Famous album cover locations in real life on Google Maps Pt. 2 | Eagles, KISS, The Doors & Zeppelin

[@PolPotsPieHole]

i would love to know where the Beatles white album cover was photographed

[@Channel33RPM]

:)

[@verribarry]

The North Pole during a blizzard.

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

Same place as Metallica's black album was a night.

[@roshine376]

במסך הלבן של הפיגמות כמובן

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

@Clot gOD Anyone with half a brain cell and any knowledge of the band knows what I'm talking about.

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

I remember taking the southbound train from London to Gatwick Airport in 2002 and the end of my Contiki European bus tour, and as I was on the train, suddenly I see the 'Pink Floyd Animals album cover' right outside the window! What a shocking surprise that was, being a Pink Floyd fan. It was the Battersea Power Station in London.

[@TheMijman]

And they've ruined it by building apartments either side now.

[@greenbluemonkey]

I was a young man travelling in 1980 when our train passed the famous building on the cover on the way to London. At least I thought so. I never did get it confirmed until now! On that same trip, we travelled to the Cornwall area to hike to the top of Yes Tor, the place used for the cover of Yes's Tormato.

[@golden_eldorado]

Just exactly the same here! 😄 Also I was at Pere Lechaise cementery visiting Morrison’s grave. While I was walking around I got lost and found myself infront of the cover of one of my favourite records: Dead Can Dance’s “Within the realm of a dying Sun”. If I hadn’t got lost I would’ve missed it!

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

@@golden_eldorado I visited Jim Morrison's grave as well in June 2002 while on my Contiki tour of Europe. I went off on my own that day to see his grave, and a lot of other people in the Contiki group were like 'why would you want to visit a cemetery?'. I guess they weren't Doors fans, lol.

[@PhilipvanderMatten]

I had that exact same experience a few years ago travelling by train in the UK on holiday. Suddenly Battersea power station appeared......it was a marvellous experience being a floyd fan

[@ronniee364]

I’ve always loved the Dressed To Kill photo. Had many of the t-shirts and posters over the years. Keep up the good work Frank.

[@MrSpankee02]

This channel never lets me down, every vid I’ve watched is interesting and entertaining. Keep it up.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks Sean.

[@sstaners1234]

I remember going to my sister in law’s apartment in Culver City and passing by the Warner Brothers lot where they shot Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album cover. I thought it was cool even though my wife and sister-in-law rolled their eyes and said nobody cares.

[@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL]

we care.

[@stonedperson97]

I never ever realized 'Houses of the Holy's album cover was a real place, thats awesome!

[@kinkymongoloid1276]

@n\a Coming from a Joe Biden profile picture lol

[@bobqualls257]

I'm loving this series on album covers. Great work, Frank!

[@Channel33RPM]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@jupiterlegrand4817]

...and immediately shows a picture of the Eagles without Joe Walsh. lol

[@leighfoulkes7297]

I was confused "where the heck is Joe Walsh"?

[@Channel33RPM]

I was worried I would mess that up. Add it to the list of mistakes I have made over the years :)

[@timlecount8690]

Haha same, I kept looking: “surely I’m just missing him!”

[@Donegal62]

@@Channel33RPM Haha...no worries.

[@Rabant777]

The photo used for Dressed to Kill wasn't shot as an album cover but actually just one of a stream of shots used for a Creem article in late October 1974. So, yes, done on the cheap - buying an already existing shot from photographer Bob Gruen.

[@Channel33RPM]

Yeah, I was reading about that when I was putting this together. I believe the idea was to show KISS working regular day jobs, or something like that, right? Good stuff!

[@Rabant777]

@@Channel33RPM It's a take on Superman. Kiss are in regular clothes, enter a phone booth and emerge in full stage attire.

[@TLA1014]

I really like these videos about locales for album covers! Great job, Frank!!!

[@dranet47]

Yay! I was hoping for Houses of the Holy in your last episode. The Giant's Causeway is on my bucket list.

[@davidellis5141]

The Clash with London Calling & Elvis Presley S/T are awesome ! Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips & 17 Seconds by The Cure are sharp. Great series , look forward to part 3 👌

[@theflipside-vinylcommunity]

This is a fanatic series of videos brother

[@Channel33RPM]

Thsnks man!

[@jefffloyd9671]

Great idea! Big ups too you. Have you thought about including #geography to open your channel to new viewers. I'm an educator always looking for engaging content.

[@VinylCollektor23]

AGREED.

