Album Art of the 60's.The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

The Rolling Stones- Forty Licks

This is the forty licks album art that features the iconic lips design by John Pasche in 1971. 

“The design concept for the Tongue was to represent the band’s antiauthoritarian attitude, Mick’s mouth, and the obvious sexual connotations. I designed it in such a way that it was easily reproduced and in a style that I thought could stand the test of time” – John Pasche.

The logo on this album realised in 2002 is only partly visible, showing that for the stones this logo is so iconic that it doesn’t need to be seen in full to be recognised.   The type and the images on this album cover don’t seem to work together really they seem very separate entities though the matching colour scheme does link them together slightly. They type is understated using a san serif typeface in block caps. The block caps which have connotations of strength power and masculinity helps to connote the masculine elements of the stones and the predominance of this band in British music history.

The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet

(Right) The image that the rolling stones projected of them has been is reflected in this cover for ‘Beggars Banquet’ released in 1986.  
It shows the rebellious nature of them through the graffiti and also how they weren’t a ‘well off’ band in the beginning; they would probably play clubs with bathrooms like this. It also gives an insight into the fans of the band, as the bands nam is written in lipstick. Though, this was not the original cover for the album, thought it was intended to be. It was rejected in favour for a Beatles esque plain white cover.

The Beatles This album cover is one the most iconic covers of all time. The photo is taken outside of abbey road studios. You can tell the decade this this has been produced in due to the clothing worn by the band member sand the VW beetle parked up on the side.
The Typography is very simple and is the lesser focus of the cover as all your attention is drawn by the image. It is a block caps, serif typeface. The typeface looks very masculine which also is reflected in the way the band member are stood as they look strong and determined.