Thursday, August 9, 2012

Revealed: Rock Album Art Locations

I saw this online the other day and thought it was just too cool. Popspotsnyc creator Bob Egan (real-estate agent by day turned rock and roll detective by night) has uncovered some of rock's most iconic album art locations. Enjoy!


Simon & Garfunkel's Wednesday Morning, 3am album was shot on the lower platform of Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City, where the outbound E and F subway lines run.

Bob Dylan's Freewheelin' album was shot down the corner of Jones Street and West 4th Street in New York City.

Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic was shot on Fifth Avenue and 79th Street in New York City, where the cart remains just above the 79th Street Transverse near the "Miners' Gate."

Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited was shot on the steps of 4 Gramercy Park West in New York City.

The West Side Story Original Broadway Cast Album was shot in Hell's Kitchen, outside 418 West 56th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues in New York City.

Neil Young's After the Gold Rush was shot on the northwest corner of Sullivan Street and West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village.

The Who's The Kids Are Alright album was shot on 116th St. and Morningside Drive in Morningside Heights, New York City. You can see part of the Carl Schurz Monument in the background.

Bob Dylan's video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues" was shot behind London's Savoy Hotel at a dead end at the intersection of Savoy Hill Road.

This iconic Bruce Springsteen photograph was shot by Joel Bernstein while working on The River. The picture was taken in Hell's Kitchen, on 10th Avenue and 53rd Street. The playground in the background belongs to P.S. 111.

Bo Diddley riding a motorcycle through Brooklyn in front of 368 Livingston Street.

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