Tom Wilkes
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Thomas Edward "Tom" Wilkes (July 30, 1939 – June 28, 2009) was an American
art director
, designer, photographer, illustrator, writer and producer-director.
Born in Long Beach, California
and raised in southern California, Wilkes attended Long Beach City College, UCLA and the Art Center College of Design
in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
In 1967 Wilkes was the art director of the Monterey Pop Festival
. From 1967 through 1969, he was the art director of A&M Records
. He was a partner with Barry Feinstein
in Camouflage Productions from 1970 through 1973, and a partner in Wilkes & Braun, Inc. from 1973 through 1974. He was art director of ABC Records
from 1975 through 1977, and in 1978 he started Tom Wilkes Productions and became President of Project Interspeak, a nonprofit corp.
Wilkes is responsible for scores of award winning designs. In the Grammy Awards of 1974
he received a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
for Tommy
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
& Choir. In addition to creating hundreds of posters, logos, books, trade ads and illustrations, Wilkes has designed such hit record covers as Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet
and Neil Young
's Harvest. Wilkes has also produced and directed TV and radio spots, music videos, films, mixed media presentations and special events.
The two Beatles compilation albums released in 1973, "The Beatles 1962-1966" and "The Beatles 1967-1970" were designed by Tom Wilkes. His name is shown at the left bottom corner of the paper sleeve (side 4) for housing the vinyl record. ONLY printed on the US versions of these albums.
Art Director, Monterey Pop Festival
Wilkes designed all the print material for the festival, including the 80 page program book.
Excerpt from an interview with Matt Hurwitz, published in Goldmine, November 12, 2004:
United States
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art director
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
, designer, photographer, illustrator, writer and producer-director.
Born in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
and raised in southern California, Wilkes attended Long Beach City College, UCLA and the Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design is a private college located in Pasadena, California, and was cited by BusinessWeek as one of the 60 best design schools in the world. The college’s industrial design program is consistently ranked number one by both DesignIntelligence and U.S...
in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
In 1967 Wilkes was the art director of the Monterey Pop Festival
Monterey Pop Festival
The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California...
. From 1967 through 1969, he was the art director of A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
. He was a partner with Barry Feinstein
Barry Feinstein
Barry Feinstein was an American photographer who was reputed to have produced over 500 album covers. Barry Feinstein began in his youth as a photographer. In 1955 he was engaged as an assistant at Life magazine...
in Camouflage Productions from 1970 through 1973, and a partner in Wilkes & Braun, Inc. from 1973 through 1974. He was art director of ABC Records
ABC Records
ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....
from 1975 through 1977, and in 1978 he started Tom Wilkes Productions and became President of Project Interspeak, a nonprofit corp.
Wilkes is responsible for scores of award winning designs. In the Grammy Awards of 1974
Grammy Awards of 1974
The 16th Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1973.- Award winners :* Record of the Year...
he received a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album, not to the performer, except if the performer is also the art director....
for Tommy
Tommy (rock opera)
Tommy is the fourth album by English rock band The Who, released by Track Records and Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and Decca Records/MCA in the United States. A double album telling a loose story about a "deaf, dumb and blind boy" who becomes the leader of a messianic movement, Tommy was...
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
& Choir. In addition to creating hundreds of posters, logos, books, trade ads and illustrations, Wilkes has designed such hit record covers as Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet
Beggars Banquet
- Personnel :The Rolling Stones* Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, harmonica on "Parachute Woman"* Keith Richards – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar on "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man", backing vocals, lead vocals on opening of "Salt of the Earth"* Brian...
and Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
's Harvest. Wilkes has also produced and directed TV and radio spots, music videos, films, mixed media presentations and special events.
The two Beatles compilation albums released in 1973, "The Beatles 1962-1966" and "The Beatles 1967-1970" were designed by Tom Wilkes. His name is shown at the left bottom corner of the paper sleeve (side 4) for housing the vinyl record. ONLY printed on the US versions of these albums.
