List of picture discs

This is a list of picture discs — phonograph or gramophone picture discs since the 1930s, listed in chronological order.

Picture discs. First modern picture discs 1970 to 1979

* "Air Conditioning" by Curved Air (1970)
* "Magical Love" by Saturnalia c.1974. First non-compilation album to be advertised on television in Europe. [Billboard. August 1974]
* "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath ("Rare - Shows the cover art of their first album") 1974 (re-release of album as picture disc)
* "Turn Up the Night" by Black Sabbath ("Rare - Shows a Lucifer-like figure silhouetted against a cross")
* "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd (1973) - picture disk edition 1974 or 1975.
* "Boston" by Boston (band) 1976.
* "To Elvis: Love Still Burning" by 11 various artists, including Ral Donner. Produced by Jerry Osborne's Fotoplay label, and distributed by Pickwick Int'l, has 11 songs of tribute to Elvis Presley (1978). Features a portrait of Elvis by Marge Nichols on both sides. The first of many Elvis picture discs, and North America's first commercially issued picture disc album by anyone — an event reported on the front page of Billboard magazine ("August 28, 1978 issue").
* "Elvis: A Legendary Performer, Vol. 3." Elvis Presley (1978). Issued by RCA about six months after the Fotoplay picture disc.
*Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1978) Released in conjunction with the Robert Stigwood film production by that name.
* "" by DEVO (1978) - Virgin Records LP - still frames from DEVO's "The Truth About Devolution" film.
* "My Best Friend's Girl" by The Cars (1978) - graphic of old-style car on white background
* "Blondes have more fun" by Rod Stewart (1978) - Artist is hugging a blonde woman with her back to the camera, and on the B side, the artist has the same pose, but with a brunette.
* "Translumadafractadisc (artists include Sid Vicious)"
* "The Lord of the Rings Soundtrack" by Leonard Rosenman Limited edition double LP picture disc with four scenes from the 1978 movie by Ralph Bakshi (1978).
* "The Worker" by Fischer-Z (1979) - cartoon image of a train arranged around the edge of the record
* "Light My Fire" by Amii Stewart (1979) - photographic image of the singer against a pink background
* "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears (1979) - a leggy woman holding a gun startles a black cat

