RollingStone Cover Series RockPaperPhoto

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Michael Jackson, July 2009

Photograph by
Kevin Mazur

When Michael Jackson suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and died on June 25, 2009, the stunned Read more…
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Jimmy Page, December 2011

Photograph by
Kevin Mazur

This photograph of Led Zeppelin's legendary front man made the cover of Rolling Stone's special Read more…
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Tina Turner, November 1967

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Tina Turner was appearing at the "hungry-I" in San Francisco when Baron Wolman took the shot that Read more…
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Jim Morrison, February 1968

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Unusual for somebody who had an "all-access" pass, Baron Wolman was in the audience in Winterland Read more…
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Janis Joplin, February 1968

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

For the photo of Janis Joplin in RS 6, Baron Wolman recalled, "I walked with my cameras to her Read more…
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Jimi Hendrix, March 1968

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Baron Wolman considered the photos he shot of Jimi Hendrix at San Francisco's Fillmore West and at Read more…
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Rock Fashion, May 1968

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

For RS 11, Baron Wolman said, "I had made some lovely photos of Johnny Cash and B.B. King, both of Read more…
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Tiny Tim, July 1968

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Baron Wolman felt "somewhat concerned" when he went to L.A. to photograph Tiny Tim for RS 13. "He Read more…
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Frank Zappa, July 1968

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Baron Wolman traveled with writer Jerry Hopkins to Laurel Canyon to photograph Frank Zappa at his Read more…
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Doug and Shawn Sahm, December 1968

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Doug Sahm, founder and leader of the Sir Douglas Quintet, showed up for his portrait session with Read more…
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Jimi Hendrix, February 1969

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

"It was impossible to take a bad photo of Hendrix; he was the most photogenic musician I ever Read more…
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Groupie, February 1969

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

"As concert promoter Bill Graham had given me all-access to any of the concerts he produced, I Read more…
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Sun Ra, April 1969

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

When Baron Wolman went to Berkeley to photograph Sun Ra for RS 31, "I had no idea who he was or Read more…
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Joni Mitchell, May 1969

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

For the cover shoot of RS 33, Baron Wolman "spent a delightful afternoon drinking tea with Joni Read more…
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Mick Jagger, May 1969

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

At a New York press conference captured for the cover of RS 49 in November 1969, Mick Jagger Read more…
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Chuck Berry, June 1969

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Baron Wolman admitted, "It's a bit strange that the only time I photographed Chuck Berry was not Read more…
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Nudie Cahn, June 1969

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Nudie Cahn, pictured on the cover of RS 36, was a tailor to celebrities. His signature suits were Read more…
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Jerry Garcia, August 1969

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Even though most San Franciscans considered the Grateful Dead to be hometown musical heroes, it Read more…
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Woodstock, September 1969

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

"There's not much more left to say about the Woodstock Music & Art Fair" celebrated in the pages of Read more…
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David Crosby, October 1969, October, 1969

Photograph by
Robert Altman

The occasion was the sixth annual Big Sur Folk Festival, held just a Read more…
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Tina Turner, November 1969

Photograph by
Robert Altman

Robert Altman captured sex-on-heels dynamo Tina Turner unleashing her primal rock intensity in a Read more…
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James Taylor and Carly Simon, January 1973

Photograph by
Peter Simon

The intermarriage of rock & roll royalty is a tantalizing subject: Read more…
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Paul Simon, July 1972

Photograph by
Peter Simon

It’s spring of 72 and folks want the inside scoop on why Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel split up Read more…
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Rod Stewart, June 1973, June 1973

Photograph by
Charles Gatewood

“ I feel like an old hooker,” twenty-seven-year-old Rod Stewart muttered during this photo Read more…
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Little Richard, May 1970

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

In December 1967, Little Richard and his band played a concert in the TV studios of San Francisco's Read more…
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Creedence Clearwater Revival, February 1970

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

"Early on a January 1970 day, the men of Creedence Clearwater Revival Read more…
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James Taylor, February 1971

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

In the summer of 1969, Baron Wolman recalled, "the 'other' San Francisco music photographer – the Read more…
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Doug Sahm, July 1971

Photograph by
Baron Wolman

Baron Wolman's final cover for Rolling Stone featured Doug Sahm, this time as an individual Read more…
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Keith Richards, October, 1969

