“There was no MTV, there was no VHI, there was no Spotify,” says Aubrey Powell. Instead, there was album art. In the 1970s, designers were treated as rock stars–album cover designers, that ...

The cover of London Calling features Clash bassist Paul Simonon in the act of destroying his Fender Precision Bass guitar at a concert in New York City. It was September 20, 1979, at the Palladium ...

Which brings us back to London Calling's album cover. The design wasn't new -- pink and green lettering framing a black and white photo -- in fact, it dated to 1956, when Elvis Presley's debut ...

The 100 Best Album Covers of All Time: Beatles, ... and I was the graphic designer who would paint the album covers.” —J.D. ... See Jelly Roll Clash With Logan Paul on WWE 'Smackdown' ...

The album cover — once a crucial part of any band's identity — has been dying a slow death for decades. For the most part, music fans put up with the shrinkage of album art from expansive ...

The pink and green lettering of Elvis Presley’s self-titled 1956 album shows up in the exact same format and placement on the Clash’s landmark record decades later.

During one 14-year span, album covers were at the center of the zeitgeist. How a small London design group seized the moment and brought avant-garde art to classic rock.

A book charting what it proclaims as the world's top 100 album covers will make its entrance next week. With entries ranging from The Beastie Boys to Joni Mitchell and Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the ...

And in 2010, his cover design was chosen by Britain's Royal Mail for one of their "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps. See Also: The Stories of 10 People Featured on Historically Bad Album Covers ...

The CD era shrunk the size down, but still emphasized the importance of a visual hallmark, requiring designers to make a big statement in a smaller space. Now, the album “cover” is often just ...