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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Bing Crosby White Christmas (2012) |
El Vez Sno-Way José (2012) |
John Legend A Legendary Christmas (2018) |
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Louis Armstrong & Friends What a Wonderful Christmas (1997) |
The Supremes The Best of the Supremes: The Christmas Collection (2005) |
Etta James 12 Songs of Christmas (2005) |
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James Brown Funky Christmas (1995) |
The Ramsey Lewis Trio More Sounds of Christmas (1964) |
James Brown The Best of James Brown: The Christmas Collection (2003) |
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Jackie Gleason All I Want for Christmas (1969) |
Charo (Mamacita) ¿Dónde Está Santa Claus? EP (1978) |
Kylie Minogue Kylie Christmas (2015) |
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Mariah Carey Merry Christmas (2000) |
Mariah Carey Merry Christmas 2 You (2010) |
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