In part one of our article series (one of three) about famous album cover art, we discussed a couple of iconic Beatle album covers and some controversial album covers by other artists. Lets continue our discussion with part two of our series.
The Rolling Stones make our list for their 1968 album called Beggars Banquet. It was the first cover not to feature a band photograph; instead the Stones decided to use a picture of an unsightly, filthy bathroom with graffiti-laced walls. The record label in the U.K. (Decca) and the U.S. label, London Records, both balked at the cover (it was considered to be in poor taste) and a bitter three-month legal battle began. The Rolling Stones lost the battle and the album was replaced with an elegant formal party invitation (but the cover was restored for CD pressings in the mid 80’s).
Naughty bathroom behavior album cover first surfaced in 1966, when the Mamas & the Papas released their LP called If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears. The cover, a picture of the flower power quartet squeezed into an old bathtub next to a toilet, apparently received so many complaints that the record company (Dunhill) was compelled...
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