For the Record: Photography & the Art of the Album Cover

What makes a good record cover? What happened when photographing Iggy Pop? What photo made someone so distracted whilst driving that they crashed their Rolls Royce? What does the future look like for the album cover?

This radio piece is in collaboration with Soho Radio and The Photographers’ Gallery , all about finding out behind the scenes and behind the lens stories on some of the world’s most famous record covers.

Victor Hall in conversation with photographers Pennie Smith and Brian Griffin along with vinyl collector Antoine De Beaupre and BBC 6 Music broadcast Tom Ravenscroft.

A specially curated playlist I have made with one track from every single album cover featured in the Total Records book and “For The Record” exhibition at The Photographer’s Gallery. (249 tracks available)