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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Elvis Presley 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (1959) |
Rod Stewart Body Wishes (1983) |
Alec Bathgate Gold Lamé (1996) |
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Various 50,000,000 Elves Fans Can't Be Wrong - Transatlantic Pop Christmas Vol.1 (2004) |
The Fall 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong - 39 Golden Greats (2004) |
Bon Jovi 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (2004) |
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2 Many Dj's 50,000,000 Soulwax Fans Can't Be Wrong (2005) |
Various Hail to the King! (2006) |
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