Album Cover Credits
- 1967 Flowers, The Rolling StonesThe Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
(Original graphics) - 1967 Present TensePresent TensePresent Tense is the first Sagittarius album, released in 1968 by Columbia Records. Though the record was basically a Gary Usher solo project, he enlisted many top LA session musicians, and heavily utilized Curt Boettcher as a songwriter, musician, vocalist, and producer Present Tense is the first...
, SagittariusSagittarius (band)Sagittarius was an American late 1960s studio group, devised by the record producer and songwriter, Gary Usher.-History:Usher had been involved with music as a songwriter since the early 1960s , and soon branched out into production work...
(Cover design) - 1967 Safe as Milk, Captain BeefheartCaptain BeefheartDon Van Vliet January 15, 1941 December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Magic Band, active between 1965 and 1982, with whom he recorded 12...
and the Magic Band (Graphic design) - 1968 Beggars BanquetBeggars Banquet- Personnel :The Rolling Stones* Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, harmonica on "Parachute Woman"* Keith Richards – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar on "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man", backing vocals, lead vocals on opening of "Salt of the Earth"* Brian...
, The Rolling Stones (Design, original design concept) - 1968 Carnival of Life, Lee MichaelsLee MichaelsLee Michaels plays the Hammond organ, piano, and guitar , and is best known for his 1971 Top 10 pop hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean."-Career:...
(Art direction) - 1968 Christmas Album, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana BrassHerb AlpertHerbert "Herb" Alpert is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. He is also a recording industry executive — he is the "A" of A&M Records...
(Art direction) - 1968 Colours, Claudine LongetClaudine LongetClaudine Georgette Longet is a French singer and recording artist who was popular during the 1960s and 1970s. She is also an actress and a dancer.Born in Paris, France, Longet was married to pop singer Andy Williams from 1961 until 1975...
(Art direction) - 1968 Family That Plays Together, SpiritSpirit (band)Spirit was an American jazz/hard rock/progressive rock/psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California.- The original lineup :...
(Art direction) - 1968 Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark, Dillard & ClarkDillard & ClarkDillard & Clark was a country rock duo which featured ex-Byrds member Gene Clark and bluegrass banjo player Doug Dillard. The group was formed in 1968, shortly after Clark departed The Byrds, and Dillard left The Dillards. They were backed up by, among others, Bernie Leadon, Chris Hillman, Sneaky...
(Art direction) - 1968 Fool on the HillFool on the Hill (Sergio Mendes album)Fool on the Hill is the fourth album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66.The band on this album is the second version of Brasil '66. Mendes replaced all of the original band members for this album...
, Sérgio MendesSergio MendesSérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....
& Brasil '66 (Art direction) - 1968 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite?, Tommy Boyce & Bobby HartBoyce and HartTommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were a prolific songwriting duo, best known for the songs they wrote for The Monkees.-Early years:Hart's father was a church minister and he himself served in the Army after leaving high school, Upon discharge,...
(Art direction) - 1968 Love is Blue, Claudine LongetClaudine LongetClaudine Georgette Longet is a French singer and recording artist who was popular during the 1960s and 1970s. She is also an actress and a dancer.Born in Paris, France, Longet was married to pop singer Andy Williams from 1961 until 1975...
(Art direction) - 1968 Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends, Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of FriendsRoger NicholsRoger Scott Nichols was an American seven-time Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and producer....
(Art direction) - 1968 Song CycleSong Cycle (album)Song Cycle is a 1967 album by Van Dyke Parks that encompasses a number of genres, including psychedelic, folk, baroque, and experimental rock and pop. The release was Parks' debut album, and was produced by future Dreamworks Records co-founder Lenny Waronker.The album's material explores...
, Van Dyke ParksVan Dyke ParksVan Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, author and actor. Parks is perhaps best known for his contributions as a lyricist on the Beach Boys album Smile....
(Illustrations) - 1968 SpiritSpirit (Spirit album)Spirit's self-titled debut album is one whose multifarious experimentalism owes a lot to the contemporary successes of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. It marked the humble beginnings and grand aspirations of its eponymous authors...
