The Super 30 Album Covers
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The Clash: London Calling (1979) This image almost didn't become a cover -- photographer Pennie Smith fought it because it was grainy -- but the Clash liked the nihilism of Paul Simonon smashing his bass onstage. The type treatment copied Elvis Presley's first RCA album sleeve. "It was intended as a genuine homage," said designer Ray Lowry, "to make plain the obvious sources of our insanities."
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