could appear alone like an alien being.
.
Here are some of the outtakes
The Art of Album Covers
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In 1994, Keithroy Yearwood made $150 for a 2-hour modeling shoot, one of the images end up gracing one of Raps biggest albums of all-time, Ready to Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
.
Yearwood - “It’s an honor to be on this album, I guess it was the afro.”
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In 1994, Keithroy Yearwood made $150 for a 2-hour modeling shoot, one of the images end up gracing one of Raps biggest albums of all-time, Ready to Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
.
Yearwood - “It’s an honor to be on this album, I guess it was the afro.”
The Art of Album Covers
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Empire Games bronze winning Scottish flyweight boxer, Hugh Cameron, October 1938.
Photo by David Savill
.
Used by The Pogues on Peace and Love, released 1989.
The fifth finger was added by sleeve designer, Simon Ryan, to accommodate the word "PEACE".
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Empire Games bronze winning Scottish flyweight boxer, Hugh Cameron, October 1938.
Photo by David Savill
.
Used by The Pogues on Peace and Love, released 1989.
The fifth finger was added by sleeve designer, Simon Ryan, to accommodate the word "PEACE".
The Art of Album Covers
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Photos from The Sonic Boom series by Carlos Lobo, 2008.
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4th photo used by Evols on their self-titled debut album, released 2010.
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Photos from The Sonic Boom series by Carlos Lobo, 2008.
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4th photo used by Evols on their self-titled debut album, released 2010.
The Art of Album Covers
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Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 2, released 1959.
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Parodied by The Fall on 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong, released 2004.
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Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 2, released 1959.
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Parodied by The Fall on 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong, released 2004.
The Art of Album Covers
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A mother and daughter living on the 13th floor of a tower block in Leytonstone, 1974.
Photo Nick Hedges
.
Used by Gerry Cinnamon on his 2nd studio album, The Bonny, released April 2020
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A mother and daughter living on the 13th floor of a tower block in Leytonstone, 1974.
Photo Nick Hedges
.
Used by Gerry Cinnamon on his 2nd studio album, The Bonny, released April 2020
The Art of Album Covers
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Stop the City - an Anti-Economic demo to bring the City of London to a halt, Thursday 29th September 1983
.
"I caught this PC strangling a protester. It was that sort of day" - David Hoffman
.
Used by Chaos UK on Short Sharp Shock, released 1984
.
Stop the City - an Anti-Economic demo to bring the City of London to a halt, Thursday 29th September 1983
.
"I caught this PC strangling a protester. It was that sort of day" - David Hoffman
.
Used by Chaos UK on Short Sharp Shock, released 1984
The Art of Album Covers
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Brixton, London 1976.
Photo Peter Marlow
.
Used by Nightmares On Wax on 70s / 80s, released 2003
.
Brixton, London 1976.
Photo Peter Marlow
.
Used by Nightmares On Wax on 70s / 80s, released 2003
The Art of Album Covers
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Joel Brodsky's outtakes from the photoshoot for The Doors 1966 debut album "The Doors."
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Joel Brodsky's outtakes from the photoshoot for The Doors 1966 debut album "The Doors."
The Art of Album Covers
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"The idea for this cover was Siouxie’s. I was to shoot disquieting and unnerving images underwater in a swimming pool – you can’t scream underwater" - Photographer Paul Wakefield
.
Siouxie and the Banshees – The Scream.
Outtakes and final image below.
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"The idea for this cover was Siouxie’s. I was to shoot disquieting and unnerving images underwater in a swimming pool – you can’t scream underwater" - Photographer Paul Wakefield
.
Siouxie and the Banshees – The Scream.
Outtakes and final image below.
The Art of Album Covers
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Poster for Kodak's International Colour Picture competition portraying 'The World and its People', to be exhibited at New York's World Fair in 1964.
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The inspiration for The Bluebells 'Sisters' sleeve, released 1984.
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Poster for Kodak's International Colour Picture competition portraying 'The World and its People', to be exhibited at New York's World Fair in 1964.
.
The inspiration for The Bluebells 'Sisters' sleeve, released 1984.
The Art of Album Covers
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Black Panther Bobby Hutton at Oakland police station after a law prohibiting carrying loaded weapons in public was passed, 1967. Hutton was killed by Oakland police in 1968, he was 17.
