The Guardian excerpts their 10 favorite banned album covers from Taboo Tunes;

Here are my two favorites

The Beatles, Yesterday and Today

When Capitol released Yesterday and Today, cobbled together from other albums including Revolver and Help! the Fab Four, reportedly outraged that their art was being "butchered", posed for this photo. Capitol released it in June 1966, but faced with rejection by distributors, they had to recall thousands of "Butcher" LPs. Panicked, they rustled up a gloomy and unflattering photo - ever since known as the Trunk Cover - and pasted them over the recalled jackets. In that process, they created one of the holy grails of record collecting.

Roger Waters, The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking

When Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters stepped out in 1984 with his first solo album, it grabbed the attention of feminist activists. After enduring charges that he was a sexist, and assertions that the graphics "encouraged rape", a new cover was issued with the offending buttocks covered by a black bar.

Source:
Taboo Tunes, by Peter Blecha, is published by Backbeat Books

The covers they didn't want you to see

via The Joint

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