[@davedamien735]

Fantastic!! Thank you. Loved how you found and shared the photo of Kiss on the streets there before/after the shot. Very cool!

[@emac5121]

Sweet! I was waiting for another album cover video-loved it!

[@peteryoung9991]

unbelievable great work you´ve done here. Thank you for this. Everybody knows those albums but no one really questions how and where they were made/shot.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thank you very much!

[@malcolmsmith5271]

On a family holiday to NYC from the UK in 2017 I just had to make a pilgrimage to site of the Dressed To Kill album shoot. A great feeling to be walking in the steps of giants.

[@neilfisher7999]

Those are some cool albums with equally cool album covers. It is neat to see the real places they are based on. Keep them coming! Great stuff.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks! Will do!

[@TorontoJon]

Yay! I was wondering if there would be another great Channel 33 RPM video today. All the best, Frank! :)

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks, you too!

[@ModernClassic]

I used to live at 25th and 8th in NYC; I had no idea that Dressed to Kill's cover was shot 2 blocks away. I've walked that intersection many times. While the context photo does show some people staring at them, I really doubt *most* people would have even bothered noticing the band. That area is and pretty much always was home to a lot of stuff that's a bit outside the mainstream. The infamous Chelsea Hotel, for example, is only about a block away, and that was probably the height of its weirdness.

[@Channel33RPM]

Cool. Thanks for the info.

[@John_Fugazzi]

I really appreciate how thorough your presentation is. Everything has been so well researched and each segment is full of interesting information. I wasn't expecting anything but a few side by side photos and some music playing.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks John!!! Stay tuned for more!

[@richardgregg2579]

Love the history on these covers. Awesome keep them coming.

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

What a super cool series man. Loved the behind the scenes pic from Dressed To Kill!

[@hashman3171]

Great idea again,I love these! I was thinking,maybe a show of concert halls that great live albums were taped,hence..Cobo hall Detroit,Kiss Alive, Toronto were some great shows took place and such ,Madison Square New York as examples but keep it up man! You and Vinyl Attack make my sundays

[@raggeragnar]

I love these videos. Especially the varied mix of albums.

[@Channel33RPM]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@blindsoup]

i hope you continue this theme….it’s a great potential series. well done, frank…🤘🏼

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks Dan. I am going to try to do a few more, for sure!

[@Homebrew58]

How about a look at the alley where the front cover of David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of the Spiders from Mars was shot.

[@ejej6934]

23 Heddon Street, London. There's actually a TripAdvisor page for it.

[@boxsterman77]

Ooooh. Good one.

[@dcarbs2979]

Pink Floyd Animals will be a good one to do in the future (at the end of the year) when they finish the new tube station.

[@Channel33RPM]

I did look it up for this video, and noticed a bunch of cranes around the building.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

houses is so iconic. many of these covers are truly works of art. part of the experience our kids don't get today...I was born in 74, so as a little kid in the late 70s and early 80s I'd spend hours laying my father's records all over the den floor just looking at the covers ...the beatles , zeppelin, the stones, parliament, the association, Jackie Wilson on and on and on ....he had hundreds. you could let your imagination run while looking at all of the eclectic pics .made the musical experience that much better

[@TheSylvanpass]

Great video, Frank. Off the top of my head I would recommend finding the location of Blue Oyster Cult’s On Your Feet or On Your Knees.

[@PJHVols]

Best series ever!!!!! Please keep this up!

[@berthanlin8057]

Great series Frank!! Never a disappointment!!

[@jinky0u812]

Four covers I have loved over the years growing up were two by Rush - "Moving Pictures" and "Signals", and two by Styx - "Paradise Theater" and "The Grand Illusion".

[@sschmidtevalue]

Even though I'm not a fan of these particular bands, I am a fan of history and geography, so keep 'em coming!. I've been to the spot in NYC where the Who's The Kids Are Alright cover was taken. It's in Morningside Park on Morningside Drive.

[@chrisblackburn1872]

Great video. Really enjoy these. Keep on spinning 🤘😎

[@InFocusStudio]

Keep 'em coming. This is Great Fun. If I may suggest a few: Bob Dylan - Freewheelin', David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced 'Leh-'nerd 'Skin-'nerd, Pink Floyd - Animals, The Clash - The Clash, U2 - The Unforgettable Fire, Foghat - Fool for the City.

[@willpritchard3471]

I’ve always wanted to know where the Beatles “Abbey Road” cover was taken. Guess I’ll never find out.

