Nominated Illustrators (includes Logo Design, Titles & Typography) – Class of 2012
The initial list of nominees includes illustrators who created the principal images used on record album covers released between the years of 1960 to 1975.
We’ve listed the nominees alphabetically and have included a short list of examples of their work, along with link to sources of additional information about the nominees’ backgrounds.
Please note – in most cases, the nominee’s portfolio of music industry-related work goes well beyond the samples listed next to his/her name and will usually include: a) works that were used elsewhere in/on a musical act’s record (back cover, inside gatefold, CD booklet, etc.), b) newspaper/magazine/book illustrations, and c) related uses (merchandise, gig posters, etc.). While a nominee’s work might be exceptional in any/all of those categories, we’re asking voters to stay focused on the nominee’s album cover works. We are not able to list all of a nominees works, as some have produced hundreds or thousands of examples, so if you’d like to view more of a nominee’s work in this area, we invite you to visit the links provided, or reference one of the many books/web sites used during the research phase of the ACHOF nominating process.
Album Cover Illustrators – (Name, Musical Act, Sample of Credited Record Titles)
Richard Amsel – Bette Midler – Divine Miss M and Songs For The New Depression; Soundtracks – Hello Dolly and The Sting
More information available at – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Amsel
Robert Crumb – Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills; Earl Hooker – There’s A Fungus Among Us; Blind Boy Fuller – Truckin’ My Blues Away
More information available at – www.crumbproducts.com
Roger Dean – YES – Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales From A Topographic Ocean and Relayer; Wishbone Ash – In Concert; Uriah Heep – Demons & Wizards and Magician’s Birthday; Asia – Asia
More information available at – www.rogerdean.com
Colin Elgie – Wishbone Ash – Live Dates and Just Testing; Humble Pie – Thunderbox; Al Stewart – Year of The Cat; Genesis – Trick of The Tail; Justin Hayward – Songwriter
More information available at – http://www.illustrationweb.com/illustrators/home_large.asp?artist_id=41&tc=1274329620007
H.R. Giger – Emerson Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery; Debbie Harry – Koo Koo; Steve Stevens – Atomic Playboys; Danzig – How The Gods Kill
More information available at – www.hrgiger.com
Rick Griffin – Quicksilver Messenger Service – Quicksilver Messenger Service; Grateful Dead – Aoxomoxoa, Wake Of The Flood, Dylan & The Dead and Reckoning; Man – Slow Motion and Maximum Darkness
More information available at – www.rickgriffinink.com
Geoff Halpin – Nutz – Nutz; Badfinger – Wish You Were Here; Vangelis – Heaven & Hell; Elton John – Captain Fantastic (lettering); Paul McCartney – Wings Over America (lettering); Boomtown Rats – Boomtown Rats; Squeeze – Cool For Cats
More information available at – http://new.myfonts.com/person/Geoffrey_Halpin/
George Hardie – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin; Climax Blues Band – Rich Man; Pink Floyd – Dark Side of The Moon and Wish You Were Here; Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway; Alan Parsons – I, Robot
More information available at – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hardie_(artist)
Abdul Mati Klarwein – Santana – Abraxas; Greg Allman – Laid Back; Miles Davis – Bitches Brew; Earth Wind & Fire – Last Days & Time; Tempest – Tempest
More information available at – www.matiklarweinart.com
Peter Lloyd – Jefferson Starship – Dragonfly; Rod Stewart – Atlantic Crossing; Kansas – Song For America; Graham Central Station – My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me; Ronnie Laws – Pressure Sensitive
More information available at – www.peterlloydart.com
Dave McMacken – Frank Zappa – 200 Motels and Over-Nite Sensation; Kansas – Leftoverture; AC/DC – Ballbreaker; Weather Report – Black Market; Tom Scott – Tom Cat
More information available at – www.mcmackengraphics.com
Victor Moscoso – Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters; Jerry Garcia – Garcia and Run For The Roses; Steve Miller – Children Of The Future; The Sopwith Camel – The Sopwith Camel
More information available at – www.victormoscoso.com/aboutvictor.html
Stanley Mouse & Alton Kelley – Grateful Dead – American Beauty, Europe ’72 and Workingman’s Dead; Steve Miller – Book of Dreams; Jerry Garcia Band – Cats Under The Stars; Journey – Captured
More information available at – www.mousestudios.com
Martin Muller AKA Neon Park – Frank Zappa – Weasels Ripped My Flesh; Little Feat – Dixie Chicken, Waiting For Columbus, Hoy-Hoy! and Shake Me Up; Y&T – Down For The Count
More information available at – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Park
Peter Palombi – Willie Nelson – The Best of..; Freddie King – Burglar; Hall & Oates – War Babies; George Benson – Breezin’; The Commodores – Movin’ On; Curtis Mayfield – There’s No Place Like America Today
More information available at – www.pictureboxgallery.org
Cal Schenkel – Frank Zappa – Hot Rats, Apostrophe, Uncle Meat, Burnt Weenie Sandwich, We’re Only In It For The Money and Cruzin’ with Ruben & The Jets; Captain Beefhart – Trout Mask Replica
More information available at – www.ralf.com
Martin Sharp – Cream – Disraeli Gears, Wheels of Fire and Those Were The Days; Mighty Baby – Mighty Baby
More information available at – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sharp
Drew Struzan – Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath; Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Nightmare; Bee Gees – Main Course; Iron Butterfly – Scorching Beauty; Carole King – Fantasy
More information available at – www.drewstruzan.com
Philip Travers – Moody Blues – In Search of The Lost Chord, To Our Children’s Children’s Children, On The Threshold Of A Dream, Question of Balance; Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and Seventh Sojourn; John Lodge – Blue Jays
More information available at – www.philiptravers.co.uk
John Van Hamersveld – Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street; KISS – Hotter Than Hell; Jefferson Airplane – Crown of Creation; Blondie – Eat To The Beat; The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
More information available at – www.post-future.com
Klaus Voormann – The Beatles – Revolver and Anthology; The Bee Gees – Bee Gees 1st and Idea; Ringo Starr – Ringo; Spooky Tooth – You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw
More information available at – www.voormann.com
Andy Warhol – Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers and Love You Live; Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground & Nico; John Lennon – Menlove Ave., Diana Ross – Silk Electric
More information available at – www.warhol.org
Paul Whitehead – Genesis – Trespass, Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot; Van Der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts and H To He, Who Am The Only One; Renaissance – Illusion; Peter Hammill – Fool’s Mate
More information available at – www.cypherarts.com
Stanislav Zagorski – Yusef Lateef – The Blue Yusef Lateef; Velvet Underground – Loaded; Aretha Franklin – Young Gifted & Black; Professor Longhair – New Orleans Piano; The Spinners – Mighty Love
More information available at – N/A
