Beatles cover art book

Images of album cover art or lack thereof, in the case of the beatles album. A revolution and an evolution of beatles album cover design. Peppers lonely hearts club band blew minds wide open. See more ideas about beatles albums, beatles album covers and album covers. How i drew a pop art masterpiece for the beatles a snip. Premade book covers, made to overcome your competitors. Barry miles is a wellknown british music writer and art director. In july 1969 the album was rescheduled for september 1969, to appear together with the planned tv special and theatrical film about the recording of the album. The making of the legendary cover artwork for the beatles album revolver germanenglish. Klaus voormann born 29 april 1938 is a german artist, musician, and record producer. Its one of the most important marketing tools an author has to generate book sales, so it is imperative to capture the essence of the story, its tone, andor characters in eyecatching cover art when you work with me, youre in a oneonone relationship. The other kids were just knocking about in the park that day, as we were. Peppers lonely hearts club band celebrates its 50th anniversary, were honoring every aspect of the seminal album.

Following the success of revolver and its cover which won voormann a grammy award for artwork in 1966 the beatles looked to peter blake. Discover canvas art prints, photos, mural, big canvas art and framed wall art in s varied collections. Few songwriters have been so thoroughly covered as lennonmccartney, and the diversity of beatles covers is a tribute to the fab fours unmatched mark on pop music. He has written several seminal books on the beat generation, including biographies of ginsberg, burroughs, and kerouac, and in october 2002 published his memoir, in the sixties jonathan cape. These replica covers have been enlarged to 12x12 and there are only 1964 produced in numbered boxes the box is the same size a lp boxed set might be. This is a terrific book for fans of beatles cover songs, novelty records and beatlemania. The illustration comes from the book hamburg days which voormann made in. Beatles producer george martin has a nice little remembrance called all you need is ears, but it was his mid1960s engineer geoff emerick who shot past him in the postcareer beatle book game. Top nasa images solar system collection ames research center.

The beatles bible is run for the love of anything and everything to do with the beatles. He is the author of the bestselling hippie sterling. As a musician, voormann is best known for being the bassist for manfred. And five seconds is all the time you have to grab a readers. Premade book covers and ebook covers for independent authors on a budget. It even includes a few pages of collectible beatles gewgaws that were issued as part of beatlemania. Promotional copies were made, including a full cover art. The problem, ysee, with designing covers for arguably the. When the cover art was being done for sgt peppers lonely hearts club band, lennon asked mona if.

You spent countless hours working on your book, you chiseled out each word with endless patience, you wrote and rewrote every sentence until everything was perfect. Duncan longs book cover illustration and book artwork site boasts a huge collection of graphic art, book illustrations, book cover artwork, book layouts, book graphic design and other book, magazine, and cd albumrelated artwork covering a wide range of subjects. The best beatles books what are the greatest books about the beatles with over eighty nine thousand books now registered in the british library that mention the beatles in one way shape or form, i thought it would be helpful to present a buyers guide to the best ones this list of beatles books is the result of many happy hours of reading the best beatles books the ones that best. The beatles yellow submarine pop out art deco book. Beatles art beatles fab four store exclusively beatles. A package of beatles book covers kids used to cover their school books with paper book covers. Shop for beatles art from the worlds greatest living artists. Too often, one quick glance is all the time you get to make an impression. While active between 1960 and 1970, the group recorded hundreds of songs, with their main catalogue consisting of 2 songs, which include 188 originals and 25 covers. As the album hits 50, kosh recalls the scene at apple records in 1969. Their decision legitimised the album cover and turned a simple commodity into a. This celebration of album artistry presents more than 350 of the best covers, and departs from the usual approach by organizing the images by visual theme.

Itll help with server costs, research material etc. The book includes 200 pages of the beatles lp artwork, brilliantly restored in pristine new art prints. The band that started it all with the british invasion also started a revolution in the art of the album cover. The beatles huge 26 x 74 poster photograph by ethan a. The beatles revolver cover art by klaus voorman the beatles tumblr, beatles love, beatles. Vintage book covers and illustrations on posters and canvas prints are designed to be both eyecatching and convey information, so give your home a facelift and let your walls speak up.

Get the best deals on beatles novelties when you shop the largest online selection at. In 2018 there was a tie for first place and so two winners were recognised click here to see the list and scroll down to award number 65. The longest cocktail party captures the rapid collapse of apple corps, as dilello gives pr cover for john and yokos increasingly elaborate art stunts, champions a completely forgotten band. All beatles artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee. See more ideas about beatles art, the beatles and the fab four.

While on vacation in liverpool and abbey road, i found this cool picture. The other selling point of the book is that it is chockablock full of pictures, and what beatles fan doesnt enjoy looking at lots of pictures of the beatles. The cover of the beatles 19671970 the blue album, 1973 album by the beatles on parlaphone a beatles fan holds the original abbey road album covers on the 50th anniversary of its release on 8 august 1969. Book cover illustrators, book artists, book jacket designers, graphic designers, book illustrators, and book cover designers. Sorry for the poor quality, i just hadnt seen it before and thought you guys might enjoy. Beatles songs reimagined as vintage book covers and. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Voormanns most notable work as a producer was his work with the band trio, including their worldwide hit da da da. Spare a thought for the poor souls who created the sleeves to the beatles album. Eight days a week the beatles cover, in chinese by. Long after beatlemania was over, if it ever really was, the art that was created on their covers inspired a whole new take on the 12 x12. Other selections include rocky raccoon as an 1880s dime novel publishers of which included a firm named beadles and revolution as a soviet history book. You can see all of alcotts beatles book cover and magazine page designs, and buy prints of them in various sizes, over at etsy.

Following the success of revolver and its cover which won voormann a grammy award for artwork in 1966 the beatles looked to peter blake and jann haworth, leading figures of the british pop. The beatles gave john kosh three days to design the cover art for abbey road. The beatles 1964 varivue paul john george ringo set 4 flasher 3d rings nice. The beatles were an english rock band from liverpool. The beatles anthology is a book published in october 2000 as part of the beatles anthology. Links to book cover illustrators, book artists, and book. Grant scott is a professional photographer and art director who has worked with. He designed artwork for many bands including the beatles, harry nilsson, the bee gees, wet wet wet and turbonegro. The cover of the beatles 19671970 the blue album, 1973 album by the beatles on parlaphone a beatles fan holds the original abbey road album covers on.

A package of beatles book covers kids used to cover their school. Virtual tours, photographic fine art prints, posters and wall murals. Best book cover art what books do you think have the best cover art. If youve learned something new about the band and wish to show your appreciation, why not make a small donation via paypal. Choose your favorite beatles designs and purchase them as wall art, home decor, phone cases, tote bags, and more. Klaus voormanns artwork for revolver 1966 by the beatles, parlophone. Above on the left is father john mistys pure comedy deluxe edition sasha barr, ed steed and josh tillman, art directors. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. With members john lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison and ringo starr, the group is often considered the most influential band of the rock era. Paul mccartney john lennon george harrison ringo starr yoko ono linda mccartney dhani harrison sean onolennon julian lennon.