Category: Beatles records

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR Magical Mystery Tour EP – John Kelly “The Mystery Tour packaging was all Paul’s idea, ” recalls Tony Barrow “Everything happened in a mad rush after Brian Epstein died, because Paul...

SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND Sgt Pepper – Peter Blake / Michael Cooper “We were getting a little fed up of being The Beatles… It was all getting so bloody predictable. I said,...

A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES… BUT GOLDIES A Collection of Beatles Oldies – David Christian In late 1966, George Martin informed E.M.I. that there would be no new Beatles record in time for Christmas....

REVOLVER Revolver – Klaus Voormann Robert Freeman proposed making a photo montage using the Beatles’ four faces for the Revolver sleeve. When you would spin the sleeve, the four faces would melt into one....

RUBBER SOUL Rubber Soul – Robert Freeman Robert Freeman wanted a picture from a different angle and with a new colour tonality. He searched for a combination of brown, black and green, to get...

HELP! Help! – Robert Freeman Again Robert Freeman is asked to make the design of the next album cover. The photo was taken in the Twickenham Film Studio near London, where the Beatles were...

BEATLES FOR SALE Beatles For Sale – Robert Freeman The Beatles For Sale photo – uncropped and slightly different In the fall of 1964, Brian, Robert Freeman and the Beatles have a meeting to...

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT A Hard Day’s Night – Robert Freeman For the cover of the third Beatles album, Robert Freeman was asked again. He wanted to suggest the idea of movement, by expressing...

PLEASE PLEASE ME Please Please Me – Angus McBean When the matter came up of the album cover for the first album of the Beatles, their producer George Martin proposed to call the album...