Perfect Covers

Bob Dylan ‘Nashville Skyline’, Columbia, 1969. Photograph by Elliott Landy.

Patti Smith ‘Horses’, Arista, 1975. Photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe.

Lou Reed ‘Transformer’, RCA, 1972. Photograph by Mick Rock.

Iggy and the Stooges ‘Raw Power’, Columbia, 1973. Art direction by Sean Evans, photography by Mick Rock.

Elvis Costello ‘This Year’s Model’, Radar, 1978. Art direction by ‘Barney Bubbles’ (Colin Fulcher), photography by Chris Gabrin.

Roxy Music ‘Flesh + Blood’, Polydor 1981. Art direction by Peter Saville, photography by Neil Kirk.

Led Zeppelin ‘Houses of the Holy’, Atlantic, 1973. Photographed and art directed by Aubrey Powell.

David Bowie ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’, RCA, 1972. Artwork by Terry Pastor, photography by Brian Ward.

Fripp & Eno ‘(No Pussyfooting)’, Island, 1973. Cover art designed and photographed by Willie Christie.

Big Star ‘#1 Record’, Ardent, 1972. Artwork by Ron Pekar, design by Carole Manning.

Robbie Basho ‘Visions of the Country’, Windham Hill, 1978. Cover photograph by Ed Cooper.

Led Zeppelin ‎‘Led Zeppelin’, Atlantic 1969. Photograph by Gus Pasquerella, designed by George Hardie and James Patrick Page.

Spacemen 3 ‘For All the Fucked Up Children of This World We Give You Spacemen 3’, Sympathy For The Record Industry 1995. Unknown designer(s).

Prince ‘Dirty Mind’, Warner 1980. Photograph by Allen Beaulieu.

N.W.A ‘Straight Outta Compton’, Ruthless Records, 1988. Art direction by Helane Freeman, photograph by Eric Poppleton.

Charles Mingus ‘Oh Yeah’, Atlantic, 1961. Designed by Loring Eutemey.

The Doors ‘The Doors’, Elektra, 1967. Art Direction by William S. Harvey, photograph by Guy Webster.