42. What is Life — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Hipgnosis, Tom Wilkes

Summary: The Seventies and eighties were a prime era for album covers and packaging.    The solo Beatles each found ways to take advantage of gatefolds, posters, inner sleeves, record labels, booklets and even managed to occasionally innovate with die cut sleeves and fold-over flaps.    That changed a bit through the CD era as sleeve notes, lyrics and inner photos got reduced beyond the point of illegibility.     Now, as we move beyond physical media, is there any room left for such things?    I guess we will have to stay tuned!