![]() ![]() Today she would join an exclusive and mysterious club, whose members include the swimming baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind album, the glamorous girls on the Roxy Music sleeves, and the burning businessman on Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. She was about to become a recording star, of a sort: one of those famous-and-yet-unfamous people who adorn the covers of rock and pop albums. She rummaged on the bedroom floor for some clothes, put on some eye make-up and jumped into a waiting car. A beautiful but bleary-eyed 23-year-old brunette model hauled herself out of bed, remembering that she had an appointment to face the camera – and to kiss a stranger. On a chilly autumn day in 1998, an alarm clock shattered the peace of a flat in Twickenham. Who’s the burning man on that Pink Floyd album cover? Who’s the model on Roxy Music ’s Stranded? Tony Barrell tracks down some of the mysterious people who have adorned great album sleeves THE SUNDAY TIMES, 2007 ![]()
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