Growing up in the 1970ies and 80ies, I had the good fortune to have access to a huge collection of absolutely brilliant music. First, it was the collection of my best friend’s big brother, later I spent basically all my limited funds on vinyl.
The one thing I miss the most are the beautiful 12″ covers – the artwork, the liner notes, sometimes the printed lyrics. This was way before any Internet existed, so the covers was a goldmine of meta information. Other times, they were just enigmatic works of art to be experienced and enjoyed. Below are a collection of album covers I’ve recreated as best I could using various tools.
![Vector drawing of the cover to Eliane Elias' album "Plays Live" from 2009.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6322-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![Drawing of the cover of Chaka Kahn's "I feel for U" single](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4103-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3742-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![My vector version of the epic ELO album cover for "Out of the Blue" - the one with the flying saucer and a shuttle just docking.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/Out-of-the-Blue-by-airwhale-1024x1024.jpg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3968-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4970-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3595-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3705-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4980-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3590-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3817-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![Grace Jones / Island Life album cover](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/Ms.-Grace-Jones-v2-1024x1024.jpg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3634.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4955-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![Album cover with my image and name on it, using the design of Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man" album.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5818-1024x997.jpeg?media=1724533505)
![Isolation - could have been a perfect Joy Division cover](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/Isolation-1024x1024.jpg?media=1724533505)
![Joy Division mock-up](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.airwhale.com/wp-content/uploads/Joy-Division-bootleg-1024x1024.jpeg?media=1724533505)