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Cover - On The Beach

On the Beach was released in 1974 and was the fifth studio album by Neil Young, the album cover is a photo of a Santa Monica beach.

Cover - Parklife

Parklife was Blur's third album released on 7 July 1994, it had four hit singles: "Girls & Boys", "End of a Century", "Parklife" and "To the End".

The album cover depicts racing greyhounds at the Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium in East London. The stadium was opened in 1933 and mostly hosted Greyhound racing but at some periods also hosted speedway and stock car racing events.

In 2008 the stadium was closed after having been sold to a property developer, the final race at the stadium was held on Saturday 16 August 2008 at 23:00.

In 2010 the album cover for Parklife was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps.

Cover - All The Way From Tuam

Cover - Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)

Cover - Escapology

Cover - Send away the Tigers

Bon Scott Memorial (Kirriemuir)

Memorial to Bon situated in central square

The Guitar-shaped Swimming Pool

Gillan lived here in the 70s. Spent a fortune buying and renovating it. Beautiful spot for a cocktail and cucumber sandwich.

Cover - Ive got my own album to do

Ronnie lived in the house depicted on the album at the time of recording the album.

Cover - Johnny Cash at San Quentin