Richard E. Aaron A/P Digital Print of Peter Frampton. Circa 1974. Original color artist proof digital print of Peter Frampton by Richard E. Aaron. Pencil signed by Aaron at the lower right, and penciled lower left "A/P Frampton". Sticker on verso reads "The Gallery of Richard E. Aaron".

This photo was used as the cover of biggest-selling live double album of all time - compilation of a number of performances recorded in 1975, including shows in California at the Winter land  Ballroom and the Marin County Civic Center,. Once decided that this would be a double album the art department needed to create an eye-catching package, and so our story begins. In Richard's words "Peter Frampton, whom I had photographed many times by the early 70's, called and asked if he could take my photo portfolio of him to A&M headquarters in Los Angeles. The senior
art director was looking for a photograph for Peter's next record, a live concert album. Of course I agreed but thought nothing more of it.
Although I was already in demand as a photo-journalist, I had pretty much given up on ever having an album cover credit; art directors, it seemed, preferred studio shots. A few weeks later, I got a message on my answering service that Peter had called and that it was & quote very important & quote; that I return his call in L. A. By this time, his career was
beginning to take off, and the answering service operator was impressed that he had called -- & Do you really know Frampton? 

The message came in at 9:30 a.m., which made it only 6:30 a.m. in Los Angeles reached Peter immediately, and he said;" Richard are you standing or sitting? "Why?" Well you should sit. You not only got the cover of my LP but you also got three out of four of the shots inside the double album...I was in shock. Finally, after three years, I got my first album cover, and it was from a musician whose music I actually liked and who was also a friend. He knew that it was my first album cover and he congratulated me!" 

Overall Size: 22 x 17 in. 

Sight Size: 19 x 8 1/2 in. 

Richard Aaron is best known for his music photography and shot the first photographic Rock' N' roll cover of Time magazine, and his work has appeared in more than 46,000 magazines, newspapers and books worldwide.

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