When CDs were first introduced in the early 80’s, they were the next best thing in the music world. Certainly an upgrade from cassette tapes, CDs conveniently packed the music and artwork into a neat, small package. But one of the major flaws is the lack of cover art you get with a CD, especially when you compare it to the vibrant, lifelike album cover art you get with vinyl records.
In this three part series about album cover art, we will explore some of the most legendary album covers of all time, look at some of the most controversial album covers as well as gauge the impact that major retailers have on cover art. Lets start with a band that broke the ground for many of their other fellow musicians.
One of the pioneering bands to take advantage of album cover art and its power of marketability were, of course, one of the most famous groups of all time, the Beatles. From such famous album covers as Yesterday and Today (1966), Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) and even including the simplicity of the White Album, the Beatles certainly took full advantage of the allure of a great album cover (it didnt hurt that the music is...
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