[@dimebagdave77]

Thanks for these album cover updates man🤘very cool

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@NateB1976]

I actually scored a copy of Morrison hotel last weekend. Got it at a record show in really good shape for $20. It’s crazy how people can get hung up on nudity from an album cover from WAY back when. Barely even nudity at that.

[@analogue33]

Lucky you!

[@glaucosouza1971]

Very nice series again. Cool! Here's my suggestions for the 3rd episode: UFO - Lights Out UFO - No Place to Run Thin Lizzy - Fighting

[@glaucosouza1971]

@Braidwood Inn i dont think so. Actually Fighting has 2 covers: one at a ruined building, the other one has those really old buildings in the back and small streets that you usually see in Europe. I doubt that they made it in the US.

[@grahambiggs9822]

Really like the research you do into the album covers Frank !! top notch. Keep them coming please - very interesting. Why not try Oasis- Whats the story, or Pearl Jam Vs, or Bob Dylan, Freewheelin. Keep on spinning

[@Channel33RPM]

Good suggestions. Thanks Graham. I think I will do another one of these later in June. Cheers!

[@frankkuth5635]

Another interesting video. Well done Frank.

[@Channel33RPM]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jeffhottman8572]

Keep going Frank ! I love to see all these locations! Fascinating!!

[@Channel33RPM]

More to come!

[@thetubesrock]

Fun video again Frank. Keep them coming!

[@vallaindigital]

LOVE LOVE these videos!! I'd like to see more!! An obvious one is Pink Floyd's Animals, also The Beatles' Abbey Road... Can't think of others right now, but I'm sure there are many interesting ones.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks Vincent. Stay tuned!

[@roymcgaw7431]

A little surprised Frank didn’t mention the inner sleeve of Houses of the Holy. That photograph was taken a few miles west of Giant’s Causeway at Dunluce Castle. Stunning scenery along the North Coast, and very handy to Bushmill’s Distillery.

[@Channel33RPM]

Someone sent me some pics they took there. Looks very cool.

[@ejej6934]

The Antrim coast is spectacular. And some say the best fish and chips in the UK are at Morton's in Ballycastle.

[@mikerocket62]

One of my favorite location album cover is ( Jackson Browne The Pretender ) So classic could you do a video on that. Appreciate you, keep it up... Peace

[@TKRVideoCentral]

Frank, love these so far - keep these coming, they're fascinating! :-)

[@Channel33RPM]

Thank you. More to come!

[@gamesux420]

I would love to see the who's who's next album cover on here, I'm really curious about that one

[@TorontoJon]

Wow, one could have a subgenre category in one's record shelves dedicated to album covers with hotels or other themes in common. For example, I keep a subgenre of records where the covers show people holding or listening to records. Keep on spinnin', Frank. :)

[@lauher21]

Cool once again Frank I really like this segment.

[@MJEvermore853]

I absolutely love this series of videos. I'm very excited to see more of these album covers/places 👍

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks! I will do another in June.

[@chaloochaplain]

The equally beautiful inside gatefold of Houses of the Holy was taken at Dunluce Castle just a few minutes away from Giant's Causeway. I've did that pilgrimage a few years back looking for the exact angles of those cover shots

[@Channel33RPM]

Yes! I showed that in a subsequent video (a viewer took a pic and sent it to me).

[@jake6887]

I always thought that album cover of Uriah Heep's 'Head First' was just a drawing of a big rock, till i saw it again on the cover of a Led Zeppelin DVD from a different angle

[@paulwibb.8944]

These vids are great,, the extra info. You give ties everything together and gives a real picture of what was going on at that time,, 👍👍

[@Channel33RPM]

Thank you. I find it very interesting to look up all the that info.

[@williamchandlee7790]

Great video The Who The Kids are alright great cover keep on spinning 😛🤘

[@markfx12]

Leeeedo, like the Boz Skaggs tune 'Lido Shuffle'. Otherwise, well done and a nice image posted on Facebook of the laborious editing process.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks for the info. The worst part of these videos is trying to get all the pronunciations right. I have pretty much thrown up my hands in defeat, in that regard, lol. I am sure I also butchered some last names :) Cheers!

[@mikebailey1226]

@@Channel33RPM Also in Zappa's song 'Willie the Pimp' from the 'Hot Rats' album.

[@mikeduquesne2991]

This is my new favorite channel dude

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks Mike!

[@joet_swbo101]

Love these Frank. Keep them coming. Houses of the holy is my favorite zeppelin album. Yeah, it may not have aged well after all these years.

[@Channel33RPM]

They definitely couldn't get away with a cover like that today.