Photos Ron Riesterer
.
Used by Primal Scream on the 1997 single Star
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Black Panther Bobby Hutton at Oakland police station after a law prohibiting carrying loaded weapons in public was passed, 1967. Hutton was killed by Oakland police in 1968, he was 17.
Photos Ron Riesterer
.
Used by Primal Scream on the 1997 single Star
The Art of Album Covers
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Photo of the B52s that became the image that once hand colored, was used on their self titled debut album, released 1979.
.
Taken by photographer George DuBose on 12th December 1977 in NYC
.
Photo of the B52s that became the image that once hand colored, was used on their self titled debut album, released 1979.
.
Taken by photographer George DuBose on 12th December 1977 in NYC
The Art of Album Covers
.
2/
"This is the shot that I really wanted the B52s to use. It is my all-time favorite shot of the group. It is a direct rip-off of The Ventures "Walk, Don't Run 64" cover, which was the first album I ever bought" - photographer George DuBose
.
2/
"This is the shot that I really wanted the B52s to use. It is my all-time favorite shot of the group. It is a direct rip-off of The Ventures "Walk, Don't Run 64" cover, which was the first album I ever bought" - photographer George DuBose
The Art of Album Covers
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"I started shooting photographs of the underground LA Punk scene in late 1978. Black Flag asked me to shoot their new front man Henry Rollins for the cover of their first LP" - Edward Colver
.
Black Flag's 'Damaged' was released 5th December 1981
.
"I started shooting photographs of the underground LA Punk scene in late 1978. Black Flag asked me to shoot their new front man Henry Rollins for the cover of their first LP" - Edward Colver
.
Black Flag's 'Damaged' was released 5th December 1981
The Art of Album Covers
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A woman cutting corn in Russian peasant costume in a field just off the M11 motorway.
Photos Brian Griffin
.
LIFE magazine put it on the cover of an issue devoted to the best colour photographs of the 1980s
.
Used by Depeche Mode on A Broken Frame - 1982
.
A woman cutting corn in Russian peasant costume in a field just off the M11 motorway.
Photos Brian Griffin
.
LIFE magazine put it on the cover of an issue devoted to the best colour photographs of the 1980s
.
Used by Depeche Mode on A Broken Frame - 1982
The Art of Album Covers
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'Martin in my Room' - Elsynge Road, Wandsworth, London, 1977
Photo by Brian Griffin
.
Used by Tirez Tirez on Etudes, released 1980.
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'Martin in my Room' - Elsynge Road, Wandsworth, London, 1977
Photo by Brian Griffin
.
Used by Tirez Tirez on Etudes, released 1980.
The Art of Album Covers
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A Motown promo shot of The Supremes from 1963.
.
Used by The Supremes on Baby Love, released on Motown, 1964.
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Mary Wilson - March 6th, 1944 – February 8th, 2021. #RIP
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A Motown promo shot of The Supremes from 1963.
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Used by The Supremes on Baby Love, released on Motown, 1964.
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Mary Wilson - March 6th, 1944 – February 8th, 2021. #RIP
The Art of Album Covers
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Lily Brik, Moscow, 1924.
Photo/poster by Alexander Rodchenko.
.
Lily is shouting "books in all branches of knowledge"
.
With high levels of illiteracy, Lenin made literacy a major priority.
.
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better, r 2005.
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Lily Brik, Moscow, 1924.
Photo/poster by Alexander Rodchenko.
.
Lily is shouting "books in all branches of knowledge"
.
With high levels of illiteracy, Lenin made literacy a major priority.
.
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better, r 2005.
The Art of Album Covers
.
Outtakes from the photoshoot for AC
DC's Highway to Hell album cover, released 1979.
Photos Jim Houghton
.
Outtakes from the photoshoot for AC
DC's Highway to Hell album cover, released 1979.Photos Jim Houghton
The Art of Album Covers
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Model / actress, Lung Leg (born Elisabeth Carr) in a still taken from Submit to Me, a film by Richard Kern, released 1985
.
Used by Sonic Youth on EVOL, released 1986 on Blast First & SST Records label.