, Spirit (Art direction) - 1968 Tape From CaliforniaTape from CaliforniaTape From California is Phil Ochs' fifth album, released in mid-1968 on A&M Records. A step back from its predecessor Pleasures of the Harbor, a sort of cross between that album and 1966's Phil Ochs In Concert, it features folk with shades of rock, bluegrass and baroque music.The best-known track...
, Phil OchsPhil OchsPhilip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...
(Art direction) - 1968 Tarantula, Tarantula (Design, photography)
- 1969 Accept No SubstituteAccept No SubstituteAccept No Substitute is the second album by Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett, and their only release on the Elektra label...
, The Original Delaney & Bonnie (Graphic design) - 1969 Any Way That You Want Me, Evie SandsEvie SandsEvie Sands is a Brooklyn-born singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose career began as a young teenager in the mid-1960s...
(Art direction, photography, cover photo) - 1969 Clear, Spirit (Design)
- 1969 Crystal IllusionsCrystal Illusions (Sergio Mendes album)Crystal Illusions is the fifth album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66.-Track listing:-Performance Credits:*Sérgio Mendes - Keyboards, Vocals, Arranger, Producer*Lani Hall - Vocals*Karen Philipp - Vocals*Oscar Castro-Neves - Guitar...
, Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 (Art direction) - 1969 Dylan's Gospel, The Brothers and Sisters of L.A. (Photography)
- 1969 The Gilded Palace of SinThe Gilded Palace of SinThe Gilded Palace of Sin is an album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1969. It continued Gram Parsons' and Chris Hillman's pioneering work in modern country music, fusing traditional sources like folk and country with other forms of popular music like gospel, soul,...
, The Flying Burrito BrothersThe Flying Burrito BrothersThe Flying Burrito Brothers was an early country rock band, best known for its influential debut album,The Gilded Palace of Sin . Although the group is most often mentioned in connection with country rock legends Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, the group underwent many personnel changes.-Original...
(Art direction) - 1969 Happy Heart, Nick DeCaro & Orchestra (Art direction)
- 1969 It's Never Too LateIt's Never Too Late (album)It's Never Too Late is an album by jazz bassist Monk Montgomery, released in 1969 on Motown Records.-Track listing:#"Big Boy" – 5:44 Arranged By - Dale Frank, Wayne Henderson#"Sunday Stroll" – 2:38 Arranged By - Joe Sample...
, The Montgomery BrothersMontgomery BrothersThe Montgomery Brothers were a jazz trio consisting of the brothers Wes Montgomery , Buddy Montgomery and Monk Montgomery ....
(Design, photography) - 1969 Love Is All We Have to Give, The Checkmates, Ltd.Checkmates, Ltd.Checkmates, Ltd. were an American R&B group from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The group, discovered by Nancy Wilson, included both black and white members; their one major hit was 1969's "Black Pearl", produced by Phil Spector. The song peaked at #13 on the U.S. pop chart...
(Graphic design, photography) - 1969 Make It Easy on Yourself, Burt BacharachBurt BacharachBurt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
(Art direction) - 1969 Rehearsals for RetirementRehearsals for RetirementRehearsals For Retirement was Phil Ochs' sixth album, released in 1969 on A&M Records. Recorded in the aftermath of Ochs' presence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago , it is the darkest of Ochs' albums, a fact exemplified by its cover, a tombstone...
, Phil Ochs (Art direction, photography) - 1969 Robin Wilson, Robin Wilson (Art direction)
- 1969 Rock Salt & NailsRock Salt & Nails (album)Rock Salt and Nails is the debut album by Steve Young. It is a pioneering Country rock/Outlaw country album that was recorded in 1969, with guest musicians Gram Parsons, Gene Clark and James Burton.-Track listing:...
, Steve YoungSteve Young (musician)Steve Young is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for his song "Seven Bridges Road"...
