Exotic Birds and Fruit, by Procol Harum. 1974. Chrysalis Records. Cover painting by Hungarian painter Jakob Bogdani, 1658-1724. The front cover painting was reproduced by kind permission of Roy Miles Fine Paintings, London. Get it here: https://amzn.to/3cSnMYn From Wikipedia: Known…
Reverence, by Parkway Drive. 2018. Epitaph Records. Design by Donny Phillips and Kihl Studio. The beauty of this cover lies in the cover painting “The Fall Of The Damned,” painted in 1620 by Peter Paul Rubens. You can see this…
Grand Canyon Suite, Arturo Toscanini and NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ferde Grofé, conductor. 1945. RCA Victor Red Seal. Cover design by Alex Steinweiss. Steinweiss is one of the greatest album designers of all time. Working from 1938 into the 1970s, he…
Heaven and Hell, by Black Sabbath. 1980. Vertigo Records. Released in the U.S. by Warner Brothers. This is the first album to feature singer Ronnie James Dio. Art direction by Richard Seireeni, who oversaw cover designs for artists as diverse as…
