The Velvet Underground ‘The Velvet Underground’, MGM, 1969. Photograph by Billy Name, art direction by Dick Smith.

Pink Floyd ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’, Harvest, 1973. Designed by Hypgnosis and George Hardie. Artwork by George Hardie.

John Fahey ‘Blind Joe Death’ (second recording), Takoma, 1964. Recto depicted. Unknown designer(s).

John Fahey ‘Blind Joe Death’ (second recording), Takoma, 1964. Verso depicted. Unknown designer(s).

Leonard Cohen ‘New Skin for the Old Ceremony’, Columbia, 1974. Cover illustration is 16th century wood-cut for the book ‘Rosarium philosophorum sive pretiosissimum donum Dei’. Designed by Teresa Alfieri.

Bob Dylan ‘Blonde on Blonde’, Columbia, 1966. Photograph by Jerry Schatzberg.

Fleetwood Mac ‘Rumours’, Warner Bros., 1977. Photography by Herbert Worthington, lettering by Larry Vigon, designed by Desmond Strobel.

Joni Mitchell ‘Ladies of the Canyon’, Reprise, 1970. Cover artwork by Joni Mitchell.

Sonny Rollins ‘Saxophone Colossus’, Prestige, 1956. Photograph and design by Tom Hannan.

Cybotron ‘Enter’, Fantasy, 1983. Art direction by Phil Carroll, cover illustration by Jamie Putnam.