Despite all his triumphs, Oliver insists that he stands apart from album cover designers: “I don’t see myself as an artist; I’m a graphic designer.” Manchester-born Peter Saville was a co ...

His debut for Blue Note, as co-designer with John Hermansader, was a cover for a ten-inch album by the Hank Mobley Quartet in late 1955, but the first album to carry the sole name Reid K.

Picture: Alamy Designer Peter Corriston held up the release of Zeppelin's sixth studio album when his intricate design for an album cover with die-cut windows proved to be trickier to produce than ...