Behind the Covers

woodstock

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "woodstock" design theme, all from the 1960s. The cover sits within the rock, folk tradition and features work by The Band. Each entry below includes the cover artwork, the designers and photographers behind it, and a short story about the visual choices that defined the release.

Music from Big Pink by The Band — album cover art

Music from Big Pink by The Band (1968)

Bob Dylan painted the mysterious abstract artwork for The Band's debut album cover while living with them in Woodstock. The Nobel Prize winner's only album cover art was created in the same pink house where these legendary sessions took place.

Label
Capitol Records
Genre
Rock, Folk
Decade
1960s
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