Did Peter Blake Design the Rolling Stones' 'Between the Buttons' Album Cover? (Spoiler: No.)

You’ll hear Peter Blake’s name tossed around when people talk about classic 1960s album art—he’s the guy behind The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s collage. But if you’ve ever wondered whether he had a hand in the Rolling Stones’ Between the Buttons look, the answer is a clean no. The idea probably comes from a mental shortcut: both albums came out in 1967, both used pop-art collage aesthetics, and both involved well-known photographers. But the stones went a different direction.

The Between the Buttons sleeve (the US version, anyway) was a Michael Cooper photograph—same guy who shot the Sgt. Pepper inner fold-out and the Stones’ Their Satanic Majesties Request cover. Cooper’s image shows the band lounging in an ornate, almost Victorian floral setting, wearing crushed velvet and patterned suits that feel more fashion-forward than psychedelic. Meanwhile, the UK cover kept it minimal: a simple black-and-white portrait by Gered Mankowitz. So if you’re hunting for Peter Blake’s influence in the Stones’ 1960s visual identity,