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Paul Whitehead is a British painter and graphic artist known for his

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album covers for artists on the

Charisma Records Charisma Records (also known as The Famous Charisma Label) was a British record label founded in 1969 by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith. He had previously acted as manager for rock bands such as The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der ...

label in the 1970s, such as Genesis and

Van der Graaf Generator Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriters Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records. They did not experience much commercial success i ...

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Life and work

England: Liberty Records and Charisma Records

An art show in London in the mid-sixties led to Whitehead being picked up as an in-house artist for the London office of

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record label Liberty Records. Previously, he had been studying at the

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on an art scholarship.Interview with Jim Christopulos
/ref> The first record cover he designed was for a repackaged

Fats Domino Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New O ...

album. This was followed by a series of work for other reissues for the UK market. In 1968, Whitehead became the original art director for '' Time Out in London'' magazine, which led him to further commissions for album covers. After a meeting with producer John Anthony, Whitehead was introduced to

Tony Stratton-Smith Tony Stratton-Smith (29 October 1933 – 19 March 1987) was an English rock music manager, and entrepreneur. He founded the London-based record label Charisma Records in 1969 and managed rock groups such as the Nice, Van der Graaf Generator and ...

, the founder of Charisma Records. Stratton-Smith introduced Whitehead to Genesis, and he was hired to do the cover to their 1970 album, ''

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''. Charisma Records allowed Whitehead complete creative control over his work. Fruitful work in collaboration with Genesis, Van der Graaf Generator, Lindisfarne, and

Peter Hammill Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill (born 5 November 1948) is an English musician and recording artist. He was a founder member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Best known as a singer/songwriter, he also plays guitar and piano and ...

followed at Charisma. Additionally, Whitehead is also credited as a performer on the Peter Hammill albums ''

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United States

In 1973, Whitehead moved to Los Angeles, where he continued to work on album covers as a freelancer. He is still most associated with

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...

, and designed the 2000 logo for

NEARfest The North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest for short, was a multi-day event celebrating the resurgence of progressive and eclectic music in the United States and around the world. The event was held annually in early summer in Bethlehem, Pennsy ...

. As a founder of the Eyes and Ears Foundation, he conceived of and organised the "Drive Though Art Gallery" Artboard Festival in February 1977, where artists painted on donated billboards. He has also created murals and designed corporate logos. Whitehead was in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest indoor mural, which he painted at the Vegas World casino (since demolished and replaced by the Stratosphere casino) in Las Vegas.Alice in Genderland interview

Selected artworks

Album covers

;Genesis :*1970 ''

'' :*1971 '' Nursery Cryme'' :*1972 '' Foxtrot'' :*1973 '' Genesis Live'' (lettering only) ;Van der Graaf Generator :*1970 ''

H to He, Who Am the Only One ''H to He, Who Am the Only One'' is the third album by the British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was released in 1970 on Charisma Records. The band recorded the album in several stages throughout mid-1970 in Trident Studio ...

'' :*1971 ''

Pawn Hearts ''Pawn Hearts'' is the fourth album by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in October 1971 on Charisma Records. The original album features just three tracks, including the side-long suite "A Plague of Lighthouse Ke ...

'' ;Peter Hammill :*1971 ''

'' :*1973 ''

Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night ''Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night'' is the second solo album by British singer-songwriter Peter Hammill. It followed in the aftermath of the breakup of Hammill's band Van der Graaf Generator, and (as with many of Hammill's solo albums f ...

'' ;Le Orme :*1975 ''Smogmagica'' :*2001 ''Elementi'' :*2004 ''L'infinito'' ;Alex Carpani :*2004 ''Waterline'' :*2010 ''The Sanctuary'' ;Other *1968

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– ''Rêve et Amour'' *1969

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– ''

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'' *1971

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– ''

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'' *1975

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- '' Myopia'' *2001 Submarine Silence - ''Submarine Silence'' *2004 Various artists - ''The Colossus of Rhodes'' *2004 Systems Theory - ''Soundtracks for Imaginary Movies'' *2006 Akacia - ''Fading Time'' *2007 Systems Theory - ''Codetalkers'' *2007 Holding Pattern - ''Breaking the Silence'' *2013 Days Between Stations - ''

In Extremis ''In extremis'' is a Latin phrase meaning "in the farthest reaches" or "at the point of death." In extremis or extremis may also refer to: * ''Extremis'' (2005–2006), a six-issue story arc from the Marvel Comics series ''Iron Man'' (vol. 4), p ...

'' *2014 Gnu Quartet - ''Karma'' *2018 Fernando Perdomo - ''Out to Sea'' *2018 Robbie Gennet - ''Gleams'' *2019 Fernando Perdomo - ''Out to Sea 2'' *2020 Fernando Perdomo - ''Out to Sea 3''

Miscellaneous

*1977 "Solar Carte" (mural) *1978 Armando Gallo - ''Genesis: The Evolution of a Rock Band'' (book cover) *2001 Kevin Holm-Hudson - ''Progressive Rock Reconsidered'' (book cover "Storm In a Teacup")

References

External links

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World of Genesis interview
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