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The record sleeves made these places familiar. Here’s what the streets, buildings, and landscapes look like on their own, from the crossing on Abbey Road to the basalt columns on the cover of Houses of the Holy.

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Abbey Road Zebra Crossing
Abbey Road Zebra Crossing: At this London crosswalk, Iain Macmillan photographed the Beatles walking in single file for…
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Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station: The four white chimneys give away the London landmark on Pink Floyd’s Animals (1977). The original…
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96 and 98 St. Mark’s Place
96 and 98 St. Mark’s Place: Two East Village tenements furnished the paired fire escapes and window rows on Led Zeppelin’s…
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Giant’s Causeway
Giant’s Causeway: Look for the flat tops and steep sides of the basalt columns in Northern Ireland. Aubrey Powell…
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Jones Street
Jones Street: The short Greenwich Village block near West Fourth Street was the setting for The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan…
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Berwick Street
Berwick Street: The narrow Soho street is the setting for Oasis’s (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995). Michael Spencer…
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Mapledurham Watermill
Mapledurham Watermill: The timber-sided mill on the Thames in Oxfordshire was the backdrop for Black Sabbath’s self-titled…
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The Beverly Hills Hotel
The Beverly Hills Hotel: The palm-lined driveway leads to the Beverly Hills Hotel, the building on the Eagles’ Hotel…
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Ludlow and Rivington Streets
Ludlow and Rivington Streets: The Lower East Side intersection is the setting for the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique (1989)…
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Ontario Legislative Building
Ontario Legislative Building: The arched south entrance at Queen’s Park in Toronto is where the movers carried framed…
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23 Heddon Street
23 Heddon Street: The plaque marks the doorway at 23 Heddon Street in London where Brian Ward photographed David Bowie for…
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Moydrum Castle
Moydrum Castle: The stone ruins near Athlone in County Westmeath appear on U2’s The Unforgettable Fire (1984). The cover…
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Morrison Hotel
Morrison Hotel: This photograph shows the downtown Los Angeles hotel before the 2024 fire. Henry Diltz photographed the…
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Appiani Family Tomb
Appiani Family Tomb: The sculpted mourners at this tomb in Genoa’s Staglieno Cemetery appear on Joy Division’s Closer…
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Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point: The ridges at this Death Valley viewpoint are the backdrop on the front of U2’s The Joshua Tree (1987)…
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Carl Schurz Monument
Carl Schurz Monument: This stone panel is part of the Carl Schurz Monument in New York’s Morningside Park. The Who huddled…
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West Third and Sullivan Streets
West Third and Sullivan Streets: The corner of West Third and Sullivan in Greenwich Village is where Joel Bernstein caught…
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West 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue
West 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue: At this Chelsea corner, photographer Bob Gruen lined up Kiss in suits for the picture…
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Albert’s Garden
Albert’s Garden: The brick wall along Albert’s Garden in New York’s East Village supplied the backdrop for Ramones (1976)…
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Extra Place
Extra Place: The former service alley off East First Street in Manhattan is the location on the sleeve of Rocket to Russia…
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Burra Farmhouse
Burra Farmhouse: The stone farmhouse north of Burra, South Australia, is the ruin Ken Duncan photographed for Midnight…

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