Locations of photo shoots for album covers. Many of these locations still exist, some are gone forever.
Album Cover Photo Location For “Desire” By Bob Dylan
Pilgrim Memorial State Park is a 17-acre waterfront park in Plymouth, Massachusetts, featuring …
Best of Blondie Album Cover Location
The southeastern part of the roof of the large building that housed, among other companies, the Record Plant recording studio.
Glass Houses By Billy Joel Album Cover Location
The album cover for Billy Joel’s seventh studio album “Glass Houses” was shot by Jim Houghton in…
One Man Dog By James Taylor Album Cover Location
Tree Frog Farm commune was a communal living group active in Guilford, Vermont…
Sting’s 57th & 9th Album Cover Location
57th & 9th is the twelfth solo studio album by singer-songwriter Sting, his first rock album in…
Original Photo Used For Deja Vu Album By Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Cover of Deja Vu was shot in 1969, in David Crosby’s backyard in a house…
Garage Band Featuring Bruce Springsteen
The Castiles were a garage band that at one time featured Bruce Springsteen, and was formed by rhythm guitarist/vocalist George Theiss, with various lineups during its existence. They recorded two songs, and performed throughout New Jersey and...
Location Of Album Cover Photo for Sly and the Family Stone’s “Dance to the Music”
The album cover for Sly and the Family Stone’s second studio album “Dance to the Music” (1968)…
Rocky Mountain High By John Denver Album Cover Location
The Slaughterhouse section of the Roaring Fork, located near the town of Aspen offers nearly 5 miles…
52nd Street By Billy Joel Album Cover Location
This is the location of the photoshoot used on the cover of Billy Joel’s album, 52nd Street. Billy is…
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s (Pronounced ‘Leh-‘Nérd ‘Skin-‘Nérd) Album Cover Location
(Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) was the debut album from Lynyrd Skynyrd released on August 13, 1973…
“Pretzel Logic” By Steely Dan Album Cover Location
The cover photo of Steely Dan’s third album “Pretzel Logic” was shot by…
“Breakaway” By Art Garfunkel Album Cover Location
The album cover for Art Garfunkel’s 1975 second album “Breakaway” was shot by Norman Seeff…
The Collected Country Joe and the Fish Album Cover Location
Country Joe and the Fish were photographed for their album at the…
James Taylor – Sweet Baby James Album Cover Location
One of the dozens of pictures taken that day became the cover of James’ breakthrough record…
The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers Album Cover Location
An old stone house in Topanga Canyon, just above Malibu, California, was the location for the cover…
Paul’s Boutique by the Beastie Boys Album Cover Location
The cover of the Beastie Boys’ 1989 album “Paul’s Boutique” was shot here…
Sun Studio, Legendary Recording Studio
Opened by rock pioneer Sam Phillips on January 3, 1950, some of the most…
At Folsom Prison By Johnny Cash Album Cover Location
A classic album by Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in May…
The 2 AM Club, Cover Photo Of Huey Lewis And The News’ Album “Sports”
The 2 AM Club is a popular bar in Mill Valley. It’s best known for being the location of the…
“Silk Degrees” By Boz Scaggs Album Cover Location In Avalon, CA
The cover of Boz Scaggs 1976 album Silk Degrees was taken at Casino Point…
“Still Crazy After All These Years” By Paul Simon Album Cover Location
The album cover was photographed by Edie Baskin, who was dating Simon at…
Album 1700 by Peter, Paul and Mary Album Cover Location In New York
The 30’s era gangster pic used on the front of “Album 1700” was shot at…
Too Long in Exile by Van Morrison Album Cover Location In New York
The street shot on the cover of “Too Long in Exile” was taken by Berenice…
Figure 8 by Elliott Smith Album Cover Location In Los Angeles
Elliott Smith was a singer-songwriter that suffered from depression…
Dressed To Kill by KISS Album Cover Location
KISS was photographed for their album “Dressed To Kill” in their full makeup…
The River by Bruce Springsteen Album Cover Location
Springsteen was photographed on this corner by Joel Bernstein while he was…
The Kids Are Alright By The Who Rockumentary Film Poster Location
The Who got comfy underneath a British flag for the cover of “The Kids…
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan Album Cover Location
Dylan was photographed for Highway 61 Revisited while sitting on a set of…
After The Gold Rush by Neil Young Album Cover Location
The cover of Neil Young’s After The Gold Rush was shot as he was walking…
Live at the Apollo by James Brown Album Cover Art Location
James Brown’s “Live at the Apollo” was recorded at the Apollo Theater…
Back Album Cover Location Of “Murmur” by R.E.M.