Photograph by
Robert Altman

In October 1969, the Stones were recording the seminal Let It Bleed, their last album to feature Read more…
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Stevie Wonder, April 1986

Photograph by
Mark Hanauer

The occasion was the release of Stevie Wonder's In Square Circle, the long-anticipated Read more…
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Michael Keaton, June 1989

Photograph by
Bonnie Schiffman

The deck was stacked against Michael Keaton when he donned the cape, but director Tim Burton’s Read more…
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Eddie Murphy, August 1989

Photograph by
Bonnie Schiffman

Bill Zehme's feature on Eddie Murphy opens with the actor-comedian driving up to Paramount Pictures Read more…
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James Taylor, June 1981

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

Although the title of the album he was promoting was Davd Loves His Work and the profile is titled Read more…
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Tom Petty, July 1981

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

Although Tom Petty initially complained about being put in a suit and tie for Aaron Rapoport’s Read more…
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E.T., July 1982

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

Aaron Rapoport’s image of the lovable alien shows the ingenuity of the extraterrestrial’s Read more…
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Men at Work, June 1983

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

Men at Work lead singer/guitarist Colin Hay’s wandering eye - the result of a congenital Read more…
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Star Wars, July 1983

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

For Rolling Stone’s 1983 summer double issue, Aaron Rapoport staged a lighthearted beach romp Read more…
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Jackson Browne, September 1983

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

“I began by writing about myself,” Jackson Browne told Rolling Stone in 1983, “but after a Read more…
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Mick Jagger, November 1983

Photograph by
William Coupon

In the early ‘80s, punk had fizzled, and amongst the new wave upstarts, the torch of Big Ambition Read more…
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Bruce Springsteen, December 1984

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

Six months into the hit album and tour that was Born In The USA, newly buff everyman Bruce Read more…
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Phil Collins, May 1985

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

In the Eighties, Phil Collins, likened to a Cabbage Patch doll in this Rolling Stone cover story, Read more…
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David Letterman, June 1985

Photograph by
Deborah Feingold

Three years into Late Night, David Letterman tells Lynn Hirschberg of his youthful days Read more…
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Mark Knopfler, November 1985

Photograph by
Deborah Feingold

"I remember once," Mark Knopfler told Rolling Stone in 1985, "hitchhiking home to Newcastle on Read more…
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Bruce Springsteen, February 1986

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

After a grueling 15-month tour that made him an international superstar, Bruce Springsteen should Read more…
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Tom Petty and Bob Dylan, July 1986

Photograph by
Aaron Rapoport

The shot by Aaron Rapaport to promote Dylan’s True Confessions tour, which featured Tom Petty and Read more…
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Van Halen, July 1986

Photograph by
Deborah Feingold

David Fricke's Van Halen 2.0 profile finds the band riding high on hit album 5150 – their first Read more…
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Talking Heads, January 1987

Photograph by
Richard Corman

For a band that prided itself on originality, the process that led to its dissolution was textbook Read more…
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Michael J. Fox, March 1987

Photograph by
Deborah Feingold

Not quite a decade into his acting career, Michael J. Fox was testing his limits, pushing himself Read more…
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Miami Vice, March 1985

Photograph by
Deborah Feingold

MTV cops: this was the legendary – and likely apocryphal – brainstorming memo that Read more…
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Robert Cray, June 1987

Photograph by
Deborah Feingold

Thirty-three-year-old bluesman Robert Cray had every reason to smile and embrace his Stratocaster Read more…
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George Harrison, October 1987

Photograph by
William Coupon

Although William Coupon’s cover shot shows a pensive, monkish George Harrison, the occasion of Read more…
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Neil Young, June 1988

Photograph by
William Coupon

The Eighties were the most challenging decade for Neil Young, but he poses for William Coupon with Read more…
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Jerry Garcia, November 1989

Photograph by
William Coupon

On the release of their 13th studio album, the appropriately titled Built to Last, the Read more…
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For the first time, you can own fine art reprints of iconic Rolling Stone
Magazine Covers paired with limited edition original photographs,
both hand-signed by the photographer.

Framed Collector’s Items

These fine art prints are available as 11x14 framed side by side or 16x20 framed as individual works of art. Prints are gallery-framed with UV-plexi.

Rare, Limited Editions

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