The Byrds – Ballad of Easy Rider album art

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PLINC’s Cenotaph in early use on the cover of Ballad of Easy Rider. From Wikipedia:

Ballad of Easy Rider is the eighth album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released in November 1969 on Columbia Records. The album was named after the song “Ballad of Easy Rider”, which had been written by the Byrds’ guitarist and singer, Roger McGuinn (with help from Bob Dylan), as the theme song for the 1969 film, Easy Rider. The title was also chosen in an attempt to capitalize on the commercial success of the film, although the majority of the music on the album had no connection with it.

No designer is credited. The cover photo is courtesy of Lem Parsons.

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Detail of the title typography

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1975 pressing

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