![]() ![]() ![]() A special machine was required to manufacture these covers, so most do not feature the peel-off sticker the original copies are now rare collector’s items. Recognisable for featuring an Andy Warhol print of a banana, early copies of the cover of The Velvet Underground’s debut album invited owners to peel back the banana skin to reveal a flesh-coloured banana underneath. ![]() The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground This 1973 cover was a collaboration between Bowie (who came up with the bolt design, rumoured to be inspired by a symbol on an electric oven), photographer Brian Duffy and make-up artist Pierre Laroche. The striking image of David Bowie with a lightning bolt across his face marked the end of an era for Ziggy Stardust, the alter ego who had propelled him to stardom, and ushered in a new schizophrenic persona, Aladdin Sane. Despite this Blake and Haworth were paid a mere £200 for their design and construction! Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floydĭesigned by the celebrated art house collective Hipgnosis, who between 19 were responsible for album cover artwork for artists such as Led Zeppelin, 10cc, AC/DC, Scorpions, ELO, Yes and Black Sabbath, the Dark Side of the Moon cover was originally released in a gatefold LP sleeve so that the spectrum continued on the inside of the cover, around the back and eventually connected again with the front cover. The prism design represents three elements: the band’s reputation for amazing stage lighting, the album lyrics, and band member Richard Wright’s request for a ‘simple and bold design’. At the time album covers typically cost around £50 to produce, but the final cost of the Sgt Pepper cover was almost £3,000 – a sum unheard of in those days. Originally John Lennon had requested that Jesus, Hitler and Gandhi be included, but these were considered too provocative. The rest of the figures were made up of two-dimensional celebrity faces, which Blake and Haworth created by pasting 57 black and white figures onto hardboard – Haworth then tinted them by hand. The front row is three-dimensional with The Beatles standing in the middle and behind them mannequins, waxworks (borrowed from Madame Tussauds) and life-size dolls. The cover features a total of 71 figures on the cover. Sgt Pepper’s album cover was designed by pop artist Peter Blake and his then wife, Jann Haworth, from an ink drawing by Paul McCartney. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles ![]()
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