Ever since Alex Steinweiss designed album covers for Columbia Records in the 1940s, many famous artists and designers have also designed iconic and stylish album cover art. From famed cartoonist Robert Crumb, who designed Janis Joplins Cheap Thrills album cover to Andy Warhols contribution to the Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers LP, many famous artists have put their talents to work and put an image to the music created by rock and roll bands and artists.
Alex Steinweiss – Creator Of Album Cover Art
At age 23, the Godfather of album cover art, Alex Steinweiss accepted a job to design promotional materials for Columbia Records. What would happen next would revolutionize the music industry, specifically vinyl records, when he invented the illustrated album cover. A rather obvious, but brilliant, idea was to create a titillating graphic package that would, not only protect the record, but advertise the artist and the music contained therein (prior to this, records were so…