Klaus Voormann, a friend of the Beatles' since the group's days playing in Hamburg, Germany, during the early 60s, won a Grammy Award for designing the cover of the 1966 release "Revolver." Newly ...

Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ album cover artist Klaus Voormann’s work celebrated in 80th birthday exhibition in L.A. By Randy Lewis . Oct. 31, 2018 12:05 PM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

Klaus Voormann designed the “Revolver” album cover. (Courtesy of Apple Corps Ltd.) Expand. ... You came full circle creating the covers for “The Beatles Anthology” in the 1990s.

The Revolver cover went down a storm with the band even before fans saw it. Voormann confirms the oft-shared story that Beatles manager Brian Epstein wept with joy when the artist presented it to him.

Jones' 2000 album, It's Like This, was a collection of covers that leaned heavily on the Great American Songbook, but it also made room for Steely Dan's "Show Biz Kids," Traffic's "The Low Spark ...

When The Beatles ' landmark Revolver album was released 50 years ago, the iconic psychedelic cover brushed away their cheeky mop-top image. In place of the clean-cut smiling lads from Liverpool ...

In 1966, a few years after the Beatles had become a household name, they needed a cover for their forthcoming album. As Voormann says, he got tapped to work on the design because "John [Lennon ...

Klaus Voormann, innovative visual artist and one-time bassist in John Lennon‘s Plastic Ono Band, created one of rock’s most vivid album covers for the Beatles‘ 1966 masterpiece, Revolver.On ...

Here’s a Christmas present for the Beatles nut in your life: Capitol is reissuing the seven albums the fab four put out in the US during a crazy fifteen month period between January 1964 and ...

The German artist and musician not only created the packaging for the band’s midcareer masterpiece, he also played bass on their solo records.