A train trestle in Athens, GA was featured on the back cover of the original…
From Elvis In Memphis By Elvis Presley Album Cover Location
The cover of Elvis’ “From Elvis In Memphis” shows him performing his…
Morrison Hotel By The Doors Album Cover Location
The Original Hard Rock Cafe is where The Doors’ “Morrison Hotel” album…
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young Album Cover Location
Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s album cover for “Everybody Knows This Is…
Waiting For The Sun By The Doors Album Cover Location
The cover shot of the album “Waiting for the Sun” by The Doors was…
Tapestry By Carole King Album Cover Location
This is the home where the picture on the cover of Carole King’s monster…
Trout Mask Replica By Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Album Cover Location
The back cover for “Trout Mask Replica ” was shot here…
Wild Honey By The Beach Boys Album Cover Location
The cover of “Wild Honey” was a photo of one of the stained glass windows…
Hotel California By The Eagles Album Cover Location
The cover for The Eagles’ Hotel California album was actually taken here…
GP by Gram Parsons Album Cover Location
The cover of Gram Parsons’ album “GP” was shot in the lobby of Chateau…
Live at Max’s Kansas City By The Velvet Underground Album Cover Location
Live at Max’s Kansas City” was recorded by the Velvet Underground at…
Live At The Harlem Square Club By Sam Cooke Album Cover Location
In 1963 Sam Cooke recorded what is regarded as one of the greatest ever…
“Miles of Aisles” By Joni Mitchell Album Cover Location
Most of Joni Mitchell’s live album “Miles of Aisles” was recorded at the …
Frampton Comes Alive By Peter Frampton Album Cover Location
Some of Frampton Comes Alive was recorded at the Marin Veterans…
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot By Wilco Album Cover Location
Marina City is a mixed-use residential/commercial building complex occupying…
I, Flathead: The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns By Ry Cooder Album Cover Location
The cover for “I, Flathead” was taken on the salt flats at Bonneville Salt…
Minor Earth, Major Sky by a-ha Album Cover Location
The nose section of a 737 located at the airplane graveyard next to the…
Skyscraper by David Lee Roth Album Cover Location
The cover of “Skyscraper” shows Diamond Dave scaling Glacier Point in…
Strange Days By The Doors Album Cover Location
The album cover for “Strange Days” was photographed at this old 18th…
Fool For The City by Foghat Album Cover Location
Foghat’s “Fool For The City” album cover was shot in the middle of the…
The Best Of Steely Dan: Then and Now Album Cover Location
Carhenge, which replicates Stonehenge, consists of the circle of cars, 3…
Warning by Green Day Album Cover Location
The cover for Green Day’s “Warning” album was filmed in San Francisco’s…
461 Ocean Blvd By Eric Clapton Album Cover Location
Clapton’s classic 1974 album was named after the beautiful beach home…
Live Bullet By Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band Album Cover Location
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band would pack Cobo Arena long before they…
Life Without Balloons By The Late Greats Album Cover Location
The mural painted here was by a friend of the band and was used on the…
Hejira by Joni Mitchell Album Cover Location
The cover for “Hejira” was photographed on Lake Mendota soon after an…
At Newport 1960 By Muddy Waters Album Cover Location
Festival Field was the former location of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festival…
How Great Thou Art by Elvis Presley Album Cover Location
As one of the most photographed churches in the U.S., the First Church…
Hampton Comes Alive By Phish Album Cover Location
The front of Hampton Coliseum was used for the Hampton Comes Alive by…
The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby And The Range Album Cover Location
The background image of this album shows the Chesapeake Bay Bridge…
Manassas by Stephen Stills Album Cover Location
