The art of Luzzatticovers.es

A few days ago I sumbled across a Facebook post asking after the title of a record sleeve that I sort of recognised but it looked strange.

Recognise it? It’s obvioulsy Aretha Franklin’s “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You” but with all the detaiil removed. AN Internet seach followed and turned up the creator Luzzatti.es, who has reimagined a wide range of covers thst he sells on his website for €50 each. He produces limited editions of 50 prints each 30 X 30 cm)s (11,7 x 11,7 inches).

Eduardo Luzzzatti is a graphic designer based in Valencia, Spain, who says this project is his way of paying tribute to the designers, photographers illustrators and artists who created the covers of some of our favourite albums.

He has 430 covers on his site! Obviously I immediately serched for covers by artists I collect–Andy Warhol, Peter Blake, and Klaus Voormann. Yep1 They’re are some there.

I think these minimalistic cover versions are really clever. While anyone who knows their cover art will recognise these covers there will be others who just see astract immages. Some work better thsn others–the White Light/White Heat cover doesn’t really lend itself to Luzzatti’s treatment. I’m not so happy with the Sgt. Pepper cpover eother, but the Sticky Fingers, VU & N and Revolver covers work well.

I’ve spent several years researching Peter Blake’s record cover art and found three covers that I had no idea Blake had contributed. I have now a list of thirty-six covers released over 58 years. That must be some kind of record!

Here’ my list of all I’ve been able to find to date.

1. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 1967
2. Pentangle – Sweet Child – 1968
3. Chris Jagger –The Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist – 1974
4. Roger McGough – Summer with Monika –1978
5. The Who – Face Dances – 1981
6. Landscape – Manhattan Boogie Woogie – 1982
7. Daniel Blumenthal – Gershwin / Grofé – Rhapsody in Blue / American in Paris / Piano Concerto in F – 1983
8. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? – 1984
9. David Sylvain — A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil — 1986
10. Ian Dury – Apples and Apples / Byeline Brown – 1989
11. The Fall – I’m Frank –1990
12. Eric Clapton – 24 Nights and Wonderful Tonight – 1991
13. Paul Weller – Stanley Road – 1995
14. A Stranger Shadow – Colours – 1995
15. Various Artists — Brand new Boots and Panties – 2001
16. Robbie Williams – Swing While You’re Winning – 2001
17. Brian Wilson – Getting’ in Over My Head – 2004
18. The Who — Live at Leeds – 2006
19. Various Artists – John Peel: Right Time, Wrong Speed 197-1987 – 2006
20. Eric Clapton – Me and Mr. Johnson – 2006
21. Oasis – Stop the Clocks and Champagne Supernova – 2006
22. The Blockheads – Staring Down the Barrel – 2009
23. Brian Wilson & Peter Blake – That Lucky Old Sun – 2009
24. Ben Waters – Boogie 4 Stu: A Tribute to Ian Stewart – 2011.
25. Madness — Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da — 2012
26. Paul Weller – Dragonfly — 2012
27. Eric Clapton — I Still Do — 2012
28. Eric Clapton Madison Square Garden — 2012
29. Eric Clapton 70th Birthday Celebration — 2012
30. John Cooper Clarke — The Luckiest Guy Alive — 2018
31. The Who – WHO — 2019
32. Eric Clapton — The Definitive 24 Nights — 2023
33. Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes — Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) — 2024
34. Paul Weller – 66 — 2024
35. Band Aid 40 — Do They Know It’s Christmas? — 2025
36. Hot Chip — Joy in Repetition

Peter Blake’s latest cover, by thr band Hot Chip, uses his watercolour painting of one of his mechanical, wind-up minkeys that repeatedly plays cymbals when started.

This double album of the band’s greatest hits was releaased on Friday 5th September 2025.

That’s quite impressive. Most, if not all, of his recent covers have been done for friends and the Hot Chip cover is no exception, being done as a favour to frontman Alexis Taylor, Blake’s friend.