Posters on the back covers One of the pleasures of collecting Penguin from the 1960s is discovering beautiful back covers. Normally the back was just a functional part of a cover design, a blurb in small print, but in the mi…

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"Normally the back was just a functional part of a cover design, a blurb in small print, but in the mid-1960s with Alan Adridge as art director, this area was given an overhaul."

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🎨 Remembering #AlanAldridge, British artist, graphic designer, and illustrator whose artwork was used in record covers for #TheBeatles and #TheWho, was #BOTD 8 July 1938. #Art #GraphicDesign

A Hard Day's Night, Alan Aldridge, lyrics, art, psychedelia

Alan Aldridge

Alan Aldridge, A Hard Day's Night, 👽🌀💠
This image of John Lennon features in 'The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics' book by Alan Aldridge. It depicts Lennon sleeping while he simultaneously walks through his brain.
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While looking through some magazine archive boxes at Mary Evans yesterday, came across this random Observer magazine. You can’t beat a bit of #AlanAldridge & his illustrations of #thebeatles lyrics.

1970 #advertising poster for #Levi’s. #Art by #AlanAldridge

'The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics' by Alan Aldridge, 1969... I used to look at this particular image twinned with 'Across the Universe' for ages when I was little, soaking it all in, so much detail to see..it really made an impression on me and how I drew...
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#TheBeatles - #TomorrowNeverKnows, illustration by #AlanAldridge, 1966
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The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes: The #Art of Alan Aldridge #books