sleeve design: Presley Elvis

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' smirking


Elvis Presley The Elvis Presley Collection: Gospel (1998)	Pascal Comelade + Les Limiñanas Traité de Guitarres Triolectiques (À l'Usage des Portugaises Ensablées) (2015)

Red capital letters


Elvis Presley NBC TV Special '68 Comeback (1968)	Falco Emotional (1986)	Morrissey Who Put the M in Manchester ? (2005)

Fun in the sun


Elvis Presley Fun in Acapulco (1963)	El Vez Fun in Español (1994)

In the army now


Elvis Presley G.I. Blues (1960)	El Vez G.I. Ay, Ay! Blues (1996)

Crying in the chapel


Elvis Presley How Great Thou Art (1967)	El Vez How Great Thou Art - The Greatest Hits (1994)

How many fans?


Elvis Presley 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (1959)	Rod Stewart Body Wishes (1983)	Alec Bathgate Gold Lamé (1996)


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)