Peter Blake - album covers
1967 Roger McGough "Summer with Monika"
A painter of urban realist subjects and a pioneer of ‘Pop Art’, Sir Peter Blake was born in 1932 in Dartford, Kent. He studied at Gravesend Art School between 1948–51, served in the Royal Air Force between 1951–33, continued his studies at the Royal College of Art between 1953–56, won the Leverhulme Research Award to study popular art and travelled in Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain between 1956–57. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1954 and 1955, ‘Daily Express’ Young Artists Exhibition 1955, Five Painters at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1958, awarded First Prize in the Junior Section John Moores Liverpool Exhibition in 1961. First one-man exhibition at the Portal Gallery, London in 1962.
Liverpool poet Roger McGough wrote his poetic description of the ups and downs of a couple's relationship in 1967. A book was published 1978 with paintings by Peter Blake and the cover illustration used on the album sleeve with the poet reading his own work. It is somewhat surprising that the provocative picture of a nude woman on a bed was not censored by the record company.
Released on 1st June 1967, Paul McCartney had envisaged that the sleeve would be designed by the Dutch psychedelic artist group "The Fool". However, Robert Fraser suggested that a psychedlic cover would soon be forgotten and suggested a cover by a "proper" artist, Peter Blake.
The Grammy Award-winning album packaging was art-directed by Robert Fraser, designed by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, his wife and artistic partner, and photographed by Michael Cooper. It featured a colourful collage of life-sized cardboard models of famous people on the front of the album cover and the lyrics printed in full on the back cover, the first time this had been done on a rock LP. The Beatles themselves, in the guise of the Sgt. Pepper band, were dressed in custom-made military-style outfits made of satin dyed in day-glo colours. The suits were designed by Manuel Cuevas. Among the insignia on their uniforms are: MBE medals on McCartney's and Harrison's jackets, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom on Lennon's right sleeve and an Ontario Provincial Police flash on McCartney's sleeve.
1967 The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" insert
2012 Vintage Blake
Not an album cover but an artwork to celebrate his own iconic "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" cover, and to celebrate his 80th birthday on June 25th 2012. The new artwork features those who have inspired Sir Peter, who has been dubbed the Godfather of Pop Art. Alongside him, wife Chrissy and daughters Liberty, Rose and Daisy are names as diverse as Alfred Hitchcock and Amy Winehouse.
1968 Pentangle "Sweet Child"
Sweet Child was a 1968 double album by the British folk-rock band Pentangle. Peter Blakes design features a Pentagram.
1974 Chris Jagger "The Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist"
Chris Jagger may be best known as being Mick Jagger’s younger brother. But he has cemented his own place in music history with a handful of well received albums.
His first album, the self-titled Chris Jagger, was originally issued on Asylum Records in 1973. It features Bobby Keyes, Roger Earl, Ian Stewart and big brother Mick Jagger. Adventures Of Valentine Vox The Ventriloquist was originally issued in 1974, also on Asylum Records. It features Peter Frampton, Dave Edmunds and Mickey Waller.
1981 The Who "Face Dances"
The Who recruited drummer Kenny Jones to replace Keith Moon and "Face Dances" was the first Who album Kenny played on. Peter Blake was entrusted with designing the cover and recruited fifteen other Britsih artists to paint portraits of the four band members. The artists included Bill Jacklin, Tom Phillips, Colin Self, Richard Hamilton (who had designed The Beatles' White album), Mike Andrews, Allen Jones, David Hockney, Clive Barker, R. B. Kitaj, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield, Peter Blake himself, Joe Tilson, Patrick Proctor and David Tindle – a who’s who of British Pop Art.
1984 Band Aid "Do They Know it's Christmas?" single
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 to raise money for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The original version was produced by Midge Ure and released by Band Aid on 29 November 1984.
1995 Paul Weller "Stanley Road"
Paul Weller grew up on Stanley Road and his "Stanley Road" album was released in 1995 as a standard CD, a limited edition LP with a lavish book and a deluxe CD box set with the book and a print by Peter Blake. The cover illustration is a typical Peter Blake collage illustrating milestones in Paul Weller's life.
1995 Paul Weller "Stanley Road" print
Peter Blake is said to have wished he had designed the cover to the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" album in 1966. Brian Wilson gave him the opportunity to design the cover for his 2004 album "Gettin' In Over My Head". The album art is another of Peter Blake's collages.
2004 Eric Clapton "Me and Mr Johnson"
In 2004, Eric Clapton revisited his blues roots by recording an album of Robert Johnson's classic blues. He was photographed in a very Robert Johnson pose by Toru Moriyama and Peter Blake Painted the cover portrait based on this photograph. The original photograph can be found on the cover of Clapton's "Sessions For Robert J." CD (see below):
2006 Oasis "Stop the Clocks"
Peter Blake provided the artwork for Oasis' first compilation album released in 2006 as a limited 3 LP set in a slipcases. Each LP had a unique sleeve and a 12 inch (30 cm) book designed by Sir Peter. There was also a limited edition CD/DVD set as well as the standard 2CD release.
2006 Oasis "Stop the Clocks"
2006 Oasis "Stop the Clocks"
2006 Various Artists " John Peel - Right Time, Wrong Speed"
John Peel (1939-2004) was the longest serving DJ and programme presenter in the BBC's history. He introduced a generation of British radio listeners to new music over four decades. He made reggae and punk popular, championed strange acts such as Captain Beefheart and West Coast psychedelia. Warner Brothers put together a tribute album of tracks John Peel loved and had the good taste to ask Sir Peter Blake to paint John Peel's portrait for the cover. A very limited run of lithographs was made of the portrait and the original painting was given to Peel's widow, Sheila.
2009 The Blockheads "Staring down the Barrel"
The Blockheads, Ian Dury's former band returned in 2009 with a new album and a cover by Blake.
2012 Madness "Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja DaDa"
Peter Blake's most recent album cover in 45 years of cover design. At 80 years of age he is still going strong and seem to be at his most playful.
Source:
http://poulwebb.blogspot.ca/2012/11/peter-blake-album-covers.html
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