THE BEATLES’ UK ALBUM COVERS by Patrick Roefflaer For the writing of this article I have used information found in the following books: ‘Yesterday’ by Robert Freeman, The Beatles Anthology book, ‘Many Years From...

GET BACK (UNRELEASED) Get Back album (unreleased) – Angus McBean. There are no known official back cover designs. In the mindset of the ‘back to the roots feeling’ of the January 1969 sessions, it...

YELLOW SUBMARINE Yellow Submarine – Heinz Edelmann The Beatles eleventh official album release was issued as the soundtrack album of the cartoon film Yellow Submarine. So for the cover a special drawing with the...

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...