(Art direction) - 1969 Through the Morning, Through the NightThrough the Morning, Through the NightThrough the Morning, Through the Night is the 2nd and final album from the country rock duo Dillard & Clark. The musicians included country rock and folk rock pioneers Gene Clark, Doug Dillard, Bernie Leadon, Chris Hillman, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Byron Berline, and Michael Clarke...
, Dillard & Clark (Art direction) - 19691969 in music-Events:Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event...
Ticket to Ride, The Carpenters (Art Direction) - 19691969 in music-Events:Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event...
Venus in Cancer, Robbie Basho (Design, Photography) - 19691969 in music-Events:Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event...
Ye-Me-Le, Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 (Art Direction) - 19691969 in music-Events:Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event...
Signs of the Zodiac, Mort Garson (Art Direction) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
A Bad Donato, Donato (Design, Photography) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Alone Together, Dave Mason (Design, Photography) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Buddy and the Juniors, Buddy Guy w/ Junior Wells & Junior Mance (Design, Photography) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Burrito Deluxe, The Flying Burrito Brothers (Art Direction) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Close to You, The Carpenters (Art Direction) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Contribution, Shawn Phillips (Art Direction) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Eric Clapton, Eric ClaptonEric ClaptonEric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
(Design, Photography) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Greatest Hits, Phil Ochs (Art Direction, Photography, Back Cover) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Leon Russell, Leon Russell (Design) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Joe Cocker (Design) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
On Tour with Eric Clapton, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Design, Photography) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
To Bonnie from Delaney, Delaney & Bonnie (Design, Photography) - 19701970 in music- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....
Wonderful World, Beautiful People, Jimmy Cliff (Art Direction) - 19711971 in music-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...
Cello Quartet, Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet (Design, Photography) - 19711971 in music-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...
Concert for Bangladesh, George HarrisonGeorge HarrisonGeorge Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
(Design, Photography) - 19711971 in music-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...
John Prine, John Prine (Design, Photography) - 19711971 in music-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...
Live at Fillmore West, King Curtis (Design) - 19711971 in music-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...
Minnows, Marc Benno (Design, Photography) - 19711971 in music-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...
Motel Shot, Delaney & Bonnie (Photography, Jacket Design) - 19711971 in music-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...
Off the Shelf, Batdorf & Rodney (Design, photography) - 1971 PearlPearl (album)-Personnel:* Janis Joplin – vocals, guitar on "Me and Bobby McGee"* Richard Bell – piano* Ken Pearson – organ* John Till – electric guitar* Brad Campbell – bass guitar* Clark Pierson – drums-Additional personnel:...
, Janis JoplinJanis JoplinJanis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
(Design, photography) - 1971 Someday ManSomeday ManSomeday Man is an album by Paul Williams, released in 1970. Notable songs from the album include "Someday Man", "Trust" and "To Put Up with You"...
, Paul WilliamsPaul Williams (songwriter)Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. is an Academy Award-winning American composer, musician, songwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World",...
(Design, photography) - 1971 Stoney EndStoney EndStoney End is the twelfth studio album by Barbra Streisand. Released in 1971, it was a change in direction for Streisand with a more upbeat contemporary pop sound...
, Barbra StreisandBarbra StreisandBarbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
(Design, photography) - 1971 Thirds, The James Gang (Cover Design)
- 1971 Watcha' Gonna Do?, Denny Doherty (Design, Photography)
- 19721972 in music-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
Dinnertime, Alex Taylor (Design, Photography) - 19721972 in music-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
Dr. John's Gumbo, Dr. John (Design, Photography) - 19721972 in music-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
FM & AM, George Carlin (Production Art) - 19721972 in music-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
Harvest, Neil Young (Design) - 19721972 in music-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
Jo Jo Gunne, Jo Jo Gunne (Design, Cover Photo) - 19721972 in music-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
Steamin', Rastus (Cover Photo) - 19721972 in music-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
Tommy - As Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra (Design, Photography) - 19721972 in music-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
Big Bambu, Cheech and Chong (Jacket/Poster Design) - 19721972 in music-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
Ululu, Jesse Ed Davis (Design, Photography) - 19731973 in music-January–April:*January 9 – Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug conviction, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones' plans to perform in Japan during their forthcoming tour.*January 14...
