The famous artists behind history's greatest album covers

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[mylife]

Throughout the 20th-century record sleeves regularly served as canvases for some of the world's most famous artists. From Andy Warhol's electric yellow banana on the cover of The Velvet Underground & Nico's 1967's debut album, to the custom-sprayed Banksy street art that fronted Blur's 2003 "Think Tank," art has long been used to round out the listening experience. A new book, "Art Sleeves," explores some of the most influential, groundbreaking and controversial covers from the past forty years. "This is not a 'history of album art' type book," said the book's author, DJ and arts writer DB Burkeman over email. Instead, he says the book is a "love letter" to visual art and music culture.

[mylife]

I admit it, I have bought LPs purely for the art. not this one recorded at Peppermint studios, but it was before the LP was released and it had odd inside jokes and stuff written with a diamond stylus near the spindle hole...

MP3s? phoeey!

https://youtu.be/ibB-JdMLNaE

[woodbutcher1963]

I have an original Andy Warhol album cover. I bet you do to.

Hint( it has a YKK zipper in it)

[wbarmy]

I dated a girl in 1980 who made a collage on her barracks room wall of all of the Commodore LP covers. It was actually quite nice.

[wastedyears]

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibB-JdMLNaE&t=4s

Missing the intro..

Hey Joey Man, comere comere.. look what my dad bought me for my birthday..

Oh wow man.. a gun!

[nickcarraway]

Didn’t the late Phil Hartman create album covers in the 70s?

[mylife]

Sadly all my thousands of LPs are gone :(

[gundog]

Got this one?

[mylife]

not that I am aware of

[real saxophonist]

One of my favourites:

[mylife]

diamond records? very cool.

[Army Air Corps]

Correct.

[EEGator]

Eddie was awesome.

[mylife]

music is no fun anymore.

[Red Badger]

Sticky fingers.........................

[walkingdead]

Yep, Maiden has hands down the best album covers. As a matter of fact, I have that cd running in my truck as we speak!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Was there a record store on the planet that didn’t have this album n its discount bin?

https://www.joesalbums.com/images/product/frank-marino-mahogany-rush-whats-next-vinyl-record-lp_1.jpeg

[algore]

I remember the zipper...

Does anyone remember trying to count all of the faces on ‘Days of Future Past’

A long time ago one of my neighbors bio father was the artist for the grateful dead, he had lots of original art

[Red Badger]

https://www.fastcompany.com/3044107/8-album-covers-designed-by-legendary-comedian-phil-hartman

[Restless]

“Didn’t the late Phil Hartman create album covers in the 70s?”

Yes. I really liked the cover he did for Poco’s “Legend.”