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Neil Young

1 album cover in our archive

Neil Young is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 1970s. Released on Reprise Records, the artwork sits in the country, folk tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering photography, black and white, portrait, typographic, found photograph. Below you'll find the full story behind each Neil Young cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.

After the Gold Rush by Neil Young — album cover art

After the Gold Rush (1970)

An 18-year-old photographer aimed just past his subject, missed his focus, and disguised the blur with a chemical trick that turned a Greenwich Village sidewalk into something ghostly. Neil Young took to it instantly. It became the face of After the Gold Rush and launched a partnership that lasted nearly fifty years.

Label
Reprise Records
Designer
Gary Burden
Photographer
Joel Bernstein
Genre
Country, Folk
Decade
1970s
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