Happy birthday Roger Dean 🎂 📷 Michael Putland, 1972 "For more than six decades his designs have been part of the cultural terrain, a companion to record buyers through the covers of numerous bands, the most important of which – Yes – began with 1971’s Fragile." - Sid Smith
Roger Dean's first cover for Yes was Fragile, in 1971. The idea of a planet breaking up fits in with his career-long environmental interest. This is one of my favourite albums, & the artwork is a perfect fit, even if it was produced before the recordings. youtube.com/watch?v=3hE7...
My favourite Roger Dean cover is for Gentle Giant's 1972 album Octopus This is such a great album, and again, the music matches the cover. The band's influences at the time were Rabelais, Camus & R. D. Laing. youtube.com/watch?v=ifRn...