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Model / actress, Lung Leg (born Elisabeth Carr) in a still taken from Submit to Me, a film by Richard Kern, released 1985
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Used by Sonic Youth on EVOL, released 1986 on Blast First & SST Records label.
The Art of Album Covers
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Lex Barker and Pierre Brice in a publicity shot for the Winnetou series of movies, filmed in the 1960s.
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Used by Gang of Four on Entertainment! Released 1979.
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Lex Barker and Pierre Brice in a publicity shot for the Winnetou series of movies, filmed in the 1960s.
.
Used by Gang of Four on Entertainment! Released 1979.
The Art of Album Covers
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We Sing "The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Is Fine" by 9yr old Chinese girl, Pang Hsiao-li.
From "Pictures By Chinese Children" printed in 1976
.
Used by The Raincoats on their self titled debut album The Raincoats, released 1979 on Rough Trade
.
We Sing "The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Is Fine" by 9yr old Chinese girl, Pang Hsiao-li.
From "Pictures By Chinese Children" printed in 1976
.
Used by The Raincoats on their self titled debut album The Raincoats, released 1979 on Rough Trade
The Art of Album Covers
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Outtakes from the photo shoot for the ‘Damned Damned Damned’ Album cover, released on this day in 1977.
Photos Peter Gravelle
.
Outtakes from the photo shoot for the ‘Damned Damned Damned’ Album cover, released on this day in 1977.
Photos Peter Gravelle
The Art of Album Covers
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Original 1976 collage by Linder (Sterling) used for the artwork for Buzzcocks' single Orgasm Addict, released 1977.
Original collage via the Tate
.
Original 1976 collage by Linder (Sterling) used for the artwork for Buzzcocks' single Orgasm Addict, released 1977.
Original collage via the Tate
The Art of Album Covers
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Homage to Puvis de Chavannes, 1949.
Photo by Duane Michals
.
Used by Bauhaus on their debut studio album 'In the Flat Field', released 1980 on 4AD
.
Homage to Puvis de Chavannes, 1949.
Photo by Duane Michals
.
Used by Bauhaus on their debut studio album 'In the Flat Field', released 1980 on 4AD
The Art of Album Covers
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Ambergris' self titled debut album Ambergris, released 1970.
Formed by Jerry Weiss, he got Steve Cropper of MG’s fame to produce it.
.
Defaced cover used by Pavement on 'Watery, Domestic' released 1992.
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Ambergris' self titled debut album Ambergris, released 1970.
Formed by Jerry Weiss, he got Steve Cropper of MG’s fame to produce it.
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Defaced cover used by Pavement on 'Watery, Domestic' released 1992.
The Art of Album Covers
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Edmund J. Sullivan's illustration to verse 26 of Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 1913.
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Avalon Ballroom Skeleton and Roses, 1966, ink on illustration board by Alton Kelley and Stanley “Mouse” Miller.
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Grateful Dead - self titled, 1971.
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Edmund J. Sullivan's illustration to verse 26 of Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 1913.
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Avalon Ballroom Skeleton and Roses, 1966, ink on illustration board by Alton Kelley and Stanley “Mouse” Miller.
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Grateful Dead - self titled, 1971.
The Art of Album
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The skyline in Shanghai, China. The characters on top of the building translate “construction, material, development”.
Photo Matthias Clamer
.
Used by The Killers on their debut studio album 'Hot Fuss', released 2004.
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The skyline in Shanghai, China. The characters on top of the building translate “construction, material, development”.
Photo Matthias Clamer
.
Used by The Killers on their debut studio album 'Hot Fuss', released 2004.
The Art of Album Covers
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Herbie Hancock on a photo shoot on East 41st Street, New York, 1963.
Photos Francis Wolff
.
Used on Inventions & Dimensions, released on Blue Note, 1964
.
Herbie Hancock on a photo shoot on East 41st Street, New York, 1963.
Photos Francis Wolff
.
Used on Inventions & Dimensions, released on Blue Note, 1964
The Art of Album Covers
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The original David Arnoff shot of Lux and Ivy used by The Cramps on "File Under Sacred Music - Early Singles 1978-1981"
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The original David Arnoff shot of Lux and Ivy used by The Cramps on "File Under Sacred Music - Early Singles 1978-1981"
The Art of Album Covers
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Oil & Acrylic painting of Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder.
