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1958 – 1st Annual Grammy Awards

Best Album Cover: Frank Sinatra – Only The Lonely

Frank Sinatra, art director

Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely

1959 – 2nd Annual Grammy Awards

Best Album Cover: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 – Howard Mitchell, conductor

Robert M. Jones, art director

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 - Howard Mitchell, Conductor

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon - by punky

Designed with help from this tutorial. The original Dark Side Of The Moon album cover was designed by George Hardie of the art design group Hipgnosis. Other album covers designed by George Hardie include Pink Floyd’s Wish You Here and Led Zeppelin’s self titled debute.

Album covers designed by George Hardie of Hipgnosis

For more on the album art of Hipgnosis read For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis.

For The Love Of Vinyl - The Album Art Of Hipgnosis by Storm Thorgerson & Aubrey Powell

Grungehouse Spirograph Poster

I made this poster using this excellent tutorial.