Listening to WIYE and there was mention of Genesis P Orridge and Cosi Fanni Tutti appearing on the cover of Force It by UFO … I couldn’t think of any other examples of artists on other artists album covers (that they didn’t play on) … cue as always about 600 examples
Artists on other artists album covers
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Kenny Lynch appears on the cover of Wings’ ‘Band On The Run’ .
Several on The Beatles Sergeant Pepper…
Eddie And The Hot Rods appeared on the back of early pressings of Damned Damned Damned.
Maybe Stiff could see into the future and just knew Paul Gray would join them later.
The faces of The Beatles appear on Their Santanic Majesties Request
Elvis is on the cover of a Smiths record
The Crack by The Ruts has half of the London punk scene on the cover, albeit as a painting.
Jimi Hendrix himself on Zappa/Mothers We’re Only In It For The Money.
Nico on the front cover of the Bill Evans album Moon Beams.
@DrJ
Didn’t the original cover of Band of Gypsies feature puppets of
Brian Jones, John Peel and Hendrix himself next to a dustbin in an alley?
Bowie’s Pin Ups features Twiggy.
Did Milli Vanilli release any albums?!
Yes, and I have a copy (which I bought in a job-lot – the box also included four Kenny G albums, which went straight to the chazza).
Amanda Lear on For Your Pleasure. Not just a model but a singer too.
Danny Baker as a drummer on “The Wonderful World Of Wreckless Eric”
A young Courtney Love appeared on the back of the Grateful Dead’s “Aoxomoxoa”
@Sniffity
I remember that, my mate Barry was rolling a joint on the cover at the time
There are photos of Lotte Lenya and the folk blues artist Eric von Schmidt on the front cover of Bob Dylan’s “Bringing it All Back Home”.
I have been wracking my brains all day about this – but I think I have one.
The cover of Commerical Album by The Residents (this is the one with 40 one-minute songs) has John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John on the cover.
“Get yer ya-yas out”:
Jewels & binoculars hang from the head of the mule
Does that count?
I had never made this connection before!
John Wesley Harding – turn the cover upside down and The Beatles are in the tree.
Except, when I bought a replacement copy in the eighties, John, Paul, Ringo & George had disappeared.
Bryan Ferry is on the inner sleeve of Band On The Run, if that counts.
And Kenny Lynch is on the front cover. He made records
Are we counting Don Letts on the cover of Black Market Clash?