Picture discs. Post 1980

* "Special Brew" by Bad Manners (1980) - photo of Buster Bloodvessel coveting a pint of the drink of the same name
* "Dreamtime" The Cult - band photo
* "One of Us/Should I Laugh or Cry" ABBA (1981) - A side with Agnetha and Frida (One of Us)/B Side with Benny and Bjorn
* "That's Good" b/w "Speed Racer" by DEVO (1982) 12" single
* "Got No Brains" by Bad Manners (1982) - cartoon-like image of Buster Bloodvessel's brain flying out of his head
* "House Of Fun" by Madness (1982) - still photo from the promo video
* "Driving In My Car" by Madness (1982) - close-up photo of a Morris Minor hubcap
* Let's Dance LP by David Bowie - Serious Moonlight Tour concert photo and album cover photo
* Michael Jackson - Thriller - Several different picture discs with artwork from the album photoshoot. (1983)
* Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
* "Just A Dream" (10 Inch) by Nena - band photo
* Poland (double LP) by Tangerine Dream - album photos (1984)
* "14 Greatest Hits" (LP) by Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 - drawing of 3 Jackson brothers and old band photo (1984)
* Legend LP by Bob Marley - album photo (1984)
* "Keep Moving" LP by Madness (1984) - photo of the band on a running track
* "Make It Big" by Wham (1984) (Picture disc edition)
* Culture Club - Waking Up with the House on Fire (1984)
* "Miami Vice" theme by Jan Hammer (1985)
* "Electric" - The Cult (1987) gold vinyl with a band photo
* Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987)
* "Something Special" by Sabrina (1988)
* "So far, so good... so what!" by Megadeth (1988) - a skeleton dressed in combat gear holding a machine gun
* Disintegration by The Cure (1989)
* "Sweet Soul Sister" by The Cult - 12" single, different band photo on both sides
* "Baby Snakes" soundtrack album by Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa's face
* "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" by David Bowie (BMG UK,1995) - Graphically manipulated images from the lyric pages of the 1995 album Outside for the A side and B side songs.
* "The best of both worlds" by Marillion (1996)
* "s/t 10" by Song of Zarathustra (2000 blood of the young)
* "Heaven" by Live (2003) - European 7" single containing title track plus "Forever May not be Long Enough (Egyptian Dreams Remix)" as a b-side. An unknown quantity were mispressed with remixes of "Let's Get Ill" by P. Diddy.
* "Filthy Danceheng EP" by Baron Mordant (Mordant Music UK,2004) - image of creepy tutonic child on a side, tracklist and 70s looking child on reverse
* "Blood Rushed to Head 7" by Portion Control (portion-control.net UK,2005) - Portion Control logo on both sides
*Special Edition Live EP by Ozzy Osbourne
* "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (soundtrack to the Walt Disney film)
* Analord 10 by AFX (re-release)
*Iron Maiden - The Trooper - (2005) re-release to coincide with the release of the "Death on the Road" live album, also released as a double picture disc!
* "Preaching the "End-Time" Message" by Eyehategod - Limited to 500 copies.
* "Lateralus" by Tool - Double picture disc. Limited edition only.
* "The Hand that Feeds" by Nine Inch Nails
* "Inertiatic ESP" by The Mars Volta (2003) - Artwork by Storm Thorgerson
* "Televators" by The Mars Volta (2003) - Artwork by Storm Thorgerson
* "The Widow" by The Mars Volta (2005) - Artwork by Storm Thorgerson
* "L'Via L'Viaquez" by The Mars Volta (2005) - 10" Picture Disc
* "Agalloch/Nest Split 10" Picture Disc
* The 12th record from the 7" of the Month Club by NOFX (2006)- Side A: Picture of band, Side B: Cartoon Hotdogs - limited to 3000
* Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd- a picture of a skeleton holding a gun.
* Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.: Features a drawing of the windmill island from the video.
* Sam's Town by The Killers (2006)
* Donuts by J Dilla (2006)
* The Shining EP by J Dilla (2006)
* Age of Winters by The Sword (band) (2006) limited to 500 copies. Side A features original CD Artwork, Side B a track listing and logo.
* The Pick of Destiny by Tenacious D (2006)
* Fine as Fuck by Electrosexual and Scream Club (2006)Features a collage made by Electrosexual and a sticker art by Tilt (Graffitilt) Limited to 500 copies , France Rock Machine Records
* Gold Lion by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2006) - 7" Features a drawing of a lion.
* Lycanthrope by (+44) features a picture of the band on one side of the single and the band logo on the other.
* "Gold Digger" by Kanye West 12" single has a plain gold coloured picture disc.
* "Hip Hop Is Dead" by Nas 12" single has a picture of Nas with title of the song on the A side and Nas's logo on the B side.
* "Never Trust A Pretty Face" by Amanda Lear.
* "Mezmerize And Hypnotize by System Of A Down
* "Infinity on High" by Fall out boy
* "From Yesterday" by 30 Seconds to Mars
* "Exploiting Dysfunction" by Cephalic Carnage: Side A and B feature the original cover/back artwork by Wes Benscoter.
* "Hell Yeah!" by HorrorPops (2004): Side A has an altered version of the cover artwork and side B contains the track listing.
*"Death on the road" by Iron Maiden (2005): Double picture disc, disc 1 contains artwork and disc 2 has pictures from live shows

haped Discs & 'special pressings'

*"It's a Mistake" by Men at Work (1983) - apparently also mispressed as a release by Men Without Hats, though such mispressings were clearly labeled

*A single shaped like DEVO's famous Energy Dome headgear was planned, but never made it past the test pressing stage.

KISS picture discs

*several KISS discs from (1978), each with a different band member [http://www.kissfaq.com/discography/pixdisc.html]
*"A World Without Heroes" by KISS (1981)
*"Creatures of the Night" by KISS (U.S., 1982)
*"Hotter Than Hell" by KISS (the Netherlands, 1982)
*"Dressed To Kill" by KISS (the Netherlands, 1982)
*"Destroyer" by KISS (the Netherlands, 1982)
*"Rock and Roll Over" by KISS (the Netherlands, 1982)
*"Dressed To Kill" by KISS (the Netherlands, 1982)
*"Love Gun" by KISS (the Netherlands, 1982)
*"Dynasty" by KISS (the Netherlands, 1982)
*"Unmasked" by KISS (the Netherlands, 1982)
*"Music From "The Elder"" by KISS (the Netherlands, 1982)
*"Crazy Nights" by KISS (US, 1987)
*"Crazy Crazy Nights" by KISS (UK, 1987)
*"Reason To Live" by KISS (UK, 1987)

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