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Cover - Led Zeppelin IV
Eve Hill is an area of the town of Dudley located in the West Midlands in the United Kingdom. The front and inner photographs for the 1971 Led Zeppelin IV…
↳ Eve Hill
Album Cover - Are You Experienced
This record cover for Are You Experienced was shot in March 1967, and was photographer Bruce Fleming's first ever assignment with Jimi Hendrix. This cover…
↳ 12 Great Newport Street
Album cover - Setting Sons
The Imperial War Museum is a museum in London, England which features military vehicles, weapons, war memorabilia, an extensive library, a photogra…
↳ Imperial War Museum
Cover - Here Come the Warm Jets
Here Come the Warm Jets was the debut solo album by Brian Eno, released in 1973. The album cover features a portrait of Brian Eno himself as well as a col…
↳ Grantully Road
Cover - All My Loving (EP)
Skansen is an open-air museum and zoological park, located on the island of Djurgården, a royal park near the centre of Stockholm in Sweden. The cov…
↳ Skansen, Stockholm
Cover - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Leeming close is a street in the district of Garston located in the city of Liverpool. A building marked for demolition was used for the album cover of th…
↳ Leeming Close, Liverpool
The Birthplace of Syd Barrett
60 Glisson Road in Cambridge was owned by Dr Arthur Max Barrett and his wife Winifred. Syd was born into this home on the 6th of January 1946, the …
↳ 60 Glisson Road
Video - Your Woman
Derby is a city in the East Midlands of England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent and is surrounded by the shire county of Derbyshire.The Music V…
↳ Derby City Centre fountain
The School where Wham! started
Bushey Meads School (also commonly known as BMS by staff and students) is a foundation secondary school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, UK. The school was found…
↳ Bushey Meads School
Venue - Castle Donington
Castle Donington is a village in Leicestershire with a population of around 7000. It is close to Derby and Nottingham and on the edge of the National Fore…
↳ Castle Donnington
Venue - The Warehouse
The Warehouse is one of the oldest clubs in Leeds, it is situated in the heart of the office disctrict in the centre of town. The new romantic band …
↳ The Warehouse
Album Cover - My generation
The Clock Tower is the world's largest four-faced, chiming clock. The structure is situated at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament building …
↳ Houses of Parliament
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