Miscellaneous: Classic album covers, as seen through Google street view!

Date
7 April 2014

Three instalments in and we’re still enthused by The Guardian’s street view series, in which a Google Street View specialist takes iconic images and recreates them using everybody’s favourite maps service. This time around they’ve recreated classic album artworks through the service, hunting down the original locations of such covers as The Beatles’ Abbey Road, Bob Dylan’s The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and Oasis’ (What’s the Story) Morning Glory. It’s a super-fun project, and a true testament to their specialist’s dedication! I wonder how many hours you’d have to spend staring at your computer screen before you start to visualise that tiny orange man hovering above the pavement as you walk down the road…

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Google Street View: Classic Album Artworks, Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

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Google Street View: Classic Album Artworks, Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti

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Google Street View: Classic Album Artworks, Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory

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Google Street View: Classic Album Artworks, PJ Harvey, Stories from the Sea

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Google Street View: Classic Album Artworks, The Beatles, Abbey Road

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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