Past, Present And Future - Al Stewart


Cover

Vinyl L.P - Janus Records - JLS 3063.
1973 - U.S.A

Cover design, photos (A. Powell): HIPGNOSIS.
Graphics: George Hardie.
Back photo: Jill Furmanovski.


Back cover

Inner sleeve

Inner sleeve

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Vinyl L.P:

Cover

CBS Records - S 65726.
U.K.

Cover photo: Mario Grattarola.
Setting by kind permission of the Geffrye Museum.
Cover design: Theatregraphics.

Back cover

Inner gatefold

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Al Stewart


Alastair Ian Stewart
1945


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  1. WIKIPEDIAJune 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM


    Past, Present and Future is Al Stewart's fifth studio album, released in October 1973 in the UK and in May 1974 in the US.

    This album is considered Stewart's first "major album" and it reached #133 on the Billboard Rock Album chart in 1974. He had taken on a different approach from his previous, folkier work, an approach that would stay with him for most of his career.

    All songs on this record have historical themes, each song representing a decade of the 20th century. The final song, "Nostradamus," is about the famous supposed prophet and his prophecies.

    The UK cover (CBS) is of gatefold design, with a photo of Al Stewart, unusually wearing a three-piece suit, leaning on a mantelpiece in a drawing room. The picture was taken by photographer and film director Mario Grattarola at the Geffrye Museum in Hoxton, London. The album's inner section and back cover include all song lyrics, brief notes by the artist about each song and also a contribution by author Erika Cheetham about Nostradamus.

    The US album cover (Janus Records), by Hipgnosis and George Hardie, is a photography-like rendition of the Marvel Comics character Doctor Strange using his Cloak of Levitation to travel through a hole created in the air into an alternative universe.

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