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Pink Floyd: the story of Wish You Were Here's iconic artwork
Not many album covers require stuntmen, but Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here used three
Pink Floyd's Dark Side: Inside the tour that road-tested rock's greatest album
Only in the new issue of Classic Rock – plus Porcupine Tree, Journey, Tedeschi Tracks Band, Dorothy, The Who, Michael Monroe, Kris Barras, The Moody Blues, The Gaslight Anthem and much more
The 20 best rock albums of 1977
Famous for being punk’s finest hour, 1977 also produced one of the best-selling rock albums in Rumours, and classics from Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Rush and Thin Lizzy
The 20 Million Club podcast: How did The Dark Side Of The Moon become the 4th best-selling album of all time ?
Classic Rock's podcast continues to examine the biggest-selling albums of all time, with a look at Pink Floyd's 40m+ selling epic
How Pink Floyd reinvented themselves: only in Classic Rock, on sale now
Also this month: Uriah Heep, Alice Cooper, Inglorious, Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen, Kate Bush, The Pretty Things, Thunder, Metallica, Blue Oyster Cult and more
The 20 best rock albums of 1973
1973 was the year the Skynyrd arrived, Led Zeppelin showed chinks in their armour, and Tubular Bells and Dark Side Of The Moon began their route to world domination
The 20 best rock albums of 1975
The classics just keep on coming. Welcome to the year of Physical Graffiti, Born To Run, Blood On The Tracks, A Night At The Opera and many more
The 20 best rock albums of 1970
Altamont had brought the 60s to a disastrous close, but 1970 saw the birth of a new breed of supergroups, and established stars heading in new directions
The 20 best rock albums of 1979
The 1970s crash out in style with AC/DC, Pink Floyd and The Clash producing some of their best work, and Led Zeppelin’s last hurrah
The epic story of Iron Maiden's Senjutsu: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
Out now: featuring Iron Maiden, Charlie Watts, Melissa Etheridge, Samantha Fish, Mr Big, Tremonti, Jane's Addiction, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more
The truth about John Frusciante's return to the Red Hot Chili Peppers: only in the new Classic Rock
Also in this issue: Saxon, George Harrison, Meat Loaf, Billy Idol, Scorpions, Goodbye June, Marillion, Sabaton, Rosalie Cunningham and much more
The Yardbirds: Roger The Engineer - Album Of The Week Club review
With one foot in their blues past and the other in the psychedelic present, The Yardbirds' Roger The Engineer was the band's only UK album
The incredible story of Peter Frampton: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
Also in this issue: Queen, W.A.S.P., The Cult, Clutch, Dare, Placebo, Smashing Pumpkins, Killing Joke and more
The chaotic, utterly unbelievable story of Black Sabbath's Vol 4: only in the new Classic Rock
Also in this issue: Ozzy Osbourne, Jethro Tull, Walter Trout, Rival Sons, Gary Moore, Lemonheads, Bam Bam, The Struts, Thundermother, Ministry and more
Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer: the inside story of a classic album cover
William Neal's scrawled armadillo doodle captured Keith Emerson's attention and ended up typifying an era
Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Not Fragile - Album Of The Week Club review
There's more to BTO than Smashy and Nicey's favourite song, and Not Fragile proves it
Rock Goddess: Rock Goddess - Album Of The Week Club review
Straight outta South London, Rock Goddess's career faltered more often than it flowered, but the pioneering trio's self-titled debut is a fondly-remembered slice of NWOBHM
Hughes/Thrall: Hughes/Thrall - Album Of The Week Club review
In which Former Deep Purple bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes and guitarist Pat Thrall kick up a short-lived AOR storm
The trouble with Alice Cooper and the 2,000,000 pairs of flammable panties
Alice Cooper wanted some unique packaging for 1972's School's Out album, but the results fell foul of US customs regulations
Manowar: Battle Hymns - Album Of The Week Club review
Manowar's debut album Battle Hymns laid out the band's future path in an early, loinclothed manifesto: Death to false metal!
Joe Walsh: The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get - Album Of The Week Club review
Credited to Joe Walsh, Barnstorm's second album The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get was their last before Walsh jumped ship fly solo
Dio: Holy Diver - Album Of The Week Club review
A debut album to savour from Ronnie James Dio, and part of the singer's Triple Crown Of Metal
ZZ Top: Life after Dusty Hill - only in the new issue of Classic Rock, out now
Also in this issue: Kate Bush, Dave Mustaine, Prince, Guns N' Roses, The Gaslight Anthem, Marshall Tucker Band, Chuck Leavell, H.e.a.t, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Fantastic Negrito and more