[@franticfreak3648]

@@Channel33RPM The come back of the right wing, the new obscurantism, we are in a true moral era...

[@richardbullen8051]

The first 4 echo and the bunnymen album covers are gorgeous

[@davidellis5141]

Heaven Up Here is my favorite.

[@richardbullen8051]

@@davidellis5141 i have to say ocean rain

[@davidellis5141]

@@richardbullen8051 As you said , there all solid. Porcupine was shot in Iceland on the day they recorded Broke My Neck as a B-Side.

[@diamondneedles1000]

I love this series of videos! Keep up the great work Frank!👍🤟✌

[@artamussumatra6286]

Too bad the song Houses of the Holy isn’t actually on the Houses of the Holy album. The Doors did the same with Waiting for the Sun.

[@davidellis5141]

Queen with Sheer Heart Attack .

[@dcarbs2979]

@@davidellis5141 And Gomez Bring It On. The title song is on follow up album Liquid Skin. There are enough examples for this to be a series too! I think Frank will have enough work with locations

[@davidellis5141]

@@dcarbs2979 Gomez were cool. They were managed by Stephen Fellows from The Comsat Angels. Saw them at The Palace in Hollywood .

[@artamussumatra6286]

@@dcarbs2979 Yea, a series would be great. I’d like to find out all the albums that are missing their title tracks.

[@endthisnonsense7202]

@@davidellis5141 Queens best album!

[@jamesnash6101]

Never thought about the history of album covers. I'm definitely interested.

[@Channel33RPM]

I hope to do another vid on this topic in December.

[@landonpraught5958]

This so cool what great video . I am spinning Steve Taylor and the perfect foil . Thanks Frank great job ! Landon

[@greensombrero3641]

Great idea and video content. Well done.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thank you very much!

[@timlamb6196]

The cover of the Rush album moving pictures.

[@Channel33RPM]

I did that one last time (a few weeks back).

[@barryhakala4184]

Great video again Frank! I would be curious about Rush's Perminent Waves or Moving Pictures covers.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thank you. I did do Moving Pictures a few weeks back, but PW would be cool

[@Tumbleweed_Tx]

@@Channel33RPM Permanent Waves was taken on Seawall Boulevard in Galveston Texas right after Hurricane Carla trashed the area. Flip Schulke, the photographer, stood near 25th Street and took a picture facing southwest. The signs that say Lee Lifeson and Peart really said Coca Cola and Pearl (a Texas beer brand) they were attached to The Balinese Room (like as in the ZZ Top song.) I took a picture of my old Jag while standing in the same spot 51 years to the day of the storm :)

[@mr.caramelorecordcollection]

Another awesome video. Thanks, Frank

[@lionheartroar3104]

Always a great channel...thank you for your work sir.

[@Channel33RPM]

Much appreciated!

[@williamgatesenson]

that morrisson hotel window is new within the past couple of years, 100% not the original window. i checked out the location while on vacation around six years ago and there was no window, just boards, absolutely NOTHING to indicate that the place was once the morrisson hotel from the cover. it was just another run down boarded up building in an area of LA that is straddling the gentrification line. the buildings in that area are either in shambles or brand spaking new luxury apartments. from the street view pictures it looks like someone has been doing work to restore it. unfortunately they'll probably have trouble with that due to the buildings design, and the lack of parking in that area. it's about 2-3 blocks from the Staples center

[@luisguitar]

True. All you have to do is look up the address on Apple Maps and you can see what it looked like just a couple of years before they restored it. Totally run-down with no sign of the original Morrison Hotel. I’m sure someone got the idea to repaint the sign on the window and put up the signs next to the door just so that tourists could get to see something there, but definitely not the original signage.

[@jobarrios]

Awesome, I love this series, thanks!

[@mrhoffame]

3:39 All I can think is..."If that kid on KNEW what he was witnessing" lol. I bet he could have gotten a phot with them at the end of shoot. How AWESOME would that be?!!!

[@Tumbleweed_Tx]

he was witnessing a desperate band on the verge of bankruptcy..... Now, the little old lady who chatted with The Beatles as they were about to cross Abbey Road..... lol

[@Channel33RPM]

I wondered about that... and also the guy who is driving, and got into the frame in the version of the photo used on the album.

[@mrhoffame]

@@Tumbleweed_Tx Well that is why it wasn't a big deal at the time. If people knew one day that was the Dressed to Kill cover with what we be one of the largest bands in world....it would have been extremely cool to get a picture with the guys, on that corner, in those suits. Hence I said "If" that kid knew....

