Vinyl Cover Art 🌈

Humble Pie

💿 On To Victory (1980)
🏷️ Rock / Hard Rock

Artwork:
Mark Hess (Illustration)
Lynn Dreese Breslin (Design)

Special EFX

💿 Slice Of Life (1986)
🏷️ Jazz / Fusion

Artwork:
Dario Campanile (Original Oil Painting)
Andy Baltimore, Dan Serrano, David Gibb (Design)

yellow tinted vinyl album cover

v/a "Indian Music Of Mexico" (Folkways 1952) #vinyl this is an undated repress

Collected and recorded by Henrietta Yurchenco (née Henrietta Weiss 1916-2007) "Bob Dylan, a little tongue-tied, did one of his early radio interviews with her in 1962."

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Recorded live at The East in Brooklyn, NY:

Mtume (1971, rel. 1972)
Juju (1973, rel. 2020)
New Directions in Modern Music (rec. 1971, rel. 1973)
“Uhuru Sasa” (rel. 1970)

Slammin' Watusis

💿 Slammin' Watusis (1988)
🏷️ Rock / Punk

Artwork:
Ellen Kirouac (Illustration)
Jordan (Photography)
Steve Byram (Art Direction)

Bill Laswell

💿 Baselines (1983)
🏷️ Electronic / Jazz / Experimental

Artwork:
Felipe Orrego (Cover Art)
Thi-Linh Le (Photography)
Peter Corriston (Art Direction)

Boy George

💿 Sold (1987)
🏷️ Electronic / Pop / Synth-pop

Artwork:
Malcolm Garrett (Design)
Bill Ling, Johnny Rozsa, Paul Gobel (Photography)

Roxy Music

💿 Avalon (1982)
🏷️ Rock / Pop Rock / Art Rock

Artwork:
Antony Price, Bryan Ferry, Neil Kirk, Peter Saville

Yazz And The Plastic Population

💿 The Only Way Is Up 12" (1988)
🏷️ Electronic / House / Hi NRG / Synth-pop

Artwork:
Pat Rodger, Seán Quinn (Design)

Beastie Boys

💿 Ill Communication (1994)
🏷️ Hip Hop / Rock / Conscious / Hardcore / Jazz-Funk

Artwork:
Gibran Evans (Design)
Bruce Davidson (Photography)

Mountain

💿 Climbing! (1970)
🏷️ Rock / Blues Rock / Hard Rock

Artwork:
Gail Collins (Illustration & Photography)
Beverly Weinstein (Art Direction)

Ray Manzarek

💿 Carmina Burana (1983)
🏷️ Electronic / Rock / Folk Rock / Modern Classical

Artwork:
Hieronymus Beach (Illustration*)
Lynn Robb (Design)
Larry Williams (Photography)
*Adapted From Hieronymus Bosch And Jan Van Eyck Paintings

Harvey Mandel

💿 Feel The Sound Of Harvey Mandel (1974)
🏷️ Rock / Blues Rock

Artwork:
Ted Kliros (Illustration)
Neil Terk (Art Direction)

Spyro Gyra

💿 Morning Dance (1979)
🏷️ Jazz / Jazz-Funk / Fusion / Contemporary Jazz

Artwork:
David Heffernan (Illustration)
Kathleen Covert (Design & Art Direction)

Peter Frampton

💿 Breaking All The Rules (1981)
🏷️ Rock / Pop Rock

Artwork:
Chuck Beeson, Jeff Ayeroff (Design & Art Direction)
Elizabeth Lennard (Photography)

Lou Reed

💿 Transformer (1972)
🏷️ Rock / Glam

Artwork:
Ernst Thormahlen (Design & Art Direction)
Mick Rock (Photography)

Yes

💿 Yessongs (1973)
🏷️ Rock / Prog Rock

Artwork:
Roger Dean (Illustration & Design)
Martin Dean (Photography & Layout)

Cal Tjader

💿 Breeze From The East (1964)
🏷️ Jazz / Funk / Soul / Fusion / Cool Jazz

Artwork:
Hokusai (Painting "The Great Wave At Kanagawa")
John Murello (Design)

Jorge Ben

💿 Samba Esquema Novo (1963)
🏷️ Jazz / Latin / Bossa Nova

Artwork:
Paulo Breves
Mafra (Photography)

Visage

💿 Beat Boy (1984)
🏷️ Electronic / New Wave / Synth-pop

Artwork:
Peter Ashworth (Photography)
Maximillian (Art Direction)

Greg Kihn Band

💿 Next Of Kihn (1978)
🏷️ Rock / Pop Rock / Power Pop

Artwork:
Barbara Mendes (Painting)
Nina Port (Lettering)
Michael Zagaris (Photography)
Jim Blodgett (Art Direction)

photo by Christian Stewart

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Skids

💿 Scared To Dance (1979)
🏷️ Electronic / Rock / New Wave / Post-Punk

Artwork:
Russell Mills (Illustration & Design)
Dennis Morris (Photography)

Nancy Sinatra

💿 Boots (1966)
🏷️ Rock / Pop / Easy Listening

Artwork:
Ed Thrasher (Photography & Art Direction)

Specials

💿 Specials (1979)
🏷️ Rock / Reggae / Ska

Artwork:
Carol Starr, Chalkie Davies (Design)
Trigger (Layout)

Pacific Gas & Electric

💿 Get It On (1968)
🏷️ Rock / Blues Rock

Artwork:
Ben Talbert (Cover Art)
Pete Senoff (Photography)

Adrian Belew

💿 Mr. Music Head (1989)
🏷️ Rock / Art Rock / Pop Rock

Artwork:
Adrian Belew (Design)
Margaret Belew (Hand Coloration)
Sandy Ostroff (Paint Box Effects & Photography)

The Bus Boys

💿 American Worker (1982)
🏷️ Electronic / Rock / Reggae / Funk / Soul / Pop

Artwork:
Jeff Wack (Illustration)
Davis Grimaldi Butler (Design)
Betsy Rodden (Art Direction)

Kiss, Paul Stanley

💿 Paul Stanley (1978)
🏷️ Rock / Hard Rock / Pop Rock

Artwork:
Eraldo Carugati (Painting)
Howard Marks Advertising Inc. (Design)

MC Hammer

💿 Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
🏷️ Hip Hop / Pop Rap

Artwork:
Lori Stoll (Photography)
Heather Van Haaften (Design)
Tommy Steele (Art Direction)