Witness, Spooky Tooth (Design, Photography) - 1973 The Beatles 1962-1966 (Album, design)
- 1973 The Beatles 1966-1970 (Album, design)
- 19741974 in music-January–April:*January 3 – Bob Dylan and The Band kick off their 40-date concert tour at Chicago Stadium. It's Dylan's first time on the road since 1966.*January 17...
Stop All That Jazz, Leon Russell (Design) - 19751975 in music-January–April:*January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case....
Mysteries, Keith Jarrett (Art Direction) - 19751975 in music-January–April:*January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case....
Those Southern Knights, The Crusaders (Art Direction) - 19761976 in music-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
Groove-A-Thon, Isaac Hayes (Art Direction) - 19761976 in music-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
I Hope We Get to Love in Time, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (Artwork) - 19761976 in music-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
Illusions, Jimmy Ponder (Art Direction) - 19761976 in music-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
Long May You Run, The Stills-Young Band (Design) - 19761976 in music-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
Rose of Cimarron, Poco (Art Direction, Design) - 19761976 in music-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
Shake Some Action, The Flamin' Groovies (Art Direction) - 19761976 in music-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
Texas Rock for Country Rollers, Sir Doug & the Texas Tornados (Art Direction, Photography) - 19761976 in music-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
Together Again...Live, Bobby Bland & B.B. King (Art Direction) - 19771977 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1977.-January–February:*January 1 – The Clash headline the gala opening of the London music club, The Roxy....
Sail Boat, Jonathan Edwards (Graphic Design, Photography) - 19781978 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish, REO Speedwagon (Art Direction, Design, Photography, Cover Design) - 19791979 in musicSee also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...
Blue Kentucky Girl, Emmylou Harris (Design, Photography) - 19811981 in musicSee also:* Timeline of musical eventsThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1981.-January–April:*January 10 – A revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith.*January 24 –...
Strait Country, George Strait (Photography) - 19891989 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
Roadrunner, Smith Sisters (Design, Photography) - 19891989 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2, Ringo Starr (Art Direction) - 19941994 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....
Hugh Masekela & Union of South Africa, Hugh Masekela (Design, Photography) - 19951995 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....
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Loneliness & Temptation/A Heart Full of Song, Clarence Carter (Photography) - 19961996 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
Persimmons, Jim Lauderdale (Artwork, Art Direction, Design, Photography) - 19961996 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
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Victim of Life's Circumstances/Genuine Cowhide, Delbert McClinton (Art Direction) - 19971997 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...