Artwork by Central Station Design
.
Cropped and used on the cover of Bummed, Released 1988.
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Oil & Acrylic painting of Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder.
Artwork by Central Station Design
.
Cropped and used on the cover of Bummed, Released 1988.
The Art of Album Covers
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Joni Mitchell photographed by Tim Considine, ca. 1970
.
Used on the cover of Joni's Blue album, released June 22, 1971
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Joni Mitchell photographed by Tim Considine, ca. 1970
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Used on the cover of Joni's Blue album, released June 22, 1971
The Art of Album Covers
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A Boy destroying a piano, Wales 1961.
Photo Philip Jones Griffith
.
Used by Meat Machine on Slug, released 1993
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A Boy destroying a piano, Wales 1961.
Photo Philip Jones Griffith
.
Used by Meat Machine on Slug, released 1993
The Art of Album Covers
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Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Chad Channing, and Jason Everman of Nirvana, onstage at the ‘Reko Muse Art Gallery’ in Olympia, Washington, on April 1st, 1989.
Photo Tracy Marander
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Used by Nirvana on their debut album Bleach, released 1989.
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Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Chad Channing, and Jason Everman of Nirvana, onstage at the ‘Reko Muse Art Gallery’ in Olympia, Washington, on April 1st, 1989.
Photo Tracy Marander
.
Used by Nirvana on their debut album Bleach, released 1989.
The Art of Book Covers
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The Supremes (Detroit, MI), ca. 1963.
Photo Art Shay
.
Used by @Detroit67Book on 'Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul'
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The Supremes (Detroit, MI), ca. 1963.
Photo Art Shay
.
Used by @Detroit67Book on 'Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul'
The Art of Book Covers
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Otis Redding onstage with his horn section behind him, 1967.
Photo Michael Ochs Archives
.
Used by @Detroit67Book on 'Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul'
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Otis Redding onstage with his horn section behind him, 1967.
Photo Michael Ochs Archives
.
Used by @Detroit67Book on 'Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul'
The Art of Book Covers
.
Black Panthers outside the Criminal Courts, NYC, a month after 21 Panthers were charged with plotting to dynamite city stores, a police station and a railroad right-of-way.
Photo by Jack Manning
.
Used by @Detroit67Book on 'Harlem 69: The Future of Soul'
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Black Panthers outside the Criminal Courts, NYC, a month after 21 Panthers were charged with plotting to dynamite city stores, a police station and a railroad right-of-way.
Photo by Jack Manning
.
Used by @Detroit67Book on 'Harlem 69: The Future of Soul'
The Art of Album Covers
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The crowd at a Selecter gig at the Lyceum, London.
Photo by Richard Mann.
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Used by The Special A.K.A.*Featuring Rico* on Too Much Too Young (live), released 1980.
Notice the addition to the record sleeve.
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The crowd at a Selecter gig at the Lyceum, London.
Photo by Richard Mann.
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Used by The Special A.K.A.*Featuring Rico* on Too Much Too Young (live), released 1980.
Notice the addition to the record sleeve.
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Illustration by Yvonne Gilbert.
Holly Johnson asked Gilbert to create a piece of art for Relax, not having enough time she gave them an existing fetish-themed piece she'd drawn for Playboy and Men Only.
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax, released 1983
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Illustration by Yvonne Gilbert.
Holly Johnson asked Gilbert to create a piece of art for Relax, not having enough time she gave them an existing fetish-themed piece she'd drawn for Playboy and Men Only.
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax, released 1983
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Man United's George Best in action for Man United at Coventry's Highfield Road, April 1972.
Coventry City 2 - 3 Manchester United.
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Used by The Wedding Present on their debut album 'George Best', released October 1987
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Man United's George Best in action for Man United at Coventry's Highfield Road, April 1972.
Coventry City 2 - 3 Manchester United.
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Used by The Wedding Present on their debut album 'George Best', released October 1987
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Richard Lam’s picture of the “kissing couple” was taken as he covered the riots that followed the Vancouver Canucks' 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup.
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Used by Placebo on A Place for Us to Dream, released Oct 2016
HT @MarkHawkns
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Richard Lam’s picture of the “kissing couple” was taken as he covered the riots that followed the Vancouver Canucks' 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup.
