Lost it years ago in a flood. Always looking for another copy.

I had an early edition, in no hurry.
Use to collect, buy and sell 60s event rock posters. Still have 3 left. 2 Grande Ballroom ones from 1966 and a really nice Detroit Rock and Roll Revival at the State Fair Grounds sign by the artist, Gary Grimshaw who passed away a few years ago..Ticket Price $3.50 for about 20 bands.

Or anything by Hipgnosis

(but was afraid to ask) is a sweeeeeeeet album cover.

They took it on the sly after being denied permission to shoot in the hotel.

Sometimes the album cover caused us to buy the record without knowing anything about the band. That was the case with my roommate buying Jimmy Buffet’s first album.



Dark side of the moon
https://i.ibb.co/TqnsLQnP/IMG-7582.webp

Procol Harum
https://i.ibb.co/zHNM8b3s/IMG-7580.webp

St. Peppers
https://i.ibb.co/KMC3LnL/IMG-7581.webp

Let It Bleed

It's a gatefold sleeve (like a double album would have though it's a single disc) with one big image spanning the back and front.

Unless one wore them out cleaning pot on them like I did.

Had, had a large collection until I bought into DAT (digital audio tape)

Talk about a regret.

Demons and Wizards Cover art by Roger Dean.



Magicians Birthday Album Cover Art by Roger Dean



He also did art work cover albums for Yes and Asia

In Search of the Lost Chord
Days of Future Passed
A Question of Balance

because it makes it easier to separate the stems and seeds out from the good stuff.

You open the album and there are pop-ups of the band members, standing up

Designed be the great Storm Thorgerson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Thorgerson

Stevie Wonder - Musicquarium
Ry Cooder - Borderline
The Beatles - Revolver

And I learned today (on YouTube) that Stu Sutcliffe did the artwork on Revolver. I never knew that before. He was a friend of Lennon's from art school and was actually in the band for a while early on.

Robert Mapplethorpe on Patti Smith's 1975 "Horses" album.
https://www.vintag.es/2023/03/patti-smiths-horses.html

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but the first few decades of music sales they just came in brown or white paper sleeves. It wasn't until 1938 or 39 (I've seen both dates) that the first graphic sleeve was released.

I couldn't pick a favorite album cover, there's just way too many great ones. Two that come to mind though are an old one and a newer one and they both give off a Southern Gothic vibe, The Allman Brothers Band- Brothers and Sisters and Ethel Cain- Preacher's Daughter. Fun side note about the Allman Brothers one. That's Vaylor Trucks son of drummer Butch Trucks. Vaylor now has a YouTube and TikTok account talking about music that he says he missed but should have heard.

https://www.youtube.com/@VaylorTrucks

your information.

Someone already covered R. Crumb's artwork so I'd say Mr. Berney. I always liked his unique style found on covers from the late 60's to mid 70's. Illustrated panels, arcs, ribbons, etc., in a kind of English pastoral style. I had trouble tracking down many examples but here are a few:







And since we're talking album art how about this gorgeous Mooncrest label?



Somehow, you just knew you were in for a treat when putting an LP with this label on the turntable.

There's another Yes cover.
Not sure if it's Yessongs - if that is actually a record title for them.

To the right a B/Gray/W bulbous rocky form with a spiral "road" around it. Then all cool colors of greens, and blues towards the left in the distant horizon a rocky formation rising up thin-ish at the bottom expanding to a much wider top. Then a half a b/g/w form to the left edge.

I was lucky to catch an Art show of R Dean's work in the very early '70s, or very late '60s.