[@mrhoffame]

@@Channel33RPM LOL I know, right? You just never know many awesome moments in history UNTIL they become history lol.

[@glennso47]

The album covers of Herb Alpert “What Now My Love “. The “ SRO” Herb Alpert .

[@chrisfrancz]

Very interesting. Great video!

[@Channel33RPM]

Thank you!

[@mikerosevear3264]

hi frank house of the holy you had to be 15yrs old to buy this at towers & wolcco stores where i lived lol

[@spacekelso]

Great video series. Thank you.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks for watching!

[@10tonhamster]

Next Edition: “Well, this nondescript hill featured on the cover of 1989’s Presto by Rush. Of course there’s no flying magician’s hat, and all the rabbits are long dead by now, so it kinda loses something.”

[@happyhippythevinylguy]

Very interesting video Frank!!

[@VMX1.]

Luv it Frank...great vid.

[@jupitermadcat]

This is a brilliant idea!

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks James.

[@brerfox3694]

Morrison hotel has always been one of my favorite albums, what a cool looking place to see, still the same today pretty much, do you know what the owner should do is turn it into a record store!!

[@nashvillain171]

*I would recommend that you do a video on Storm Thorgerson's album art!*

[@PaulMcElligott]

Another classic album cover with a recognizable location is Creedence’s _Willy & the Poor Boys._ The Duck Kee Market is gone but the building is still there.

[@Dreyno]

U2 - Unforgettable Fire. It’s Moydrum Castle near Athlone in the centre of Ireland. Easy to see on Google Maps.

[@jambogeordie]

Awesome episode again Frank, fascinating topic. Abbey Road is an obvious one so how about the building from Please Please Me and later the Blue album.

[@Channel33RPM]

I have resisted Abbey Road, but may hit that one up next time. Thanks!

[@FirebrandVOCALS]

The Houses of the Holy photos were taken just up the road from me at the ‘Giants Causeway’👍 Northern Ireland

[@oldskoolpautz]

Interesting. Thanks!! Learned something new!!

[@Channel33RPM]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scrambled5948]

Potential suggestions for future locations in this series: Weezer - Weezer (White Album) Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare David Bowie - The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The Who - Who’s Next Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan The Clash - Combat Rock Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

[@nature1upclose]

The inside of houses of the holy has many monster figures hidden in the landscape.

[@wilbertmcmaster8025]

You didn't mention the gatefold photo of Houses of the Holy, which was shot about 5 miles further around the coast from the Giants Causeway at Dunluce Castle, another favourite tourist stop on the Antrim coastal road

[@christopherrippel2463]

Loved the photo of Kiss and Bogart. (Was that a 8-track machine??)

[@garyc39]

I liked BOC agents of fortune album too.You should do more of where these album covers came from

[@AnyoneCanSee]

I'm amazed the Morrison hotel window hasn't been bought by Hard Rock Cafe and put up in one of their restaurants. That's a pretty amazing piece of rock and roll history that I think would fetch $10s of thousands at auction. You could easily remove it safely and that is about as cool a piece of Rock N' Roll history as you could own.

[@Channel33RPM]

Someone left a comment saying that is not the original window. It would be interesting to find out for sure.

[@daviddockery8962]

You could do “Wish you were here” or “Animals” by Pink Floyd or even “Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars”by David Bowie

[@josephking1947]

All the Floyd album covers by the Artist Storm are real, the pig floating over Battersea and the dude on fire on wish you were here.

[@daviddockery8962]

@@josephking1947 yeah that’s why I’m sayin he could talk about them too

[@josephking1947]

@@daviddockery8962 yeah definitely a good suggestion, I think there's enough material on floyd for at least four hours, keep well

[@jimilove7773]

Love your channel!

[@Channel33RPM]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Chrutidagoya]

As a child I was always holding the Album Cover of the Alan Parsons Project 1978 "pyramid" in my hands and impressed by the photos, while listening to the music. I'm wondering where the main picture has been taken, the TV in a hotel room and the Cheops pyramid in the window. Can you find out...? ;-) Cheers from the eastern townships / PQ Canada.

[@strength1971]

This was great man! Thanks!

[@Channel33RPM]

Glad you liked it!

[@daleywhaley]

More of these!

[@miguesalum6275]

Hello friend !!!! I fans of kiss. Saludos desde Buenos Aires. Argentina !!!

[@Channel33RPM]

KISS is great!

[@johnpeace971]

I never knew Houses of the Holy was a photo. I always thought it was a painting. Same with Ziggy Stardust