The greatest ever album covers

From Miles Davis to Manic Street Preachers, six readers tell us about their favourite album sleeve art – what's yours?Thomas Casagranda on Bitches Brew by Miles DavisMati Klarwein, the painter of the artwork, was a European Jewish refugee from Nazism, who studied with Dali. He also painted the sleeve for Santana's Abraxas, the rock equivalent of Bitches Brew.What does the picture mean? Miles is stating that the roots of jazz, of blues, of rock and of civilisation began in Africa. It is also a ...

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