The cover of Stephen Stills classic album was shot at the Manassas AmTrak…
Led Zeppelin I By Led Zeppelin Album Cover Location
Led Zeppelin used the famous image of the Hindenburg disaster at the…
Greetings From Asbury Park N.J. By Bruce Springsteen Album Cover Location
Springsteen used a greeting card type of graphic to highlight Asbury…
Now & Then By The Carpenters Album Cover Location
Now & Then featured a three-panel cover that folded out, showing a panoramic…
For Everyman By Jackson Browne Album Cover Location
Jackson Browne was photographed in the courtyard of a house built by his…
Machine Gun Etiquette By The Damned Album Cover Location
Times Square was the location of the cover for The Damned’s third album, Machine Gun…
The Gilded Palace Of Sin By The Flying Burrito Brothers Album Cover Location
The Flying Burrito Brothers photographed themselves just off of the main drag in …
Pet Sounds By The Beach Boys Album Cover Location
The Beach Boys were photographed feeding goats at the San Diego Zoo for their…
The Road Is No Place For A Lady By Mama Cass Album Cover Location
Opened in 1947, and owned by the Los Angeles City Recreation and Park Department…
Untitled by The Byrds Album Cover Location
Besides being famous for scenes from “Rebel Without A Cause”, and Laserium, the Griffith…
“Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” By Bob Dylan Album Cover Location
The cover for Bob Dylan’s “Freewheelin’ ” album was shot here. The cover showed…
“Moby Grape” By Moby Grape Album Cover Location
The cover of Moby Grape’s self-titled first album was shot in front of Junktiques, an antique…
“Have You Seen Your Mother Baby” By The Rolling Stones Sleeve Cover
The Rolling Stones released a single of “Have You Seen Your Mother Baby (Standing In…
“The Fire Inside” By Bob Seger Album Cover Location
The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island graces the cover of Bob Seger and the Silver…
Hasten Down The Wind By Linda Ronstadt Album Cover Location
The Hasten Down The Wind album cover was shot outside of Linda Ronstadt’s…
Street-Legal By Bob Dylan Album Cover Location
Bob Dylan’s “Street-Legal” album was shot on the steps of what was then…
Ry Cooder By Ry Cooder Album Cover Location
The cover for Ry Cooder’s self-titled album “Ry Cooder” was shot in front…
“Live in Brooklyn” By Phish Album Cover Location
“Live in Brooklyn” by Phish was recorded at Keyspan Park, Coney Island in…
Mermaid Avenue By Billy Bragg & Wilco Album Cover Location
Billy Bragg and Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” album cover was shot at Mermaid…
Turn 21 By The Donnas Album Cover Location
The cover of The Donnas’ “Turn 21” album was shot at the The Ruby Room…
Album Cover Location For Both “Da Capo” and “Love” By Love
The covers for “Da Capo” and “Love” by the L.A. band Love where shot at the one…
Desperado By The Eagles Album Cover Location
Formerly the old back lot for Paramount Studios, and the home of many, many…
Surfin’ Safari By The Beach Boys Album Cover Location
Paradise Cove has been featured in many movies, and it was the location for the…
The Captain And Me By The Doobie Brothers Album Cover Location
A portion of Interstate 5 collapsed during the 1971 San Fernando Valley earthquake…
“Lights…Camera…Revolution!” By Suicidal Tendencies Album Cover Location
The album cover for Suicidal Tendencies’ “Lights…Camera…Revolution!” was…
Desolation Boulevard By The Sweet Album Cover Location
The cover of The Sweet’s “Desolation Boulevard” album shows them superimposed…
Crosby, Stills & Nash By Crosby, Stills & Nash Album Cover Location
Although the original old house is gone, this is the location where Crosby, Stills…
On The Beach By Neil Young Album Cover Location
Santa Monica Beach is the location of Neil Young’s cover for his “On The Beach”…
The Central Park Concert By Dave Matthews Band Album Cover Location
In addition to the “Central Park Concert” album cover, Central Park was the location…
Turnstiles by Billy Joel Album Cover Location
Billy Joel’s “Turnstiles” album cover was shot at the Astor place subway station…