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Used by Placebo on A Place for Us to Dream, released Oct 2016
HT @MarkHawkns
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Untitled - 1975
Photo William Eggleston
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Used by Primal Scream on Country Girl, released May 2006
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Untitled - 1975
Photo William Eggleston
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Used by Primal Scream on Country Girl, released May 2006
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EMI house, Feb 1963.
I was in the staircase well and asked if they were in the building. “Well, get them to look over, and I will take it from here.”
I had to lie flat on my back in the entrance. I took some shots and said, “That’ll do" - Angus McBean
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EMI house, Feb 1963.
I was in the staircase well and asked if they were in the building. “Well, get them to look over, and I will take it from here.”
I had to lie flat on my back in the entrance. I took some shots and said, “That’ll do" - Angus McBean
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Marvin Gaye photographed by Jim Britt at Golden West Studios in Los Angeles, 1973.
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Used on Marvin Gaye Live - Trouble Man/Distant Lover
Released on Tamla Motown, 1974.
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Marvin Gaye photographed by Jim Britt at Golden West Studios in Los Angeles, 1973.
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Used on Marvin Gaye Live - Trouble Man/Distant Lover
Released on Tamla Motown, 1974.
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Skeleton orchestra, from an exhibit in a health museum in Brussels, undated photo.
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Used by The Specials on Ghost Town, released 1981.
Designed by David Storey
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Skeleton orchestra, from an exhibit in a health museum in Brussels, undated photo.
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Used by The Specials on Ghost Town, released 1981.
Designed by David Storey
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'Woman in Wheelchair with Able-Bodied Lover' - 1979.
Photograph from a solarized negative, by Tee Corinne
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Used by Suede on their self-titled debut album, released 1993
The photo was taken from the 1991 book Stolen Glances: Lesbians Take Photographs
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'Woman in Wheelchair with Able-Bodied Lover' - 1979.
Photograph from a solarized negative, by Tee Corinne
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Used by Suede on their self-titled debut album, released 1993
The photo was taken from the 1991 book Stolen Glances: Lesbians Take Photographs
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“Virginia Woolf meets the German camp underground in this extravaganza of performance art and oddity by Ulrike Ottinger.” —Jonathan Rosenbaum on Ottinger's movie Freak Orlando, released 1981.
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Still used by Suede on We Are The Pigs, released 1994.
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“Virginia Woolf meets the German camp underground in this extravaganza of performance art and oddity by Ulrike Ottinger.” —Jonathan Rosenbaum on Ottinger's movie Freak Orlando, released 1981.
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Still used by Suede on We Are The Pigs, released 1994.
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Shiroi hana “White flower”, 1931
Photo Sakae Tamura
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Used by Siouxsie And The Banshees on Dear Prudence, released 1983
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Shiroi hana “White flower”, 1931
Photo Sakae Tamura
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Used by Siouxsie And The Banshees on Dear Prudence, released 1983
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Painting of the A4 Pacific ’Mallard’ - holder of the world speed record for steam traction, by Paul Gribble
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Used by Blur on Modern Life Is Rubbish, released 1993.
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Painting of the A4 Pacific ’Mallard’ - holder of the world speed record for steam traction, by Paul Gribble
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Used by Blur on Modern Life Is Rubbish, released 1993.
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A vintage postcard of a baby in a bath.
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Used by Blur on "There's No Other Way" released April 1991
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A vintage postcard of a baby in a bath.
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Used by Blur on "There's No Other Way" released April 1991
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Images from a Joel Brodsky photoshoot with The Stooges, 1969.
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Used on their debut album The Stooges, released 1969.
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Happy birthday Iggy
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Images from a Joel Brodsky photoshoot with The Stooges, 1969.
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Used on their debut album The Stooges, released 1969.
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Happy birthday Iggy
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A young breakdancer on the streets of New York, 1980s.
Photo by Henry Chalfant
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Used by West Street Mob on Break Dance - Electric Boogie, part of the Back To The Old School series, released 1999
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A young breakdancer on the streets of New York, 1980s.
Photo by Henry Chalfant
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Used by West Street Mob on Break Dance - Electric Boogie, part of the Back To The Old School series, released 1999
