Album Art-The Stories Behind Music's Iconic Album Covers

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Black and Blue created one of the Stones best controversies, this time it was the title and the way it was marketed. The cover, is in the opinions of many, one of the Stones' best. Grab a copy and listen along with us. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/black-and-blue.pdff We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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We'd love to know your favorites-your favorite cover, favorite back story, and favorite all round package, but we have no idea how to hear from you. So, instead we tell you ours. Let us know what album covers you'd like us to cover at 
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This is one of the most unique covers we have encountered on one of the most forgettable albums by a super group. Find out why it often lands on worst covers of all times lists. Grab a copy and listen along with us. We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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What a difference an apostrophe makes. Miles Davis and artist Mati Klarwein manage to produce music and cover art that are perfectly in sync with each other and the possibilites that surround us.   Grab a copy and listen along with us.

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Mystery solved, the man on the cover is now known and the Balck Dog is real, even if it creator is not. This is the story of Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth studio album. Grab a copy and listen along with us. To see the black dog go to our Instagram site https://www.instagram.com/coverstories_charlie_and_adam/ We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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If you'd like to be able to see images of the covers we cover here are a couple of suggestions.

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Who would be arrested first for a cover like this today? The record company? The band? The parents? The buyers? Ah, but this was the good old days of the extended Sixties and all those groups did quite well by this cover.  Grab a copy and listen along with us.

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They're back, our favorite Stones album cover duo Peter Corriston and Hubert Kretzschmar team up yet again to create a  sticker porn album cover while Bill Smith gets done out of a cover by the ongoing Jagger-Richards feud. Grab a copy and listen along with us. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/undercover-2.pdf

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Pain, suffering, vulnerability? The Holy Bible and the story behind this cover and it making has all of that and courage too. This is the story of the cover for The Holy Bible. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

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Born during the globally televised Live Aid concert, this album may reveal more about James Hetfield than he ever intended. This is the story of the cover for Metallica's Master of Puppets. Grab a copy and listen along with us.