Time Capsule By The B-52’s Album Cover Location
The cover for The B-52’s album “Time Capsule” was shot at The Unisphere in Queens…
“The Band” By The Band Album Cover Location
The cover for The Band’s self-titled album was shot near Rick Danko’s home on…
“Nashville Skyline” By Bob Dylan Album Cover Location
The cover for Bob Dylan’s “Nashville Skyline ” was taken just outside of Dylan’s…
“Have Guitar Will Travel” By Bo Diddley Album Cover Location
The album cover for Bo Diddley’s “Have Guitar Will Travel” was shot on Northern Blvd…
“Cold Spring Harbor” By Billy Joel Album Cover Location
The cover for Billy Joel’s “Cold Spring Harbor ” was shot here…
“Shapes And Patterns” By Swing Out Sister Album Cover Location
Swing Out Sister’s “Shapes and Patterns” album cover was shot at Astro Land …
Dog In The Sand By Frank Black Album Cover Location
The Sutro Bath ruins was the location of the album cover for Frank Black’s…
Back In Town By The Kingston Trio Album Cover Location
The Kingston Trio’s live album “Back In Town” was photographed at this intersection…
“Going for the One” By Yes Album Cover Location
The two towers located at 2029 and 2049 Century Park East are featured on the cover…
“Takin My Time” By Bonnie Raitt Album Cover Location
A waiting room at the Los Angeles Union Station was used for the cover of Bonnie…
“Dr. John’s Gumbo” By Dr. John Album Cover Location
This is the location of the Farmer John Company’s slaughterhouse. The outside wall…
“Physical Graffiti” By Led Zeppelin Album Cover Location
This building located at 96-98 S. Marks Place, Manhattan was used for the cover…
“Gem Spa” – New York Dolls First Album Back Cover Location
In 1973 the New York Dolls posed outside for the back cover of their first album…
“The Ramones” By The Ramones Album Cover Location
The brick building at 2nd Street between Bowery and 2nd Ave. was the background…
“Back To Oakland” By Tower of Power Album Cover Location
Before it was destroyed in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. there used to be an…
“2400 Fulton Street” By The Jefferson Airplane Album Cover Location
This is the location and name of the great double album by Jefferson Airplane…
“St. Dominic’s Preview” By Van Morrison Album Cover Location
The cover of Van Morrison’s classic album “St. Dominics Preview” was shot on the…
“Johnny Cash At San Quentin” Album Cover Location
The cover of Johnny Cash at San Quentin was shot here for Johnny’s 31st album…
“Willie & The Poor Boys” By Creedence Clearwater Revival Album Cover Location
The cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Willie & The Poor Boys” was shot at…
Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. by Simon and Garfunkel Album Cover Location
The 53rd street subway station was the location for the cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s…
Warner Brothers Studios, “Wish You Were Here” Album Cover Location
Pink Floyd’s 1975 “Wish You Where Here” album cover was shot here. And yes, that…
Lido Apartments – Hotel California Album Lobby Shot Here
As you may know, there is no Hotel California in Los Angeles, the cover of the album is actually a…
“Big Hits” by The Rolling Stones & “Sounds Of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel Album Cover Location
“Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)” by the Rolling Stones and Simon and Garfunkel’s…
The Original Hard Rock Cafe – Where “Morrison Hotel” Album Back Cover Was Shot
This is where The Doors’ “Morrison Hotel” album back cover was shot in 1969 by famous…
Berkeley Community Theater – Metallica “S&M” Album Cover Location
On the campus of Berkeley High School. The theater has 3,500 seats, including a balcony…
Sunset Highland Motel – Spirit’s The Family That Plays Together Album Cover Location
If this place could talk! If you were an up-and-coming band in the 60’s and 70’s…
Mars Hotel – There Really Was A Mars Hotel
Yep, there really was a Mars Hotel… it was only a few blocks away from where…
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