Farewells & Fantasies, Phil Ochs (Photography) - 1999 Box of Pearls: The Janis Joplin Collection, Janis Joplin (Design, Photography)
- 1999 Little David Years: 1971–1977, George Carlin (Design, Photography)
- 2000 Asylum Recordings: Jo Jo Gunne + Bite Down Hard, Jo Jo Gunne (Design, Photography)
- 2000 Collection, Janis Joplin (Design, Photography)
- 2000 Lone Star Beer & Bob Wills Music/For All Our Cowboy F, Red Steagall (Art Direction, Photography)
- 2001 Notice to Appear/A Banquet in Blues, John Mayall (Art Direction)
- 2001 Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark [Fantastic Ex, Dillard & Clark (Art Direction)
- 2001 Stained Glass Reflections: Anthology, 1960–1970, Scott McKenzie (Design, Photography)
- 2002 From the Inside/A Good Feelin' to Know, Poco (Design, Photography)
- 2003 Child of Clay/Windmills of Your Mind, Jimmie F. Rodgers (Art Direction, Photography)
- 2004 Blue Kentucky Girl [Bonus Tracks], Emmylou Harris (Design, Photography)
- 2004 Jackie...Plus, Jackie DeShannon (Design, Photography)
- 2004 Pieces of the Sky [Bonus Tracks], Emmylou Harris (Design, Photography)
- 2005 Alone Together/Headkeeper, Dave Mason (Design, Photography)
- 2005 Beat of the Brass [Deluxe Edition], Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (Art Direction)
- 2005 Chronicles, The Carpenters (Art Direction)
- 2005 Concert for Bangladesh [DVD], George Harrison and Friends (Photography, Original Design Concept)
- 2005 Don't Fight the Feeling, Aretha Franklin/King Curtis (Design)
- 2005 You Can Sing on the Left or Bark on the Right [Bonus, Dirk Hamilton (Art Direction)
- 2006 Bust Out at Full Speed: The Sire Years, The Flamin' Groovies (Art Direction)
- 2006 Flowers [Japan], The Rolling Stones (Graphic Design)
- 2006 Home [Bonus Tracks], Delaney & Bonnie (Cover Design)
- 2006 Live at Fillmore West [Deluxe], King Curtis (Design)
- 2006 Live at Fillmore West, Aretha Franklin (Design)
- 2006 Misty Roses/The Wonder of You, The Sandpipers (Art Direction)
- 2007 Monterey Pop Festival, Various Artists (Logo Design)
Art Director, Monterey Pop FestivalMonterey Pop FestivalThe Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California...
- Wilkes was art director for the Monterey International Pop FestivalMonterey Pop FestivalThe Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California...
in 1967. Monterey was the first widely promoted rock festivalRock festivalA rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale rock music concert, featuring multiple acts.The first rock festivals were put on in the late 1960s and were important socio-cultural milestones. In the 1980s a minor resurgence of festivals occurred with charity as the goal.Today, they are often...
in the world, and subject of an acclaimed documentary movieFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
entitled Monterey PopMonterey PopMonterey Pop is a 1968 concert film by D. A. Pennebaker that documents the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967. Among Pennebaker's several camera operators were fellow documentarians Richard Leacock and Albert Maysles...
by D. A. Pennebaker.
Wilkes designed all the print material for the festival, including the 80 page program book.
Art Director, 1971 Concert for Bangla Desh
- Album package, photography and design for the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh album release was provided by Tom Wilkes & Barry Feinstein for Camouflage Productions. Wilkes also provided design and photography for the subsequent movie release. He contributed to the documentary that was included in the 2005 DVD release.
Excerpt from an interview with Matt Hurwitz, published in Goldmine, November 12, 2004:
- Hurwitz: "So on to The Concert for Bangla DeshThe Concert for Bangla DeshThe Concert for Bangladesh is a live triple album and double DVD by George Harrison and celebrity friends performed in aid of the homeless Bengali refugees of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War...
(1971), which is a beautiful cover, certainly one of your top pieces. Where did the cover photo of the child come from?" - Wilkes: "This is an APAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
or UPI released picture of a starving child... I did extensive airbrushing and then did this design, this presentation of it. I kind of cleaned it up a little. I spent hours looking at horrible, horrible footage, and we eventually selected this shot. Some of the other photos in the book are from the rest of the film footage I reviewed. It was difficult to watch. We just took stills from the film."
- Hurwitz: [Wilkes displays a 1-inch high pewter medallion of the boy on this front cover, framed in the arched outline.] "Where did this come from?"
- Wilkes: "We did Bangla Desh gratis for them. We did it just because we wanted to contribute to George's cause, so we just worked on expenses. He flew us to New York. We did all the photography, on the stage, and we put the whole package together. George (Harrison)George HarrisonGeorge Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
gave these, as a little present, to everybody who donated their time. I also have a really nice letter from UNICEF thanking me, which was really great."
1973 Grammy Winner for Tommy album package
- Wilkes along with his partner, Craig Braun, was awarded [Grammy Awards ] by NARAS in 1973 as art director for the 1972 Ode Records' version of TOMMY/ as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir with Guest Soloists