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Gary Burden

real name Gary Lowell Francis Burden

Gary Burden is credited on 2,758 releases across 187 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,758

Credits

187

Albums

8

Decades active

2,315

In collections

Biography

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American photographer, artist, art director and designer. He is considered as one of the pioneers of the concept of album cover art. Born May 23, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; died March 7, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He started designing album covers in the late 60’s when he designed a house for Cass Elliot who took note of his visual orientation and suggested he put his talents into album covers. He created album covers for Neil Young for 35 years. Married to Jenice Heo with whom he operated the art direction and design company R. Twerk & Co. He earned four Grammy nominations for "Best Package of the Year", two nominations for directing "Best Video of the Year" and a TV’s People’s Choice Awards.

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2,758 releases · 187 albums · active 1956–2025

  • Other credits · 4,761
  • Performance · 40

Studios: Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Island Studios · Wally Heider Studios

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