Would Sgt. Pepper's be exactly the same without Peter Blake's cover ? At a time when full-length records do not mean much any longer and album covers even less, I found interesting to make a website on sleeve design. Long before videos, record covers were the visual embodiment of music, a way to put images on sound. I remember having spent hours as a teenager detailing the cover of records while listening to them. Later on, I realised that some of them had things in common in their design, revealing either a mere sign of the times or a more deliberate connection. Some records even obviously copied famous sleeves, as a tribute or as a mockery. Here is a collection of record covers I came across, which share some common visual features.
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Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (1968) |
The Afghan Whigs What Jail Is Like (1994) |
John Waite Temple Bar (1995) |
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Pizzicato Five R.I.P. Big Hits and Jet Lags 1998-2001 (2001) |
Rolling Clones Remakes and Outfakes (2007) |
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Minor Threat Complete Discography (1988) |
Rancid ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995) |
