Search results
- ‘Physical Graffiti’ (1975) The brainchild of Greenwich Village-based designer Peter Corriston, Physical Graffiti’s spectacular, Grammy nominated die-cut sleeve depicted a New York City tenement block through whose windows various cultural icons such as WC Fields, Buzz Aldrin and Marcel Duchamp could be interchangeably viewed.
- ‘Houses Of The Holy’ (1973) The best Led Zeppelin album covers were almost as distinctive as their music – something which 1973’s Houses Of The Holy vividly bears out.
- Untitled (aka ‘Led Zeppelin IV’) (1971) Though it’s now widely accepted as one of the best Led Zeppelin album covers, the enigmatic and much-discussed sleeve art for the group’s untitled fourth album (aka “Led Zeppelin IV”, or “Zoso”) initially set the band on a collision course with their record label, who were opposed to it being printed without a title.
- ‘Led Zeppelin III’ (1970) Led Zeppelin III’s original vinyl edition was packaged in a gatefold sleeve with an innovative cover, designed by Zacron (aka Richard Drew): a multimedia artist whom Jimmy Page had met in 1963 while Zacron was a student at Kingston College Of Art.
- The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan (1963) The image of his Bobness—still three months shy of his 21st birthday and already the messiah of Greenwich Village—strolling arm in arm down Jones Street with then-squeeze Suze Rotolo captures the period’s romantic folk scene…um, yeah, pretty perfectly.
- Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin (1975) The two Alphabet City brownstones featured on the cover of Zep’s bangin’ behemoth of a double album, located at St. Marks Place between First Avenue and Avenue A, have a fine résumé of classic-rock visuals: Six years later, they appeared in the music video for the Stones’ “Waiting on a Friend.”
- Illmatic, Nas (1994) Aww, little Nas! Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones’s seven-year-old face, superimposed over a photo of NYC projects, amply fronts his essential LP, in which the New Yorker raps about his experiences growing up in LIC’s Queensbridge Houses.
- Paul’s Boutique and To the 5 Boroughs, Beastie Boys (1989, 2004) Paul’s Boutique, featuring a shot of the corner of Ludlow and Rivington Streets, is arguably the NYC rappers’ most celebrated studio effort—not to mention cover—but don’t forget their most Gotham-centric release, To the 5 Boroughs, which features Matteo Pericoli’s pencil drawing of the pre-9/11 downtown-Manhattan skyline.
Jul 26, 2022 · Discover Physical Graffiti Building in New York, New York: The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
Aug 14, 2020 · Led Zeppelin Album Art: The Stories Behind 9 Famous LP Covers. Ryan Reed Published: August 14, 2020. Atlantic / Swan Song. Led Zeppelin tried just about every visual trick to make their album ...
Feb 24, 2018 · On this day in 1975 Led Zeppelin released their classic album 'Physical Graffiti' featuring the iconic cover photo of two apartment buildings with windows revealing interchangeable views of cultural icons including astronaut Neil Armstrong, Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, King Kong, Judy Garland and the main cast of The Wizard of Oz among others. That building happens to be pretty close by and ...
Although Coda was the last official album released by Led Zeppelin, In Through the Out Door stands as the last studio album released by the band before the death of John Bonham. It was the band’s last album of newly recorded material together as Led Zeppelin. The album was released with six different covers.
People also ask
Does Led Zeppelin have a tea shop?
What is the best Led Zeppelin album cover?
What was the Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti cover like?
Did Led Zeppelin 2 have a front cover?
When was Led Zeppelin's Presence released?
When did the Led Zeppelin album Come Out?
Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti (1975) 96 and 98 St. Marks Place, East Village The cover of Physical Graffiti features a fine-tuned photo of two five-story buildings at 96 and 98 St. Marks Place–a street that has been closely tied to rock 'n' roll since the 1970s. Graphic designer Peter Corriston (who has also designed album art for The Rolling Stones) chose the buildings for their tenement ...
