45 Vintage Album Covers From 1960s Vinyl LPs

The 1960s vinyl LP stands as one of the most iconic symbols of 20th-century music culture — a tactile, analog vessel for sound, art, and emotion. Spinning at 33⅓ revolutions per minute, these Long Play records offered listeners a full album’s worth of music, transforming how people experienced sound: not as isolated singles, but as cohesive artistic statements.

The decade saw the LP evolve from mere entertainment to a form of self-expression and cultural identity. Album covers became visual art; liner notes turned into poetry; and musicians began to craft albums as complete experiences rather than collections of songs. From The Beatles and The Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, and Aretha Franklin, the 1960s LP defined an era of experimentation, rebellion, and boundless creativity.

More than just packaging, these 1960s album covers captured the spirit of an era: bold, experimental, and endlessly creative.

Bert Kaempfert

Barbra Streisand

Billy Vaughn

Bobbie Gentry Fancy

Cher - 3614 Jackson Highway

Claudine Longet

Dino, Desi & Billy

Dionne Warwick

Disco Teen '66

Ferrante & Teicher

Golden Hits of the Smothers Brothers

Hank Snow

Henry Mancini

Horst Jankowski

Jan & Dean

John Davidson

Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire

Johnny Hartman

Liberace

Loretta Lynn

Marvin Gaye Super Hits

Merci Mireille

Music To Strip By

Nancy Sinatra - Boots

Nancy Wilson - Goin' Out of My Head

Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple

Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Hey Baby!

Patti Page's Greatest Hits

Phil Ochs

Robert Goulet

Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66

Shirley Bassey - This is My Life

Sinatra & Strings

Smothers Brothers

Strictly For Dancing

The Beatles

The Ed Sullivan Singers

The Four Freshmen - Voices in Love

The Girl From U.N.C.L.E

The La Playa Sextet

The Monkees

The Singing B's - Teens Tunes Tempos

The Supremes

Tom Jones

Walt Solek