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

Send us Fan Mail The first 30000 covers sneaked thru then the cover changed to this iconic GNR logo. This is the story of the cover for Appetite For Destruction. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail The Doors stole a photo and named an upscale burger chain with this album. This is the story of the Morrison Hotel Cover. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail Hey, Michael, where'd you get that suit? It was the biggest selling album ever according to some websites. This is the story of the Thriller cover. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail Album art spreads to the stage to the merch to the adverts in the dawning digital age of Steel Wheels. Grab a copy and listen along with us. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/steel-wheels.pdf

Send us Fan Mail A gifted musician hires an ex-NFL player to provide the art for the cover of I Want You. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of Barry Godber's terrifying glimpse of his own future that became the cover for King Crimson's inaugural album. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of the album art that did not match the names. How come? It's CS&N's first album released May 29, 1969. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of the dramatic cover that launched the identity of Led Zeppelin on an unsuspecting world. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of the album cover that serendipitously shows Young passing an old woman on the streets of New York. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of the cover of what is, so far, the Stones last studio album of orignal material. It was Charlie Watts' last complete album. Listen and find out. Grab a copy and listen along with us. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/a-bigger-bang.pdf

Send us Fan Mail Frank Zappa showed Neon Park a copy of Man's Life magazine and asked, "Can you do worse than this?" And he could. He did. This is the story of the Mothers' most iconic album cover, Weasles Ripped My Flesh. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail With this episode we introduce the first in a series of shorter stories. This one is the story of the album cover that sports Telemachus and his owner, Carole King. Tapestry was a culturally significant phenomenon with an intriguing cover story. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail Do you see the lion or the woman? This is the story of the cover of Santana's eponymous first album after his Woodstock explosion. It is fantatsic optical illusion and a classic album cover done by Lee Conklin. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of trendy cutting edge art cover that fails to hold up as anything other than the Stones worst cover ever. Grab a copy and listen along with us. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/emotional-rescue.pdf

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of Voodoo Lounge, the Stones album cover that introduced the  world to the bunnyman. Grab a copy and listen along with us. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/voodoo-lounge.pdf

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of an album cover that stereotyped blacks, objectified women, mocked religion, promoted cannibalism and drug use, and glorified Hell's Angels any one of which would kill an album cover today. Instead this one, Cheap Thrills, launched the careers of R. Crumb and Janis Joplin. Grab a copy and listen along with us.

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of Tattoo You, the Stones album cover that won a Grammy. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/tattoo-you-2.pdf

Send us Fan Mail Jagger nude on a cross?  At Christmas time? Not on a Decca album cover! This is the story of the Stones album cover that replaced that one. lle Ball and other famous women, not to mention a wig company.. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/their-satanic-majesties-request.pdf

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of The Beatles Stones happy accident album cover photographed by Robert Freeman. See Ken's Meet the Look Alikes https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=meet%20the%20look-alikes

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of the Stones album cover that resulted in a Jesse Jackson protext and legal action by Lucille Ball and other famous women, not to mention a wig company.. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/some-girls.pdf

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of the Stones first psychedelic album cover photographed after a night recording in the studio. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/between-the-buttons.pdf

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of the Stones Miami Vice look alike cover. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/dirty-work.pdf.

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of the guys you would not want to meet in a dark alley cover.. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/out-of-our-heads.pdf

Send us Fan Mail Mick Jagger as Katherine Hepburn? Yep, it's that cover. Grab a copy and listen along with us. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/goats-heat-soup2.pdf

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of the Stones zombie apocalypse cover. Grab a copy and listen along with us.  For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/its-only-rock-n-roll.pdf.