Fascinating Fact #4: The album sleeve design was from a poster by David Juniper, who was simply told by the band to come up with an idea that was “interesting”. His design -- clearly influenced by The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s cover -- was based on a photograph of the Jagdstaffel 11 Division of the German Air Force during WWI, the famed Flying Circus led by Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron. After the picture was tinted, the faces of the four members of the band were airbrushed on from a 1969 publicity photograph. The cover also pictured the outline of a Zeppelin on a brown background, which gave the album its nickname “Brown Bomber.” David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy for Best Record Sleeve Design.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 23:20:10 +0000
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