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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Madonna
Like a Prayer (1989) |
Tove Lo
Lady Wood (2016) |
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Tricky
Mixed Race (2010) |
Wiz Khalifa
Blacc Hollywood (2014) |
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Thelonious Monk
Underground (1968) |
Bob Dylan and The Band
The Basement Tapes (1975) |
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The Sundays
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (1990) |
XTC
Fossil Fuel - The XTC Singles 1977-1992 (1996) |
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Kiss
Gene Simmons (1978) |
Melvins
King Buzzo (1992) |
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Kiss
Peter Criss (1978) |
Melvins
Dale Crover (1992) |
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Kiss
Ace Frehley (1978) |
Melvins
Joe Preston (1992) |
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Grammatics Grammatics (2009) |
Battant No Head (2009) |
This Is Head Illumination (2013) |
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Rainbow
Difficult to Cure (1981) |
Autopsy
Severed Survival (1993) |
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Christina Aguilera
Bionic (2010) |
Moonlight Breakfast
Shout (2014) |
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Carlos Santana
Santana (1969) |
Carlos Santana
IV (2016) |
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Elvis Presley
The Elvis Presley Collection: Gospel (1998) |
Pascal Comelade + Les Limiñanas
Traité de Guitarres Triolectiques (À l'Usage des Portugaises Ensablées) (2015) |
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Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come (1972) |
Joe Strummer The Harder They Come (2009) |
Lotek International Rudeboy (2011) |
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Paul Cusick Focal Point (2009) |
Kyasma Symphony for Technology (2012) |
Saga 20/20 (2012) |
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Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience (2013) |
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 (2013) |
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience (2013) |
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Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience (Deluxe) (2013) |
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 (Deluxe) (2013) |
