This collage detailing the source photos for Klaus Voormann’s legendary cover image for the Beatles’ 1966 release Revolver has been doing the rounds for a while but its worth returning to because it is awesome:
(Click on the image to enlarge) Those pictures with yellow circles are still being sought after. If you know, contact us in the comments section below.
There’s a great article on the genesis of the cover here. “Revolver was the first Beatles’ album that truly marked out the four distinct personalities of the group. Voormann’s illustration captures the band perfectly. Looking at it, you can see that the group is made up of four unique individuals, but they are also connected by kinship, a friendship and an affinity for one another. It is the perfect summation of the band’s relationship at that point in time.”
UPDATE: Thank you to reader Angel who sent us a link to the Dutch magazine Furore and the information that they did a major article on the Revolver cover. It really looks good.
For those interested the exact magazine issue is Furore No 22, from January 2012. and it appears that back-issues are still available to be purchased.
They pitch it as “an exhaustive ten-page story describes the genesis of Klaus Voormann’s iconic cover design of The Beatles’ Revolver album, now fifty years ago, and traces the source of each photograph used therein.”
You can see a teaser graphic on Furore’s back-issues page for the larger article that’s inside the magazine. It gives a hint of the detailed info they provide on the origins of the photographs that Klaus Voormann used. Here’s that teaser image:
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And here are two pages from the article itself:
Again, click on the image to see a larger version.
Also, on Revolver, we’ve just discovered the very good I Am The Eggpod podcast. You really should have a listen. Check out the latest episode where host Chris Shaw and songwriter and musician Andy Bell discuss the1966 masterpiece.
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on the album cover, I think that George’s eyes come from a picture by Norman Parkinson :
Copy and paste this link :
https://iconicimages.net/photo/np-pe-tb001-the-beatles/
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more on this topic can be found on the Dutch magazine Furore, who did an article that traces the source of each photograph on the Revolver cover :
https://www.furoremagazine.com/language/en/?s=revolver
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Hi Angel,
Thank you so much for that link to the Furore magazine site and the info that they did a major article on the Revolver cover. Would love to see it in detail as it really looks good. For those interested the exact issue (No 22, January 2012) is here: https://www.furoremagazine.com/back-issues-en/furore-22-2/
You can see a teaser graphic on this page for the larger article inside that gives a bit of the info on how they delved into the origins of the photographs that Klaus Voormann used. Looks like you can still order back issues too! Cheers.
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Hello, i recently met with Klaus and discovered the 3 new pics (yellow circles). i can share with if you want. It’s the Klaus pic, The Ringo pic and 3 face pic on top left corner.
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Hi Yaakov,
Yes please! Do share as it would be great to have three more of those pics solved. Feel free to email us at beatlesblogger@gmail.com if you would like.
Cheers!
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Who are the three faces (drawing) on the top centre left of the cover
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Great question! I think they are (from left to right) stylised attempts at Paul, Ringo and John? Klaus Voormann himself has said he always had difficulty with getting their eyes and mouths correct. The one in the middle definitely looks most like Ringo.
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This is old chart it has been updated, the top left pic is discovered, the Klaus image is discovered, and large Lennon and Large George are not true, confirmed by Klaus himself.
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